Les Rosbifs 22 August @ 11:24 AM EST
Columbus Crew are the best team in the MLS at the moment, having won their last five matches in the
MLS, being unbeaten in their last eight and conceding just four goals in their last eight matches.
For Andy Iro it has been a successful time, despite only playing in six league matches. His stock
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Les Rosbifs 02 June @ 04:44 PM EST
After all of the nonsense of Twittergate, it is time to focus on the league action in the MLS. In
Toronto, Chris Cummins has had mixed results with TFC, as their 3-1 home win over the New England
Revolution proved. Daniele Dichio was back in action following a stomach illness and had a good
game, [..
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The Crew finished their two game West trip with their second straight loss, a 2-1 loss against
Chivas USA. Yet again, the Crew went down a goal in the first half, after Atiba Harris one touched
a ball into the back of the net. Like the match against Real Salt Lake, the Crew were able to even
things up after going down a goal when Emmanuel Ekpo's cross found big
Andy Iro's head and was sent into the goal and everything was all square going
into halftime.
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This is the second installment of a position by position look at the 2009 edition of the Columbus
Crew. The reigning MLS Cup Champions begin to defend their title on March 21st in Houston and then
come home to Columbus to take on Toronto. Let's examine what the black and gold will be working
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The Offside 18 March @ 12:30 PM EST
We#8217;re continuing our MLS previews today with a look at the MLS Cup holders, the Columbus Crew,
brought to you by our Crew blogger Matt (who also covers Celtic. Some of us at The Offside wear
many hats.) Be sure to stop by and see Matt at the Crew blog. (Although you [...]div
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WVHooligan 08 September @ 06:12 PM EST
It almost seems like being the best rookie this season is like a death wish. Either you start out
on top and fade quicker than anyone thought, get hurt or...well get hurt some more. That seems to
be the nature of things right now in the league for our crop of rookies. Usually by now we [...]
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WVHooligan 07 August @ 04:59 PM EST
Today just seems like as good of a time as ever to update this list. Seeing how it has been nearly
a month's time since our last view at this list. Some rookies are shining in league games and in
once case in SuperLiga games. With only ten or 12 games left on the year (depending [...]
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This is pretty funny. Andy Iro makes the cut for the starting eleven for the MLS' fattest. Of
course, Sigi Schmid is uncontested in the battle to coach the squad.
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WVHooligan 08 July @ 02:27 PM EST
Its about that time of the month again to update the rookie watch list. Since our last update a
couple rookies have emerged a little more, while some are still taking a back seat as the summer
months roll on. I think now that we are halfway through the season we can have a better
understanding [...]
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WVHooligan 11 June @ 06:39 AM EST
I realize it's been well over a month since I last updated this watch list. For good reason too, there was no need early on to update this kind of a list from week to week. That will come more in handy once we hit late August and September here. But since summer is starting [...]
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WVHooligan 06 May @ 02:38 PM EST
It has been a couple weeks since I posted anything on Major League Soccer's rookie class for 2008.
I decided to go away from the week-by-week account of the rookies and do this once or twice a month
because this season, unlike many in previous years, is harder to judge the rookie talent due to
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"The more I stare at the list, the more I think the majority of players can fit in either
category. Can't say I understand how Major League Soccer comes up with salary figures, but only
that it doesn't tally." With the number of those who have read and commented being roughly
equal, I'm confident everyone [.
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For all the frustrations of the past season - missing the playoffs again, struggling offensively at
the wrong time, etc. - I thought the Columbus Crew fielded a pretty solid defense in 2007. It turns
out, however, the 44 goals they surrendered tied them for sixth in goals-against; middle of the
pack sounds all right, [.
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Back from the little hiatus, time to get right back to it: Covering the Crew posted the latest full
roster for the 2008-vintage Columbus Crew. You can check the post for names, details, plus more.
I'll steal his roster layout to frame the discussion, but I won't borrow the commentary...that'll
come after [.
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For those unfamiliar with it, I have dedicated myself to follow and, to some degree, conflate the
relatively separate fates of the Columbus Crew and the Colorado Rapids for the 2008 Major League
Soccer (MLS) season. The idea is to see which of these long-struggling MLS original clubs make
progress this season.
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Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney turned his pre-season maneuver series to the Columbus Crew this
morning. While the piece focused on Guillermo Barros Schelotto - who seems both a wily one and
happy to be in Columbus - some of what happened with the Argentine legend impacts the Crew's
surprisingly tricky pursuit of Celtic FC's [.
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Well, the 2008 Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft is over. Or close enough to for me to type out
this little post, which, in the grand scheme, is a blank slate with a couple words stenciled on it.
I may not always be informative, but at least I'm honest. As promised, I'm going [...]
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Part of me wants to say the highlight of the whole thing was the ESPN commercial with the dude on
the fishing boat. Mind, that was a fantastic commercial, but I now accept that I haven't missed
much by not seeing past SuperDrafts. That's not to say there weren't real, draft-related
highlights, a [.
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