http://www.thecrew.com/news/2012/12/crew-host-san-jose-earthquakes-march-16-2013-home-opener "Times and broadcast information will be unveiled in the coming weeks as part of the complete 2013 regular season schedule announcement." The only question will it be broadcast in "HD" or HD.
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/list/201212/best-sports-photos-2012#44 The only soccer pic out of the whole bunch...
Would you still view this photo if you only saw the caption first? "Richard Eckersley of Toronto takes it in the face from Federico Higuain of Columbus."
There was at least one other similar picture in that set where an ump got a face full of cleat after a slide into home.
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/12/agbossoumonde-signs-with-mls-to-be-placed-in-lottery.html He's 21, with national team potential. A defender. Who thinks the Crew should try and get in on this lottery action?
Is it sad to admit I just don't care this offseason? Hey, during the season we bring in some talent, it fades quickly, over the offseason we'll dump a critical section of our lineup (defense, goalkeepers, tRR) and mash the fading talent with the fresh draft picks in a bedazzling away loss/home draw that will make us all feel miserable. Why do I need to care?
Because next year we're going to win MLS Cup again, and you will want to get in on the ground floor for that action.
This is a couple months old now, but I don't think I remembered to post it here. Anyways, for those of you that listen to NPR and know of the Political Junkie on Talk of the Nation on Wednesdays, Ken Rudin always asks some sort of inane trivia question, first correct answer get a "no prize" tshirt. Back before the election, they were in Columbus and asked "Who was the last vice president elected the same year an Ohio professional sports team won a championship." He gave the answer as 1976, when Walter Mondale was elected V.P. and the Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. All of us here know that Joe Biden was elected in 2008, the same month the Crew won the cup. So I decided to write him a letter (I have never written to a company, station, etc... before). He published my letter in his weekly blog. http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicalj...ans-on-path-to-retaining-control-of-the-house Q: Your Oct. 10 Political Junkie trivia question was, "Who was the last vice president elected the same year an Ohio professional sports team won a championship. You gave the answer as 1976, when Walter Mondale was elected V.P. and the Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. This answer is incorrect. On November 23, 2008, the Columbus Crew defeated the New York Red Bulls 3-1 to win the MLS Cup, a day that is still revered by many of us here in Columbus. That same month Joe Biden was elected vice president. The Columbus Crew is a professional sports team playing in a professional sports league, Major League Soccer (MLS). It is not collegiate, minor league, or some other semi-professional sport. For Ken to be broadcasting from Columbus at the time but to still have the audacious tenacity to dismiss MLS and the accomplishments of this city's beloved yellow soccer team is greatly disheartening and probably most egregious error ever committed in the history of radio broadcasts ... although I am sure my heartache and dismay could easily be rectified by receiving a Political Junkie t-shirt of my own. To be fair, I believe Ken did narrowly tailor his question when he first posed it by saying "professional" included football, basketball, baseball, or hockey. But in second reference the question was said as just "professional." So, either the Political Junkie and NPR do not recognize Major League Soccer as a professional sports league (although all indications suggest that it will soon replace NHL in the "Big Four"), or they simply "dropped the ball" on the question. — Ben Hoelzel, Columbus, Ohio (similarly, Mark Merck of West Fargo, N.D.; James Schramm of St. Clairsville, Ohio; Frank McCormick of Boise, Idaho; and Martin Long of Arlington, Mass.) A: When I asked the question, I did indeed limit the sports to football, baseball, basketball and hockey. But Ben is right in that subsequent readings of the question, Neal Conan and I just said "professional" teams. And so I understand why so many people thought I made a mistake. And that's why I gave so much space to this issue. And no, Ben, you're not getting a t-shirt.