2016 Columbus Crew SC season

Columbus Crew SC 2016 soccer season

Columbus Crew SC
2016 season

Investor-operators	Anthony Precourt
Head Coach	Gregg Berhalter
Stadium	MAPFRE Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 9th Overall: 18th
MLS Cup playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Ola Kamara (16) All: Ola Kamara (16)
Highest home attendance	20,389(6/25 v. NYRB)
Lowest home attendance	1,064 (6/15 v TAM)
Average home league attendance	17,125 (85.8%)
Biggest win	CLB 4–0 TAM (6/15)
Biggest defeat	TOR 3-0 CLB (7/31) DC 3-0 CLB (9/28) NYC 4-1 CLB (10/23)
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The 2016 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's 21st season of existence and their 21st consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States and Canada. The first match of the season was on March 6 against Portland Timbers. It was the third season under head coach Gregg Berhalter. The Crew's USL Pro affiliate this season was Pittsburgh Riverhounds.^[1]

Roster

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As of November 20, 2016^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Steve Clark
2	DF	USA	Tyson Wahl
3	DF	USA	Corey Ashe
4	DF	USA	Michael Parkhurst (Captain)
5	MF	USA	Dilly Duka
6	MF	CMR	Tony Tchani
8	MF	ERI	Mohammed Saeid (INT)
9	FW	IRQ	Justin Meram
10	FW	ARG	Federico Higuaín (DP)
11	MF	COD	Cedrick Mabwati (INT)
12	FW	USA	Adam Jahn
13	MF	USA	Ethan Finlay
14	DF	CRC	Waylon Francis
16	MF	USA	Hector Jiménez
17	FW	NOR	Ola Kamara (INT)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	PAN	Cristian Martínez (INT; SUP)
19	MF	GUA	Rodrigo Saravia (INT; SUP)
20	MF	USA	Wil Trapp (HGP)
21	DF	USA	Chad Barson (HGP; SUP)
22	DF	ARG	Gastón Sauro (INT)
23	GK	USA	Zack Steffen (SUP)
24	MF	NOR	Nicolai Næss (INT)
25	DF	GHA	Harrison Afful (INT)
26	MF	USA	Ben Swanson (HGP; SUP)
27	FW	USA	Conor Casey
29	MF	USA	Marshall Hollingsworth (SUP)
30	GK	USA	Matt Pacifici (SUP)
41	GK	USA	Brad Stuver (SUP)

Technical Staff

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Position	Staff
President, Precourt Sports Ventures	United States Dave Greeley
President of Business Operations	United States Andy Loughnane
Director of Soccer Operations	United States Asher Mendelsohn
Sporting Director/Head Coach	United States Gregg Berhalter
Assistant Coach	Finland Sixten Boström
Assistant Coach	Canada Pat Onstad
Assistant Coach	United States Josh Wolff
High Performance Director	United States Steve Tashjian
Strength/Conditioning Coach	United States Brook Hamilton
Director of Team Operations	United States Zach Crusse
Head Equipment Manager	United States David Brauzer
Team Operations Assistant	United States Ron Meadors
Head Athletic Trainer	United States Craig Devine
Assistant Trainer	United States Jon MacGregor
Performance Analyst	Germany Adin Osmanbasic
Team Coordinator	United States Julio Velasquez

Source: [^[3]]

Non-competitive

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Preseason

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The Crew started preseason in Columbus and traveled to Florida for a two week camp. They then played games in Arizona as part of the 2016 Desert Diamond Cup before returning to Ohio.^[4] The Crew brought in the following trialists during training camp: Matt Pacifici.

Unsigned draft picks Rodrigo Saravia, Chase Minter, Kyle Parker, Marshall Hollingsworth and Vince Cicciarelli also joined the team for preseason.

