Weekly update: Gone to Carolina
The Crew's match against Kansas City on Saturday will be broadcast live on-line at TheCrew.com, with Dwight Burgess and Dante Washington calling all the action.
U.S. UNDER-20 NATIONAL TEAM CAMP UPDATE
Robbie Rogers, Danny Szetela and Tim Ward are in Frisco, Texas, at U.S. Under-20 National Team camp - the squad's first since winning Group A of the CONCACAF Final Round Qualifying Tournament in Panama in January. All three players started the 3-2 defeat of the Southern Methodist University Mustangs on the SMU campus in Dallas on Saturday, March 25. The U-20s will take on the full Haiti National Team tonight (Wednesday, March 28) at 6:20 p.m. ET at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The match, which will take place prior to the U.S. Men's National Team's 9 p.m. (ET) match against Guatemala, will be broadcast live on-line via ussoccer.com's MatchACCESS. The trio of players will rejoin the Crew in Winston-Salem later this week.
NGWENYA EARNS FIRST INTERNATIONAL CAP
Crew forward Joseph Ngwenya has been away from the team for several days, due to his call-up to the Zimbabwean National side. And Ngwenya earned his first international cap (appearance) for Zimbabwe, nicknamed the Warriors, as they battled Morocco to a 1-1 tie in an African Nations Cup qualifier on Sunday, March 25, in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare.
CREW TO RECEIVE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON MONDAY, APRIL 2
On Monday, April 2, Columbus City Council will present the Crew with a Resolution of Expression recognizing the club's first 11 seasons and wishing it luck as it enters its 12th. Crew General Manager Mark McCullers will lead a continent, that will also include select players and coaches, that will be on hand to receive it at Council's meeting at City Hall at 5 p.m. The Crew opens its 12th season at home on Saturday, April 7, against the New York Red Bulls, at 7 p.m.
UPCOMING PRESEASON SCHEDULE
March
28 - 10 a.m. - Training; 7 p.m. - vs. Wake Forest University
29 - 10 a.m. - Training
30 - 10 a.m. - Training
31 - 7 p.m. - vs. Kansas City Wizards at Wake Forest (Live audio Webcast on TheCrew.com)
April
1 - OFF
2 - OFF
3 - 10 a.m. - Training
