Columbus Crew Tickets

Reigning MLS Cup-champions Columbus Crew will defend their title at the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The upcoming series against Real Salt Lake will be the first time the two sides have met in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Columbus Crew being back in the 2009 MLS playoffs is big news, so be quick to find your cheap Crew tickets and cheer on your side to victory. The Crew will be hoping to beat Real Salt Lake, and this is destined to become one of the most memorable Crew games ever with a back-to-back title in the balance. Scores are taken over the aggregate of two games - home and away - and every soccer fan in the USA is geared up for this one! The Eastern Conference MLS playoffs are always eventful and we think that Columbus soccer fans can feel victory in their bones this year. However, if the Crew manages to defeat their conference rivals, they will then be facing either the New England Revolution or the Chicago Fire in the Eastern Conference Championship on November 12, 2009. Then the MLS fun can get started all over again. Buy Columbus Crew playoff tickets now and follow your team all the way to final!

The innovative philanthropist Lamar Hunt, originator of the term "Superbowl" and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, also owned the MLS team, the Columbus Crew. and FC Dallas Hunt died in 2006, and his son, Clark, oversaw the sporting legacy his father had built up over time. The Crew's Columbus Crew Stadium is the first MLS soccer-specific stadium. The Crew played their home games at Ohio Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University until 1999 when they moved into their splendid new home. The mascot for the Crew is Crew Cat, and the team colors are black and gold..

Winning the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (named for their owner after his death, and the oldest competition in the United States), defeating the Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0.

The Crew also reached the 1998 Open Cup, but an impending hurricane forced the postponement and relocation of the game to Chicago's Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Fire, who eventually won the trophy 2-1 in overtime. The Crew also won the 2004 Supporter's Shield, which is awarded to the team with the best record over the period of the regular season.

Columbus Crew tickets are here for the taking, and do not snooze because soccer is coming alive in the USA, and tickets have a habit of disappearing!