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Crew vs. Rapids: Match Report
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Crew 2, Rapids 0
Lenhart (Miglioranzi)22, Garey (Evans)75
Have you heard the supporters clubs chant “Ricky Bobby” when William Hesmer makes a save? Sunday’s game in Denver gave definitive proof: William Hesmer pisses excellence.
Hesmer was credited with 7 saves, with the 2 best coming in the 12th and 90th minutes. He was clearly the man of the [...]
Crew vs. Rapids: Match Preview, Denver Edition
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If you stick to the math on this one, the Crew have little chance of winning tonight against Colorado. The altitude tilts the balance of the game toward a Rapids team that is only 1-6-2 on the road, but has managed 4-2-1 at home. Colorado’s home loses came against Chivas USA and the San Jose [...]
Sigi Schmid and Andy Iro named to first XI
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This is pretty funny. Andy Iro makes the cut for the starting eleven for the MLS’ fattest. Of course, Sigi Schmid is uncontested in the battle to coach the squad.
Columbus Crew vs. West Ham United: Match Report
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Look ma, two friendlies!
West Ham 3, Columbus Crew 1
This match was much better attended than the Independiente game a few weeks ago, although there were probably fewer Argentinians. West Ham banners outnumbered Crew banners, and the Hammers chant on par with beer-soaked Belgian monks.
The Crew didn’t start anything like their first team, but [...]
Crew vs. Wizards: Match Report
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Crew 3, Wizards 3
Kansas City: Own Goal (Hejduk)22, Espinoza (Jewsbury/Morsink)24, Wolfe (Jewsbury/Morsink)75
Columbus: Schelotto (unassisted)26, Moreno(Schelotto,Rogers)33, Marshall (Schelotto)38
Well, I’ll be a suck-egg mule.
That should have been 3 points in the bank. you can bet that this game ends up on the Wizard’s highlight reel for the season. They almost doubled their goals on the road and [...]
Around the ‘net
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First:
Robbie Rogers is going to Beijing. Go Robbie.
Second:
It’s been surprisingly quiet July for Columbus regarding roster changes. So and Hernandez were waived, but nothing’s come to fruition since then. We’ve heard about the Nigerian forward Ibezito Ogbonna coming to camp from Israel via Romania, and I take it that a deal for Pat Noonan is still dead. But [...]
Category: Team NewsMysterious Nigerian Forward revealed
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From the clues in Shawn Mitchell’s post,
Is it Ibezito Ogbonna?
He’s Nigerian, 25, and played for Hapoel Tel-Aviv.
He was 10 goals in 31 games in 03/04, 7 goals in 29 games in 04/05, 10 goals in 30 games in 05/06, and 1 goal in 7 games in 06/07. He was injured in 2007 and also [...]
Bad at Math: Predicting the rest of the season
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More fun with statistics: I’ve been playing with the numbers available at mlsnet.com and wanted to see if there was a simple-yet-interesting method for predicting the rest of the season. I’m sure there are agreed upon methods for making predictions, but I decided to not do any research. I’m forging new territory in bad decision-making. [...]
Category: analysisColumbus Crew vs. Kansas City Wizards: Match Preview
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I’ve been looking at the statistics available from MLS. It’s hard to guess how adding Josh Wolff will change the look of Kansas City. The Crew has beaten them twice this year, but by some measures Kansas City’s defense is stronger than Columbus. For example, KC goals against average is 1.2, while Columbus allows [...]
Crew punked in pics
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What’s the deal with these photos on thecrew.com and dispatch.com for the Crew/RSL game?
Sure the Crew lost, but the these pictures make it look like Rogers, Evans and Hesmer were in an episode of Oz.
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