Columbus Crew

West Ham v. Columbus Crew soccer brawl among fans

The Utube Blog (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago

A soccer brawl here in Columbus? You’ve got to be kidding me.

West Ham United v MLS All-Stars On ESPN Tonight

EPL Talk (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Tonight West Ham United plays the Major League Soccer All-Star Team in Toronto, Canada. The match will be shown live on ESPN and ESPN360.com beginning at 7pm ET. I’m intrigued by this match but it’s hard to get excited. West Ham is one of the most vanilla football clubs in the Premier League. The club has [...]

Match Day Features — MLS All-Star Game

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

On Thursday night, once again ”MLS takes on the World” in their annual match between the league’s All-Star side - as chosen by fans, coaches, and players themselves - and a premier international first division team… The MLS All-Stars are undefeated in this All-Star Game format, and the uniqueness of this All-Star format among U.S. sports seems to [...]

The MLS Player of the Week…for the second time this season

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

For the second time this season, Guillermo Barros Schelotto of the Columbus Crew has been voted by journalists as the MLS Player of the Week. After 17 weeks - and now at the All-Star break, he is the first non-Galaxy player to win this award more than once this season (Beckham, Buddle, and Donovan from L.A. have each [...]

Among the Hugs: Is Cuddly MLS Really Turning Violent?

SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

West Hammered: MLS Learns from the Pros While English cynicism used to be a cherished import in the all-too-earnest hinterland of soccer-loving North America, the bile has lost its caché in the past few years. No more, Guardian. Cease and desist, ‘When Saturday Comes’. Your glib asides on the American game, which may have [...]

Follow Up On Columbus

Going to the Mat (Free subscription) | yesterday

A number of sporting news outfits, including Fox Soccer Channel are reporting that the incident over the weekend between Columbus Crew fans and West Ham United fans, a brawl is what I called, wasn't so bad as initial reports made it out to be. However, looking a video of the incident, I will say that "hundreds" being involved may be overstating the issue, but dozens of people were brawling. Kartik...

USA 2008 Olympic Football Squad

SoccerLens (Free subscription) | yesterday

The United States Men’s Olympic Football squad for Beijing 2008: Coach: Piotr Nowak (43) Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (23) (Chivas USA) Chris Seitz (21) (Real Salt Lake) Defenders: Patrick Ianni (23) (Houston Dynamo) Michael Orozco (22) (San Luis, Mexico) Michael Parkhurst (24) (New England Revolution) Nathan Sturgis (21) (Real Salt Lake) Marvell Wynne (22) (Toronto FC, Canada) Midfielders: Freddy Adu (19)...

Crew plays down 'altercation' during weekend game

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Columbus Crew officials are playing down a weekend incident that included punches and police, describing it as a brief "altercation."

Crew plays down 'altercation' during weekend game

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Columbus Crew officials are playing down a weekend incident that included punches and police, describing it as a brief "altercation."

Crew plays down 'altercation' during weekend game

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Columbus Crew officials are playing down a weekend incident that included punches and police, describing it as a brief "altercation."

Crew plays down 'altercation' during weekend game

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus Crew officials are playing down a weekend incident that included punches and police, describing it as a brief "altercation."

• Crew plays down 'altercation' during weekend game - Fox News

Barney Ronay: Has football hooliganism finally arrived in the US?

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Barney Ronay: News that West Ham United fans were involved in a 'rumble' with supporters of Ohio team Columbus Crew is met with bemusement

British police on lookout for hooligans on U.S. tour

Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday

British police are seeking to identify West Ham supporters who may be stirring up trouble on the English Premier League club's preseason tour of North America. A halftime scuffle among spectators at West Ham's 3-1 win over the Columbus Crew in a friendly match on Sunday resulted in one arrest. West Ham also will play against the Major League Soccer all-stars, who include former England captain David...

Hammers play down trouble

Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

West Ham United have played down a half-time brawl between supporters which overshadowed their friendly against Columbus Crew in Ohio on Sunday. Alan Curbishley's side won the exhibition game against the MLS club by a 3-1 scoreline, but an interva...

• West Ham play down fan clashes in US - Times Online

The Daily Sweeper (July 22)

Pitch Invasion (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

What's better -- having your club bought by a bunch of internet nerds or the mafia?

Beckham makes MLS All Star eleven, Beckham voted into MLS, David Beckham, David Beckham News, David Beckham Pictures

rockport | 07/11/2008

David Beckham is one of five players to make the Major League Soccer All-Stars for the first time after voting results were announced by the league on Thursday.

• Fingers crossed, Becks to lace 'em up in Toronto - atHome Top Story
• National Sport - July 11 - Express & Star
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OHIO SPORTS

hitsgaloremedia | 06/26/2008

Hey sports fan welcome to the great state of Ohio. It IS game time and you have some choices to make. The state of Ohio has over 8 professional teams playing football, basketball, soccer, and ice hockey. Ohio has two NFL teams the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals. If baseball is your game then you have the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Indians. However, if you prefer the hard court...