FOX Sports Ohio is excited to announce it will produce and televise 32 Columbus Crew soccer games this season. FOX Sports Ohio kicks off the season with the Crew’s 2013 MLS campaign opener on the road Saturday, March 2, against Chivas USA. The team then heads to the Pacific Northwest to face Vancouver Whitecaps FC on March 9 before opening Crew Stadium for the new season on March 16 against the defending MLS Supporters’ Shield winners, the San Jose Earthquakes. A complete schedule is below.
Dwight Burgess, the original “Voice of the Crew,” returns to the booth to call all the action along-side play-by-play announcer and club icon Duncan Oughton with analysis. Joining them once again on home telecasts will be sideline reporter Ashleigh Ignelzi.
Columbus Crew 2013 Schedule on FOX Sports Ohio
| Day |
Date |
Opponent |
Time |
| Saturday | March 2 | @ Chivas | 10:30pm |
| Saturday | March 9 | @ Vancouver | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | March 16 | vs. San Jose | 5:30pm |
| Saturday | April 6 | vs. Philadelphia | 5:00pm |
| Saturday | April 13 | @ Montreal | 2:00pm |
| Saturday | April 20 | @ Chicago | 8:30pm |
| Saturday | April 27 | vs. DC | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | May 11 | vs. Colorado | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | May 18 | @ Toronto | 5:00pm |
| Saturday | May 26 | @ New York | 5:00pm |
| Saturday | June 1 | vs. Houston | 7:30pm |
| Wednesday | June 5 | @ Philadelphia | 7:30pm |
| Wednesday | June 15 | vs. Montreal | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | June 22 | vs. Chicago | 8:00pm |
| Saturday | June 29 | @ Kansas City | 8:30pm |
| Thursday | July 4 | @ LA | 10:30pm |
| Sunday | July 7 | vs. Portland | 5:00pm |
| Saturday | July 20 | vs. New England | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | July 27 | @ Toronto | 2:00pm |
| Saturday | August 3 | @ Houston | 9:00pm |
| Saturday | August 10 | vs. New York | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | August 17 | vs. Toronto | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | August 24 | @ Salt Lake | 9:30pm |
| Saturday | August 31 | vs. Seattle | 7:30pm |
| Wednesday | September 4 | vs. Houston | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | September 7 | @ Kansas City | 8:30pm |
| Saturday | September 14 | @ Montreal | 2:00pm |
| Saturday | September 21 | vs. Chicago | 7:30pm |
| Sunday | September 29 | @ Dallas | 8:30pm |
| Saturday | October 5 | vs. Kansas City | 7:30pm |
| Saturday | October 19 | @ New England | 7:30pm |
| Sunday | October 27 | vs. New England | 4:00pm |
Schedule Subject to Change – Check
FOXSportsOhio.com for updates.
ABOUT THE COLUMBUS 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, it won its first MLS Cup championship in 2008, and has
also won the 2002 U.S. Open Cup and MLS Supporters’ Shield titles in
2004, 2008 and 2009. The club begins its 18th MLS season at Chivas USA
on March 2, 2013 – its 15th campaign at first-of-its-kind
Crew Stadium.
FOX Sports Ohio,
the area’s leading provider
of local sports programming, is the television home of the Cincinnati
Reds, Cleveland Cavaliers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Crew, Xavier
Musketeers, Cincinnati Bearcats, Big 12 and Conference USA football, and
Big East football and basketball. FOX Sports
Ohio reaches over five million households in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana,
western Pennsylvania, western New York, and West Virginia.
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