Today in Crew History - A Tradition of Excellence

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  1. Arthur_Maggot

    Arthur_Maggot Member+

    Jun 12, 2019
    The best part of this for me was the crowd singing the national anthem


    https://youtube.com/shorts/f2Mt2rIl2Kk?si=KZdM-F2l0ycsqtaF
     
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  2. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Rootes always seemed like the happiest guy in the world, always smiling, always friendly, and he was extremely well.thought of professionally. No one ever blamed him for using the Crew as a stepping stone; he did a fantastic job here and earned the Texans job where he also reportedly was terrific. What happened stunned everyone.

    So very sad.
     
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  3. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  4. speedye1

    speedye1 Member+

    Dec 31, 2002
    Hit me hard as not only was he a new GM for the Crew, but also took his time to coach my U-17 club team at the time. A powerful reminder that mental health affects everyone and anyone.
     
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  5. the_rickler

    the_rickler Member+

    Feb 9, 2013
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    I was 9 that first season at the Shoe. We saw Roots in his suit and tie clearly on a mission running somewhere outside of the stadium. He ran past us, stopped, turned around and took time to say “hello” to my dad and I, then ran off back to whatever fire he was originally headed to put out. I never forgot that. He seemed like such a nice dude.
     
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  6. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Was it the 1998 season by any chance?
     
  7. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And now we're at the anniversary of the first time a US national team came which was a 1999 U-17 FIFA World Cup Qualifier vs El Salvador.

    The way I remember it, kickoff was at 5pm with a Crew-Tampa Bay game at 7:30 which was played in a rainstorm...or maybe the rainstorm was the next weekend.

    The US U-17 team included players like
    GK - DJ Countess
    DF - Oguchi Onyewu
    MF - DaMarcus Beasley, Nelson Akwari, Kyle Beckerman
    FW - Landon Donovan, Bobby Convey

    The coach was former Crew assistant coach John Ellinger who also developed Crew legends and not-legends like Chad Marshall, Eddie Gaven and Danny Szetela.
     
  8. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To HSC or to Columbus?? There was a game vs Panama in Dublin...
     
  9. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    HCS. You're totally right about the Dublin game(s), but since I wasn't following the sport then, it's easy enough for me to forget about any US game in Dublin.

    Didn't Mike Lapper play on the team then...or at least one future Crew player did?
     
  10. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mike and Dante were on the roster for that Panama game, as I recall. I have the program somewhere....

    Appears the game was in 1991. Dante had two goals.

    https://bemassivesoccer.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/a-history-of-soccer-in-columbus/
     
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  11. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  12. the_rickler

    the_rickler Member+

    Feb 9, 2013
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    It was the 96 season. (or at least my memory tells me it was.) I was young so a lot of those memories blend together. I also remember meeting Lamar Hunt in those early years. He was really kind too.
     
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  13. Black and Gold Forever

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Nov 23, 2024
    Four years ago today, June 19, 2021, the last first team home match was played at HCS against the Chicago Fire. It was a 2-0 win for the good guys.
     
  14. ColumbusFTW

    ColumbusFTW Member+

    Jul 18, 2018
    Still gives chills.

     
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  15. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Happy birthday Brian McBride!
     
  16. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #491 Kryptonite, Jun 20, 2025
    Last edited: Jun 20, 2025
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    Yesterday was the anniversary of the Crew Stadium finale.

    One thing they got right at the new stadium: Eliminating many of the concourse areas to stand and watch the game. LDC seems a lot fuller than this photo. The attendance at the final game at the fairgrounds was listed as just over 20k. I also remember a lot more people in the stands as the game neared the end. So where the hell were they at kickoff?
     
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  17. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  18. Crew Chuck35

    Crew Chuck35 Member+

    Apr 13, 2009
    Gahanna, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Concessions
     
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  19. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I loved the concourse areas and really miss them in the new place. It’s one reason why LDC feels so claustrophobic to me. That, and the turned-up-to-11 amplified sound.
     
  20. Hamburgler03

    Hamburgler03 BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 31, 2000
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    11 years ago today, Columbus Crew fan, Stu Tudor, was struck by lightning on way into the stadium and passing away at a later date from the medical issues. Sad day for the black and gold.
     
  21. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #496 Bill Archer, Jun 28, 2025
    Last edited: Jun 29, 2025
    A lot of times I never sat in a seat. A few of my freinds and I would stand together usually in the SE corner.

    Occasionally I'd stand in the deck outside the Upper 90. An old freind and I would stand at the rail and our wives would park at a table by the window where they couldn't see that much but seemed very happy not to have to put up with two lunatics.

    I loved that old barn.
     
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  22. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The makeup date was the next day. Being there had every bit of a "this game is only being played today because it has to" feel to it.
     
  23. stanger

    stanger BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 29, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Same for us. We would stand on the rail in the NE corner. Much harder to get our group together in the Nordecke now.
     
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  24. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Happy birthday to LDC!

    Today is also the one-year anniversary of the night fans would not be allowed in the stadium to watch the Columbus fireworks.
     

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