2017 Columbus Crew SC season

Columbus Crew SC
2017 season
Investor-operatorsAnthony Precourt
Head coachGregg Berhalter
StadiumMAPFRE Stadium
Major League SoccerConference: 5th
Overall: 5th
MLS Cup PlayoffsConference Finals
U.S. Open CupFourth Round
Trillium CupRunners-Up (3 - 8)
Lamar Hunt Pioneer CupWinners (2 - 1)
Carolina Challenge CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ola Kamara (18)
All:
Ola Kamara (19)
Highest home attendance21,289
(11/21 v. TOR)
Lowest home attendance10,318
(5/10 v. TOR)
Average home league attendance15,693 (78.6%)
Biggest winCLB 3–0 SEA (5/31)
CLB 4–1 MTL (6/24)
CLB 4–1 NYC (10/31)
Biggest defeatTOR 5–0 CLB (5/26)

The 2017 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's 22nd season of existence and their 22nd 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 4 against Chicago Fire. It was the fourth season under head coach Gregg Berhalter.

Background

Main article: 2016 Columbus Crew SC season

Review

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.

Roster

As of October 1, 2017[1]

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
2 DF  FIN Jukka Raitala (INT)
3 DF  USA Josh Williams
4 DF  GHA Jonathan Mensah (INT; DP)
5 MF  USA Dilly Duka
7 MF  BRA Artur (INT)
8 MF  GHA Mohammed Abu (INT)
9 FW  IRQ Justin Meram
10 FW  ARG Federico Higuaín (DP)
11 FW  NOR Ola Kamara (INT)
12 FW  USA Adam Jahn
14 DF  CRC Waylon Francis
16 MF  USA Hector Jiménez
17 DF  GHA Lalas Abubakar (SUP)
18 MF  PAN Cristian Martínez (INT)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  GAM Kekuta Manneh
20 MF  USA Wil Trapp (Captain; HGP)
21 DF  USA Alex Crognale (HGP; SUP)
22 DF  ARG Gastón Sauro (INT)
23 GK  USA Zack Steffen
25 DF  GHA Harrison Afful (INT)
26 MF  USA Ben Swanson (HGP; SUP)
27 MF  USA Abuchi Obinwa (SUP)
28 MF  DEN Niko Hansen (SUP)
29 MF  USA Marshall Hollingsworth (SUP)
30 GK  USA Logan Ketterer (SUP)
31 DF  USA Connor Maloney (SUP)
32 MF  POR Pedro Santos (INT; DP)
41 GK  USA Brad Stuver

Out on loan

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
- MF  GUA Rodrigo Saravia (on loan to IK Frej)

Technical Staff

Position Staff
President, Precourt Sports Ventures Dave Greeley
President of Business Operations Andy Loughnane
Director of Soccer Operations Asher Mendelsohn
Sporting Director/Head Coach Gregg Berhalter
Assistant Coach Nico Estévez
Assistant Coach Pat Onstad
Assistant Coach Josh Wolff
High Performance Director Steve Tashjian
Strength/Conditioning Coach Brook Hamilton
Director of Team Operations Zach Crusse
Head Equipment Manager David Brauzer
Team Operations Assistant Ron Meadors
Head Athletic Trainer Jon MacGregor
Assistant Trainer Chris Shenberger
Performance Analyst David Handgraaf
Team Coordinator Julio Velasquez
Data Analyst Alex Mysiw

Source: [[2]]

Non-competitive

The Crew started preseason in Columbus and traveled to Brazil and South Carolina before returning to Ohio. The Crew brought in the following academy players during training camp: Louis Bulger and Deihnia Sarnor.

Preseason

January 29 Friendly São Paulo FC 7–0 Columbus Crew SC São Paulo, Brazil
 Report Stadium: Centro de Treinamento Frederico Antônio Germano Menzen
February 3 Friendly Grêmio Osasco 3–0 Columbus Crew SC Osasco, Brazil
Report
February 6 Friendly Ituano FC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC Itu, Brazil
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February 18 Carolina Challenge Cup Atlanta United FC 1–2 Columbus Crew SC Charleston, SC
4:30 PM EST
Report
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
February 22 Carolina Challenge Cup Charleston Battery 1–1 Columbus Crew SC Charleston, SC
5:00 PM EST
Report
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
February 25 Carolina Challenge Cup Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC Charleston, SC
4:30 PM EST
Report
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

