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Crew Returns Home To Face New England With Just Seven Games Remaining On The Year

August 28, 2006 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Columbus Crew SC News Release


COLUMBUS, Ohio (Monday, August 28, 2006) - With just seven games remaining on the year The Crew sits in sixth-place in the Eastern Conference, seven points out of the last playoff spot.

The top four teams in each conference make the MLS Cup Playoffs. The teams in second through sixth place in the East are within eight points of each other.

The Crew's next three games are against teams from the Eastern Conference, including a return match vs. New England on Saturday, Sept. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Crew Stadium. The game can be heard in English on The Brew @ 105.7 or in Spanish on Radio Sol, AM-1550. Both the English and Spanish radio broadcasts can also be heard on-line at TheCrew.com.

The Crew (5-12-8, 23 pts) dropped a 1-0 decision at New England on Sunday, August 27. New England is tied for second-place in the East at 7-7-10 (31 pts.). Here are the complete Eastern Conference standings.

Eastern Conference GP W L T PTS GF GA STREAKS LAST 10

D.C. United 24 13 3 8 47 41 25 Lost 1 5-2-3

Chicago Fire 23 8 8 7 31 30 28 Won 3 5-3-2

New England Revolution 24 7 7 10 31 28 28 Won 1 3-3-4

Kansas City Wizards 25 8 12 5 29 28 32 Won 1 2-5-3

New York Red Bulls 23 6 7 10 28 29 27 Won 1 4-4-2

Columbus Crew 25 5 12 8 23 18 35 Lost 1 1-6-3

COLUMBUS CREW vs. New England

Saturday, Sept. 2 - 7:30 p.m. (ET) at Crew Stadium

Crew Radio: The Brew @ 105.7 (English) and Radio Sol, AM-1550 (Spanish)

Crew Webcasts: TheCrew.com and MLSNet.com (English and Spanish)

JON BUSCH, CREW SET TO DELIVER PASSBACK EQUIPMENT TO COLUMBUS DEPARTMENT

OF RECREATION AND PARKS ON TUESDAY

A Crew contingent led by goalkeeper Jon Busch will deliver the new and gently used equipment the club has collected this year on behalf of the U.S. Soccer Foundation's Passback program to the Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 1 p.m. Busch serves as a local spokesperson for the program, which is a joint effort between the U.S. Soccer Foundation, Eurosport and Major League Soccer and its teams to help meet the soccer uniform and equipment needs of all communities, regardless of income, gender or location. Nearly 500 pieces of equipment will be dropped off Tuesday at the Recreation & Parks warehouse at 460 West Whittier Street.

NGWENYA TO MISS NEW ENGLAND MATCH DUE TO RED CARD

The Crew's Joseph Ngwenya will miss Saturday's home game vs. New England due to his red card in Sunday's 1-0 loss at New England. Ngwenya received the red card for pushing New England's Andy Dorman midway through the second half. He will be eligible to return for the Sept. 9 game.

POST-GAME PARTY AT UGLY TUNA SALOONA, IN SOUTH CAMPUS GATEWAY,

SET FOR SATURDAY NIGHT

Following the Crew's match against New England on Saturday, Sept. 2, The Crew and South Campus Gateway will host a Post-Game Party at The Ugly Tuna Saloona (1546 N. High Street). Crew players Duncan Oughton and Jason Garey will make a special appearance to sign autographs and talk with fans. South Campus Gateway is the "Official Post-Game Party Headquarters of the Columbus Crew."

CREW SWITCHES START TIME FOR SEPT. 9 GAME TO 6 P.M.,

WILL HOST OSU-TEXAS VIEWING PARTY AT 8 P.M. FOLLOWING CREW GAME

The Crew announced that it has switched the game-time for its Sept. 9 home game vs. the Chicago Fire from 7:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. (ET). The game-time switch will allow Crew Stadium to remain open and host a viewing party for the Ohio State-Texas college football game that kicks off at 8 p.m.

Ohio State is ranked No. 1 in both the preseason USA Today and Associated Press polls, while Texas is ranked No. 2 by USA Today and No. 3 by Associated Press. The game is a nationally televised game on ABC and will be shown on the Crew Stadium video board.

Former Ohio State football players will be in attendance and will sign autographs prior to the Crew game on The Crew Kicker Plaza.

Single-game tickets are on sale at the Crew Stadium Box Office, all Central Ohio Ticketmaster retail locations, via Ticketmaster phone at 614-431-3600 and on-line at TheCrew.com. Group tickets are also available. All ticket packages or plans are available through TheCrew.com and 614-447-CREW.

FORMER OHIO STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS PRIOR TO SEPT. 9 GAME

As part of the festivities for the Sept. 9 game that will include a viewing party of the Ohio State-Texas college football game, five former Ohio State football players will sign autographs in the Crew Kicker Plaza prior to The Crew's game. The former players that will be on hand include Dimitrious Stanley, Ahmed Plummer, Damon Moore, Maurice Hall and Gary Berry.


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