Soccer in Columbus

"The spiritual home of U.S. Soccer" and home to three-time MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew, this city knows its way around the pitch.

MLS All-Star

Columbus has hosted the MLS All-Star Game three times - 2024, 2005 and 2000

SheBelieves Cup

Lower.com Field hosted the final and third place game in 2024; Historic Crew Stadium hosted preliminary rounds in 2018

MLS Cup

The Crew won its third MLS championship on home turf in 2023, Columbus also hosted in 2020, 2015 and 2001

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 U.S. men's & women's national teams have combined for nearly 30 matches in Columbus.

Sat. 17

Columbus Crew vs. FC Cincinnati

Lower.com Field

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Sun. 18

Columbus Eagles FC vs FC Dayton

Historic Crew Stadium

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Wed. 28

Columbus Crew vs. Nashville SC

Lower.com Field

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Sat. 14

Columbus Crew vs. Vancouver...

Lower.com Field

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Wed. 25

Columbus Crew vs. Atlanta United FC

Lower.com Field

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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.
Crew 2, the city's MLS Next Pro team, won the league title in their first season, 2022.
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.
Historic Crew Stadium hosts the annual Ohio High School Athletic Association boys and girls 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 helped Save the Crew from relocation in 2018. In 2022, Crew 2 debuted in MLS NEXT Pro and won the league's first title.

Columbus Futsal

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

The 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.