Soccer

Soccer in Columbus

Home to the 2024 MLS All-Star Game and three-time MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew, Columbus knows its way around the pitch and has been doing it big for the last 30 years.

Columbus Crew holding MLS Cup 2023 trophy

2023 MLS Cup

The Columbus Crew won its third MLS championship on home turf.

2023 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament

The Big Ten crowned its champion at Lower.com Field for the second straight year.

2003 Women's World Cup

The USWNT won a group stage with Sweden, North Korea and Nigeria.

USMNT & USWNT

The men's & women's national teams have combined for nearly 30 matches in Columbus. The USWNT returns April 9, 2024 for the…

Sat. 22

Columbus Crew vs. Chicago Fire FC

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Sat. 08

Columbus Crew vs. Houston Dynamo FC

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Sat. 22

Columbus Crew vs. New York City FC

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Sat. 05

Columbus Crew vs. Inter Miami CF

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Fast Facts

Columbus hosted the MLS All-Star Game for the third time in 2024, setting an attendance record for Lower.com Field with 20,931 fans.
Ohio Stadium has welcomed European giants Manchester City and Chelsea in 2024 and Real Madrid and PSG in 2016.
The USWNT won the SheBelieves Cup in April 2024 at Lower.com Field. The Americans are 10-1-1 in Columbus since Mia Hamm led them to their first win in the city at Westerville South High School in 1993.
Historic Crew Stadium became the first soccer-specific stadium in the MLS in 1999. More than twenty years later, Lower.com Field made Columbus the first city in the country with two.
In 1995, the Columbus Crew joined Major League Soccer as the first team in the league. Pro soccer has been in Ohio’s capital since 1979, starting with the Columbus Magic of the American Soccer League.
Lower.com Field hosts the annual Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships.
The USMNT has a 10-1-3 record in Columbus, which is the best record for any city that's hosted at least 10 matches. That includes nine World Cup qualifier wins in Columbus, the most of any city.

The Crew have won three MLS Cups, three Supporters’ Shields, the U.S. Open Cup, the Leagues Cup and Campeones Cup. Off the field, supporters withstood a major challenge when they helped Save the Crew from relocation in 2018. In 2022, Crew 2 debuted in MLS NEXT Pro and won the development league's…

Columbus Futsal

While not the same soccer as you’ll see at Lower.com Field, fans stretch their love of the sport to futsal courts. Played indoors, the game has some of the same aspects of soccer. Columbus Futsal features youth, men’s and women’s teams. They’ve been a staple of the futsal community since 2006.

Columbus Eagles

Below the ranks of Columbus pro soccer is a strong layer of amateur teams for former HS and college athletes. SThe Columbus Eagles play in the Women’s Premier Soccer League, the longest-running women’s soccer league in the United States. The Eagles have been here since 2014.