Original: On May 15, 1999 the Crew opened Columbus Crew Stadium, the first stadium built specifically for soccer in Major League Soccer, as the Crew beat the New England Revolution 2-0 before a sold-out crowd of 24,741.
Simplified: The Columbus Crew are an American soccer team that plays in Major League Soccer in Columbus, Ohio. They started play in 1996, and have played in their own stadium, Columbus Crew Stadium, since 1999.