2013 Columbus Crew season

Summary

The 2013 Columbus Crew season was the club's eighteenth season of existence, and their eighteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids.

Columbus Crew
2013 season
OwnerClark Hunt, sold to
Precourt Sports Ventures LLC
Head coachRobert Warzycha
Brian Bliss (interim)
Major League SoccerConference: 8th
Overall: 16th
MLS CupDNQ
U.S. Open CupFourth round
(lost to Chicago Fire)
Trillium CupWinners (4 - 2)
Lamar Hunt Pioneer CupWinners (4 - 2)
Walt Disney World Pro Soccer ClassicSecond Place
(lost to Montreal Impact)
Highest home attendance20,392 vs. Seattle Sounders FC
(August 31, 2013, Major League Soccer)
Lowest home attendance1,302 vs. Dayton Dutch Lions
(May 29, 2013, U.S. Open Cup)
Average home league attendance16,080 [1]
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Background edit

Roster edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 22, 2013.[2]

No. Pos. Player Nation
2 DF Tyson Wahl   United States
3 DF Josh Williams   United States
4 DF Gláuber   Brazil
5 DF Danny O'Rourke   United States
6 MF Tony Tchani   Cameroon
7 MF Bernardo Añor   Venezuela
8 MF Matías Sánchez   Argentina
9 FW Justin Meram   United States
11 FW Dominic Oduro   Ghana
12 MF Eddie Gaven   United States
13 MF Ethan Finlay   United States
14 DF Chad Marshall   United States
16 DF Eric Gehrig   United States
17 FW Ben Speas (HGP)   United States
18 FW Aaron Schoenfeld   United States
19 MF Konrad Warzycha   Poland
20 MF Wil Trapp (HGP)   United States
21 DF Chad Barson (HGP)   United States
22 DF Drew Beckie   Canada
23 MF Kevan George   Trinidad and Tobago
24 DF Agustín Viana   Uruguay
25 FW Jairo Arrieta   Costa Rica
26 FW Ryan Finley   United States
27 FW Aaron Horton (HGP)   United States
28 GK Matt Lampson (HGP)   United States
30 GK Andy Gruenebaum   United States
31 DF Kyle Hyland (HGP)   United States
32 MF Shawn Sloan   United States
33 FW Federico Higuaín (DP/Captain)   Argentina
40 GK Daniel Withrow   United States

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

January 26, 2013 Columbus Crew 1 - 0 D.C. United Bradenton, Florida USA
11:00 am EST Guvenesik   66' (pen.) Report Stadium: IMG Academy
January 30, 2013 Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Chicago Fire Bradenton, Florida USA
11:00 am EST Higuaín   21' (pen.)
Guvenesik   61'
Report Atouba   89' Stadium: IMG Academy
February 1, 2013 Columbus Crew 0 - 2 New York Red Bulls Bradenton, Florida USA
11:00 am EST Report Christianson   80'
Cooper   87'
Stadium: IMG Academy
February 16, 2013 Columbus Crew 5 - 2 Sporting KC Lake Buena Vista, Florida
11:00 am EST Sloan   8'
Finlay   46+'
Meram   59'
Warzycha   64'
Speas   71'
Report Dwyer   5'
Saad   68'

WDW Pro Soccer Classic edit

February 16, 2013 Group Stage Columbus Crew 3–2 Orlando City SC Lake Buena Vista, Florida
6:00 pm EST Viana   4'
Williams  74'
Higuaín   89' (pen.)
Report Watson   57'
Fekete   79'
Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

MLS edit

Standings edit

Eastern Conference edit

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
6 Chicago Fire 34 14 13 7 47 52 −5 49
7 Philadelphia Union 34 12 12 10 42 44 −2 46
8 Columbus Crew 34 12 17 5 42 46 −4 41
9 Toronto FC 34 6 17 11 30 47 −17 29
10 D.C. United 34 3 24 7 22 59 −37 16
Source: MLS
Overall table edit
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
14 Philadelphia Union 34 12 12 10 42 44 −2 46
15 FC Dallas 34 11 12 11 48 52 −4 44
16 Columbus Crew 34 12 17 5 42 46 −4 41
17 Toronto FC 34 6 17 11 30 47 −17 29
18 Chivas USA 34 6 20 8 30 67 −37 26
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
34 41 12 17 5 42 46  −4 7 7 3 19 13  +6 5 10 2 23 33  −10

