2017 Columbus Crew SC season
2017 season | |
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Owner | Precourt Sports Ventures LLC |
Head coach | Gregg Berhalter |
Major League Soccer | Eastern Conference: 5th Overall: 5th |
MLS Cup | Conference finals (knocked out by Toronto FC) |
U.S. Open Cup | Fourth round (knocked out by FC Cincinnati) |
Trillium Cup | Runners-Up (3–8) |
Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup | Champions (2–1) |
Carolina Challenge Cup | Champions |
Top goalscorer | League: Ola Kamara (18) All: Ola Kamara (19) |
Highest home attendance | 21,289 (EC Finals, November 21 vs. Toronto) |
Lowest home attendance | 10,318 (May 10 vs. Toronto) |
Average home league attendance | 15,439 |
The 2017 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's twenty-second season of existence, and their twenty-second consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus also competed in the U.S. Open Cup, and took part in the Carolina Challenge Cup during preseason. The season covered the period from October 24, 2016 to the start of the 2018 Major League Soccer season.
Crew SC won the Carolina Challenge Cup by going 2–1–0, defeating Seattle Sounders FC in the final game to clinch the title. On August 26, the club won the Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup with a 2–1 victory over FC Dallas, their second straight year claiming the series and third time in five seasons.
Columbus finished fifth in the Eastern Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the 14th time in club history. Crew SC eliminated Atlanta United FC and New York City FC, but fell 1–0 on aggregate to Toronto FC in the conference finals.
Non-competitive
[edit ]Preseason
[edit ]Midseason
[edit ]Competitive
[edit ]MLS
[edit ]Standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 55 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
4 | Atlanta United FC | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 55 | |
5 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 54 | |
6 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 50 | |
7 | New England Revolution | 34 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 45 |
Overall table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 55 |
4 | Atlanta United FC | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 55 |
5 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 54 |
6 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 53 |
7 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 53 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
Results summary
[edit ]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 54 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 32 | −13 |
Source: MLS standings
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 ]Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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Stadium | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A |
Result | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D |
Match results
[edit ]McCarty Yellow card 86' Report Crognale Yellow card 84' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,434
Referee: Alan Kelly
Royer 38' (pen.), Yellow card 72'
Robles Yellow card 63'
Wright-Phillips Yellow card 68' Report Finlay Yellow card 83' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,008
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
Jonathan Yellow card 15'
Higuaín 53'
Næss Yellow card 69' Report Watson Yellow card 77'
Delamea Yellow card 81' Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 13,340
Referee: Mark Geiger
Steffen Yellow card 37'
Jahn Yellow card 82' Report Ricketts 81', 90' Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 10,318
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Ballou Yellow card 57'
Jackson-Hamel 77'
Duvall Yellow card 89' Report Meram 14', 28', 90+1'
Jahn Yellow card 31'
Steffen Yellow card 52'
Higuaín Yellow card 58' Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 17,508
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Farrell Red card 90+3' Report Kamara 19'
Trapp Yellow card 55'
Jahn Yellow card 90+1' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 18,651
Referee: Alan Kelly
Meram 21'
Kamara 59'
Jonathan Yellow card 67' Report Adekoya Yellow card 3' Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 12,773
Referee: David Gantar
Kann Yellow card 84' Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 20,391
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Attendance: 17,418
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Savarino 53'
Saucedo Yellow card 88' Report Kamara 15', 60' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,758
Referee: Kevin Stott
Wondolowski 56'
Salinas Yellow card 90+1' Report Jonathan Yellow card 26'
Jahn 76' Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alan Kelly
Trapp Yellow card 56'
Pedro Santos Yellow card 59'
Martínez Yellow card 81'
Meram 90' Report Cole Red card 17'
J. dos Santos Yellow card 35' Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 12,150
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Jonathan 71' Report Akindele Yellow card 69'
Zimmerman 78'
Hedges Yellow card 90+3' Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 18,379
Referee: Allen Chapman
Jiménez Yellow card 42'
Meram 54'
Williams 66'
Higuaín Yellow card 71'
Raitala Yellow card 90'
Pedro Santos Yellow card 90+2' Report Wright-Phillips 14', Yellow card 73'
Lawrence Yellow card 40'
Verón 72' (pen.)
