Posted: 11/26/2008 12:39 PM
The 2008 edition of the Columbus Crew earned its first-ever MLS Cup Championship last Sunday, Nov. 23, defeating the New York Red Bulls, 3-1, in front of a crowd of 27,000 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
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Posted: 11/25/2008 09:22 PM
Two days after the Columbus Crew captured their first MLS Cup with a 3-1 win against the New York Red Bulls in Carson, Calif., the team was greeted with its second rowdy rally.
Posted: 11/24/2008 02:37 PM
Those intimately involved with the Columbus Crew might not be the most unbiased to rank where the MLS Cup winners rank among the best in league history, but that doesn't stop them from having an opinion.
Posted: 11/23/2008 11:00 PM
As Clark Hunt and members of the Hunt Sports Group walked through the stands of The Home Depot Center prior to the start of the MLS Cup, Crew fans chanted, "Re-sign Sigi."
Posted: 11/23/2008 10:36 PM
Just 87 seconds after New York tied Sunday's MLS Cup Final at 1-1 at The Home Depot Center, Marshall scored his sixth goal of the season and it proved to be the game-winner, although Frankie Hejduk added a late insurance goal for a 3-1 Crew win.
Posted: 11/23/2008 09:29 PM
Words didn't need to be spoken. A player and coach both exiled from Los Angeles had reunited in Columbus last season, and Sunday made a triumphant return to their site of past glory. The player, Alejandro Moreno, scored the game's first goal and was his usual workhorse for 90 minutes.
Posted: 11/23/2008 08:45 PM
In the Columbus Crew's 3-1 MLS Cup-winning victory against the Red Bulls, playmaker Guillermo Barros Schelotto could be seen making contributions both big and small, and they all added up to his being named the Most Valuable Player of MLS Cup 2008.
Posted: 11/23/2008 08:37 PM
Columbus Crew defender Frankie Hejduk spends most games careening up and down the right flank with reckless abandon. If Hejduk isn't defending in his own end, he streams up the sideline to overlap Eddie Gaven and fire in cross after cross.
Posted: 11/23/2008 06:43 PM
Guillermo Barros Schelotto became the third player to win the MLS Most Valuable Player award and the MLS Cup MVP honors in the same year, after taking the honors during MLS Cup 2008.
Posted: 11/23/2008 06:14 PM
The best team during the regular season claimed Major League Soccer's ultimate prize on Sunday as the Columbus Crew earned their first-ever MLS Cup with a 3-1 win against a game New York Red Bulls side in MLS Cup 2008 at The Home Depot Center.
Posted: 11/22/2008 08:17 PM
If Sigi Schmid were a baseball manager -- Tommy Lasorda comes to mind -- he would've been able to copy the same lineup card with eight position players and just fill in the pitcher every day before handing it to the home plate umpire before the game.
Posted: 11/22/2008 06:46 PM
When Eddie Gaven entered the league at 16 years old, he probably didn't anticipate that his first taste of MLS Cup would come against New York.
Posted: 11/21/2008 10:50 PM
Columbus Crew goalkeeper William Hesmer is at his second MLS Cup but he said his first trip with Kansas City four years ago doesn't really count.
Posted: 11/21/2008 09:29 PM
Two players who have had breakout seasons could be the difference makers for the Columbus Crew when they face New York for the MLS Cup Sunday at The Home Depot Center.
Posted: 11/21/2008 08:45 PM
At the beginning of the season Steven Lenhart had no idea where MLS Cup 2008 was being played. A rookie out of NAIA school Azusa Pacific, the forward was just trying to work his way into an accessory role with the Columbus Crew.
Posted: 11/21/2008 07:25 PM
With Guillermo Barros Schelotto scheming his way to the MLS Most Valuable Player award and Robbie Rogers and Eddie Gaven flying down the wings, Columbus Crew striker Alejandro Moreno sometimes gets lost in the shuffle.
Posted: 11/21/2008 05:00 PM
Major League Soccer champions have come in all shapes and sizes, guided by the stingiest of defenses or by the most prodigious of attacks. The marquee men have sometimes been in-form strikers, brick-wall defenders or talented, determined goalkeepers.
Posted: 11/20/2008 09:56 PM
Gino Padula doesn't see Sunday's MLS Cup against New York as a chance for payback on the one blemish to his season. The Argentinean defender, signed by the Crew on March 24, struggled through early injuries to appear in 17 regular and postseason matches.
Posted: 11/20/2008 08:25 PM
The happiest person running around the sun-splashed practice fields at The Home Depot Center was Columbus Crew equipment manager Rusty Wummel. No longer would he have to spend a few more hours each day washing the cold-weather gear that Crew had donned for the better part of a week.
Posted: 11/20/2008 08:04 PM
Statistics such as 19 assists -- tied for the second-most in league history -- and contributing to 10 consecutive goals are impressive, but what made Guillermo Barros Schelotto the 2008 MLS Volkswagen Most Valuable Player was his role off the field.
Posted: 11/20/2008 03:09 PM
Almost everything you need to know about the makeup of Major League Soccer talent is right there along the Columbus Crew back line.
Posted: 11/19/2008 04:21 PM
For the first time since the league's inaugural season - when of course it was impossible - two teams who have never before played in the MLS Cup Final will meet for the league championship in MLS Cup 2008.
Posted: 11/19/2008 04:00 PM
It's an exciting time for the Crew and people such as Crew fitness and strength coach Steve Tashjian, a Pasadena native, who have California connections because the team will face New York on Sunday in Carson, Calif., with the championship on the line.