Last updated: November 4, 2013
Source: Columbus Crew
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumAAHAHAAHHHAAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultWLTWTTLWLLWTTLWLLLWLLLWWLLWLWWWLLL
Updated to match(es) played on November 4, 2013. Source: Columbus Crew
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Match results edit

March 2, 2013 1 Chivas USA 0-3 Columbus Crew Carson, California
10:30 P.M.EST Morales   8'

Avila   29'
Bowen   76'
Iraheta   79'

Burling   90'
Report Higuaín   51'

Williams   89'

Oduro   90+4'
Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 7,121
Referee: Chris Penson
March 9, 2013 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-1 Columbus Crew Vancouver, BC
7:30 EST Kobayashi   6'
Miller   57'
Report Gláuber   19'

Arrieta   46'  88'

Sánchez   93'
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 18,078
Referee: Drew Fischer
March 16, 2013 3 Columbus Crew 1-1 San Jose Earthquakes Columbus, Ohio
5:30 PM EST Gláuber   69' Report Morrow   74'
Bernárdez   88'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 16,528
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
March 23, 2013 4 D.C. United 1–2 Columbus Crew Washington, D.C.
3:30 P.M. EST Rafael   22'
Kitchen   56'
Report Williams   15'

Gaven   51'

Speas   56'
Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 11,034
Referee: Allen Chapman
April 6, 2013 5 Columbus Crew 1-1 Philadelphia Union Columbus, Ohio
5:00 P.M. EST Oduro   72'

Wahl   78'
Higuaín   86'
Sánchez   91'

Gláuber   93'
Report McInerney   34'

Daniel   70'

Williams   84'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 10,293
Referee: Matthew Foester
April 13, 2013 6 Montreal Impact 1-1 Columbus Crew Montreal, Quebec
12:00 EST Arnaud   29'
Di Vaio   68'
Report Williams   40'

Higuaín   59'

Oduro   72'
Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 16,584
Referee: Mark Geiger
April 20, 2013 7 Chicago Fire 1-0 Columbus Crew Bridgeview, Illinois
8:30 P.M. EST Segares   6'

Thompson   13'
Larentowicz   83'

Paladini   88'
Report Gláuber   85' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 12,813
Referee: David Gantar
April 27, 2013 8 Columbus Crew 3-0 D.C. United Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M.EST Dominic Oduro   15'

Agustín Viana   21'
Josh Williams   26'
Danny O'Rourke   45'
Federico Higuaín   45+1' (pen.)

Jairo Arrieta   70'
Gláuber   91'
Report Perry Kitchen   45'

Daniel Woolard   48'

Lionard Pajoy   74'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 14,090
Referee: Sorin Stoica
May 4, 2013 9 Columbus Crew 0-1 New York Red Bulls Columbus, Ohio
4:00 P.M. EST Report Roy Miller   61'

Juninho   74'

Tim Cahill   81'   81'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 12,020
Referee: Armando Villarreal
May 11, 2013 10 Columbus Crew 0-2 Colorado Rapids Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M. EST Jairo Arrieta   18'
Gláuber   79'
Report Edson Buddle   9'   59'

Dillon Powers   70'

Martín Rivero   75'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 11,269
Referee: Mark Geiger
May 18, 2013 11 Toronto FC 0-1 Columbus Crew Toronto
5:00 P.M.EST Laba   90+2' Summary Oduro   42'

Wahl   60'
Gláuber   78'

Schoenfeld   87'
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 18,278
Referee:   José Rivero
May 26, 2013 12 New York Red Bulls 2-2 Columbus Crew Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 P.M.EST Henry   31'

Juninho Pernambucano   66'

Olave   90+1'
Summary Oduro   2'

Sánchez   41'
Higuaín   74' (pen.)

