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Columbus Crew
Full name Columbus Crew
Nickname(s) Crew, The Crew, America's
Hardest Working Team
Founded 1994
Stadium Columbus Crew Stadium
Columbus, OH
(Capacity 20,555)
Owner Flag of the United States Clark Hunt
Coach Flag of Germany Sigi Schmid
League Major League Soccer
2007 Eastern Conference: 6th
Overall: 9th
Playoffs: DNQ
First game D.C. United 0–4 Columbus Crew
(Ohio Stadium; April 13, 1996)
Largest win 6–1 vs New England Revolution
(Ohio Stadium; August 8, 1998)
6–1 vs Tampa Bay Mutiny
(Crew Stadium; June 16, 2001)
Largest defeat 0–6 vs Monarcas Morelia
(Estadio Morelos; April 9, 2003)
All-time top scorer Flag of the United States Jeff Cunningham (62),
Flag of the United States Brian McBride (62)
Supporters groups The Nordecke
Crew Supporters Union
Hudson Street Hooligans
La Turbina
Fort Knox
V-Army 1941
Honors Supporters' Shield (1)
US Open Cup (1)
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
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Home colors
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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Away colors

The Columbus Crew is a professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio that participates in Major League Soccer. Football club names are a part of the sport 's culture reflecting century-old traditions This is a of lists of the use of Nicknames in football (soccer. Columbus Crew Stadium is a Soccer-specific stadium in Columbus Ohio. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The following is a list of Association football stadia. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the Clark Knobel Hunt (born February 19, 1965) is Chairman of the Board of the National Football League 's Kansas City Chiefs and Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (born March 20 1953 in Tübingen, West Germany) is a soccer coach who currently heads the Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U The 2007 Major League Soccer season was the 12th season in league history DC United is a professional soccer club located in Washington D Ohio Stadium (also known as The Horseshoe, simply The ’Shoe and The House Harley Built) is the home of the Buckeyes football Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The New England Revolution, nicknamed the Revs, is a professional soccer club based in Foxborough Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Ohio Stadium (also known as The Horseshoe, simply The ’Shoe and The House Harley Built) is the home of the Buckeyes football Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Tampa Bay Mutiny was a professional soccer club located in Tampa Florida that participated in Major League Soccer from 1996-2001 Columbus Crew Stadium is a Soccer-specific stadium in Columbus Ohio. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Club Atlético Morelia or simply Monarcas, is a Mexican professional football club The Estadio Morelos is named in honour of one of the most important Mexican War of Independence leader José María Morelos y Pavón. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Jeff Cunningham (born August 21, 1976 in Montego Bay, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-American Soccer Striker, who currently plays Brian McBride (born June 19, 1972) is an American soccer Striker who has appeared in three World Cups for the United The Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best Regular season record as determined by the The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF affiliated teams from amateur adult club teams all the Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U The club was owned by Lamar Hunt, who also owned the Kansas City Chiefs and FC Dallas until his 2006 death, upon which his son, Clark, took over his sports properties. Lamar Hunt ( August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. FC Dallas is a North American professional soccer team based in Frisco, Texas, United States. Clark Knobel Hunt (born February 19, 1965) is Chairman of the Board of the National Football League 's Kansas City Chiefs and The Crew currently play their home games at Columbus Crew Stadium, the first MLS soccer-specific stadium. Columbus Crew Stadium is a Soccer-specific stadium in Columbus Ohio. Soccer-specific stadium (or football-specific stadium) is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada, coined by Lamar Hunt, to refer From 1996–1999, the Crew played their home games at Ohio Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University. Ohio Stadium (also known as The Horseshoe, simply The ’Shoe and The House Harley Built) is the home of the Buckeyes football The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. The name "The Crew" is the result of a local fan contest and refers to Columbus' blue collar community. The team colors are black and gold. The team mascot is Crew Cat.

The Crew has won one tournament to date, the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, defeating the 2002 MLS Cup and Supporter's Shield winner Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0. The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF affiliated teams from amateur adult club teams all the The MLS Cup is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer. Los Angeles Galaxy (aka LA Galaxy) is an American soccer club based in Los Angeles California. The club has reached one other final, the 1998 Open Cup, which was postponed due to a hurricane and controversially relocated from Virginia Beach to Soldier Field, the home of the Chicago Fire, who won the match in overtime 2–1. Virginia Beach (pronounced /vɚˌdʒɪnjəˈbiːtʃ/ is an Independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area and one of the largest cities in Soldier Field (formerly Municipal Grant Park Stadium) is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago Illinois, and is currently home to the NFL That is not the only championship the team has won, as they also won the 2004 Supporter's Shield for having the best record over the course of the regular season.

