2020 Columbus Crew SC season

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Columbus Crew SC
2020 season
Investor-operators Dee and Jimmy Haslam
JW and Whitney Johnson
Dr. Pete Edwards
Head coach Caleb Porter
Stadium Mapfre Stadium
Major League Soccer Conference: 3rd
Overall: 4th
MLS Cup Playoffs Champions
U.S. Open Cup Canceled
MLS is Back Tournament Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Gyasi Zardes (12)
All:
Gyasi Zardes (15)
Average home league attendance   4,138 (Overall)
17,473 (Pre-Covid)
  1,471 (Post-Covid)
Biggest win 4–0
(July 11 vs. Cincinnati)
Biggest defeat 1–3
(Sept. 27 vs. Toronto)
Home colors
Away colors
← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's twenty-fifth season of existence and their twenty-fifth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus were also set to compete in the U.S. Open Cup, before its cancelation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season covers the period from November 11, 2019 to the start of the 2021 Major League Soccer season.

The 2020 season saw Columbus earn their second ever MLS Cup championship, their first since 2008. Columbus defeated Seattle Sounders FC, 3–0 in the championship match.

Roster

As of match played November 8, 2020 [1]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Eloy Room Curaçao GK (1989-02-06)February 6, 1989 (aged 30) 2019 Netherlands PSV 29 0
13 Andrew Tarbell United States GK (1993-10-07)October 7, 1993 (aged 26) 2020 United States San Jose Earthquakes 7 0
28 Matt Lampson United States GK (1989-09-06)September 6, 1989 (aged 30) 2020 United States LA Galaxy 16 0
Defenders
2 Chris Cadden Scotland DF (1996-09-19)September 19, 1996 (aged 23) 2019 Scotland Motherwell 8 0
3 Josh Williams United States CB, RB, LB (1988-04-18)April 18, 1988 (aged 31) 2017 Canada Toronto FC 142 9
4 Jonathan Mensah Ghana CB (1990-07-13)July 13, 1990 (aged 29) 2017 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala 100 3
5 Vito Wormgoor Netherlands DF (1988-11-16)November 16, 1988 (aged 31) 2020 Norway SK Brann 2 0
14 Waylon Francis Costa Rica LB (1990-09-20)September 20, 1990 (aged 29) 2019 United States Seattle Sounders FC 104 0
19 Milton Valenzuela Argentina LB (1998-08-13)August 13, 1998 (aged 21) 2019 Argentina Newell's Old Boys 49 1
24 Grant Lillard United States CB (1995-December-05)December 5, 1995 (aged Expression error: Unrecognized word "september".) 2020 United States Inter Miami CF 0 0
25 Harrison Afful Ghana RB (1986-07-24)July 24, 1986 (aged 33) 2015 Tunisia ES Tunis 138 6
30 Aboubacar Keita United States CB, LB (2000-04-06)April 6, 2000 (aged 19) 2019 United States Virginia Cavaliers 21 0
Midfielders
6 Darlington Nagbe United States CM (1990-07-19)July 19, 1990 (aged 29) 2019 United States Atlanta United FC 15 1
7 Pedro Santos Portugal RM, LM, AM, RW, LW, LB (1988-04-22)April 22, 1988 (aged 31) 2017 Portugal Braga 94 18
8 Artur Brazil DM, AM, CM (1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 23) 2018 Brazil São Paulo 108 2
10 Lucas Zelarayán Argentina CM (1992-06-20)June 20, 1992 (aged 27) 2020 Mexico UANL Tigres 16 6
12 Luis Díaz Costa Rica RM, LM, RW (1998-12-06)December 6, 1998 (aged 21) 2019 Costa Rica Herediano 34 2
16 Hector Jiménez United States RM, LM, RB, LB (1988-11-03)November 3, 1988 (aged 31) 2014 United States LA Galaxy 133 2
18 Sebastian Berhalter United States MF (2001-05-10)May 10, 2001 (aged 18) 2020 United States North Carolina 9 0
20 Emmanuel Boateng Ghana LW, RW (1994-01-17)January 17, 1994 (aged 26) 2020 United States DC United 10 0
21 Aidan Morris United States MF (2001-11-16)November 16, 2001 (aged 18) 2020 United States Indiana 10 0
22 Derrick Etienne Haiti MF (1996-11-25)November 25, 1996 (aged 23) 2020 United States New York Red Bulls 21 1
26 Fatai Alashe United States CM (1993-10-21)October 21, 1993 (aged 26) 2020 United States FC Cincinnati 8 1
34 Youness Mokhtar Morocco LM, RM, LW (1991-08-29)August 29, 1991 (aged 28) 2019 Norway Stabæk 27 4
Forwards
9 Fanendo Adi Nigeria ST (1990-10-10)October 10, 1990 (aged 29) 2020 United States FC Cincinnati 11 0
11 Gyasi Zardes United States ST (1991-09-02)September 2, 1991 (aged 28) 2018 United States LA Galaxy 82 44
17 Jordan Hamilton Canada ST (1996-03-17)March 17, 1996 (aged 23) 2019 Canada Toronto FC 6 0
29 Krisztián Németh Hungary ST (1989-01-05)January 5, 1989 (aged 31) 2020 Slovakia Dunajská Streda 4 1
Out on loan
24 Jon Kempin United States GK (1993-04-08)April 8, 1993 (aged 26) 2018 United States LA Galaxy 8 0
27 Miguel Berry Spain FW (1997-09-16)September 16, 1997 (aged 23) 2020 United States San Diego Toreros 0 0