Midseason

July 17 Friendly Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 11,301
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson
Art Arustamyan
Fourth official: Brandon Artis

Competitive

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Major League Soccer March 4, 2017 October 22, 2017 Matchday 1 5th 34 16 6 12 53 49 +4 047.06
MLS Cup Playoffs October 26, 2017 November 29, 2017 Knockout Round Conference Finals 5 1 2 2 4 4 +0 020.00
U.S. Open Cup June 14, 2017 June 14, 2017 Fourth Round Fourth Round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 40 17 8 15 57 54 +3 042.50

Source: Competitions

MLS

Main article: 2017 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Eastern Conference
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
Source: MLS
Overall table
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
Source: MLS
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

Overall Home Away
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumHAAHHAHAHHHAAAHAAHHAHAAAHAHHHAHHAA
ResultDLWWWLWLLWLWLLWLLWLWWLDLWDWWDDWWWD
Source: Columbus schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

March 4 1 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Chicago Fire Columbus, OH
2:00 PM EST
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 15,023
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Assistant referees: Danny Thornberry
Kevin Klinger
Fourth official: Mark Kadlecik
March 11 2 Houston Dynamo 3–1 Columbus Crew SC Houston, TX
8:30 PM EST
Report Finlay  59' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 16,486
Referee: Chris Penso
Assistant referees: Adam Garner
Nick Uranga
Fourth official: Daniel Radford
March 18 3 D.C. United 0–2 Columbus Crew SC Washington, D.C.
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 14,031
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant referees: Adam Wienckowski
Andrew Bigelow
Fourth official: Jorge Gonzalez
March 25 4 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Portland Timbers Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 11,067
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Jason White
Craig Lowry
Fourth official: Sorin Stoica
April 1 5 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Orlando City SC Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: José Carlos Rivero
Assistant referees: Jeffrey Greeson
Brian Poeschel
Fourth official: Chris Penso
April 8 6 Chicago Fire 1–0 Columbus Crew SC Bridgeview, IL
2:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,434
Referee: Alan Kelly
Assistant referees: Matt Nelson
Eric Weisbrod
Fourth official: Sorin Stoica
April 15 7 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Toronto FC Columbus, OH
8:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 12,319
Referee: Nima Saghafi
Assistant referees: Corey Rockwell
Kyle Atkins
Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda
April 22 8 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Columbus Crew SC Harrison, NJ
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,008
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
Assistant referees: Jeff Muschik
Gianni Facchini
Fourth official: Sorin Stoica
April 29 9 Columbus Crew SC 2–3 New York City FC Columbus, OH
7:30PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 17,336
Referee: Chris Penso
Assistant referees: Nick Uranga
Jeremy Hanson
Fourth official: Younes Marrakchi
May 6 10 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New England Revolution Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 13,340
Referee: Mark Geiger
Assistant referees: Peter Manikowski
Felisha Mariscal
Fourth official: Fotis Bazakos
May 10 11 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Toronto FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 10,318
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant referees: Claudiu Badea
Logan Brown
Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda
May 13 12 Montreal Impact 2–3 Columbus Crew SC Montreal, QC
5:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 17,508
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Daniel Belleau
Andrew Bigelow
Fourth official: Mark Kadlecik
May 21 13 New England Revolution 2–1 Columbus Crew SC Foxborough, MA
2:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 18,651
Referee: Alan Kelly
Assistant referees: Corey Rockwell
Matt Nelson
Fourth official: Marcos de Oliveira
May 26 14 Toronto FC 5–0 Columbus Crew SC Toronto, ON
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 25,376
Referee: Drew Fischer
Assistant referees: Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Craig Lowry
Fourth official: Chris Penso
May 31 15 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 12,773
Referee: David Gantar
Assistant referees: C.J. Morgante
Peter Manikowski
Fourth official: Fotis Bazakos
June 3 16 Colorado Rapids 2–1 Columbus Crew SC Commerce City, CO
9:00 PM EDT
Report Higuaín 61' Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 17,586
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Assistant referees: Eric Weisbrod
Kathryn Nesbitt
Fourth official: Juan Guzman
June 17 17 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Columbus Crew SC Atlanta, GA
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Bobby Dodd Stadium
Attendance: 44,922
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Assistant referees: Andrew Bigelow
Peter Balciunas
Fourth official: Mark Kadlecik
June 24 18 Columbus Crew SC 4–1 Montreal Impact Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 16,592
Referee: Armando Villarreal
Assistant referees: Nick Uranga
Corey Parker
Fourth official: Robert Sibiga
July 1 19 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Atlanta United FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 20,391
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Assistant referees: Corey Rockwell
Kyle Longville
Fourth official: Younes Marrakchi
July 4 20 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC Minneapolis, MN
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium
Attendance: 18,564
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Assistant referees: Craig Lowry
Jeff Muschik
Fourth official: Ricardo Salazar
July 22 21 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 17,418
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Philippe Brière
Eric Boria
Fourth official: Fotis Bazakos
July 26 22 Philadelphia Union 3–0 Columbus Crew SC Chester, PA
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 15,413
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Assistant referees: Peter Manikowski
Logan Brown
Fourth official: José Carlos Rivero
July 29 23 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Columbus Crew SC Sandy, UT
8:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 18,758
Referee: Kevin Stott
Assistant referees: Brian Poeschel
T.J. Zablocki
Fourth official: Baboucarr Jallow
August 5 24 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Columbus Crew SC San Jose, CA
10:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alan Kelly
Assistant referees: Mike Kampmeinert
Brian Dunn
Fourth official: Alex Chilowicz
August 12 25 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 Chicago Fire Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 18,690
Referee: Armando Villarreal
Assistant referees: Corey Parker
Kevin Klinger
Fourth official: Younes Marrakchi
August 19 26 Orlando City SC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC Orlando, FL
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 25,527
Referee: Juan Guzman Jr.
Assistant referees: Brian Dunn
Jeff Muschik
Fourth official: Caleb Mendez
August 23 27 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 LA Galaxy Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 12,150
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant referees: Ian Anderson
Craig Lowry
Fourth official: Marcos de Oliveira
August 26 28 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 FC Dallas Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 18,379
Referee: Allen Chapman
Assistant referees: Jeremy Hanson
Matt Nelson
Fourth official: Ted Unkel
September 10 29 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City Columbus, OH
1:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 17,089
Referee: Chris Penso
Assistant referees: Eduardo Mariscal
Adam Garner
Fourth official: Daniel Radford
September 16 30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC Vancouver, BC
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 20,592
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Anthony Vasoli
Fourth official: Alex Chilowicz
September 23 31 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 New York Red Bulls Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 20,008
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Assistant referees: Brian Poeschel
Peter Balciunas
Fourth official: Ricardo Salazar
September 30 32 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 D.C. United Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 17,350
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant referees: Kathryn Nesbitt
Claudiu Badea
Fourth official: Alejandro Mariscal
October 15 33 Orlando City SC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC Orlando, FL
5:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 25,166
Referee: Chris Penso
Assistant referees: Jeff Muschik
C.J. Morgante
Fourth official: Robert Sibiga
October 22 34 New York City FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC New York, NY
4:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Citi Field
Attendance: 20,113
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Assistant referees: Brian Dunn
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Fourth official: Sorin Stoica

MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs

Knockout Round

October 26 Knockout Round Atlanta United FC 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		 Columbus Crew SC Atlanta, GA
7:00 PM EDT Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 67,221
Referee: Allen Chapman
Assistant referees: Jeremy Hanson
Andrew Bigelow
Fourth official: Chris Penso
Penalties

Conference Semifinals

October 31 Leg 1 Columbus Crew SC 4–1 New York City FC Columbus, OH
8:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 14,416
Referee: Alan Kelly
Assistant referees: Matt Nelson
Brian Dunn
Fourth official: Ismail Elfath
November 5 Leg 2 New York City FC 2–0
(3–4 agg.)		 Columbus Crew SC New York, NY
5:00 PM EST
Report
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 23,246
Referee: Kevin Stott
Assistant referees: Corey Rockwell
Brian Poeschel
Fourth official: Armando Villarreal

Conference Finals

November 21 Leg 1 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Toronto FC Columbus, OH
8:00 PM EST
Report
Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 21,289
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Assistant referees: Peter Manikowski
Ian Anderson
Fourth official: José Carlos Rivero
November 29 Leg 2 Toronto FC 1–0
(1–0 agg.)		 Columbus Crew SC Toronto, ON
7:30 PM EST
Report
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 30,392
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Assistant referees: Frank Anderson
Corey Rockwell
Fourth official: Baldomero Toledo

