The Still Columbus Crew Come To Town

What an actual winning crew team looks like

Congratulations Columbus, you kept the Crew!  Sincerely every MLS fan is happy for you guys.  Now that we've dispensed with the niceties, take an L and get out.  :D  Yes the Village People, still of Columbus, are in Commerce City tomorrow night to face the Rapids who are on a 1-game winning "streak".  Traditional kickoff time of 7pm tomorrow so the tailgate will start at 4.  Since its Memorial Day we can expect the surrounding fields to be packed with the annual soccer tournament and the stadium to have a larger than normal attendance at the game.  If you can't make it, Fleming and 'Celo will take care of you on Altitude.

Injury Reporrt:

OUT: D Kortne Ford

Availability Report:

Unavailable: D Lalas Abubakar

Because Abubakar is on loan to us from Columbus he's not allowed to play against the Crew so we have to make do without him this week.  Its not a horrible thing as with 3 games this week (@Philly on Wed, Cinci next Saturday) odds are he would have to miss one of the three games anyway, it just forces our hand as to which game he misses.

I'm honestly not sure who's going to be on the back line.  Given Anderson and Wynne both had rough games at left back I think Vines will get a shot there.  Smith looked ok last week and I think Casey will want to run out as much of the same lineup so he'll start but it could be Wynne,  Opare, or Sjoberg next to him.  I think Rubio will have to work himself back into the lineup after the success Lewis and Nicholson had last week.

Prediction: 1-1 draw.  Goal by Lewis.  Columbus has the second worse offense in the league, but our defense sucks without Abubakar.  We saw that against Vancouver, who had the worst offense in the league.  I think we're better than we were then but I'm not yet confident enough to predict a win.