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August 2nd, 2008

Columbus Crew vs. Houston Dynamo: Match Preview

By: James | Comments No Comments

Look for a tough one in Houston tonight. It’s hot in Texas. The Crew is missing Rogers and Ekpo for the Olympics. Hejduk is out for yellow card accumulation. Lenhart is out 2 games for a flagrant foul and red card.
Last week’s game against the Rapids was the first without Rogers and Ekpo. Sigi debuted [...]



July 27th, 2008

Crew vs. Rapids: Match Preview, Denver Edition

By: James | Comments No Comments

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 [...]

July 15th, 2008

Columbus Crew vs. Kansas City Wizards: Match Preview

By: James | Comments No Comments

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 [...]

July 12th, 2008

Columbus Crew vs. Real Salt Lake Match Preview Haiku

By: James | Comments 1 Comment

Twelfth man plastic grass
Schelotto commands midfield
Rogers nets lone goal
or:
Salty lake of tears
Yellow team victorious
Hejduk removes shirt

July 3rd, 2008

Crew vs. Fire: Match Preview

By: James | Comments 3 Comments

On May 25th, the Chicago Fire beat the Red Bulls 5-1 earn a spot at the top of the table, tied with Columbus and New England. That bright spot came in the midst of a poor run for the Fire: It’s their only MLS win after week 7, that’s a record of 1-4-2 since May [...]



June 28th, 2008

Crew vs. Rapids: Match Preview

By: James | Comments No Comments

The Crew face the Colorado Rapids tonight in Columbus with a chance of returning to the top of the table by the midway point of the season. Also on the line is Sigi Schmid’s chance to coach the MLS All Stars against West Ham on July 24. High stakes like those can lead to an [...]

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September 26th, 2007

“Blacking Out” the Galaxy…not the season

By: TrivDaddy | Comments 3 Comments

The Crew’s home page is make a big deal about this game and “Blacking Out” the LA Galaxy. Let’s face it, this was a game that was suppose to be the first of several times that David Beckham would be coming to Columbus to showcase his spectacular “bending” ability. I have nothing against [...]

May 11th, 2007

Crew v. Chivas: Grey Skies Are Gonna Clear Up…

By: Jeff | Comments No Comments

…and you know the rest (it’s “put on a happy face” for those who don’t).
As you’ll see above, the trade for Alejandro Moreno makes a little more sense once Columbus Crew coach Sigi Schmid frames it correctly. Between that change, Guillermo Schelotto having another week with the team, and Chivas USA’s suck-suck-sucky all-time road [...]

May 4th, 2007

Wizards v. Crew Preview

By: Jeff | Comments No Comments

I’ll assume all y’all have studied today’s text (it’s MLSnet.com’s preview, y’all) and just proceed with the proceedings.
Isn’t it nice to go into a game without the phrase “must-win” hovering over it? Thank last weekend’s win over DC United for that, if not more. With the Columbus Crew’s next game coming on the [...]

April 27th, 2007

Crew v. DC United: Fear and Aggression

By: Jeff | Comments 9 Comments

Melodramatic title, no? Over-dramatic? Maybe. But, when looking at this weekend’s game between the Columbus Crew and DC United, “fear” looms large.
As badly as I wanted to wait on MLS’s interns to post those comprehensive previews of the coming weekend’s attractions, it seems they’re a bit behind just now so I’ll start [...]






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