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2017 U.S. Open Cup
June 14 Fourth Round FC Cincinnati (USL) 1–0 Columbus Crew SC (MLS) Cincinnati, OH
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 30,160
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson
Noah Matos
Fourth official: Brandon Artis

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF  FIN Jukka Raitala 30 0 20+8 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
3 DF  USA Josh Williams 28 3 19+3 3 5+0 0 0+1 0
4 DF  GHA Jonathan Mensah 31 2 25+1 2 5+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF  BRA Artur 28 1 19+5 0 3+0 1 1+0 0
8 MF  GHA Mohammed Abu 23 0 14+6 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
9 FW  IRQ Justin Meram 40 14 32+2 13 5+0 1 1+0 0
10 FW  ARG Federico Higuaín 32 9 26+0 9 5+0 0 1+0 0
11 FW  NOR Ola Kamara 39 19 33+1 18 5+0 1 0+0 0
12 FW  USA Adam Jahn 25 1 1+20 1 0+3 0 1+0 0
14 DF  CRC Waylon Francis 13 0 10+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF  USA Hector Jiménez 24 0 15+4 0 3+1 0 1+0 0
17 DF  GHA Lalas Abubakar 10 1 6+1 1 1+2 0 0+0 0
18 MF  PAN Cristian Martínez 8 0 1+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW  GAM Kekuta Manneh 24 4 9+10 4 0+5 0 0+0 0
20 MF  USA Wil Trapp 40 0 34+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0
21 DF  USA Alex Crognale 18 0 12+5 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
22 DF  ARG Gastón Sauro 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK  USA Zack Steffen 39 0 34+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF  GHA Harrison Afful 29 1 21+3 0 5+0 1 0+0 0
26 DF  USA Ben Swanson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF  USA Abuchi Obinwa 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF  DEN Niko Hansen 16 1 3+11 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
29 MF  USA Marshall Hollingsworth 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK  USA Logan Ketterer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF  USA Connor Maloney 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF  POR Pedro Santos 14 0 8+1 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
41 GK  USA Brad Stuver 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
- MF  GUA Rodrigo Saravia 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
    Own Goal 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
5 MF  USA Dilly Duka 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
6 MF  CMR Tony Tchani 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF  USA Ethan Finlay 20 1 14+5 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 MF  NOR Nicolai Næss 19 0 17+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Source: [1]

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Name MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Total
2 DF Jukka Raitala 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 DF Josh Williams 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 DF Jonathan Mensah 7 2 2 0 0 0 9 2
7 MF Artur 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
8 MF Mohammed Abu 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
9 MF Justin Meram 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
10 MF Federico Higuaín 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 FW Ola Kamara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Adam Jahn 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 DF Waylon Francis 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
16 MF Hector Jiménez 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
17 DF Lalas Abubakar 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
18 MF Cristian Martínez 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 FW Kekuta Manneh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Wil Trapp 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
21 DF Alex Crognale 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF Gastón Sauro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 GK Zack Steffen 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
25 DF Harrison Afful 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
26 MF Ben Swanson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Abuchi Obinwa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Niko Hansen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Marshall Hollingsworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Logan Ketterer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Connor Maloney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Pedro Santos 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
41 GK Brad Stuver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— MF Rodrigo Saravia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
5 MF Dilly Duka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Tony Tchani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Ethan Finlay 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
24 DF Nicolai Næss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Source: [2]

Clean sheets

No. Name MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Total Games Played
23 Zack Steffen 9 2 0 11 39
30 Logan Ketterer 0 0 0 0 0
41 Brad Stuver 0 0 0 0 1

Source: [3]

