USA Major League Soccer - Eastern Conference
Columbus Crew
| Team's name: The Columbus Crew Year founded: 1994  Conference: Eastern Location: Columbus, Ohio Nickname: The Crew, America's Hardest Working Team Mascot: Crew Cat Team Colours: Black and gold Joined the League: 1995 Team's President: Clark Hunt Soccer Coach: Robert Warzycha Soccer Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Current Capacity: 22,555 Team Championships: MLS Cup: 2008 US Open Cup: 2002 Supporter's Shield: 2004 International Champs: none |
The Columbus Crew is one of the Eastern Conference professional soccer teams. The club’s headquarters are located in Columbus, Ohio.
Throughout its short history the team has won four major trophies the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open the 2004 and 2008 Supporters' Shields Cup and the MLS Cup 2008. The team has 3 major support groups: "The Crew Supporters Union", "The Hudson Street Hooligans", and "La Turbina Amarilla".
The team has had several notable players who have made their professional entrance as part of the “Crew” amongst them we can mention: Thomas Dooley, Doctor Khumalo, Alejandro Moreno, Ian Woan, Brian McBride and Edson Buddle. Moreover, Guillermo Barros Schelotto signed for the Crew in 2007, and in 2008 had an MLS MVP winning season leading the Crew to the Supporter's Shield 2008 and MLS Cup 2008
By the end of the 2007 season the team did not participate in the qualifying rounds obtaining only the sixth place in the East Conference. However in the season 2008, things change completely as they managed to win the Eastern Conference Championship against the Chicago Fire 2-1 and later the MLS Cup Final against New York Red Bulls 3-1, to be the new champion of the league.
The team’s current Head Coach Robert Warzycha of is a former Polish soccer midfielder, who has spent seven seasons with the Columbus Crew. He was promoted to the head coach position this 2009 and he is expected to repeat the accomplishments of last year or even better results for this year’s campaign.
Columbus Crew 2010 Squad
| No. | Pos. | Player | No. | Pos. | Player |
| 1 | GK | William Hesmer | 16 | MF | Brian Carroll |
| 2 | DF | Frankie Hejduk (captain) | 17 | MF | Emmanuel Ekpo |
| 3 | MF | Alex Grendi | 19 | MF | Robbie Rogers |
| 4 | DF | Gino Padula | 20 | FW | Emilio Rentería |
| 5 | MF | Danny O'Rourke | 22 | MF | Adam Moffat |
| 6 | DF | Andy Iro | 23 | DF | Eric Brunner |
| 7 | FW | Guillermo Barros Schelotto | 24 | DF | Jed Zayner |
| 8 | MF | Duncan Oughton | 25 | GK | Kenny Schoeni |
| 9 | FW | Jason Garey | 26 | MF | Cory Elenio |
| 12 | MF | Eddie Gaven | 30 | GK | Andy Gruenebaum |
| 14 | DF | Chad Marshall | 32 | FW | Steven Lenhart |
| 15 | MF | Kevin Burns | -- | MF | Dilly Duka |
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