Harrison Afful and Rodrigo Saravia received National Team call ups this week, a huge honor for any soccer player. Shawn Mitchell of The Columbus Dispatch covered Afful's call up for Ghana and Saravia's call up for Guatemala.
Shawn Mitchell went more in-depth with the young Saravia and his World Cup qualifying call up in a Columbus Dispatch blog post. Check out Rodrigo's comments on the honor.
Mitchell also covered former Crew SC goalkeeper Matt Lampson, now a member of the Chicago Fire, the Black and Gold's next opponent. Read about what Lampson and Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter had to say about the matchup.
Pat Murphy of Massive Report published a piece on working past the pressure to succeed for Crew SC. Hector Jimenez and Gregg Berhalter provided their input on what lessons the team has learned in the first two matches and how they are focusing on the next match.