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Columbus Crew

2021 season
Investor-operators	Dee and Jimmy Haslam JW and Whitney Johnson Dr. Pete Edwards
Head coach	Caleb Porter
Stadium	Historic Crew Stadium (until June 19, 2021) Lower.com Field (since July 3, 2021)
Major League Soccer	Conference: 9th Overall: 17th
U.S. Open Cup	Canceled
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarter-finals
Campeones Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Lucas Zelarayán (12) All: Lucas Zelarayán (13)
Highest home attendance	20,407 (7/3 vs. NE)
Lowest home attendance	16,676 (10/27 vs. ORL)
Average home league attendance	18,990 (Post Covid Limits)
Biggest win	League / All: RE 0–4 CLB (4/8, CCL) CLB 4–0 MIA (10/16)
Biggest defeat	League/All: NYCFC 4–1 CLB (7/30) MON 3–0 CLB (5/5, CCL) PHI 3–0 CLB (10/3)
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The 2021 Columbus Crew season was the club's twenty-sixth season of existence and their twenty-sixth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The season covers the period from December 13, 2020, to November 7, 2021. It is the third season under head coach Caleb Porter.

The 2021 season sees Columbus defending their 2020 MLS Cup championship, as well as the opening of Lower.com Field, the club's new downtown stadium. They hosted the 2021 Campeones Cup against Cruz Azul, the winner of the Liga MX's Campeón de Campeones winning 2–0. The club also participated in the CONCACAF Champions League, their first appearance since the 2010–11 tournament.

The team began playing the season under the name Columbus Crew SC until a rebrand on May 10, 2021, after which the name was changed to Columbus SC. However, after criticism over the rebrand was spurred by its fans, the club announced that it would return to its original name. The "SC" was dropped and the club was once again the Columbus Crew.

This was the last season in which Columbus Crew played at Historic Crew Stadium, where the team played their final match against the Chicago Fire on June 19, 2021, with a 2–0 win. The team then moved to Lower.com Field near downtown Columbus, where they would play their first match at the new stadium against the New England Revolution with a 2–2 draw on July 3, 2021.