Posted: 11/18/2008 05:30 PM
The Supporters' Shield-winning Columbus Crew continue their quest to achieve the MLS Double (Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup) this Sunday, Nov. 23, as they take on the New York Red Bulls in the 2008 MLS Cup Championship at The Home Depot Center.
Posted: 11/18/2008 05:14 PM
The third time was not a charm for Pat Noonan, so he's hoping for a better result with a different team. Noonan came oh-so close in the past three MLS Cups, and now he's back for a fourth straight try but this time it's with Columbus.
Posted: 11/17/2008 06:06 PM
No matter the outcome of Sunday's MLS Cup in Carson, Calif., a player from the Columbus area will be on the winning side.
Posted: 11/17/2008 05:54 PM
Prior to Thursday's 2-1 victory in the Eastern Conference Final, the last time the Columbus Crew had defeated the Chicago Fire in Crew Stadium was over the 4th of July weekend in 2004. Funny, that. Because in Crew Nation, November 13 is now Independence Day, for that is the day that Columbus Crew emancipated themselves from the suffocating tyranny of failures past.
Posted: 11/14/2008 04:08 PM
Even though the Columbus Crew will leave behind many of their passionate supporters when they play for the MLS Cup Nov. 23 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, the trip to southern California will be like going home for many associated with the team.
Posted: 11/14/2008 12:32 AM
Because the Columbus Crew were in familiar territory, trailing Chicago at halftime of the Eastern Conference Championship, they were able to record another stirring comeback to send the club to a place it has never been before.
Posted: 11/13/2008 10:32 PM
Quick goals from Chad Marshall and Eddie Gaven early in the second half overcame a goal by Brian McBride and carried the Columbus Crew to a 2-1 Eastern Conference Championship victory Thursday against the Chicago Fire and the first MLS Cup berth in club history.
Posted: 11/12/2008 04:47 PM
The majority of the Columbus Crew players have only heard about past playoff failures and how close the club has came on four previous unsuccessful attempts to advance to the MLS Cup.
Posted: 11/11/2008 07:09 PM
Shortly after the Crew booted the Kansas City Wizards from the 2008 playoffs, the Crew's longest-tenured vet, Duncan Oughton, couldn't help but smile.
Posted: 11/11/2008 06:30 PM
Like the season series that resulted in two ties, Thursday's Eastern Conference Championship between the Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire appears to be even.
Posted: 11/11/2008 05:42 PM
For the Eastern Conference Championship, the Crew will have to come back on a short week after finishing their semifinal series on Saturday. After back-to-back shutouts of New England in their semifinal series, the Fire feel they have regained their form.
Posted: 11/11/2008 03:11 PM
The MLS Coach of the Year award given to Columbus Crew head coach Sigi Schmid on Tuesday is for the team's mercurial rise from a non-playoff team in 2007 to the best in the league.
Posted: 11/10/2008 07:06 PM
The Supporters' Shield-winning Columbus Crew prepares for its final match at Crew Stadium this season and it is a monumental one, as it hosts the MLS Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Championship against the Chicago Fire this Thursday, Nov. 13.
Posted: 11/09/2008 12:44 AM
Very few players were around the last time the Columbus Crew were in the MLS Cup Playoffs, but the ghosts of past postseasons still lurked in a cool Crew Stadium on Saturday -- until the team emphatically kicked them to the curb.
Posted: 11/08/2008 10:10 PM
The Columbus Crew are 90 minutes away from reaching the MLS Cup Final for the first time in the club's existence after defeating the Kansas City Wizards 2-0 Saturday night at Crew Stadium, winning their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series 3-1 on aggregate.
Posted: 11/07/2008 04:23 PM
A successful 30-game regular season and one leg of the MLS Cup Playoffs comes down to this Saturday night in Crew Stadium: One-and-done.
Posted: 11/06/2008 06:37 PM
Sigi Schmid has known the incredible highs of coaching an MLS Cup winner and the heartbreaking lows of losing two MLS Cup Finals and an unforgettable series five years ago in his last postseason foray with Los Angeles.
Posted: 11/06/2008 04:58 PM
Tied at one goal apiece on aggregate, the Columbus Crew host the Kansas City Wizards in the winner-take-all second leg of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series on Saturday.
Posted: 11/06/2008 03:13 PM
Chad Marshall's career moved forward after he took a step back. Expectations were high for the 19-year-old defender from Stanford when the Columbus Crew made him the second overall pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft, after Freddy Adu.
Posted: 11/05/2008 05:34 PM
Guillermo Barros Schelotto's English has markedly improved since the Argentinean forward joined the Crew in May 2007. Still, his favorite response when asked a question is a simple, "No problem."
Posted: 11/03/2008 05:53 PM
In order to make the MLS Cup Playoffs after a three-year absence, the Columbus Crew knew they had to vastly improve upon their .500 record at home in 2007.
Posted: 11/02/2008 12:57 AM
It's been four years since the Columbus Crew have been in the MLS Cup Playoffs. But as the other opening games in the conference semifinal series were playing out, they knew what was coming Saturday night against the Kansas City Wizards.
Posted: 11/01/2008 11:45 PM
Rookie forward Steven Lenhart scored the tying goal in second-half stoppage time as the Columbus Crew clawed back for a 1-1 draw with a 10-man Kansas City Wizards on Saturday at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in the opener of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series.
Posted: 10/31/2008 06:34 PM
The Columbus Crew as an organization is making its first postseason appearance in four seasons. However, the players making up the team are not lacking in big games, whether it be in the MLS Cup Playoffs or other competitions.
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