George   76'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 14,850
Referee:   Geoff Gamble
June 1, 2013 13 Columbus Crew 1-1 Houston Dynamo Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M. EST Meram   67'
Higuaín   69' (pen.)
Summary Creavalle   32'

Camargo   55'

Driver   78'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 11,040
Referee: Sorin Stoica
June 5, 2013 14 Philadelphia Union 3-0 Columbus Crew Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 P.M. EST Carroll   25'

Williams   29'
Casey   31'

Gaddis   59'
Summary Tchani   75' Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 16,113
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
June 15, 2013 15 Columbus Crew 2-0 Montreal Impact Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M.EST Sánchez   6'
  56'

Oduro   22'
O'Rourke   82'

George   90'
Summary Felipe   9' Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 18,320
Referee: Matthew Foerster
June 22, 2013 16 Columbus Crew 1-2 Chicago Fire Columbus, Ohio
8:00 P.M. EST Higuaín   7' (pen.)

Arrieta   45'

Sánchez   77'
Summary Johnson   6'

Lindpere   48'
Duka   52'
Magee   54'
Segares   60'

Soumaré   65'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 19,624
Referee: Drew Fischer
June 29, 2013 17 Sporting Kansas City 3-2 Columbus Crew Kansas City, Kansas
8:30 P.M.EST Kamara   34'   80'

Bieler   50'

Collin   71'
Summary Arrieta   48'

Oduro   53'
Wahl   68'

George   70'
Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 20,128
Referee: Juan Guzman
July 4, 2013 18 LA Galaxy 2-1 Columbus Crew Carson, California
10:30 P.M.EST Keane  85' (pen.), 92+' (pen.) Summary Oduro  43'

Williams  66'

Anor  78'  92+'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 24,180
Referee: Sorin Stoica
July 7, 2013 19 Columbus Crew 1-0 Portland Timbers Columbus, Ohio
5:00 P.M. EST Bernardo Anor   4'
Aaron Schoenfeld   23'
Konrad Warzycha   45+2'
Summary Pa Modou Kah   7'  11'
Ryan Johnson   51'
Ben Zemanski   90+3'
Mamadou Danso   90+5'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 15,051
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
July 20, 2013 20 Columbus Crew 0 - 2 New England Revolution Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M. EST O'Rourke   45'
Anor   60'
Summary Soares   31'
Farrell   33'
Gonçalves   90+1'
Fagúndez   90+4'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 19,323
Referee:   Edwin Jurisevic
July 27, 2013 21 Toronto FC 2 - 1 Columbus Crew Toronto
14:00 EST Henry   68'

Eckersley   72'
Osorio   87'   88'

Wiedeman   90+3'
Summary Oduro   17'
Anor   64'
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 17,987
Referee:   Ismail Elfath
August 3, 2013 22 Houston Dynamo 3 - 1 Columbus Crew Houston
9:00 P.M. EST Davis   10' (pen.)

García   27'
Bruin   32'

Weaver   85'
Summary Taylor   75' (o.g.) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 20,009
Referee:   Kevin Stott
August 10, 2013 23 Columbus Crew 2-0 New York Red Bulls Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M. EST Trapp   55'

Higuaín   61' (pen.)   77'

Oduro   80'
Summary Sekagya   88' Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 19,080
Referee: Juan Guzmán
August 17, 2013 24 Columbus Crew 2-0 Toronto FC Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M. EST Higuaín   19'   67'

Trapp   45'