Keita Yellow card 86' Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 20,008
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Johnson Yellow card 83'
Yotún Yellow card 90+4' Report Kamara 66'
Williams Yellow card 87' Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 25,166
Referee: Chris Penso
MLS Cup Playoffs
[edit ]Knockout Round
[edit ]Artur Yellow card 96' Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 67,221
Referee: Allen Chapman
González Pírez soccer ball with red X
Villalba soccer ball with check mark
Larentowicz soccer ball with red X soccer ball with check mark Higuaín
soccer ball with red X Manneh
soccer ball with check mark Hansen
soccer ball with check mark Jahn
Conference Semifinals
[edit ]Struna 53'
Wallace Yellow card 74' Report Abu Yellow card 63' Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 23,246
Referee: Kevin Stott
Conference Finals
[edit ]Pedro Santos Yellow card 52'
Jonathan Yellow card 54' Report Osorio Yellow card 68'
Edwards Yellow card 85' Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 21,289
Referee: Robert Sibiga
U.S. Open Cup
[edit ]Hildebrandt Yellow card 74' Report Francis Yellow card 45+3' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 30,160
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
Statistics
[edit ]Appearances and goals
[edit ]No. | Pos. | Name | MLS | MLS Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2 | DF | Finland Jukka Raitala | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
3 | DF | United States Josh Williams | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
4 | DF | Ghana Jonathan Mensah | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
7 | MF | Brazil Artur | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
8 | MF | Ghana Mohammed Abu | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
9 | MF | Iraq Justin Meram | 34 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 14 |
10 | MF | Argentina Federico Higuaín | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9 |
11 | FW | Norway Ola Kamara | 34 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 19 |
12 | FW | United States Adam Jahn | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
14 | DF | Costa Rica Waylon Francis | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
16 | MF | United States Hector Jiménez | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
17 | DF | Ghana Lalas Abubakar | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
18 | MF | Panama Cristian Martínez | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
19 | FW | The Gambia Kekuta Manneh | 19 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
20 | MF | United States Wil Trapp | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
21 | DF | United States Alex Crognale | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
22 | DF | Argentina Gastón Sauro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | GK | United States Zack Steffen | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
25 | DF | Ghana Harrison Afful | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
26 | MF | United States Ben Swanson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | MF | United States Abuchi Obinwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | MF | Denmark Niko Hansen | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
29 | MF | United States Marshall Hollingsworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | GK | United States Logan Ketterer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | DF | United States Connor Maloney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
32 | MF | Portugal Pedro Santos | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
41 | GK | United States Brad Stuver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
— | MF | Guatemala Rodrigo Saravia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the season: | ||||||||||
5 | MF | United States Dilly Duka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | MF | Cameroon Tony Tchani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | MF | United States Ethan Finlay | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
24 | DF | Norway Nicolai Næss | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Source: Columbus stats
Disciplinary record
[edit ]No. | Pos. | Name | MLS | MLS Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | |||
2 | DF | Finland Jukka Raitala | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
3 | DF | United States Josh Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
4 | DF | Ghana Jonathan Mensah | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
7 | MF | Brazil Artur | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
8 | MF | Ghana Mohammed Abu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
9 | MF | Iraq Justin Meram | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
10 | MF | Argentina Federico Higuaín | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
12 | FW | United States Adam Jahn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
14 | DF | Costa Rica Waylon Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | MF | United States Hector Jiménez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
17 | DF | Ghana Lalas Abubakar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
18 | MF | Panama Cristian Martínez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
20 | MF | United States Wil Trapp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
21 | DF | United States Alex Crognale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | GK | United States Zack Steffen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
25 | DF | Ghana Harrison Afful | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
32 | MF | Portugal Pedro Santos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the season: | ||||||||||
13 | MF | United States Ethan Finlay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
24 | DF | Norway Nicolai Næss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Columbus stats
Clean sheets
[edit ]No. | Name | MLS | MLS Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Games Played |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 | United States Zack Steffen | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 39 |
30 | United States Logan Ketterer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | United States Brad Stuver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Source: Columbus stats
Transfers
[edit ]In
[edit ]Loan in
[edit ]Pos. | Player | Parent club | Length/Notes | Beginning | End | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MF | Brazil Artur | Brazil São Paulo | Duration of the 2017 MLS season. | Feb 13, 2017 | November 30, 2017 | [13] [14] |
Out
[edit ]Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DF | United States Tyson Wahl | Retired. | Oct 24, 2016 | [15] | |
FW | United States Conor Casey | Retired. | Oct 27, 2016 | [16] | |
