2010 Columbus Crew season

Columbus Crew

2010 season
Investor-operators	Clark Hunt Dan Hunt Lamar Hunt Jr. Sharron Hunt Munson Ron Pizzuti and a group of local investors
Head Coach	Robert Warzycha
Stadium	Columbus Crew Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 2nd Overall: 5th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Final
2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
Trillium Cup	Winners (4-2)
Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup	Runners-Up (1–2)
Top goalscorer	League: Guillermo Barros Schelotto (9) All: Guillermo Barros Schelotto (12)
Highest home attendance	19,006 (10/24 v. PHI)
Lowest home attendance	1,790 (6/29 v. ROC)
Average home league attendance	14,372 (71.3%)
Biggest win	CLB 3–0 CHA (7/6) CLB 3–0 HOU (7/24) CLB 3–0 JOE (9/14) JOE 1-4 CLB (10/21)
Biggest defeat	CLB 0–4 SEA (9/18)
Home colors Away colors

The 2010 Columbus Crew season was the club's 15th season of existence and their 15th 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 27 against Toronto FC. It was the second season under head coach Robert Warzycha.

Prior to the start of the 2010 MLS season, the Crew began play in the CONCACAF Champions League, with a quarterfinal-fixture against Group B winner, Toluca of Mexico.^[1]

During group stage, the Crew finished in a second place in their group with an even 2-2-2 record, narrowly edging the Costa Rican champions Saprissa to become the only American club in the knockout stage. On February 22, 2010; Columbus hosted Toluca before 4,500 people at Crew Stadium for the first leg. For the match, Columbus would be missing veteran striker Guillermo Barros Schelotto and defender Frankie Hejduk.

In the match, Mexican-international Sinha opened the scoring giving Los Rojos a critical away goal and the lead over the Crew. Following the goal near misses from Steven Lenhart and Eddie Gaven later on in the half almost drew things level. Shortly before halftime, however, Antonio Ríos doubled the lead for Toluca giving them a very strong advantage. However, the Rojos would relinquish their lead in the second half. Lenhart would bag a pair of goals in the 66th and 83rd minute of play to draw the match back on parity, and the Crew would head to Toluca tied at two on aggregate.

As of Aug 5, 2010.^[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 William Hesmer 2 DF  USA Frankie Hejduk (captain) 3 DF  USA Josh Williams 4 DF  ARG Gino Padula 5 DF  USA Danny O'Rourke 6 DF  ENG Andy Iro (INT) 7 FW  ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto (INT; DP) 8 DF  NZL Duncan Oughton 9 FW  USA Jason Garey 10 FW  PER Andrés Mendoza (INT; DP) 11 MF  USA Dilly Duka (SUP) 12 MF  USA Eddie Gaven

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  FRA Léandre Griffit (INT) 14 DF  USA Chad Marshall 15 MF  USA Kevin Burns (SUP) 16 MF  USA Brian Carroll 17 MF  NGA Emmanuel Ekpo 18 MF  USA Robbie Rogers 20 FW  VEN Emilio Rentería (INT) 22 MF  SCO Adam Moffat (INT) 23 DF  USA Eric Brunner 25 GK  USA Chase Harrison 29 DF  JAM Shaun Francis (INT; SUP) 30 GK  USA Andy Gruenebaum 32 FW  USA Steven Lenhart

Position	Staff
President/General Manager	Mark McCullers
Technical Director	Brian Bliss
Head Coach	Robert Warzycha
Assistant Coach	Ricardo Iribarren
Assistant Coach	Mike Lapper
Assistant Coach	Vadim Kirillov
Strength & Fitness Coach	Mike Tremble
Head Trainer	David Lagow
Assistant Trainer	Skylar Richards
Director of Team Operations	Tucker Walther
Equipment Manager	Rusty Wummel

The Crew started preseason in Columbus and played games in Florida and Arizona before returning to Ohio. The Crew brought in the following trialists during training camp Ray Burse, Hugo Acosta, Kamil Witkowski, Doudou Touré, Yevhen Bredun, Sergei Kosov, Ireneusz Kowalski, Carlos Diaz, Conor O'Brien and Miloš Kocić.

Unsigned draft picks Dilly Duka, Bright Dike, Shaun Francis and Othaniel Yanez also joined the team for preseason.

The Crew played some friendly matches during the season to keep fit during bye weeks or to get reserve players minutes. Saidi Isaac, Douglas Reisinger, Michael Amicone were guest players against Marshall Thundering Herd, assistant coach Mike Lapper subbed in against Michigan State Spartans, John Owoeri was a guest player against Duquesne Dukes, and draft pick Kwaku Nyamekye joined the team for the match against Dayton Dutch Lions.