Non-competitive

Preseason

Midseason

Competitive

MLS

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Main article: 2020 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Eastern Conference

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Overall table

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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
20 32 9 6 5 29 21  +8 9 1 0 20 6  +14 0 5 5 9 15  −6

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

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Match results

On December 5, 2019, the league announced the home openers for every club, with Columbus playing New York City FC at Mapfre Stadium. The schedule for the remainder of the season was released by the league on December 19, 2019.[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the original schedule had to be shortened and was released in installments. The remainder of the regular season schedule was announced on September 22, 2020.[3]

MLS is Back Tournament

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Postseason

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Main article: 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

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Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

The 2020 edition of the U.S. Open Cup was canceled on August 17 due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

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[note 1] MLS is Back
Knockout Stage		 MLS Cup Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Curaçao Eloy Room 19 0 17 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF Scotland Chris Cadden 10 0 3+5 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
3 DF United States Josh Williams 16 0 11+1 0 0 0 4 0
4 DF Ghana Jonathan Mensah 28 0 23 0 1 0 4 0
5 DF Netherlands Vito Wormgoor 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF United States Darlington Nagbe 19 2 14+1 1 1 0 3 1
7 MF Portugal Pedro Santos 26 8 22 6 1 0 3 2
8 MF Brazil Artur 27 3 20+2 2 1 0 4 1
9 MF Nigeria Fanendo Adi 12 0 1+10 0 0+1 0 0 0
10 MF Argentina Lucas Zelarayán 21 8 12+4 6 1 0 4 2
11 FW United States Gyasi Zardes 26 15 20+1 12 1 1 4 2
12 MF Costa Rica Luis Díaz 26 0 14+7 0 1 0 3+1 0
13 GK United States Andrew Tarbell 10 0 6+1 0 1 0 2 0
14 DF Costa Rica Waylon Francis 5 0 2+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
16 MF United States Hector Jiménez 10 0 4+4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
17 FW Canada Jordan Hamilton 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF United States Sebastian Berhalter 9 0 4+5 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Argentina Milton Valenzuela 24 0 17+2 0 1 0 4 0
20 FW Ghana Emmanuel Boateng 12 0 3+7 0 0 0 0+2 0
21 MF United States Aidan Morris 11 0 2+8 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF United States Derrick Etienne 24 2 8+13 1 0+1 0 2 1
23 DF United States Grant Lillard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK United States Jon Kempin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Ghana Harrison Afful 26 1 20+1 1 1 0 4 0
26 MF United States Fatai Alashe 9 1 6+2 1 0 0 0+1 0
27 FW Spain Miguel Berry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK United States Matt Lampson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Hungary Krisztián Németh 5 1 2+2 1 0 0 0+1 0
30 DF United States Aboubacar Keita 12 0 10+1 0 1 0 0 0
34 MF Morocco Youness Mokhtar 19 3 10+9 3 0 0 0 0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
44 DF Sweden Axel Sjoberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Columbus stats

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Name MLS[note 2] MLS is Back
Knockout stage		 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
1 GK Curaçao Eloy Room 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF Scotland Chris Cadden 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF United States Josh Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Ghana Jonathan Mensah 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
5 DF Netherlands Vito Wormgoor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF United States Darlington Nagbe 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF Portugal Pedro Santos 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
8 MF Brazil Artur 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 MF Argentina Lucas Zelarayán 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 FW United States Gyasi Zardes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 MF Costa Rica Luis Díaz 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
16 MF United States Hector Jiménez 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF United States Sebastian Berhalter 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF Argentina Milton Valenzuela 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
20 FW Ghana Emmanuel Boateng 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 MF United States Aidan Morris 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
25 DF Ghana Harrison Afful 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
26 MF United States Fatai Alashe 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
30 DF United States Aboubacar Keita 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF Morocco Youness Mokhtar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Source: Columbus stats

Clean sheets

No. Name MLS[note 3] MLS is Back
Knockout stage		 MLS Cup Playoffs Total Games Played
1 Curaçao Eloy Room 7 0 1 8 18
2 United States Andrew Tarbell 2 0 2 4 9

Source: Columbus stats

Transfers

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See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2020