O'Rourke   80'
Summary Eckersley   36' Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 16,352
Referee: Ted Unkel
August 24, 2013 25 Real Salt Lake 4-0 Columbus Crew Sandy, UT
9:30 P.M.EST Sandoval   39'  51'
Beckerman   45+'  89'
Gil   83'
Summary Higuain   34'   90+'
Oduro   80'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,398
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
August 31, 2013 26 Columbus Crew 0-1 Seattle Sounders FC Columbus, Ohio
TBD EST O'Rourke   21'
Viana   36'
Summary González   7'
Johnson   14'
Traoré   76'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 20,392
Referee: Ismail Elfath
September 4, 2013 27 Columbus Crew 2-0 Houston Dynamo Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M. EST Finley   14'
Meram   74'
Barson   77'
Summary Weaver   88' Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 14,360
Referee: Jair Marrufo
September 7, 2013 28 Sporting Kansas City 3-0 Columbus Crew Kansas City, Kansas
21:30 EST Bieler   7' (pen.)   63'
Saad   41'
Paulo Nagamura   45+1'
Sapong   55'
Summary Tchani   52'
O'Rourke   62'
Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 19,211
Referee:   Jose Rivero
September 14, 2013 29 Montreal Impact 1-2 Columbus Crew Montreal
TBD EST Di Vaio   23'
Felipe   77'
Summary Tchani   63'
Marshall   65'
Oduro   78'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 20,210
Referee:   Baldomero Toledo
September 21, 2013 30 Columbus Crew 3-0 Chicago Fire Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M. EST Oduro   15'
Marshall   38'
Higuaín   70' (pen.)
Arrieta   75'
Anor   76'
Summary Soumaré   29' Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 19,010
Referee: Juan Guzmán
September 29, 2013 31 Pioneer Cup FC Dallas 2-4 Columbus Crew Frisco, Texas
8:30 P.M.EST Perez   20'
Diaz   54'
Acosta   75'
ferreira   84'
Summary Higuaín   9'
Arrieta   17'
Oduro   44'
Anor   67'  86'
Trapp   73'
Finlay   81'
Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium
Attendance: 11,422
Referee: Drew Fischer
October 5, 2013 32 Columbus Crew 0-1 Sporting Kansas City Columbus, Ohio
7:30 P.M. EST Summary Opara   17'
Sapong   67'
Joseph   85'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 19,107
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
October 19, 2013 33 New England Revolution 3-2 Columbus Crew Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:30 P.M. EST Soares   32'
Bengtson   47'
Tierney   69' (pen.)
Fagundez   76'
Agudelo   90+'
Imbongo   90+'
Summary Finlay   31'
Oduro   59'
Schoenfeld   71'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 26,548
Referee: Mark Geiger
October 27, 2013 34 Columbus Crew 0-1 New England Revolution Columbus, Ohio
4:00 P.M. EST Jairo Arrieta   25'
Agustin Viana   58'
Dominic Oduro   90'
Summary Juan Agudelo   28'  89'
Matt Reis   84'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 17,505
Referee: Hilario Grajeda

U.S. Open Cup edit

May 29, 2013 Round 3 Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Dayton Dutch Lions Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM EST Gaven   52'
Gláuber   55'
Schoenfeld   76'
Meram   84'
Summary Granger   14'
Lord   37'
Smith   78'
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 1,302
Referee:   Sorin Stoica
June 13, 2013 Round 4 Chicago Fire 2–1 Columbus Crew Bridgeview, Illinois
1:00 PM EST Magee   28'
Magee   70'
Nyarko   77'
Nyarko   82'
Soumaré   90'
Summary Warzycha   22'
Warzycha   70'
Añor   90'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,006
Referee:   Fotis Bazakos

MLS Cup Playoffs edit

The Columbus Crew failed to qualify for the playoffs in this season.

Friendlies edit

November 8, 2013 Columbus Crew 2–4 Indy Eleven Obetz, Ohio
2:00 PM EST Report Stadium: Columbus Crew Obetz Training Facility

Kirk Urso Memorial Match edit

Statistics edit

Last updated: October 1, 2013

Goals edit

R Player Position MLS Open Cup Total
1   Dominic Oduro FW 13 0 13
2   Federico Higuaín FW 11 0 11
3   Bernardo Anor MF 4 0 4
4   Jairo Arrieta FW 3 0 3
  Josh Williams DF 3 0 3
6   Justin Meram FW 1 1 2
7   Ryan Finley FW 1 0 1
  Gláuber DF 1 0 1
  Matías Sánchez MF 1 0 1
  Chad Marshall DF 1 0 1
  Ben Speas FW 1 0 1
  Aaron Schoenfeld FW 1 0 1
  Eddie Gaven MF 0 1 1
  Konrad Warzycha MF 0 1 1

