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COLUMBUS -- Duliver "Dilly" Duka has a swagger that could be found among the characters in the reality show "Jersey Shore." But the Montville, N.J., native is realistic enough to know his first-year impact with the Columbus Crew could be ...
Columbus -- The first day of preseason for the Columbus Crew started on Tuesday with the same question as when the 2009 season unceremoniously ended with a first-round loss to Real Salt Lake: Where are the goals going to come from?
Coach Robert ...
COLUMBUS -- The Columbus Crew's dream of being the first team to win back-to-back Supporters' Shields and MLS Cups in the same season ran into a buzzsaw called Real Salt Lake in the Eastern Conference Semifinal Series.
Losing the series 4-2 on ...
With the 2009 season completed, here are the answers to some of the biggest questions surrounding the Columbus Crew as the club prepares for 2010.
Coach Robert Warzycha managed the roster for MLS and Champions League play with aplomb until hitting ...
COLUMBUS -- For the second consecutive year, the Columbus Crew lost a key member of their 2008 championship team in the expansion draft when Philadelphia Union selected forward Alejandro Moreno.
He departed just a year and two days after scoring the ...
COLUMBUS -- On the Tuesday before the 2008 MLS Cup, the Columbus Crew completed their training in freezing weather before heading to sunny Carson, Calif., to face the New York Red Bulls.
The Crew were on the grounds of their suburban Obetz facility ...
COLUMBUS -- Columbus Crew Stadium and Ohio Stadium, home of the Ohio State University Buckeyes, are a mere two miles apart, but for Devin Barclay it might as well be the distant between the Earth and the moon.
The last many soccer people saw of the ...
COLUMBUS -- The defending MLS Cup champions and Supporters' Shield winners two years running were rolling in the second leg of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Guillermo Barros Schelotto had given the Columbus Crew a 2-0 lead by the 35th minute in ...
COLUMBUS -- Goalkeeper William Hesmer called it a "dream start." A 2-0 lead on the scoreboard thanks to rejuvenated forward Guillermo Barros Schelotto and a one-goal advantage on the aggregate after 35 minutes of the second leg of their Eastern ...
COLUMBUS -- Real Salt Lake scored the final three goals to overcome a 2-0 deficit and defeat the Columbus Crew 3-2 on Thursday at Crew Stadium, winning their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series 4-2 on aggregate.
Down a goal after the first leg, ...