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Date Source
MF United States Darlington Nagbe United States Atlanta United Atlanta receives $700,000 in Targeted Allocation money (TAM), $150,000 in GAM and an international roster spot for the 2020 MLS season, as well as $200,000 in TAM for the 2021 MLS season. Nov 13, 2019 [8]
MF Sweden Axel Sjöberg United States Colorado Rapids Claimed off waivers. Dec 4, 2019 [9]
GK United States Matt Lampson United States LA Galaxy Signed as free agent. Dec 12, 2019 [10]
DF Netherlands Vito Wormgoor Norway SK Brann Signed as free agent. Dec 18, 2019 [11]
MF Argentina Lucas Zelarayán Mexico Tigres UANL Reported $7,000,000 transfer fee. Acquired as a designated player. Dec 19, 2019 [12]
MF United States Aidan Morris United States Indiana Signed to Homegrown Player deal. Jan 14, 2020 [13]
MF United States Sebastian Berhalter United States North Carolina Signed to Homegrown Player deal. Jan 17, 2020 [14]
FW Nigeria Fanendo Adi United States FC Cincinnati Selected off Major League Soccer's Waiver List. Jan 27, 2020 [15]
MF Haiti Derrick Etienne United States New York Red Bulls Signed as a free agent. Feb 4, 2020 [16]
GK United States Andrew Tarbell United States San Jose Earthquakes San Jose receives $75,000 in GAM. Feb 19, 2020 [17]
FW Spain Miguel Berry United States San Diego Selected in the First Round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft (7th overall). Feb 27, 2020 [18]
MF Ghana Emmanuel Boateng United States DC United DC United receives defender Axel Sjoberg. Aug 14, 2020 [19]
DF United States Grant Lillard United States Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF receives a Third Round Pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. Aug 14, 2020 [20]
DF United States Fatai Alashe United States FC Cincinnati FC Cincinnati receives a Second Round Pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. FC Cincinnati will instead receive $50,000 of General Allocation Money (GAM) for the 2021 MLS season should Alashe meet certain performance conditions. Aug 17, 2020 [21]
FW Hungary Krisztián Németh Slovakia Dunajská Streda Signed as free agent. October 5, 2020 [22]


SuperDraft

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See also: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

The following players were selected by Columbus in the MLS SuperDraft. Only Miguel Berry signed a contract with the club.

Pos. Player College Notes Date Source
FW Spain Miguel Berry United States San Diego Selected in the First Round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Jan 9, 2020 [23]
GK United States Remi Prieur United States St. Mary's Selected in the Second Round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Jan 9, 2020 [23]
MF United States Danny Griffin United States Providence Selected in the Second Round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Jan 9, 2020 [23]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/Notes Date Source
GK United States Ben Lundgaard United States Atlanta United 2 Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [24]
CB United States Alex Crognale United States Birmingham Legion Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [24]
DM Costa Rica David Guzman Costa Rica Saprissa Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [24]
MF Ghana Edward Opoku Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [24]
MF Venezuela Eduardo Sosa United States Fort Lauderdale CF Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [24]
MF United States Ricardo Clark N/A Retired. Oct 21, 2019 [24]
MF Argentina Federico Higuain United States D.C. United Out of Contract. Oct 21, 2019 [24]
MF United States Luis Argudo United States Inter Miami CF Selected by Inter Miami CF in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft. Nov 19, 2019 [25]
DF Ghana Lalas Abubakar United States Colorado Rapids Columbus receives $400,000 in 2020 General Allocation Money (GAM) and a 2020 international roster spot. Nov 20, 2019 [26]
MF United States Connor Maloney United States San Antonio FC Option Declined. Nov 21, 2020
FW Jamaica Romario Williams United States Miami FC Free Transfer Jan 1, 2020
MF United States Wil Trapp United States Inter Miami CF Columbus receives $100,000 in General Allocation Money and a 2020 international roster spot. Jan 31, 2020 [27]
FW United States JJ Williams United States Birmingham Legion Waived Feb 20, 2020 [28]
MF Sweden Axel Sjöberg United States DC United Columbus receives midfielder Emmanuel Boateng. Aug 14, 2020 [29]

Loan out

Pos. Player Loanee club Division Length/Notes Beginning End Source
GK United States Jon Kempin United States San Diego Loyal USL Championship Option to Recall March 6, 2020 End of Season [30]
FW Spain Miguel Berry United States San Diego Loyal USL Championship Option to Recall August 28, 2020 End of Season [31]

Awards

MLS Team of the Week
Week Starters Bench Opponent(s) Link

Kits

Home
Away
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Record
Home Gold Gold Gold Match 1 vs. NYCFC
Away Black Black Black Match 2 vs. Seattle

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ MLS counted the three group stage games of the MLS is Back Tournament as regular season matches
  2. ↑ MLS counted the three group stage games of the MLS is Back Tournament as regular season matches
  3. ↑ MLS counted the three group stage games of the MLS is Back Tournament as regular season matches

References

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