The Columbus Crew is about to start its 2021 season on Thursday night against Real Esteli in the CONCACAF Champions League, which will be the first match to be on television of the year. The club announced Wednesday afternoon the full broadcast schedule for the defending MLS Cup champions this season and each match will be broadcast on television and heard over the radio wave.
It will be another season where Crew matches will be broadcast by Bally Sports Ohio and Bally Sports Great Lakes (formerly Fox Sports Ohio and SportsTime Ohio). Twenty-seven of the Crew’s 34 MLS regular season games will be shown on the Bally Sports networks and the announcing team remains from the 2020 season with Neil Sika handling play-by-play duties, Jordan Angeli as the analyst and Brett Hiltbrand working on the sidelines and as the host.