Assists edit

R Player Position MLS Open Cup Total
1   Federico Higuaín FW 9 0 9
2   Eddie Gaven MF 4 0 4
  Jairo Arrieta FW 4 0 4
  Dominic Oduro FW 4 0 4
5   Ben Speas FW 1 0 1
  Bernardo Anor MF 1 0 1
  Chad Barson DF 1 0 1
  Justin Meram FW 1 0 1
  Matías Sánchez MF 1 0 1
  Ryan Finley FW 1 0 1
  Tony Tchani MF 1 0 1
  Tyson Wahl DF 1 0 1
  Wil Trapp MF 1 0 1
  Aaron Schoenfeld FW 1 0 1

Goalkeeping edit

R Player Position GAA GA Saves GS GP
1   Andy Gruenebaum GK 1.33 28 71 21 21
2   Matt Lampson GK 1.38 18 43 13 13

Transfers edit

In edit

Number Position Player Transferred from Notes Date Source
- MF   Wil Trapp None Home Grown Player December 13, 2012 [3]
- DF   Tyson Wahl None Free Agent January 3, 2013 [4]
- DF   Chad Barson None Home Grown Player January 10, 2013 [5]
- FW   Ryan Finley None 2013 MLS SuperDraft January 17, 2013 [6]
- DF   Drew Beckie None 2013 MLS SuperDraft January 17, 2013 [7][8]
- DF   Gláuber FC Rapid București Discovery Signing January 21, 2013 [9]

Out edit

Number Position Player Transferred to Notes Date Source
22 MF   Cole Grossman   Real Salt Lake Waiver Draft November 19, 2012 [10]
17 FW   Olman Vargas None Waiver Draft November 19, 2012 [11]
2 DF   Rich Balchan None Option Declined November 28, 2012 [12]
26 DF   Julius James None Option Declined November 28, 2012 [12]
21 DF   Sebastián Miranda None Option Declined November 28, 2012 [12]
8 MF   Chris Birchall  Port Vale Option Declined November 28, 2012 [12]
19 FW   Tom Heinemann None Option Declined November 28, 2012 [12]
4 DF   Carlos Mendes   New York Cosmos Out of Contract December 11, 2012 [13]
1 GK   William Hesmer   Los Angeles Galaxy Re-Entry Draft December 14, 2012 [14]
20 FW   Emilio Rentería None Out of Contract January 4, 2013 [15]
10 FW   Milovan Mirosevic None Mutual Release of Contract January 22, 2013 [16]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Players | Columbus Crew". TheCrew.com. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "Crew Signs Wil Trapp to Homegrown Contract". Columbus Crew. December 13, 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  4. ^ "Crew signs defender Tyson Wahl". Columbus Crew. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  5. ^ "Crew signs Defender Chad Barson to Homegrown contract". Columbus Crew. January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  6. ^ "Draft Watch: Ryan Finley - Crew select Notre Dame forward in first round". Columbus Crew. January 11, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  7. ^ "Crew selects defender Drew Beckie in second round". Columbus Crew. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  8. ^ "Crew Signs Defender Drew Beckie | Columbus Crew". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013.
  9. ^ "Crew signs Brazilian defender Gláuber". Columbus Crew. January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  10. ^ "RSL adds MF Cole Grossman". Real Salt Lake. November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  11. ^ "Crew declines options on three players". Columbus Crew. November 19, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Crew exercises options on 10 players". Columbus Crew. November 28, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  13. ^ "Mendes opts to play for hometown Cosmos". MLS. December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  14. ^ "Califf, Casey among 14 picked in Stage 2 Re-Entry Draft". MLS. December 14, 2012. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
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  16. ^ "Roster Update: Mirosevic will not return in 2013". Columbus Crew. January 22, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.