COLUMBUS, Ohio - With just eight games remaining on the year and its playoff hopes on the line, The Crew begins a stretch of four games in a row vs. Eastern Conference opponents on Sunday, August 27, in New England. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. at Gillette Stadium and the game will be televised locally on ONN. The game can also be heard in English on The Brew @ 105.7 or on-line at TheCrew.com.
The Crew sits in sixth and last place in the Eastern Conference but just five points out of second place. The top four teams in each conference make the MLS Cup Playoffs. Teams in second through sixth place in the East are within five points of each other, with three of the five earning a playoff spot.
The Crew (5-11-8, 23 pts) snapped a 13-game winless streak on Saturday, August 19, downing New York 1-0. New England is tied for second-place in the East at 6-7-10 (28 pts.).
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COLUMBUS CREW at New England
Sunday, Aug. 27 - 7 p.m. (ET) at Gillette Stadium
Crew TV: ONN; National TV: Fox Soccer Channel
Crew Radio: The Brew @ 105.7 (English)
Crew Webcasts: TheCrew.com and MLSnet.com (English)
VIEWING PARTY AT BUFFALO WILD WINGS SET FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AT 7 P.M.
Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar on Bethel Road (5240 Bethel Centre Mall) will once again serve as the "Official Away Game Headquarters" for all Columbus Crew road games. Sunday's game at New England is televised locally on ONN and can be seen at Buffalo Wild Wings on Bethel Road.
THE CREW AND RED BULLS TO MEET IN HALL OF FAME GAME ON AUGUST 28 IN ONEONTA, NY
The National Soccer Hall of Fame announced that the New York Red Bulls and Columbus Crew will meet in the 2006 edition of the annual Hall of Fame Game on Monday, August 28, at 1:00 p.m. on At-A-Glance Field in Oneonta, NY.
Tickets are available at the Hall of Fame Kicks Museum Store or by calling 800-545-FAME (3263). Advance general admission is $15, while game day tickets are $18.
CREW SWITCHES START TIME FOR SEPT. 9 GAME TO 6 P.M., WILL HOST OSU-TEXAS VIEWING PARTY AT 8 P.M. FOLLOWING CREW GAME
The Crew announced that it has switched the game-time for its Sept. 9 home game vs. the Chicago Fire from 7:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. (ET). The game-time switch will allow Crew Stadium to remain open and host a viewing party for the Ohio State-Texas college football game that kicks off at 8 p.m.
Ohio State is ranked No. 1 in both the preseason USA Today and Associated Press polls, while Texas is ranked No. 2 by USA Today and No. 3 by Associated Press. The game is a nationally televised game on ABC and will be shown on the Crew Stadium video board.
Former Ohio State football players will be in attendance and will sign autographs prior to the Crew game on The Crew Kicker Plaza.
Single-game tickets are on sale at the Crew Stadium Box Office, all Central Ohio Ticketmaster retail locations, via Ticketmaster phone at 614-431-3600 and on-line at TheCrew.com. Group tickets are also available. All ticket packages or plans are available through TheCrew.com and 614-447-CREW.
CREW RESERVES DOWN NEW YORK RESERVES 3-1
The Columbus Crew Reserves got goals from Ryan Coiner, Kie Kamara and Knox Cameron to down the New York Red Bulls Reserves 3-1 on Sunday, August 20, at The Crew's training facility in Obetz.
It was The Crew Reserves first win of the year after starting out the year 0-6-0. The New York Reserves fell to 3-5-1.
New York drew first blood in the 24th minute when Blake Camp knocked home a rebound off a John Wolyniec shot that was saved by Crew goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum.
But The Crew answered quickly as Ryan Coiner tied the game in the 33rd minute, blasting home a loose ball that had deflected off Jon Conway's hands after a cross by March Burch. The score was tied at one at the half.
Kei Kamara put Columbus on top for good in the 53rd minute after sending a rocket past Conway from 20 yards out. Knox Cameron iced the game in the 86th minute, finishing a long pass from Eric Vasquez.
