Crew v Earthquakes Photo Album

Here a some of the photos that I took at the Columbus Crew v San Jose Earthquakes game last Saturday night.  Obviously, these focus on our guys: Kyle Hyland (pics taken pre-game when he was training with the Crew reserves), Josh Williams, Ben Speas and Justin Morrow.  If you click on any one of those thumbnails, you can then view them all in a larger, pseudo-slideshow format.

Hyland training pre-game

Hyland training pre-game

Hyland training pre-game

Williams warming up

Hyland heads in to the lockerroom

Williams juggling

Morrow heading in to the lockerroom before kickoff

The official match ball of Major League Soccer

Kyle Hyland during Opening Match introductions of all the Crew players

Justin Morrow shaking hands with Crew players

Morrow and Williams

Williams dribbling at Morrow

Williams heading towards the sideline with Morrow covering

Williams crossing

Williams cutting inside on Morrow

Williams receiving a pass

Williams heading clear

Speas guarding the post; Williams jostling for position on a San Jose corner

Morrow crossing

Speas passing

Williams setting to throw with Morrow covering

Williams heading clear a San Jose corner kick

Morrow dribbling

Morrow celebrating his goal

Morrow defending

Williams and Morrow chatting after the final whistle

Williams making a young fan’s day complete

Williams and Morrow visiting with fans

Morrow invited to USMNT January training camp

On Sunday, the US Men’s National Team released the list of 25 players invited to its training camp later this month that will be capped off by a friendly with Canada in Houston on 29 January.  The most important name on that list (to us and our readers) is that of Cleveland’s own Justin Morrow.  The St. Ignatius and Notre Dame grad was an All-Star at left back for the San Jose Earthquakes this past season, and his steady play for the 2012 Supporters Cup Winners caught the eye of USMNT boss Jurgen Klinsmann.  US Soccer has a bio page for him, but there’s not much on it at this point.  Check back soon to see what they put up there.  Morrow is the first Clevelander to be invited to a USMNT training camp since Brad Friedel (Bay Village/Bay) retired from international soccer back in 2005.