Roster

As of match played April 15, 2021

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Eloy Room (INT)		GK	(1989-02-06)February 6, 1989 (aged 32)	2019	PSV	29	0
13	Eric Dick		GK	(1994-10-03)October 3, 1994 (aged 26)	2021	Sporting Kansas City	0	0
24	Evan Bush		GK	(1986-03-06)March 6, 1986 (aged 35)	2021	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0
28	Matt Lampson		GK	(1989-09-06)September 6, 1989 (aged 31)	2020	LA Galaxy	16	0
Defenders
3	Josh Williams		CB, RB, LB	(1988-04-18)April 18, 1988 (aged 32)	2017	Toronto FC	142	9
4	Jonathan Mensah		CB	(1990-07-13)July 13, 1990 (aged 30)	2017	Anzhi Makhachkala	100	3
5	Vito Wormgoor (INT)		DF	(1988-11-16)November 16, 1988 (aged 32)	2020	SK Brann	2	0
14	Waylon Francis		LB	(1990-09-20)September 20, 1990 (aged 30)	2019	Seattle Sounders FC	104	0
17	Marlon Hairston		LB	(1994-03-23)March 23, 1994 (aged 27)	2021	Minnesota United FC	0	0
19	Milton Valenzuela		LB	(1998-08-13)August 13, 1998 (aged 22)	2019	Newell's Old Boys	49	1
24	Grant Lillard		CB	(1995-12-05)December 5, 1995 (aged 25)	2020	Inter Miami CF	0	0
25	Harrison Afful		RB	(1986-07-24)July 24, 1986 (aged 34)	2015	ES Tunis	138	6
30	Aboubacar Keita (HG)		CB, LB	(2000-04-06)April 6, 2000 (aged 19)	2019	Virginia Cavaliers	21	0
Midfielders
2	Perry Kitchen		CM	(1992-02-29)February 29, 1992 (aged 29)	2021	LA Galaxy	0	0
6	Darlington Nagbe		CM	(1990-07-19)July 19, 1990 (aged 30)	2019	Atlanta United FC	15	1
7	Pedro Santos (INT)(DP)		RM, LM, AM, RW, LW, LB	(1988-04-22)April 22, 1988 (aged 32)	2017	Braga	94	18
8	Artur		DM, AM, CM	(1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 25)	2018	São Paulo	108	2
10	Lucas Zelarayán (INT)(DP)		CM	(1992-06-20)June 20, 1992 (aged 28)	2020	UANL Tigres	16	6
12	Luis Díaz (INT)		RM, LM, RW	(1998-12-06)December 6, 1998 (aged 22)	2019	Herediano	34	2
16	Isaiah Parente (HG)		RM	(2000-03-16)March 16, 2000 (aged 21)	2021	Wake Forest	0	0
20	Alexandru Mățan (INT)		MF	(1999-04-29)April 29, 1999 (aged 21)	2021	FC Viitorul Constanta	0	0
21	Aidan Morris (HG)		MF	(2001-11-16)November 16, 2001 (aged 19)	2020	Indiana	10	0
22	Derrick Etienne		MF	(1996-11-25)November 25, 1996 (aged 24)	2020	New York Red Bulls	21	1
Forwards
9	Kevin Molino		ST	(1990-06-17)June 17, 1990 (aged 30)	2021	Minnesota United FC	0	0
11	Gyasi Zardes (DP)		ST	(1991-09-02)September 2, 1991 (aged 29)	2018	LA Galaxy	82	44
99	Bradley Wright-Phillips		ST	(1985-03-12)March 12, 1985 (aged 36)	2021	Los Angeles FC	0	0
Out on loan
18	Sebastian Berhalter (HG)		MF	(2001-05-10)May 10, 2001 (aged 19)	2020	North Carolina	9	0
27	Miguel Berry		FW	(1997-09-16)September 16, 1997 (aged 23)	2020	San Diego Toreros	0	0

• (HG) = Homegrown Player
• (DP) = Designated Player
• (INT) = Player using International Roster Slot

Non-competitive

Preseason

April 1 Friendly	Columbus Crew SC	2–4	Toronto FC	Bay Lake, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Pedro Santos 18' Díaz 86'	Report Report	Altidore 35' Mullins 59' Auro Jr. 64' (pen.) Perruzza 82'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0

Competitive

MLS

Standings

Eastern Conference

1. Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
2. As 2021 Canadian Championship winners

Overall table

1. As 2021 Canadian Championship winners (CAN1)

Results summary

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

Match results

On March 10, 2021 the league announced the home openers for every club, with Columbus playing Philadelphia Union at Historic Crew Stadium.

April 18 1	Columbus Crew SC	0–0	Philadelphia Union	Columbus, OH
5:30 PM EDT	Díaz  56' Kitchen  64'	Report	Glesnes  40' Monteiro  61' Santos  75' Bedoya  89'	Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Ramy Touchan

May 8 3	Columbus Crew SC	3–1	D.C. United	Columbus, OH
1:30 PM EDT	Zelarayán 20' Afful  29' Williams  30' Francis  58' Brillant 63' (OG) Alfaro 83' (OG)	Report	Asad  42' Kamara 82'	Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

May 12 4	Toronto FC	2–0	Columbus SC	Orlando, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Bradley 13' Delgado  46' Bono  54' Altidore 87',  90+3'	Report	Keita  89' Mensah  90+2'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Note: Due to COVID-19 Cross-border travel restrictions, the match was played at Exploria Stadium where Toronto played as the home team.