Sporting Kansas City v Columbus Crew SC

February 17 Desert Diamond Cup Group Stage Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew SC Tucson, AZ

8:00 PM EST

Quintillà Yellow card 40'
Mustivar 52'

Hajderovic 88'

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	March 6, 2016	October 23, 2016	Matchday 1	18th	34	8	12	14	50	58	−8	023.53
U.S. Open Cup	June 15, 2016	June 28, 2016	Fourth Round	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Total					36	9	12	15	55	60	−5	025.00

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	52	55	−3	42	MLS Cup Knockout Round
7	New England Revolution	34	11	14	9	44	54	−10	42
8	Orlando City SC	34	9	11	14	55	60	−5	41
9	Columbus Crew SC	34	8	14	12	50	58	−8	36
10	Chicago Fire	34	7	17	10	42	58	−16	31

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39
17	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	38
18	Columbus Crew SC	34	8	14	12	50	58	−8	36
19	Houston Dynamo	34	7	14	13	39	45	−6	34
20	Chicago Fire	34	7	17	10	42	58	−16	31

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	36	8	14	12	50	58	−8	6	3	8	31	25	+6	2	11	4	19	33	−14

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
Stadium	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A
Result	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	United States USA	Steve Clark	32	0	32+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	United States USA	Tyson Wahl	14	0	11+2	0	1+0	0
3	DF	United States USA	Corey Ashe	19	0	14+4	0	0+1	0
4	DF	United States USA	Michael Parkhurst	36	0	34+0	0	2+0	0
5	MF	United States USA	Dilly Duka	15	1	5+10	1	0+0	0
6	MF	Cameroon CMR	Tony Tchani	23	1	20+1	1	2+0	0
8	MF	Eritrea ERI	Mohammed Saeid	25	0	24+1	0	0+0	0
9	FW	Iraq IRQ	Justin Meram	35	6	31+2	5	2+0	1
10	FW	Argentina ARG	Federico Higuaín	20	4	18+2	4	0+0	0
11	MF	Democratic Republic of the Congo COD	Cedrick Mabwati	17	1	6+11	1	0+0	0
12	FW	United States USA	Adam Jahn	12	0	4+8	0	0+0	0
13	MF	United States USA	Ethan Finlay	35	8	27+7	6	0+1	2
14	DF	Costa Rica CRC	Waylon Francis	21	0	13+6	0	2+0	0
16	MF	United States USA	Hector Jiménez	27	0	14+11	0	2+0	0
17	FW	Norway NOR	Ola Kamara	26	16	20+5	16	1+0	0
18	MF	Panama PAN	Cristian Martínez	7	2	2+3	1	2+0	1
19	MF	Guatemala GUA	Rodrigo Saravia	12	0	1+9	0	2+0	0
20	MF	United States USA	Wil Trapp	31	0	29+1	0	0+1	0
21	DF	United States USA	Chad Barson	9	0	3+4	0	2+0	0
22	DF	Argentina ARG	Gastón Sauro	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0
23	GK	United States USA	Zack Steffen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	Norway NOR	Nicolai Næss	13	0	13+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	Ghana GHA	Harrison Afful	30	3	30+0	3	0+0	0
26	DF	United States USA	Ben Swanson	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
27	FW	United States USA	Conor Casey	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0
29	MF	United States USA	Marshall Hollingsworth	1	1	0+0	0	1+0	1
30	GK	United States USA	Matt Pacifici	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
41	GK	United States USA	Brad Stuver	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
		Own goal	0	0	-	0	-	0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
7	MF	Denmark DEN	Emil Larsen	4	0	0+3	0	1+0	0
23	FW	Sierra Leone SLE	Kei Kamara	9	5	9+0	5	0+0	0
33	DF	Egypt EGY	Amro Tarek	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		U.S. Open Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card
1	GK	United States Steve Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	United States Tyson Wahl	2	2	1	0	3	2
3	DF	United States Corey Ashe	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	United States Michael Parkhurst	2	0	0	0	2	0
5	MF	United States Dilly Duka	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Cameroon Tony Tchani	8	1	0	0	8	1
8	MF	Eritrea Mohammed Saeid	2	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	Iraq Justin Meram	3	0	0	0	3	0
10	FW	Argentina Federico Higuaín	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Democratic Republic of the Congo Cedrick Mabwati	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	United States Adam Jahn	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	United States Ethan Finlay	2	0	0	0	2	0
14	DF	Costa Rica Waylon Francis	2	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF	United States Hector Jiménez	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Norway Ola Kamara	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Panama Cristian Martínez	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Guatemala Rodrigo Saravia	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	United States Wil Trapp	5	0	0	0	5	0
21	DF	United States Chad Barson	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Argentina Gastón Sauro	3	0	0	0	3	0
23	GK	United States Zack Steffen	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Norway Nicolai Næss	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Ghana Harrison Afful	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	United States Ben Swanson	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	United States Conor Casey	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	United States Marshall Hollingsworth	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	United States Matt Pacifici	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	United States Brad Stuver	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
7	MF	Denmark Emil Larsen	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Sierra Leone Kei Kamara	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Egypt Amro Tarek	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Denmark Emil Larsen	Denmark Odense Boldklub	January 22, 2016	^[5]
FW	United States Conor Casey	United States Philadelphia Union	Signed as a free agent	January 26, 2016	^[6]
MF	Guatemala Rodrigo Saravia	United States Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	Drafted in the first round of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft	February 4, 2016	^[7]
FW	Norway Ola Kamara	Austria FK Austria Wien	Signed via discovery	February 4, 2016	^[8]
MF	United States Marshall Hollingsworth	United States Wheaton Thunder	Drafted in the second round of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft	March 4, 2016	^[9]
GK	United States Matt Pacifici	United States Davidson Wildcats	Signed as an undrafted free agent	March 4, 2016	^[9]
MF	United States Dilly Duka	Canada Montreal Impact	Traded for general allocation money, targeted allocation money and a second round draft pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft	June 20, 2016	^[10]
DF	Norway Nicolai Næss	Norway Stabæk	Signed via discovery	July 21, 2016	^[11]
GK	United States Zack Steffen	Germany SC Freiburg	Signed via discovery	July 22, 2016	^[12]
FW	United States Adam Jahn	United States San Jose Earthquakes	Traded for targeted allocation money	July 30, 2016	^[13]
DF	United States Alex Crognale	United States Maryland Terrapins	Signed to a homegrown contract	December 20, 2016	^[14]
DF	Finland Jukka Raitala	Norway Sogndal Fotball	Signed via discovery	December 23, 2016	^[15]

