Make that 6 in a row unbeaten...

A great win for us on Saturday night against the Whitecaps.  A fully deserved 3 points and great goals by Emilio.  I was very happy to see a packed Crew Stadium as well! We are rolling and have a big one coming up this weekend against the Sounders!  They are unbeaten in their last 6 as well I believe. So hopefully the weather holds up, the fans come out again, and we win!!!!

We had a season ticket holder appreciation day on Sunday so I was able to meet a lot of awesome Crew fans!  It was sweet to meet em all and I hope to see em again in the future!  The weather's been killin me! Rain Rain Rain, and today we had to train indoors because our field was soakeeddd!  Come on Columbus, its already May, enough of the rain and wind and cold! pleaseeeee! 

Anyway, my family is coming in this weekend with 2 of my good buddies as well, the Bowman brothers.  Will be great to see em all and we have a reserve game Monday against the Revolution that they will be attending too so thatll be good.  Prob go out for a couple nice meals and spend some quality time together!  Things are still rolling along over here,  I feel the best on the ball and in training in general as I have since joining the Crew so that's good.  Gotta keep it up, working hard, and learning!  Appreciate the support, I hope everyone is gearing up for a great summmer!  Bring on the sunshine and fun!  and Go Crew of course!  Be back soon!


EG #16


"One day your life will flash before your eyes, make sure it's worth watching!"

Unbeaten in last 5..

What's up people!?  Just home from training on this thursday afternoon, just put a load of laundry in!  Hope everyone has been well and things are looking up for you!  We have yet to be beaten since our opening game with a win and a tie since we last talked.  We beat a good KC team at home last saturday and had a decent trip to Toronto this weekend!  Our reserve team went 2-0 too, beating the University of Louisville, and then this weekend we beat Torontos reserve team so thats good as well.  We are currently in third place which is very respectable.

We welcome the Vancouver Whitecaps to Crew stadium this saturday!  The weather is actually supposed to cooperate finally so hopefully the stadium is packed!  We have a team appearance Sunday at Crew Stadium so it will be nice to meet some of the best fans in MLS!

I was able to shortly visit home for Easter.  It was lovely seeing my momma and pappa, along with the rest of the family as everyone came over to our house!  I flew home easter morning and then back to columbus the following day, but it was well worth it!  I got my golf clubs too so I hit the range yesterday.  My game needs some work no doubt! :/ but gotta start somewhere!  One of my best friends is coming in town tomorrow and my boys on the Loyola Vball team play Ohio state in columbus this weekend for the conference title.  So hopefully i can see them a bit, GO RAMBLERS!

That's it for now, I apologize this took so long and I appreciate the support from everyone!  I will be back soon. 


EG #16


"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon."

Another week in the books..

I apologize for my absence, been out and about enjoying the nice weather as of late and keeping busy.  Another week of training has come and gone and our first team battles Sporting KC tomorrow night.  I spent some time with KC the last two preseasons so it will be nice to see some of those guys again.  Should be a great game too as they have put together a strong team over there.  But so have we, should be an exciting match.  The reserves play the University of Louisville Sunday morning which will be a good non league test for us as they were the national NCAA runner up last year.  Hopefully a fun, winning weekend on the field for us.

Been hittin the gym regularly now mixing up lifting and some swimming.  It has been fun and it feels good to get back in routine.  Rich, Alex Riggs, Justin, and I all have memberships so we enjoy going there often.  With the weather turning the guys been golfing too.  I just ordered some clubs but I went to the range with Rich and Alex and surprisingly was hitting some good balls.  I am excited to start playin a bit for sure.

Made a bomb salad tonight, grilled chicken, green onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, salt and pepper, and romaine lettuce.  It's one of my favs, I make it a lot but mix it up between chicken, shrimp and sometiems turkey breast.  Feels good in the stomach too :) I believe my ma and pa are coming in tomorrow for the weekend and games so that will be nice.  Everything other than that is going well, enjoying the soccer and team.  Becoming really familiar with Columbus too as far as getting around, I enjoy the city for the most part.  Hope everyone is well and had a good week themselves.  Have a safe and enjoyable weekend and I apologize for the delay again.  Much love and I mean it!



EG #16


Shoutout to Marko, our Public Relations guy here at the Crew ;)

Chivas tomorrow night!

Been another solid week of training for us.  With that first win against FC Dallas last weekend, moods were high as this week went by pretty fast.  The team left yesterday for the west coast and hopefully we can get our second straight win. 

As far as my activities this past week, ive hit the gym twice which felt good to get back in a lifting routine.  Justin and I got a membership over at this gym nearby called Urban Active Fitness so thats good.  We did some bowling on Wednesday again at our favorite Capri Lanes, there was 8 of us.  4 v 4 featuring me, josh williams, shaun francis, and cole grossman vs Andy adlard, rich balchan, dilly duka, and justin meram.  The teams split but I was the best bowler there.  Think i bowled a career high of like 190.  It was nuts.  but sooooooo fun! Made some nice dinners this week too ha tacos being the highlight with cut up tomatos, lettuce, cheese and both tortillas and hardshells.  So good!  Tonight I may stick with lean cuisines I think.  Tryin to clean up the diet completely!