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	March 27, 2010	October 24, 2010	Matchday 1	5th	30	14	8	8	40	34	+6	046.67
MLS Cup Playoffs	October 28, 2010	November 5, 2010	Conference Semifinals	Conference Semifinals	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
U.S. Open Cup	June 29, 2010	October 5, 2010	Third Round	Final	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	075.00
2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League	March 9, 2010	March 17, 2010	Quarterfinals	Quarterfinals	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	000.00
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League	August 18, 2010	October 21, 2010	Group Stage	Quarterfinals	6	4	0	2	10	4	+6	066.67
Total					44	22	9	13	64	49	+15	050.00

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	30	15	9	6	38	29	+9	51	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Columbus Crew	30	14	8	8	40	34	+6	50
3	Kansas City Wizards	30	11	13	6	36	35	+1	39
4	Chicago Fire	30	9	12	9	37	38	−1	36
5	Toronto FC	30	9	13	8	33	41	−8	35

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	New York Red Bulls	30	15	9	6	38	29	+9	51
4	FC Dallas	30	12	4	14	42	28	+14	50	CONCACAF Champions League
5	Columbus Crew	30	14	8	8	40	34	+6	50
6	Seattle Sounders FC	30	14	10	6	39	35	+4	48	CONCACAF Champions League
7	Colorado Rapids (C)	30	12	8	10	44	32	+12	46

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	50	14	8	8	40	34	+6	10	3	2	22	12	+10	4	5	6	18	22	−4

Last updated: September 12, 2010
Source: MLSSoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cruz Azul	6	5	1	0	16	4	+12	16
Columbus Crew	6	2	2	2	5	9	−4	8
Saprissa	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5
Puerto Rico Islanders	6	0	3	3	6	12	−6	3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos Laguna	6	4	1	1	19	7	+12	13
Columbus Crew	6	4	0	2	10	4	+6	12
Municipal	6	2	2	2	9	13	−4	8
Joe Public	6	0	1	5	7	21	−14	1

Prior to 2010, the Columbus Crew had been to the U.S. Open Cup final twice in 1998 and 2002 and only won the cup once in 2002. On June 29, 2010, the Crew began the competition in the third round hosting the Rochester Rhinos of the D2 Pro League at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew's Andy Iro scored first in the 30th minute by heading in a corner kick from teammate Eddie Gavin. Later, in the second half, Rochester evened the score at one when substitute Darren Spicer scored from 17 yards out. The Rhinos' Alfonso Motagalvan was sent off in the 84th minute for a dangerous tackle on Emilio Rentería forcing Rochester to play the final minutes of the game with just ten men on the field.^[3] The score remained level until the 4th minute of stoppage time when Steven Lenhart scored on a "half volley" giving Columbus the victory.^[4]

A week later on July 6, Columbus faced the Charleston Battery of the USL Second Division in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals. The match was hosted by Columbus, again at Crew Stadium. In the 37th minute, Steven Lenhart was fouled in the penalty area while going for a cross and the referee signalled for a penalty kick. Emilio Rentería took the penalty kick and drove a right-footed shot into the back of the net making the score 1–0. Columbus extended their lead in the 70th minute on a goal from Steven Lenhart, and again in the 87th minute when Eddie Gavin scored off of a pass from Emmanuel Ekpo. The Crew won 3–0 earning their first U.S. Open Cup semifinal appearance since 2002.^[5]

On September 1, 2010, the Columbus Crew visited Washington, D.C. to face MLS club D.C. United in their semifinal match at RFK Stadium. Pablo Hernández scored in the 17th minute on a penalty kick to give D.C. an early lead at 1–0. D.C. United almost kept that lead for the victory until the 89th minute when United's Marc Burch deflected a shot by Columbus's Andy Iro into the net for an own goal, tying the score and sending the match into extra time. In the 98th minute, the Crew's Steven Lenhart dribbled the ball into the 18-yard box and was tripped by D.C. United's Carey Talley to draw a penalty. Guillermo Barros Schelotto took the penalty kick and scored the game-winning goal. The 2–1 final score secured the Columbus Crew's spot in the final.^[6]

