Welcome to the Anatomy of a Goal, where following each match we dissect one goal (or near goal) from a previous Columbus Crew contest. For match six of the 2024 MLS season, we look at Marino Hinestroza’s 79th-minute goal, his first for the Crew, that leveled the match with Nashville SC and set the team back to Columbus with a crucial road point. Here’s a look … Continue reading Anatomy of a Goal: Marino Hinestroza opens his Crew account

Amidst a half that lasted 60-plus minutes last week in a 2-0 loss to Charlotte FC, the Columbus Crew would need to shrug off their first defeat of 2024 and put that anger towards Nashville SC who was the opponent Saturday night. With both teams missing significant players and coming off of losses, it was a battle of two teams who needed a win to … Continue reading Columbus battles to 2-2 draw with Nashville

The Columbus Crew is down another key piece for tonight’s match against Nashville SC, with reports saying that striker Cucho Hernandez will be unavailable for selection. Massive Report can confirm that the Black & Gold will be without its star striker, in a match that Columbus was already without three key pieces. A loss like Cucho weights heavy for Crew’s production in front of the … Continue reading Crew to be without Cucho Hernandez during Saturday’s match in Nashville

The Columbus Crew suffered its first loss of the 2024 campaign in outrageous circumstances away to Charlotte FC last weekend. A 26th-minute red card to Derrick Jones put Columbus behind the 8 ball, with injuries to Rudy Camacho and Christian Hernandez preceding Jones’s sending off. The Crew looks to rebound quickly as they enter another busy period of matches with an away trip to Nashville … Continue reading Massive Scouting Report: Nashville SC

After suffering their first loss of the season to Charlotte FC last week, the Columbus Crew are back on the road to take on Nashville SC in the Music City. To get a better understanding of the Blue & Gold, we sat down with Claudio Villalobos at Nashville Total Sports to give us all the inside scoops on the home side. Massive Report: How would … Continue reading Crossing The Touchline: Crew at Nashville SC

The Columbus Crew travel to the Music City to take on Nashville SC for their second consecutive road game. The Black & Gold will try to shake off a disappointing and infuriating loss to Charlotte last week, where it seemed everything went against them. Some good news awaits Crew supporters, head coach Wilfried Nancy is no longer ill, the referee strike has ended, and players … Continue reading Predicted XI: Nashville SC

Earlier this week I was combing the internet catching up on the headlines from around Major League Soccer. Tuesday was a busy news cycle, particularly with the main story of MLS referees ratifying a new collective bargaining agreement and making their return this weekend. The other big story came from The Athletic in which they spoke about LAFC potentially acquiring the services of striker Olivier … Continue reading What aging European talent would make sense for Columbus?

The labor dispute between the Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA), Major League Soccer, and Pro Referee Organization (PRO) is ending. According to Pablo Mauer of The Athletic, who was the first to report the development, members of the PSRA voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement on Monday evening. The ratification of the new CBA was confirmed by PSRA and PRO on Tuesday morning … Continue reading MLS referees ratify new CBA, return this weekend