As most of you know, Crew captain Frankie Hejduk starred in the United States 2-2 draw at El Salvador last Saturday (March 28). Hejduk started and went the full 90 minutes, assisted on the U.S.’s first goal and then equalized the match with a late header as the Red, White and Blue came back from a 2-0 deficit to earn a point on the road in FIFA World Cup Qualifying.

Greg Lalas offers up his take on Frankie’s outstanding play in article today featured on SI.com. Be sure to check to give it a read when you’ve got a moment.

Alejandro Moreno (VEN) and Duncan Oughton (NZL) also saw action for their respective national teams last weekend, as Moreno came on as a substitute in the 50th minute of Venezuela’s 4-0 World Cup Qualifying loss to Argentina, while Oughton started in New Zealand’s 3-1 loss to Thailand in an international friendly. All three players are expected to remain with their respective squads for training this week, as all three teams have one match remaining in the current FIFA international window. Venezuela will take on Colombia on March 31 in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, then on April 1, the Unites States faces Trinidad & Tobago in Nashville, Tenn., while New Zealand plays a second international friendly against Thailand ‘A’ in Bangkok.

We’ve got a few quick-hitters to bring you today, the majority of which feature Crew players at U.S. Men’s National Team training camp in Carson, CA. Many of you may have already seen some of this great content, but we thought we’d recap it here on the Standard just in case you missed it.

Also after the jump, we’ve got a few pics of the some of the guys at the 1460 The Fan’s FanFest on Monday at the Hilton Polaris. Check it all out after the jump.

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Happy Monday all, we hope you had an enjoyable weekend!

The Crew will be participating in 1460 The Fan’s FanFest 2009 today (Jan. 19) at the Hilton Polaris.  The Crew Soccer Tour will be present at the Fan Fest all day, and Brian Bliss, Danny O’Rourke, Duncan Oughton and Kenny Schoeni will be part of a Crew Q & A and autograph session beginning at 4 p.m. The Indians, Blue Jackets, Buckeyes and Clippers will also be on hand for the festivities, so if you’ve got some free time this afternoon be sure to head out to the Hilton Polaris and check it out.

We’d like to take a second to thank all of you who were able to make it out to the celebrity bartending event last night (Oct. 23) with Frankie Hejduk, Duncan Oughton, Jason Garey and the Crewzers at Brewsky’s Sports Bar, the Crew’s offical away game viewing headquarters. The night was a great success as we were able to raise several hundred dollars for the Crew Soccer Foundation!

We’d also like to thank Brewsky’s Sports Bar and Budweiser for their continued support of the Crew and the Crew Soccer Foundation. We’ve got a brief photo gallery from last night’s event after the jump. Read more…

Crew veterans Jason Garey, Frankie Hejduk and Duncan Oughton will be serving as celebrity bartenders this Thursday, Oct. 23, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Brewsky’s Sports Bar (4510 Kenny Road, Columbus 43220), official away game viewing headquarters of the Crew. Admission is free and all tips will benefit Crew Soccer Foundation youth programming for central Ohio youth and families. Don’t miss out on a night of fun with Jason, Frankie and Duncan in support of a great cause!!

As was mentioned in Tuesday’s Crew-Revs Notebook, I have been working hard to develop a fair process by which to come up with a solid, market-tested name for the pub that Duncan Oughton plans to open some day in the future. (As told to Shawn Mitchell in Shawn’s “Covering the Crew” blog on Dispatch.com.)

To develop the original list of names, I have conferred with the Dante-Dunny Think Tank Foundation, as well as a handful of creative Crew players, and then threw in a couple of my own.

You can read about the whole ridiculous process in the Notebook, but for the fan portion of this intensive focus group testing, simply cast your vote with a comment in the comments section of this blog entry. To be official, your vote must be time stamped by 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14.

Thank you for doing your part to help our favorite future Kiwi entrepreneur.

Steve Sirk
President & Founder, Sirk Marketing Research, Inc.

(In consultation with: The Dante-Dunny Think Tank Foundation, The Walther Polling Institute, and the accounting firm of Paco, Mathews & Associates)

Without further ado, click below for the list of names.

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