The Crew held its annual media day earlier this week as it prepares for First Kick 2009 at Crew Stadium this Saturday vs. Toronto FC. The Crew coaching staff and players were present to chat with members of the media and offer their thoughts on the season ahead and esteemed Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman was on hand to participate in a special unveiling.

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As many of you know, our dear Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman engaged in a friendly wager with New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg prior to MLS Cup on Nov. 23. The gentlemanly bet went as follows: If the Crew won, Mayor Bloomberg would send a large John’s Special pizza pie-in honor of Red Bulls forward John Wolyniec of Staten Island-from Basille’s Restaurant on Staten Island, a large Italian Hero from Leo’s Latticini and Mama’s of Corona from Carnegie Deli in Manhattan and a case of Brooklyn Lager from Brooklyn Brewery. If the Red Bulls won, Mayor Coleman will send a package of Ohio State Buckeye candies and a case of Columbus’s finest ale from the Columbus Brewing Co.

As we all know, Mayor Coleman came out on top in the wager, thanks to the Crew’s 3-1 victory over New York, and the Mayor’s office has been kind enough to send over a couple of pictures of Mayor Coleman enjoying the spoils of victory. Check them out after the jump.

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The 2008 MLS Cup Champion Columbus Crew will be welcomed to the Ohio Statehouse West Plaza by Gov. Ted Strickland this evening (Nov. 25) at 5 p.m. for a public victory celebration of the team’s successful season and victory over the New York Red Bulls on Sunday.

The squad was greeted by Mayor Michael B. Coleman and hundreds of Crew fans last night as Port Columbus International Airport as it returned to Columbus victorious, and with the MLS Cup trophy in hand. We’d like to offer up a big “thank you” to Mayor Coleman and the rest of the Crew faithful who made it out last night.

Be sure to stop by the Statehouse tonight at 5 p.m. to celebrate the Black & Gold’s first-ever MLS Cup Championship!!