MLS Columbus Crew SC

Crew's 2009 Home Opener set for Saturday, March 28, vs. Toronto FC

Published on December 2, 2008 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Columbus Crew SC News Release


COLUMBUS, Ohio - The MLS Cup Champion Columbus Crew announced today that the club will kick off its 14th Major League Soccer season on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Western Conference-power Houston at 8 p.m. (ET) on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol. The Crew will then host its 2009 home opener the following week, on Saturday, March 28, vs. Eastern Conference-rival Toronto FC in the first leg of the second annual Trillium Cup competition. The rematch of the Crew's 2008 home opener is scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m.

Real Salt Lake, the only club that is not in action during First Kick weekend, will host he Crew in is home opener in Week 3. Rio Tinto Stadium will open its doors to the defending champs April 2 on ESPN2 Primetime Thursday and ESPN Deportes at 9 p.m. ET.

The complete 2009 league schedule has not yet been finalized and will be released by early February 2009, but each team will play a 30-game regular season. Of the 15 teams that will compete in 2009, seven will be in the Eastern Conference and eight will be in the Western Conference, where Seattle Sounders FC is the newest addition. Each team will play every other MLS team home and away, for a base of 28 games. Two additional games against intra-conference rivals will complete each team's 30-game schedule. The regular season ends on Oct. 25.

Crew Soccer Nation memberships - season ticket packages - are available at www.TheCrew.com or by calling 614-447-CREW.

Founded by American sports pioneer Lamar Hunt, the Columbus Crew is Ohio's Major League Soccer club, anchoring a diverse sports and entertainment enterprise. One of the league's Charter Members and winners of MLS Cup 2008, MLS Supporters' Shield titles in 2004 and 2008 and the 2002 U.S. Open Cup, it recently completed its 13th season overall and 10th in first-of-its-kind Columbus Crew Stadium.

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