The Crew wrapped up its Florida portion of preseason training this morning (Feb. 16) with a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Fire at the IMG Academies in Bradenton. The Crew is flying home to Columbus today and will have three days off before returning to training on Feb. 20. The team will train Feb. 20-22 in Columbus before departing for Cyprus on Feb. 23. The training sessions in Columbus will be open to the media. The Black & Gold will train and play games in Cyprus from Feb. 23 to March 3.
CREW PRESEASON RESULTS AND SCHEDULE (preseason record 3-2-1)
Feb. 10 Vs. MetroStars at IMG (loss 2-0)
Feb. 10 Vs. USASA Amateur Select Team at IMG (won 3-1)
Feb. 12 Vs. Real Salt Lake, Tom Fitzgerald Memorial Soccer Festival at University of Tampa (won 1-0)
Feb. 14 Vs. Kansas City at IMG (tie 0-0)
Feb. 15 Vs. University of South Florida (won 5-2)
Feb. 16 Vs. Chicago at IMG (loss 3-1)
Today's scoring summary and Crew lineup vs. Chicago (3 30-minute periods):
Scoring Summary:
1-0 Chicago, 10th minute
2-0 Chicago, 46th minute
2-1 Crew, 62nd minute: Goal: Knox Cameron PK (Ivan Becerra taken down in the box)
3-1 Chicago, 75th minute
Crew lineup:
GK: Busch (Guadette, 60)
D (r to l): Pierce (Ward, 60), Chad Marshall (Zayner, 60), Gonzalez (Cameron, 60), Kotschau (Corcoran, 30; Testo, 60)
DM: Szetela (Vasquez, 60), Swierczewski (Moss, 45)
LM: O'Brien (Sutton, 30; Becerra, 60)
AM: Rozental (Hashimoto, 60)
F: Buddle (Kamara, 30), Korol (Wolyniec, 30; Garey, 60)
