Columbus Crew SC Tickets

The Crew has been a prominent American soccer team with an impressive scorecard. The Crew has already been playing for more than a decade and has been pretty successful in the field. Some of the major trophies won by them include MLS Cup 2008, the Supporters' Shields for the year 2004, 2008 and 2009, and the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Fredy Garcia the famous Guetmala's midfielder scored the winning goal for Columbus Crew in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The team defeated Los Angeles Galaxy to seize their trophy in the year 2002. In that game Garcia's goal was the only goal scored in the entire game.

The Crew has also been quite prolific in the Supporters' Shield. Their first victory at this championship came along in the 2004 MLS season. They knocked down Kansas City Wizards in the tie breaker round. They repeated history again by winning in 2008 by a six points lead over Houston. This year they also won the final MLS Cup by defeating the New York Red Bulls. The Crew won the final with a score of 3 to 1 leaving Guillermo Barros Schelotto as the star of the game. The third Supporter Shield came to the Massive in 2009 ensuring their entry into the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the 2010-2011 CONCACAF Champions League.

The team has a massive followership in the region with three major supporter groups. These groups are "The Crew Supporters Union", "The Hudson Street Hooligans", and "La Turbina Amarilla". The club was initially owned by the epical Lamar Hunt and nowadays Clark Hunt is the owner. The Columbus Crew has German roots and that is why their supporter section is named as Nordecke which means north corner in German. This has been a recent development previously all the supporter group sat in their separate sections. But ever since the north stands have been demolished to create a stage all the supporters sit together like a one big Black and Gold family. This team is majorly sponsored by Glidden and Adidas. Their uniforms are sponsored by Glidden while Adidas does their kits.

The Columbus Crew has some major rivalries with some of the other American soccer teams. One of the major rivals of the Crew is Toronto FC. The Crew plays against them in the Trillium Cup and the rift heated up majorly in the year 2009 after a year of flat rivalry. The Crew had given them a hard time in the entire series and emerged as champions in the end. Their rivalry is so intense that it led to some serious incidents among the supporters.

A usual season of the team consists of several international and domestic championships. CONCACAF Champions Cup also known as CONCACAF Giants Cup is one of the major international competitions won by the Crews. Some of the major achievements in the Domestic soccer include League wins in MLS Cup, MLS Supporters' Shield, Eastern Conference games and Eastern Conference Playoffs. Some of the minor trophies earned by them include Minor Trophies Carolina Challenge Cup and Trillium Cup. The Crews continues to work harder than before and it evidently reflects in their performance. To catch another action packed season of the team book your Columbus Crew Tickets now!