Under "Apps" for each section, the first number represents the number of starts, and the second number represents appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League		2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	William Hesmer	32	1	30+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Frankie Hejduk	27	0	20+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	USA	Josh Williams	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	ARG	Gino Padula	18	0	13+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	USA	Danny O'Rourke	23	0	14+3	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Andy Iro	36	6	24+1	3	1+0	0	3+0	2	2+0	0	4+1	1
7	FW	ARG	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	35	12	29+0	9	2+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	2	1+0	0
8	DF	NZL	Duncan Oughton	8	1	0+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
9	FW	USA	Jason Garey	34	3	9+13	2	0+2	0	0+2	0	0+2	0	4+2	1
10	FW	PER	Andrés Mendoza	15	4	1+7	2	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	4+0	2
11	MF	USA	Dilly Duka	10	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
12	MF	USA	Eddie Gaven	39	5	28+0	3	2+0	1	3+1	1	2+0	0	2+1	0
13	MF	FRA	Léandre Griffit	9	2	0+3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	4+1	1
14	DF	USA	Chad Marshall	32	1	24+0	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
15	MF	USA	Kevin Burns	19	1	4+5	0	0+2	0	1+1	1	0+1	0	4+1	0
16	MF	USA	Brian Carroll	38	1	27+1	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
17	MF	NGA	Emmanuel Ekpo	33	1	13+9	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+1	0	3+1	1
18	DF	USA	Robbie Rogers	26	2	17+3	1	2+0	1	0+0	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
20	FW	VEN	Emilio Rentería	28	8	9+10	5	0+0	0	1+1	1	0+3	0	2+2	2
22	MF	SCO	Adam Moffat	31	2	23+1	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
23	DF	USA	Eric Brunner	24	1	13+1	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	4+1	0
25	GK	USA	Chase Harrison	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	JAM	Shaun Francis	23	0	10+2	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	4+2	0
30	GK	USA	Andy Gruenebaum	12	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	6+0	0
32	FW	USA	Steven Lenhart	39	11	17+10	6	1+1	0	4+0	2	2+0	2	1+3	1
			Own Goal	-0	1	-	1	-	0	-	0	-	0	-	0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
19	MF	COL	Sergio Herrera	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	USA	Jed Zayner	10	0	3+5	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	GK	USA	Kenny Schoeni	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	USA	Othaniel Yanez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		MLS Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League		2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League		Total
1	GK	William Hesmer	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	Frankie Hejduk	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	Josh Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Gino Padula	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
5	DF	Danny O'Rourke	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	2
6	DF	Andy Iro	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
7	FW	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
8	DF	Duncan Oughton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Jason Garey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10	FW	Andrés Mendoza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Dilly Duka	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF	Eddie Gaven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
13	MF	Léandre Griffit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Chad Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Kevin Burns	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
16	MF	Brian Carroll	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
17	MF	Emmanuel Ekpo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF	Robbie Rogers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20	FW	Emilio Rentería	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
22	MF	Adam Moffat	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
23	DF	Eric Brunner	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	GK	Chase Harrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Shaun Francis	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
30	GK	Andy Gruenebaum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
32	FW	Steven Lenhart	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	5	2
Players who left Columbus during the season:
19	FW	Sergio Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Jed Zayner	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25	GK	Kenny Schoeni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Othaniel Yanez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

No.	Name	MLS	MLS Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League	Total	Games Played
		1	William Hesmer	11	0	0	0	0	11	32
12	Eddie Gaven	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Chase Harrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Andy Gruenebaum	0	0	1	0	3	4	12
Players who left Columbus during the season:
25	Kenny Schoeni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Sergio Herrera	Deportivo Cali	Signed via discovery	February 15, 2010	[7]
MF	Dilly Duka	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Drafted in round 1 of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft	March 23, 2010	[8]
DF	Shaun Francis	Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders	Drafted in round 4 of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft	March 23, 2010	[8]
MF	Othaniel Yanez	Louisville Cardinals	Drafted in round 4 of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft	March 23, 2010	[8]
MF	Léandre Griffit	UR La Louvière Centre	Signed via discovery	May 13, 2010	[9]
FW	Andrés Mendoza	Diyarbakırspor	Signed via discovery	May 13, 2010	[10]
DF	Josh Williams	Cleveland Internationals	Signed via discovery	September 15, 2010	[11]
DF	Sebastián Miranda	Unión Española	Signed via discovery	May 13, 2010	[12]

Pos.	Player	Parent club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
GK	Chase Harrison	MLS Pool	Short term agreement	October 26, 2010	End of Season	[13]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Alex Grendi	Long Island Rough Riders		March 23, 2010	[8]
MF	Cory Elenio	Carolina RailHawks		March 23, 2010	[8]
GK	Kenny Schoeni	Retired		May 17, 2010	[14]
MF	Sergio Herrera	Deportivo Táchira F.C.		June 28, 2010	[15]
MF	Othaniel Yanez	Louisville Lightning		August 2, 2010	[16]
DF	Jed Zayner	D.C. United	Traded with a fourth round draft pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft for a second round draft pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft	August 6, 2010	[17]
FW	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Gimnasia La Plata	Option declined	November 16, 2010	[18]
DF	Gino Padula	Retired	Option declined	November 16, 2010	[18]
DF	Frankie Hejduk	Sporting Kansas City	Option declined; chosen in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft	November 16, 2010	[18]
DF	Duncan Oughton	Retired	Option declined	November 16, 2010	[18]
MF	Brian Carroll	Philadelphia Union	Traded for a second round draft pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money	November 22, 2010	[19]
DF	Eric Brunner	Portland Timbers	Drafted in the second round of the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft	November 24, 2010	[20]
MF	Adam Moffat	Portland Timbers	Drafted in the third round of the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft	November 24, 2010	[20]
FW	Jason Garey	Houston Dynamo	Traded for a fourth round draft pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft	December 3, 2010	[21]

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. The picks for the Columbus Crew are listed below:

2010 Columbus Crew SuperDraft Picks[22]
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	8	Dilly Duka	MF	Rutgers
1	12	Bright Dike	FW	Notre Dame
4	60	Kwaku Nyamekye	DF	Harvard
4	61	Othaniel Yanez	MF	Louisville
4	63	Shaun Francis	DF	Lindsey Wilson College

2010 Columbus Crew Re-Entry Draft Picks[23]
Stage	Round	Pick	Player	Position	Team
1	1	10	Aaron Hohlbein	DF	Sporting Kansas City
2	1	10	Jeff Cunningham	FW	FC Dallas