2008 Columbus Crew season

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Columbus Crew
2008 season
Owner Clark Hunt
Head Coach Sigi Schmid
Major League Soccer Conference: 1st
Overall: 1st
MLS Cup Champions
U.S. Open Cup DNQ
Trillium Cup Winners (3 - 1)
Highest home attendance 22,685 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
(4 October 2008, Major League Soccer)
Lowest home attendance 5,621 vs. New England Revolution
(24 May 2008, Major League Soccer)
Average home league attendance 14,622 [1]
Home colors
Away colors
← 2007 2009 →

Background

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Review

The Crew's rebuilding under Sigi Schmid paid immense dividends in 2008, as the team won the Supporters Shield and their first MLS Cup championship. Argentine midfielder Guillermo Barros Schelotto won the league MVP award, capping an incredible season with his three-assist performance in the championship game.

Roster

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Competitions

Preseason

MLS

Standings

Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference
Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
1 Columbus Crew 57 30 17 7 6 50 36 +14
2 Chicago Fire 46 30 13 10 7 44 33 +11
3 New England Revolution 43 30 12 11 7 40 43 –3
4 Kansas City Wizards 42 30 11 10 9 37 39 –2
5 New York Red Bulls 39 30 10 11 9 42 48 –6
6 D.C. United 37 30 11 15 4 43 51 –8
7 Toronto FC 35 30 9 13 8 34 43 –9
2008 MLS Cup Playoffs
2008 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card)


Overall table
Pos
Team
Pts
 GP
 W
 L
 T
 GF
 GA
 GD
Qualification or relegation
1 Columbus Crew (SS) (E1) 57 30 17 7 6 50 36 +14 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage 2
2 Houston Dynamo (W1) 51 30 13 5 12 45 32 +13
3 Chicago Fire 46 30 13 10 7 44 33 +11 2009 North American SuperLiga 4
4 New England Revolution 43 30 12 11 7 40 43 −3
5 Chivas USA 43 30 12 11 7 40 41 −1
6 Kansas City Wizards 42 30 11 10 9 37 39 −2
7 Real Salt Lake 40 30 10 10 10 40 39 +1 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs
8 New York Red Bulls 39 30 10 11 9 42 48 −6 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round 3
9 Colorado Rapids 38 30 11 14 5 44 45 −1
10 D.C. United 37 30 11 15 4 43 51 −8 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round 3
11 FC Dallas 36 30 8 10 12 45 41 +4
12 Toronto FC 35 30 9 13 8 34 43 −9
13 LA Galaxy 33 30 8 13 9 55 62 −7
14 San Jose Earthquakes 33 30 8 13 9 32 38 −6
  • ^Note 1 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, as it is a Canadian-based team.
    If they had qualified for an automatic berth into the U.S. Open Cup, the next highest placed team not already qualified would have qualified.
  • ^Note 4 - SuperLiga 2009 berths are awarded to the top 4 finishing teams from MLS who do not qualify for Champions League (Chicago, New England, Chivas USA and Kansas City).


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
30 57 17 7 6 50 36  +14 11 2 2 30 15  +15 6 5 4 20 21  −1

Results by round

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
Ground A H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A H H A A H A H A H H A A H
Result W L W W W W W T L L L W T W T L T W L W W W W T W W W T L W

Last updated: Dec 2015.
Source: [1]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match Results

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Main article: 2008 Major League Soccer season

      Win       Tie       Loss

MLS Playoffs

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Main article: 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

Columbus Crew win 3–1 on aggregate

Conference Finals

MLS Cup Final

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See also: MLS Cup 2008

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.columbuscrewsc.com/media/all-time-attendance
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