Transfers

See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2017

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
DF Jonathan Mensah Anzhi Makhachkala Signed as a Designated Player. January 3, 2017 [3]
DF Josh Williams Toronto FC Selected in stage two of the 2016 MLS Re-Entry Draft January 5, 2017 [4]
DF Lalas Abubakar Dayton Flyers Selected in the first round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft January 13, 2017 [5]
MF Niko Hansen New Mexico Lobos Selected in the first round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft January 13, 2017 [5]
MF Mohammed Abu Strømsgodset Signed as a Special Discovery Player January 24, 2017 [6]
MF Abuchi Obinwa Hannover 96 Free agent signing January 25, 2017 [7]
MF Cristian Martínez Chorrillo Completed permanent transfer January 25, 2017 [7]
DF Connor Maloney Penn State Nittany Lions Drafted in the third round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft February 20, 2017 [8]
GK Logan Ketterer Bradley Braves Drafted in the fourth round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft February 20, 2017 [9]
FW Kekuta Manneh Vancouver Whitecaps FC Traded for Tony Tchani, $225,000 in targeted allocation money, $75,000 general allocation money. If Columbus signs him to a new contract Vancouver will receive a first round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. If sold before December 31, 2018 Vancouver will receive additional general allocation money and Vancouver retains a percentage of any future transfer fee. March 30, 2017 [10]
MF Pedro Santos S.C. Braga Signed as a Designated Player August 8, 2017 [11]
MF Artur São Paulo FC Completed permanent transfer December 6, 2017 [12]
GK Jon Kempin LA Galaxy Traded for a fourth round draft pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft December 13, 2017 [13]
MF Mike Grella Colorado Rapids Traded for a second round draft pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft December 15, 2017 [14]

Loan in

Pos. Player Parent club Length/Notes Beginning End Source
MF Artur São Paulo Duration of the 2017 MLS season Feb 13, 2017 End of Season [15]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
MF Tony Tchani Vancouver Whitecaps FC Traded with $225,000 in targeted allocation money, $75,000 general allocation money for Kekuta Manneh March 30, 2017 [10]
MF Dilly Duka New York Red Bulls Placed on waivers July 10, 2017 [16]
MF Ethan Finlay Minnesota United FC Traded for $100,000 in targeted allocation money and $250,000 in general allocation money August 9, 2017 [17]
DF Nicolai Næss Heerenveen Transfer, terms undisclosed August 29, 2017 [18]
GK Logan Ketterer Columbus Crew Option declined December 1, 2017 [19]
GK Brad Stuver New York City FC Option declined; Rights traded for a fourth round draft pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft December 1, 2017 [19][20]
DF Waylon Francis Seattle Sounders FC Option declined; Rights Traded for $50,000 in general allocation money December 1, 2017 [19][21]
DF Gastón Sauro Columbus Crew Option declined December 1, 2017 [19]
MF Marshall Hollingsworth Retired Option declined December 1, 2017 [19]
MF Abuchi Obinwa Inter Orlando FC Option declined December 1, 2017 [19]
MF Rodrigo Saravia Swope Park Rangers Option declined December 1, 2017 [19]
MF Ben Swanson Retired Option declined December 1, 2017 [19]
FW Kekuta Manneh C.F. Pachuca Contract expired December 1, 2017 [19]
DF Jukka Raitala Los Angeles FC Selected in the 2017 MLS Expansion Draft; Columbus receives $50,000 in general allocation money December 12, 2017 [22]

Loan out

Pos. Player Loanee club Length/Notes Beginning End Source
MF Rodrigo Saravia IK Frej Columbus retains right to recall at any time March 4, 2017 November 12, 2017 [23]
MF Marshall Hollingsworth Pittsburgh Riverhounds On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time. March 4, 2017 October 15, 2017 [23]
MF Cristian Martínez Pittsburgh Riverhounds On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time. March 4, 2017 March 24, 2017 [23]
MF Ben Swanson Pittsburgh Riverhounds On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time. March 4, 2017 April 20, 2017 [23]
MF Abuchi Obinwa Pittsburgh Riverhounds On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time. March 24, 2017 October 15, 2017 [24]
DF Lalas Abubakar Pittsburgh Riverhounds On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time. April 6, 2017 July 4, 2017 [25]
MF Cristian Martínez FC Cincinnati On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time. May 4, 2017 May 8, 2017 [26]
DF Connor Maloney Pittsburgh Riverhounds On a match-by-match basis. Columbus retains right to recall at any time. May 19, 2017 July 4, 2017 [27]

MLS Draft picks

Main article: 2016 MLS Re-Entry Draft
Main article: 2017 MLS SuperDraft

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:

2016 Columbus Crew SC Re-Entry Draft Picks[28]
Stage Round Pick Player Position Team
1 1 3 Josh Williams DF Toronto FC
2017 Columbus Crew SC SuperDraft Picks[29]
Round Pick Player Position College
1 5 Lalas Abubakar DF Dayton
1 9 Niko Hansen FW New Mexico
3 49 Connor Maloney DF Penn State
4 71 Logan Ketterer GK Bradley