Pos.	Player	Parent club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
DF	Egypt Amro Tarek	Spain Real Betis	Signed via discovery. Original terms were for the entire season, but was placed on waivers on May 5.	February 3, 2016	May 5, 2016	^[16]^[17]
MF	Panama Cristian Martínez	Panama Chorrillo F.C.	Loaned with an option to purchase contract	May 17, 2016	End of Season	^[18]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Jamaica Sergio Campbell	United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Placed on waivers	February 12, 2016	^[19]
MF	United States Romain Gall	Sweden Nyköpings BIS	Placed on waivers	February 12, 2016	^[19]
FW	Sierra Leone Kei Kamara	United States New England Revolution	Traded for general allocation money, targeted allocation money, a first round draft pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, a second round draft pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft and a 2016 international roster slot. Crew retain a percentage of any future transfer fee.	May 12, 2016	^[20]
MF	Denmark Emil Larsen	Denmark Lyngby	Transfer, terms undisclosed	July 10, 2016	^[21]
DF	United States Tyson Wahl	Retired	October 24, 2016	^[22]
FW	United States Conor Casey	Retired	October 24, 2016	^[23]
GK	United States Steve Clark	Denmark AC Horsens	Option declined	November 23, 2016	^[24]
GK	United States Matt Pacifici	Retired	Option declined	November 23, 2016	^[24]
DF	United States Corey Ashe	Retired	Option declined	November 23, 2016	^[24]
MF	Democratic Republic of the Congo Cedrick Mabwati	Spain UCAM Murcia CF	Option declined	November 23, 2016	^[24]
DF	United States Chad Barson	Sweden FC Linköping City	Contract expired	November 23, 2016	^[24]
DF	United States Michael Parkhurst	United States Atlanta United FC	Contract expired; Rights traded for general allocation money	November 23, 2016	^[24]^[25]
MF	Sweden Mohammed Saeid	United States Minnesota United FC	Selected in the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft	December 13, 2016	^[26]

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance
Home	Black	Black	Black	Week 3 against Chicago Fire
Away	White/Yellow	Teal	White	Week 1 against Portland Timbers