The team has 3 major support groups: "La Turbina", "Hudson Street Hooligans" and "Crew Supporters Union". The Three supporters groups sit together in a section in the north east corner of Crew stadium known as Nordecke. The Name Nordecke (Nord-eck-uh) is german for North Corner, and is a tribute to the german heritage of Columbus.


Contents

History

The Columbus Crew are a charter member of Major League Soccer. Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U The club played its home matches in Ohio Stadium from its inaugural year in 1996 through 1998. Ohio Stadium (also known as The Horseshoe, simply The ’Shoe and The House Harley Built) is the home of the Buckeyes football Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Beginning in 1999, the Crew played all of its home league matches in they newly built Columbus Crew Stadium, the first soccer specific stadium for a top flight club in the United States. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Columbus Crew Stadium is a Soccer-specific stadium in Columbus Ohio. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

The Crew won its first trophy in 2002, capturing the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, which in turn earned the club a berth in the 2003 CONCACAF Champions Cup. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lamar Hunt ( August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF affiliated teams from amateur adult club teams all the Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The CONCACAF Champions League is the annual international football competition held in the CONCACAF region ( North America, Central In 2004, the Crew won the Supporters' Shield for earning the most points during the MLS regular season. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best Regular season record as determined by the

Television and radio

In 2008, Crew matches are telecast locally on Columbus Sports Network. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Columbus Sports Network (CSN was a cable and Broadcast television station exclusive to the Columbus Ohio market that launched on March 24 Long-time Columbus Crew TV/radio announcer Dwight Burgess provides play-by-play coverage, while Dante Washington provides color commentary for home games. Bill McDermott provides color commentary for away games.


Katie Witham is the sideline reporter for all games being broadcast by Columbus Sports Network. Columbus Sports Network (CSN was a cable and Broadcast television station exclusive to the Columbus Ohio market that launched on March 24

A number of other matches will be televised nationally on ESPN2, Fox Soccer Channel, HDNet, and Telefutura. ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Fox Soccer Channel is a United States Digital cable network owned by News Corporation, that specializes in soccer. HDNet is a general interest Television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable TeleFutura is a US Spanish-language broadcast Television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami Florida.

English radio broadcasts can be heard on WTVN (610 AM) with play-by-play done by Neil Sika and color commentary from John Bluem. WTVN is a full-service AM radio station in Columbus Ohio located at 610 kHz Spanish radio broadcasts can be heard on Radio Sol WXOL.

The Crew Soccer Updates air weekdays on WBWR(105. ("The Brew @ 1057" is an FM Radio station in Columbus Ohio located at 105 7 FM) and WRXS(106. WRXS is a Modern Rock Radio station in Columbus Ohio, currently owned by Clear Channel Communications. 7 FM).

Sponsors

The Crew announced Glidden, an ICI Paints brand as presenting partner. The Glidden Company was a Cleveland -based Company founded in 1875 by Francis Harrington Glidden, Levi Rackett and Thomas Bolles Imperial Chemical Industries ( ICI) is a British chemical subsidiary of a Dutch conglomerate and one of the largest chemical producers Beginning in 2008, its logo will appear on the front of Crew game jerseys, training jerseys, t-shirts, and on other various team-related material.

Rivals

The Crew compete with Toronto FC for the "Trillium Cup" each year starting in 2008. This new cup however is not without passion, with the two fan bases becoming increasingly competitive with one another. The Opening game of the 2008 MLS season was TFC visiting Columbus with over 2000 TFC fans making a trip down to see the game. In light of this and the new Traveling trophy the Mayors of Columbus and Toronto made a bet that should their team win they would wear the others jersey at their next public appearance; Columbus won the match 2-0. Columbus currently lead the all-time series 3-0-2.

