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Crew, MetroStars Face Off Wednesday

July 29, 2002 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Columbus Crew SC News Release


COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Crew returns to action this Wednesday (July 31) at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., where it will take on the MetroStars in a pivotal Eastern Conference confrontation at 7:30 p.m. The match, between two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, will lead into the All-Star break.

The game will be televised live locally on SPORT! TV (Insight Communications Ch. 36, Time Warner Cable Ch. 24), with Dwight Burgess and Bill McDermott calling all the action. It can be heard live in English on 103.9, The New Eagle, around the state on the Crew Radio Network and across the globe on TheCrew.com, with Jim Henderson behind the radio microphone.

The Crew (7-9-4, 25 pts.), coming off a 2-1 setback at L.A. on Saturday (July 27), enters the match in third place in the Eastern Conference, just four points behind the first-place MetroStars (9-9-2, 29 pts.), who are coming off a 3-0 loss at Chicago on Saturday. The MetroStars have won two of the first three games between the teams this season, with the road team winning all three by one-goal margins.

McBride, Harkes and Maisonneuve to Represent U.S. in 2002 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game on Saturday

Forward Brian McBride and midfielders John Harkes and Brian Maisonneuve - all of whom have represented the U.S. in past World Cups - will play for the U.S. squad in this Saturday's (Aug. 3) 2002 Pepsi MLS All-Star Game that will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., and be televised live on ABC Sports.

The U.S. roster for the All-Star Game consists entirely of MLS players, with nine of 10 teams represented. McBride has the distinction of being the only player in U.S. history to score a goal in two World Cups (1998 and 2002). Harkes, the longtime national team captain, was a member of both the 1990 and 1994 U.S. World Cup Teams and Maisonneuve was a member of the 1998 squad, where he was one of just six U.S. players to start all three matches.

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