Hopkins seems to think so. I'll back him up and say Sigi's the front-runner but only if the Notorious P.I.E. grabs the mic strong during his acceptance speech and belts out "The Warning" to the astonished and appalled crowd. Do that and I'm down for life. You can watch the clip below and cast your own vote. Click to continue reading...

Membership in the Crew Soccer Nation has its privileges. As a season ticket holder I was invited to a Chalk Talk with Sigi, Mark McCullers, and Brian Bliss before the FC Dallas game. Sigi took questions from a group of around 50 fans. There were a few questions about Pat Noonan and some talk about [. Click to continue reading...

Alpha Dog 1. (+2) Columbus Crew (DWLWW) A second straight win sees Sigi's men draw level at the top of the league in impressive fashion. Could they be the real deal this year? My one big concern would be that they don't have the real predator up top that they might need to claw out playoff results, relying instead upon goals from midfield. Click to continue reading...

MLS announced today that Pat Noonan was signed to New England and traded to Columbus.  From MLSNet.com:   "At this point he's probably more inclined to play wide midfield for us while Robbie and Ekpo are gone," [Sigi] said. "He can play Alejandro's position in a pinch. He can play Guillermo's position and he can certainly play both [. Click to continue reading...

Look for a tough one in Houston tonight. It's hot in Texas. The Crew is missing Rogers and Ekpo for the Olympics. Hejduk is out for yellow card accumulation. Lenhart is out 2 games for a flagrant foul and red card. Last week's game against the Rapids was the first without Rogers and Ekpo. Sigi debuted [. Click to continue reading...

Watching the Columbus Crew and Los Angeles Galaxy do battle it last Saturday it was tough to believe that both these teams missed the playoffs last year. The Crew and Galaxy have boasted exciting attacking soccer this year and they both look to have the firepower to reach the post-season in 2008.

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The Galaxy (6-4-2), the highest-scoring team in MLS and sitting first in the Western Conference plays the Columbus Crew (7-4-1), which is lying second in the Eastern Conference.

The Galaxy have won four of their last five games propelled by the scoring exploits of Edson Buddle, who has eight goals during that stretch.

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1. New England Revolution - The class of the league.
2. Los Angeles - Buddle and Beckham get the job done without Donovan or Ruiz.
3. Toronto - Still have trouble on the road, but are solid gold at home.
4. Columbus - Sigi managed to shake the Crew out of their slumping slumber.
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Good news for Columbus Crew fans, their star midfielder Guillermo Barros Schelotto isn't going to leave just yet for his hometown club in Argentina Gimnasia de La Plata. Crew coach Sigi Schmid said that Schelotto has maintained his desire to return to the Crew. This all according to Ives. Schmid went on to say the following [. Click to continue reading...