COLUMBUS, Ohio - With just five games remaining on the year The Crew heads to New York on Saturday, Sept. 16, to face the Red Bulls in a key Eastern Conference match that will go a long way in determining The Crew's playoff hopes.
Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. (ET) and the game can be seen locally on ONN. The game can be heard in English on The Brew @ 105.7 or on-line at TheCrew.com.
The top four teams in each conference make the MLS Cup Playoffs. Four teams are within eight points of each other in the East, with The Crew at 26 points, New York in fifth with 29 points, Kansas City fourth with 33 points and New England in third with 34 points.
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COLUMBUS CREW at New York Red Bulls
Saturday, Sept. 16 - 7:30 p.m. (ET) at Giants Stadium
Crew Television: ONN
Crew Radio: The Brew @ 105.7 (English)
Crew Webcasts: TheCrew.com and MLSnet.com (English)
CREW TRAINING AND GAME SCHEDULE
September
Tues., 12: 10 a.m. training at Obetz
Wed., 13: 10 a.m. training at Crew Stadium
Thurs., 14: 10 a.m. training at Capital
Fri., 15: 9 a.m. training at Crew Stadium
Fri., 15: Depart for New York
Sat., 16: Crew at New York - 7:30 p.m. at Giants Stadium
Sun., 17: Crew Reserves at New York Reserves - 10 a.m.
Sun., 17: Return to Columbus
(All times are Eastern)
CREW TO BE RECOGNIZED AT MONDAY'S COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Columbus City Council Member Patsy Thomas, Chair of the Public Utilities Committee, is scheduled to introduce a Resolution of Expression at Monday's (Sept. 11) council meeting recognizing and expressing appreciation to the Crew organization for its support of and involvement with the City of Columbus' Keep Columbus Beautiful program.
The Crew's community partnership with Keep Columbus Beautiful has included neighborhood cleanups involving the entire team and the Crew Soccer Foundation rewarding young people who participate in any KCB cleanup, or otherwise volunteer their time or talents to support its efforts, with a complimentary Crew ticket through its Kicks for Kids program. Keep Columbus Beautiful is a City of Columbus community-improvement program that is a unique arm of the Refuse Collection Division of the Columbus Department of Public Service. The award-winning program's mission is to promote and coordinate litter cleanups, graffiti prevention and removal, recycling, and beautification projects.
TITAN AUTO INSURANCE COPA VICTORIA TOURNAMENT MOVES TO QUARTERFINALS
The Titan Auto Insurance Copa Victoria, the Crew's annual adult Hispanic soccer tournament, has reached the quarterfinal stage. In fact, those four matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, Sept. 9, but field conditions necessitated that they be rescheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 16.
Two games will kick off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and two more at 4:30 p.m. at the Crew Training Center at Obetz (4153 Alum Creek Drive). The winners of those matches will face off in the semifinals on Saturday, Sept. 23, at 2:30 p.m. The final is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 30, at Crew Stadium, prior to the Crew's regular-season home finale. This year's quarterfinalists are Auto Sol, C-D- Aguila, C.D. Metapan, Cinco Estrellas, El Vaquero, Ohio United, Real Sociedad and Tapatio.
The 24-team, single-elimination tournament, which is also supported by Roush Honda, Budweiser and adidas, kicked off on Saturday, July 29, and it is representative of the Columbus Crew's longstanding relationship with the Hispanic community in Central Ohio. In addition to coordinating the popular tournament, each year the Crew organizes Fubolito, the official 4v4 tournament of Major League Soccer, as well as Budweiser Hispanic Heritage Night. The Crew and Spanish radio broadcast partner, WXOL RadioSol, also air each home match in Spanish.
CREW RESERVES FALL TO CHICAGO RESERVES 3-2 ON SUNDAY, FACE NEW YORK RESERVES ON SUNDAY IN NEW YORK
The Columbus Crew Reserves had their two-game winning streak snapped after dropping a 3-2 decision to the Chicago Fire Reserves on Sunday, Sept. 10, at The Crew's training facility in Obetz.
The Crew Reserves dropped to 2-7-0 on the year, while the Fire Reserves improved to 3-4-2.
The Fire got two goals from Floyd Franks and Johnny Torres tallied the winner in the 70th minute of the back-and-forth affair.
The Crew took a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute on a Marc Burch goal but Chicago stormed into the lead as Franks scored in the 40th and 59th minutes.
Kei Kamara equalized in the 68th minute but Columbus couldn't keep the momentum as Torres notched the game-winner just two minutes later.
David Mahoney earned the win in the nets for Chicago, while Any Gruenebaum was in goal for The Crew in the first half and Noah Palmer in the second half.
The Crew Reserves play again this Sunday in New York.
