[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”68″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Another home game, another night of history for Columbus Crew SC. After a slow start, Crew SC found a groove en route to a 3-1 win over D.C. United. All of the action came in the first half. Milton Valenzuela, the first young designated […]
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Only 17 first-team players trained at RFK Stadium Auxiliary fields during a wet and snowy week. Players, wrapped in long sleeves, scarves and hats, took to the turf field. “I didn’t count them up,” coach Ben Olsen said looking around at the practicing squad. Many Major League Soccer teams do not partake in the international […]
The owner of Columbus Crew SC is rallying support, not for the undefeated team but for an upcoming Austin City Council meeting about potential relocation there. Precourt Sports Ventures issued a statement asking supporters of the “MLS2ATX” effort to attend Thursday’s resolution hearing, during which Austin City Council members will consider conducting further analysis on […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”52″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Major League Soccer rosters carry as many as 30 players for a reason. Injuries, performance, card suspensions and national team call-ups create frequent openings. Crew SC dealt with each one in some capacity last year, yet an announcement on Sunday that midfielder Wil Trapp […]
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”52″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_imagebrowser” ajax_pagination=”0″ template=”default” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Crew coach Gregg Berhalter has been known to experiment over the first few months of the MLS season. New players to try out, injuries and card suspensions mean slight lineup variations, and he made a few to start the 2017 season. Over the first […]
Family visits for Mike Grella until a few months ago were simple. Not only was the 31-year-old midfielder’s house on Long Island the only house in which his three children had lived, it sat in proximity to his parents. A few feet away, to be exact. “I bought the house next to my parents,” said […]
Precourt Sports Ventures, which owns Crew SC, continued to build its case Tuesday for studying a site in Austin, Texas, for a Major League Soccer stadium, releasing a four-page “Commitment to the Community” letter detailing the benefits of an MLS team. The letter, addressed to Austin city council members and Mayor Steve Adler, comes days […]
Precourt Sports Ventures sent a letter to Austin City Council on Tuesday afternoon detailing a community benefits package it says is worth in excess of $326 million over the next 25 years in exchange for landing a possible Major League Soccer stadium site at McKalla Place. Anthony Precourt, owner/operator of Columbus Crew SC, has narrowed […]
Any time a struggling sports team is threatened with relocation over off-the-field issues, fans of other struggling teams look around and wonder whether their franchise could be next. In Major League Soccer right now, the threatened team is the Columbus Crew. Their owner has been making very public and very loud overtures to Austin, Texas, […]
The second city council resolution to focus on Precourt Sports Ventures’ possible move of Crew SC to Austin, Texas, after the 2018 season has taken shape. Austin Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo drafted a resolution that, if passed, would direct the city manager to conduct an analysis of the 24-acre McKalla Place site in north […]