MLS Columbus Crew SC

Columbus Crew SC Travels to Face Atlanta United FC in Knockout Round

Published on October 23, 2017 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Columbus Crew SC News Release


Winner of Knockout Round moves on to Eastern Conference Semifinals

For Immediate Release: October 22, 2017

Contact: Tim Miller, 614-447-4176 Carlos Mojica, 614-447-4203

COLUMBUS - Columbus Crew SC is set to open the Audi 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs on Thursday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m. ET by traveling to face Atlanta United FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. As announced by Major League Soccer, the match is set to be televised nationally on UniMas and ESPN 2. The match also airs locally on the radio on CD102.5 FM in English and on La Mega 103.1 FM in Spanish.

Should Crew SC defeat Atlanta United FC at Mercedez-Benz Stadium on Thursday, the Black & Gold would advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Winners of the Knockout Round advance to the two-legged, aggregate-goal series Conference Semifinals.

Tickets for the potential First Leg of Crew SC's Eastern Conference Semifinal match-up are now on sale as part of the Pay As We Play Plan for playoff matches, which includes tickets to each potential match held at MAPFRE Stadium through the Eastern Conference Championship. Crew SC Season Ticket Members, 10-Match Plan holders and the general public each have the option to purchase the Pay As We Play Plan for playoff matches at a discounted rate from single-match pricing with the flexibility of only being charged for matches once they are guaranteed to be played.

Crew SC returns to the postseason for the third time in four seasons under Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter. 2017 marks the club's return to the postseason for the first time since the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs, when Crew SC won the Eastern Conference Championship. This is the 14th all-time postseason berth for the Black & Gold as well as the seventh berth for the club in ten seasons, a streak that began in 2008, a year that Crew SC won the first professional championship for Columbus by capturing that season's MLS Cup.

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