Honors

Domestic

League

Cups

Invitational

Players

Current Squad

As of April 24, 2008. The Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best Regular season record as determined by the The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF affiliated teams from amateur adult club teams all the The Carolina Challenge Cup is a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by the Charleston Battery. [1] The players in bold have senior international caps

No. A cap is an appearance for a select team such as a school county or international team in sports Position Player
1 Flag of the United States GK Will Hesmer
2 Flag of the United States DF Frankie Hejduk (captain)
3 Flag of the United States FW Brad Evans
4 Flag of Argentina DF Gino Padula
5 Flag of the United States MF Danny O'Rourke
6 Flag of England DF Andy Iro
7 Flag of Argentina FW Guillermo Barros Schelotto
8 Flag of New Zealand MF Duncan Oughton
9 Flag of the United States FW Jason Garey
10 Flag of Venezuela FW Alejandro Moreno
11 Flag of Brazil FW Guilherme Só
12 Flag of the United States MF Eddie Gaven
13 Flag of the United States DF Andrew Peterson
14 Flag of the United States DF Chad Marshall
15 Flag of Brazil MF Stefani Miglioranzi
No. In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports William Hesmer (born November 23, 1981 in Wilson, North Carolina) is an American soccer player who plays for the Columbus In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Frank Daniel "Frankie" Hejduk (born August 5, 1974 in La Mesa, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Brad Evans (born 20 April 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Columbus In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Gino Padula (born July 11, 1976 in Lanús) is an Argentinian football left back who currently plays for Columbus Crew in For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Danny O'Rourke (born May 31, 1983 in Columbus, Ohio) is an US In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Andrew "Andy" Iro (born November 26, 1984) is an English football defender Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Guillermo Barros Schelotto (born May 4, 1973 in La Plata) is an Argentine football player For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Duncan Edward Oughton (born June 14, 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand footballer who plays for the Columbus Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Jason Garey (born July 19, 1984 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American Soccer Striker who currently plays for the Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Alejandro Moreno (born July 8, 1979 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan Soccer player who currently plays Striker Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Guilherme Só (pronounced SAH (born April 22, 1986 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian football player currently playing for U For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Eddie Gaven (born October 25, 1986 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey) is an American Soccer player who plays for the Columbus In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Andy Peterson (born December 2 1984 is a US Soccer player who currently plays for the Columbus Crew of Major Soccer League Andrew played for In Association football (soccer a defender is a player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring Chad Marshall (born August 22, 1984 in Riverside California) is an American Soccer player who plays central defense For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. Stefani Miglioranzi (born September 20 1977 in Brazil) is a Football (soccer Midfielder who currently plays for the Columbus Position Player
16 Flag of the United States MF Brian Carroll
17 Flag of Nigeria MF Emmanuel Ekpo
18 Flag of the United States GK Kenny Schoeni
19 Flag of the United States MF Robbie Rogers
20 Flag of Argentina FW Nicolás Hernández
21 Flag of the United States DF Ryan Miller
22 Flag of Scotland MF Adam Moffat
23 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DF Ezra Hendrickson
24 Flag of the United States DF Jed Zayner
25 Flag of the United States FW George Josten
26 Flag of the United States MF Cory Elenio
27 Flag of the United States DF Ryan Junge
30 Flag of the United States GK Andy Gruenebaum
31 Flag of the United States MF Kevin Burns
32 Flag of the United States FW Steven Lenhart

Notable players

Head coaches

Team records

MLS regular season only, through 2006 season

Stadiums

Year-by-year

Year Reg. Ohio Stadium (also known as The Horseshoe, simply The ’Shoe and The House Harley Built) is the home of the Buckeyes football Columbus Crew Stadium is a Soccer-specific stadium in Columbus Ohio. Season Playoffs Open Cup CONCACAF
Champions' Cup
SuperLiga
1996 4th, East Quarterfinals Did not enter Not qualifed Started in 2007
1997 3rd, East Semifinals Did not enter Did not qualify
1998 2nd, East Semifinals Final Did not qualify
1999 2nd, East Semifinals Semifinals Did not qualify
2000 4th, Central Did not qualify Quarterfinals Did not qualify
2001 2nd, Central Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Not held
2002 2nd, East Semifinals Champions Did not qualify
2003 5th, East Did not qualify Round of 16 Quarterfinals
2004 1st, East* Quarterfinals Round of 16 Did not qualify
2005 6th, East Did not qualify Round of 16 Did not qualify
2006 6th, East Did not qualify Round of 16 Did not qualify
2007 6th, East Did not qualify Did not qualify Did not qualify Did not participate
2008 TBD TBD Did not qualify Did not qualify Did not qualify

* Won MLS Supporters Shield

† Made the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Giants Cup which was held instead of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 2001

International competition

Columbus Holds a 8-1-2 all-time Record in international Exhibitions

Average attendance

regular season/playoffs

External links

References

  1. ^ Columbus Crew Roster MLSnet



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