Awards

MLS Team of the Week
Week Starters Bench Opponent(s) Link
3 Zack Steffen
Alex Crognale
Gregg Berhalter (Coach) 		D.C. United [4]
4 Harrison Afful
Federico Higuaín
Artur 		Wil Trapp Portland Timbers [5]
5 Justin Meram Alex Crognale
Artur 		Orlando City SC [6]
7 Nicolai Næss
Justin Meram 		Toronto FC [7]
10 Federico Higuaín Nicolai Næss New England Revolution [8]
11 Justin Meram Toronto FC
Montreal Impact 		[9]
14 Federico Higuaín Justin Meram Colorado Rapids [10]
16 Justin Meram Atlanta United FC [11]
17 Federico Higuaín Kekuta Manneh
Ola Kamara 		Montreal Impact [12]
20 Alex Crognale Justin Meram Philadelphia Union [13]
21 Ola Kamara Justin Meram Philadelphia Union
Real Salt Lake 		[14]
23 Lalas Abubakar Chicago Fire [15]
24 Zack Steffen Orlando City SC [16]
25 Jonathan Mensah Mohammed Abu
Ola Kamara 		LA Galaxy
FC Dallas 		[17]
28 Kekuta Manneh Wil Trapp Vancouver Whitecaps FC [18]
29 Josh Williams Federico Higuaín New York Red Bulls [19]
30 Justin Meram D.C. United [20]
32 Wil Trapp Orlando City SC [21]
33 Zack Steffen
Federico Higuaín 		New York City FC [22]

MLS Player of the Week

Week Player Opponent(s) Link
11 Justin Meram Toronto FC
Montreal Impact 		[23]

Kits

Home
Away
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

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20171001235826/https://www.columbuscrewsc.com/players
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170710010702/https://www.columbuscrewsc.com/technical-staff
  3. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-acquires-designated-player-jonathan-mensah
  4. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-signs-defender-josh-williams
  5. ^ a b https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-drafts-abubakar-hansen-nos-5-9-picks-overall
  6. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-adds-defensive-midfielder-abu-norways-topflight
  7. ^ a b https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/news-crew-sc-signs-us-youth-international-obinwa-completes-permanent-transfer
  8. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-signs-2017-superdraft-pick-Maloney
  9. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-signs-2017-superdraft-pick-ketterer
  10. ^ a b https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-acquires-dynamic-foward-kekuta-manneh-trade-vancouver
  11. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-adds-3rd-dp-portuguese-midfielder-pedro-santos
  12. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-acquires-artur-sao-paulo-fc
  13. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/news-crew-sc-acquires-jon-kempin-trade-la-galaxy
  14. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-acquires-mike-grella-trade-colorado-rapids
  15. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/draft-crew-sc-acquires-brazilian-midfielder-artur-loan
  16. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-waives-dilly-duka
  17. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170819151357/https://www.columbuscrewsc.com/post/2017/08/09/trade-crew-sc-acquires-tam-gam-trade-minnesota-united-fc
  18. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-transfers-nico-naess-sc-heerenveen-netherlands-eredivisie
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/options-exercised-9-players-ahead-2018-season
  20. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/news-crew-sc-acquires-2019-superdraft-pick-trade-new-york-city-fc
  21. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/news-crew-sc-acquires-allocation-money-trade-seattle-sounders
  22. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/jukka-raitala-selected-lafc-2017-mls-expansion-draft
  23. ^ a b c d https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-completes-5-roster-transactions-ahead-regular-season-opener
  24. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170326135855/http://triblive.com/sports/riverhounds/12106569-74/hounds-want-strong-start
  25. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-loans-abubakar-pittsburgh-game-game-basis
  26. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170729093512/http://www.fccincinnati.com/news_article/show/789083
  27. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170729093441/http://www.riverhounds.com/news_article/show/794743?referrer_id=2993158
  28. ^ https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/three-players-selected-stage-1-mls-re-entry-draft
  29. ^ https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/crew-sc-closes-2017-superdraft-four-selections-enter-preseason
  30. ^ https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-announces-2017-club-and-executive-award-winners
  31. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20171210192845/https://www.columbuscrewsc.com/2017teamawards
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