Greater Columbus Sports Commission Blog

This may be hard to believe now, but back in 1999 the idea of building the country’s first soccer-specific stadium in Columbus was “a revolutionary concept,” said Andy Loughnane, Columbus Crew SC President of Business Operations.

And now?

Major League Soccer has 13 soccer-specific stadiums, with

Tickets for the 2016 Ohio High School Athletic Association State Football Championships December 1-3 at Ohio Stadium go on-sale to the public this Friday, September 23.

Fans can be a part of the special tradition that is high school football in Ohio whether their school is playing, they want to

United States Men’s National Team to face Mexico to open CONCACAF Fifth Round qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, commonly known as the Hexagonal;
MAPFRE Stadium to host USMNT’s home Hexagonal match against Mexico for the fifth consecutive cycle

In conjunction with U.S. Soccer, MAPFRE Stadium

It was a night of firsts and lasts – and a barrage of goals – at MAPFRE Stadium, as the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) hosted Thailand on Thursday night in an international friendly.

This was the first time the two countries have faced off in a women’s soccer match, and Thailand may want to

How long does it take for the best U.S.-born hockey players to come together as Team USA?

16 minutes and 56 seconds.

That’s when Team USA’s Zach Parise deftly redirected a pass from Ryan Sutter past the Team Canada goalie late in the first period of the World Cup of Hockey exhibition game at

If you listen closely, there’s plenty to hear at a hockey game. Or practice.

There’s the distinctive “scraping, swooshing” sound a pair of skates make as a player pivots and rushes up ice; the sharp “clack” of a wooden stick slapping a vulcanized rubber puck; and the soft “pffft” the puck makes

Ohio State to Host 2016 Winter National Championships December 15-21 and 2017 AT&T National Championships July 30-August 13

Ohio State Diving and Student Life’s department of Recreational Sports will host two national championships with USA Diving over the next year. USA Diving announced in