I am going for a short visit home tomorrow after training, didnt make the travel squad so it will be nice to see my brother, mom and dad.  We dont get many chances to go home so sure will be nice to see the friendly confines of my home and maybe see some friends.  That's all for now.  I am truckin along out here appreciating everyones support.  One thing I have learned so far in this experience is how vital it is to have confidence!  Gottaa play like you belong because at the end of the day, I do or else I wouldn't be here.  I find when I don't think and just enjoy the game, try to have fun is when I play my best.  I talk about it with my brother often and it very much is true.  Can't think about NOT making mistakes or trying to impress the coaches.  Everyone makes mistakes its just how you respond to them and come back better.  I try to keep this in mind everyday I train or kick a ball.  Just food for thought.  Enough of my babbling ha Much love!!!! and GO CREW!

EG #16

2 wins on the weekend

We got our first wins of the year as both our first team and reserve team won both matches this weekend.  We disposed of FC Dallas quite comfortably which felt awesome to win at home in front of our fans.  Our reserve team then won the following morning at Crew Stadium against St. Louis Univ rather comfortably as well.  Both scores were 2-0.  Makes for much better moods post games and people were upbeat, which felt good. 

Showed my buddy around Columbus a bit, Alex Boler, and he attended both games so we enjoyed the weekend very much.  Looking forward to the week ahead of training and we play at Chivas next weekend so hopefully we have a good week of training going into it.  That's all i got for now, currently watching Hitch and some soccer highlights at home.  Gonna get to bed at a decent time tonight so I am fresh for tomorrow.  Much love.


EG #16

FC Dalllas tonight

After 4 days of training, it is time for our third game of the season, at home against FC Dallas.  Seems like everyones pumped for our first win of the season hopefully.  Dallas is very talented, as we have noticed on film, but we feel we are ready.  Hope to see a big crowd out there tonight and we give them a good game.  Tomorrow morning is our reserve game against St. Louis Univ. at 11 AM at the stadium too.  Hopefully next time I am back we have two wins under our belt. 

We got Xbox live hooked up now at our apartment so if anyone wants to take on Justin and I in FIFA, Step up! ha My go to team is usually Bayern Munich and his is Real Madrid.  Addicting game I tell ya.  Went over to Josh Gardners house yesterday night and had some dinner with him and his wife.  Much appreciated big fella. We had some rice, crab cakes, and a bomb salad with peppers, mushrooms, avocado, and poppy seed dressing. 

My buddy Alex Boler is coming in to town to stay with us for the weekend which I am excited about.  He's one of my best friends, so gonna go to the game today and tomorrow and show him around Columbus a bit.  Other than that, that's about it.  THings are moving fast, can't believe it is already April.  Hopefully the weather starts turning for a bit.  It snowed this past week, it was ridiculous.  Hope everyone reading this is well and know that I am thinking of all my friends and family a lot.  Much love from Columbus and I will be back soon!



EG #16

The sun is shining...

Finally seeing some sun out here in Columbus, although its still a bit cold.  Sun does wonders tho, love seein it.  We wound up tying our home opener 0-0 which I am sure everyone noticed.  Without a doubt the better team, just couldnt find the back of the net.  But it was good we created chances, the finishing will come hopefully.  We got a good FC Dallas team coming in Fri night for our next one.  Should be a great game, and hopefully the weather is a tad warmer and we see a bit more Crew fans. 

Hung out with the team a lot this past weekend, it was a lot of fun.  My family was in town too! :) So it was awesome to see my parents, Greg and his gf Becky, and Casey Bowman also visited me.  We had game then we all went out to dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse.  I had an amazing Prime Rib, pops and I both.  We thoroughly enjoyed it.  Saw them off Sunday, and then watched the NCAA bball tourney.  Crazy man how Butler, reppin the Horizon league, and VCU makin it.  Hope Butler takes the whole thing, what a team they have.  SO likeable with Coach Stevens, and Shelvin Mack just torchin teams.  Dude is averagin 28 a game in the tourney. That's unbelievable.  Got some Chipotle with Justin and picked up some groceries, and the weekend was complete.

Trained this morning, then made lunch and beat Justins butt in FIFA.  We got the updated rosters so it was the first time we played with the current Crew team and ourselves.  Crazy man!  Fifa got my golden locks and everything, it nuts. Training the rest of the week and like i said earlier FC Dallas Fri night, and a reserve game Saturday.  So thats it for now.  Much love, gonna go make dinner.  Be back soon.


EG # 16


Shoutout to the band Rebelution, a reggae band who I have come to love!