GK | United States Steve Clark | Denmark AC Horsens | Option declined. Signed by Horsens on Jan 17, 2017. | Nov 23, 2016 | [17] [18] |
GK | United States Matt Pacifici | Option declined. Retired. | Nov 23, 2016 | [17] [19] | |
DF | United States Corey Ashe | Option declined. Retired. | Nov 23, 2016 | [17] [20] | |
DF | United States Chad Barson | Sweden FC Linköping City | Out of contract. Signed by Linköping City on Apr 7, 2017. | Nov 23, 2016 | [17] [21] |
MF | Democratic Republic of the Congo Cedrick Mabwati | Spain UCAM Murcia | Option declined. Signed by UCAM on Dec 27, 2016. | Nov 23, 2016 | [17] [22] |
DF | United States Michael Parkhurst | United States Atlanta United FC | Columbus receives General Allocation Money. | Dec 11, 2016 | [23] |
MF | Sweden Mohammed Saeid | United States Minnesota United FC | Selected by Minnesota in the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft. | Dec 13, 2016 | [24] |
MF | Cameroon Tony Tchani | Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Columbus receives FW Kekuta Manneh. | Mar 30, 2017 | [11] |
MF | United States Dilly Duka | United States New York Red Bulls | Waived. Signed by NYRB on Aug 10, 2017. | Jul 10, 2017 | [25] [26] |
MF | United States Ethan Finlay | United States Minnesota United FC | Columbus receives 425,000ドル in allocation monies. | Aug 9, 2017 | [27] |
DF | Norway Nicolai Næss | Netherlands Heerenveen | Undisclosed fee. | Aug 29, 2017 | [28] |
Loan out
[edit ]Awards
[edit ]MLS Player of the Week
[edit ]Week | Player | Opponent(s) | Link |
---|---|---|---|
11 | Iraq Justin Meram | Toronto FC Montreal Impact |
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Postseason
[edit ]Crew SC Team Awards[40]
- Most Valuable Player – Federico Higuaín
- Golden Boot Winner – Ola Kamara
- Defender of the Year – Zack Steffen
- Humanitarian of the Year – Jonathan Mensah
- Kirk Urso Heart Award – Josh Williams
- Crew SC Academy Player of the Year – Jensen Lukacsko
Kits
[edit ]Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Record |
---|---|---|---|---|
Home | Gold | Gold | Gold | Match 1 vs. Chicago Fire / 9-5-7 |
Away | Black | Black | Black | Match 2 vs. Houston Dynamo / 7-1-5 |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "NEWS: Crew SC signs Alex Crognale as Homegrown Player". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
- ^ "NEWS: Crew SC adds experienced European defender Jukka Raitala". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
- ^ "Crew SC acquires Designated Player Jonathan Mensah". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
- ^ "Crew SC signs defender Josh Williams". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
- ^ a b "Crew SC drafts Abubakar, Hansen with Nos. 5 & 9 picks overall". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ "Crew SC adds defensive midfielder Abu from Norway's topflight". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ^ a b "NEWS: Crew SC signs U.S. Youth international Obinwa, completes permanent transfer for Martinez". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- ^ a b "Crew SC selects Maloney & Ketterer 2017 MLS SuperDraft on Tuesday". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ "Crew SC signs 2017 SuperDraft pick Ketterer". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Crew SC signs 2017 SuperDraft pick Maloney". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ a b "Crew SC acquires dynamic foward [sic] Kekuta Manneh in trade with Vancouver". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ "Crew SC adds 3rd DP in Portuguese midfielder Pedro Santos". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
- ^ "Crew SC acquires Brazilian midfielder Artur on loan". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "Report: Artur to return to Brazil after Sao Paulo reject Crew SC offer". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
- ^ "Crew SC defender Tyson Wahl to retire after 2016 MLS season". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
- ^ "Crew SC forward Conor Casey retires after 10-year career". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Crew SC exercises 5 options, brings current roster to 20". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
- ^ "AC Horsens forstærker truppen med Steve Clark" [AC Horsens reinforces the squad with Steve Clark]. ACHorsens.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ Zeigler, Cyd (January 20, 2019). "Former MLS player Matt Pacifici comes out as gay by introducing his boyfriend to the world". OutSports.com. SB Nation. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ "Houston Dynamo to honor Corey Ashe at March 11 game vs. Columbus Crew SC". HoustonDynamo.com. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Trio Klar for City!" [Trio ready for City!]. Svenskalag.se (in Swedish). Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^ "Cedrick se incorpora al UCAM Murcia" [Cedrick joins UCAM Murcia]. UCAMDeportes.com (in Spanish).
- ^ "NEWS: Crew SC receives GAM from Atlanta in trade for Parkhurst". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
- ^ "Saeid selected by Minnesota United in MLS Expansion Draft 2016". ColumbusCrewSC.com.
- ^ "Crew SC waives Dilly Duka". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ "New York Red Bulls Sign Midfielder Dilly Duka". NewYorkRedBulls.com. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ "TRADE - Crew SC acquires TAM & GAM in trade with Minnesota United FC". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ "Crew SC transfers Nico Naess to SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands' Eredivisie". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Crew SC completes 5 roster transactions ahead of regular season opener". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ a b "HOUNDS TIE OTTAWA IN SEASON FINALE, 1-1". Riverhounds.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
- ^ "HOUNDS FINALIZE ROSTER AHEAD OF SEASON OPENER". Riverhounds.com. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ "Dramatik utan dess like" [Drama without it alike]. Laget.se/IKFrejTaby (in Swedish). Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ^ "Crew SC places Swanson on Season-Ending Injury List". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ "Riverhounds seek strong start despite challenging opening matchup". TribLive.com. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ^ "RIVERHOUNDS ADD ABUBAKAR ON LOAN FROM CREW SC". Riverhounds.com. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ a b "Minnesota United 0-1 Columbus Crew SC". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ "FCC Signs Crew's Cristian Martinez". FCCincinnati.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ "Update on FC Cincinnati's roster". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ^ "RIVERHOUNDS RECEIVE MALONEY ON LOAN FROM CREW SC". Riverhounds.com. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Team Awards". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.