Pos.	Player	Loanee club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
MF	United States Marshall Hollingsworth	United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds	On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time.	March 17, 2016	September 25, 2016	^[27]
MF	United States Ben Swanson	United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds	On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time.	March 17, 2016	July 29, 2016	^[27]
DF	United States Chad Barson	United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds	On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time.	April 30, 2016	April 30, 2016	^[28]
DF	United States Chad Barson	United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds		August 10, 2016	August 20, 2016	^[29]
MF	Panama Cristian Martínez	United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds	On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time.	August 10, 2016	September 25, 2016	^[29]
MF	Guatemala Rodrigo Saravia	United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds	On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time.	August 10, 2016	August 20, 2016	^[29]
GK	United States Zack Steffen	United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds	On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time.	Aug 13, 2016	September 25, 2016	^[30]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2016 Columbus Crew SC SuperDraft Picks^[31]
1	19	Guatemala Rodrigo Saravia	MF	Florida Gulf Coast
2	21	United States Chase Minter	MF	Cal Poly
2	31	United States Kyle Parker	FW	UNC Charlotte
2	41	United States Marshall Hollingsworth	MF	Wheaton
3	60	United States Vince Cicciarelli	FW	Saint Louis

Week	Starters	Bench	Opponent(s)	Link
5	Iraq Justin Meram	United States FC Dallas	[4]
7	Iraq Justin Meram	United States Ethan Finlay	United States New York City FC	[5]
12	Argentina Federico Higuaín	Canada Toronto FC	[6]
13	Norway Ola Kamara	Argentina Federico Higuaín	United States Real Salt Lake	[7]
14	Norway Ola Kamara	United States Philadelphia Union	[8]
16	Norway Ola Kamara	United States New York Red Bulls	[9]
17	Norway Ola Kamara	United States Sporting Kansas City	[10]
19	Ghana Harrison Afful	Canada Toronto FC United States D.C. United	[11]
20	Iraq Justin Meram	United States Orlando City SC	[12]
23	United States Ethan Finlay	United States New York City FC	[13]
24	United States Michael Parkhurst	Argentina Federico Higuaín	United States New England Revolution	[14]
25	Norway Nicolai Næss	United States Steve Clark	United States Philadelphia Union United States San Jose Earthquakes	[15]
28	Norway Nicolai Næss	United States Ethan Finlay Norway Ola Kamara	United States Orlando City SC	[16]
29	Ghana Harrison Afful	Norway Ola Kamara	United States New England Revolution	[17]
30	Ghana Harrison Afful	United States D.C. United United States Chicago Fire	[18]
32/33	United States Adam Jahn	United States Chicago Fire United States New York Red Bulls	[19]

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Columbus, Ohio
Club	Coaches Players Records and statistics Seasons
Stadiums	Ohio Stadium (1996–1998) Historic Crew Stadium (1999–2021) ScottsMiracle-Gro Field (2021–present) EAS Training Center
Affiliated clubs	Columbus Crew 2 (MLS Next Pro) Columbus Crew Academy (MLS Next)
Culture	Hudson Street Hooligans
Rivalries	Hell Is Real Derby (FC Cincinnati) Trillium Cup (Toronto FC)
Key personnel	Owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam President Issa Tall Technical director Marc Nicholls Head coach Henrik Rydström
Championships	MLS Cup 2008 MLS Cup 2020 MLS Cup 2023 2002 U.S. Open Cup 2021 Campeones Cup 2024 Leagues Cup
Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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Western Conference	Austin FC Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo FC Sporting Kansas City LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Diego FC San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC St. Louis City SC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Former teams	Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001) Miami Fusion (1998–2001) Chivas USA (2005–2014)
Personnel	Foreign players National team players International slots Designated Players Homegrown Players Generation Adidas Cup Current season transfers Coaches Owners Professional Referee Organization Professional Soccer Referees Association
Competition	MLS Cup Playoffs Finals Trophy Supporters' Shield SuperDraft Stadiums Attendance Television Broadcasters All-Star Game MLS Cup
Associated competitions	All-Star Game MLS Next CONCACAF Champions Cup Campeones Cup Leagues Cup U.S. Open Cup Canadian Championship Reserve League eMLS Cup MLS is Back Tournament MLS Next MLS Next Pro
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v t e 2016 MLS season by team
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Eastern	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew SC D.C. United Montreal Impact New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC
Western	Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo LA Galaxy Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Roster

Technical Staff

Non-competitive

Preseason

Midseason

Competitive

Overview

MLS

Standings

Eastern Conference

Overall table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

Transfers

In

Loan in

Out

Loan out

MLS Draft picks

Awards

MLS Player of the Week

MLS Player of the Month

2016 MLS All-Star Game

Postseason

Crew SC Team Awards

Kits

References

Notes