May 16 5	New England Revolution	1–0	Columbus SC	Foxborough, MA
6:00 PM EDT	Kaptoum  80' Bell  83' Buksa 86'	Report	Francis  71'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Robert Sibiga

May 29 7	Columbus Crew	2–1	Toronto FC	Columbus, OH
3:00 PM EDT	Díaz 12' Zardes 21'	Report	Akinola 52'	Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Allen Chapman

June 23 9	Philadelphia Union	1–0	Columbus Crew	Chester, PA
7:30 PM EDT	Monteiro 24' Real  74' Flach  84'	Report	Mățan  43' Wormgoor  51'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 16,234 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

June 27 10	Austin FC	0–0	Columbus Crew	Austin, TX
8:00 PM EDT	Fagúndez  90+5'	Report	Afful  35'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Ted Unkel

July 9 12	FC Cincinnati	2–2	Columbus Crew	Cincinnati, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Castillo 1',  28' Acosta 24' Kubo  32' Cameron  45+7' Vallecilla  61' Barreal  72' Stanko  88'	Report	Afful  17'  42' Mensah  39' Zelarayán 45+1' Berry 77'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,701 Referee: Kevin Stott

July 24 15	Atlanta United FC	0–1	Columbus Crew	Atlanta, GA
3:30 PM EDT		Report	Hurtado  44' Mensah 65' Francis  90+2'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 67,507 Referee: Robert Sibiga

July 30 16	New York City FC	4–1	Columbus Crew	New York, NY
7:30 PM EDT	Castellanos 14',  55' Rodríguez 22' Thiago 35',  36' Thórarinsson  41' Parks 51' Medina  69'	Report	Santos  49', 90+7' (PK)	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Referee: Alan Kelly

August 15 19	Chicago Fire FC	1–0	Columbus Crew	Chicago, IL
6:00 PM EDT	Stojanovic 77'	Report	Etienne  27'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 13,005 Referee: Nima Saghafi

August 18 20	New York Red Bulls	1–0	Columbus Crew	Harrison, NJ
8:00 PM EDT	Tolkin 33' Klimala  55'	Report	Hurtado  84'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10,002 Referee: Chris Penso

August 21 21	Columbus Crew	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Columbus, OH
5:30 PM EDT	Wright-Phillips 77' Díaz  85'	Report	Ruidíaz  79' Arreaga 88' Bruin 89'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 19,401 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

August 27 22	Columbus Crew	3–2	FC Cincinnati	Columbus, OH
6:30 PM EDT	Zelarayán 45' Berry 81', 83'	Report	Matarrita 45+3' Atanga 74'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 19,949 Referee: Robert Sibiga

September 4 23	Orlando City	3–2	Columbus Crew	Orlando, FL
7:30 pm	Dike 26' Van der Water 29' Urso  42'. 69' DeZart  51'	Report	Carlos 52' (o.g.) Berry 54'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 15,366 Referee: Armando Villarreal

September 11 24	Inter Miami CF	1–0	Columbus Crew	Fort Lauderdale, FL
4:00PM EDT	Higuaín 16'	Report	Afful  10' Zelarayán  12' Wormgoor  82'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 15,014 Referee: Alan Kelly

September 25 27	Columbus Crew	2–1	CF Montréal	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Williams  39' Zardes 44', 62' Etienne  56'	Report	Quioto 90+2'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 19,423 Referee: Nima Saghafi

October 3 28	Philadelphia Union	3–0	Columbus Crew	Chester, PA
4:00 PM EDT	Elliott 25' Wagner  35'  64' Bedoya 46' Powell  74' Santos  78' Flach 89'	Report	Santos  66', 76'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 15,578 Referee: Victor Rivas

October 16 29	Columbus Crew	4–0	Inter Miami CF	Columbus, OH
6:00 PM EDT	Zardes 39', 64' Santos 44' Wormgoor  56' Pírez 83' (o.g.)	Report	Higuaín  16' Leerdam  68' Robinson  68' Makoun  76' Carranza  90+1'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 19,338 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

U.S. Open Cup

On July 20, US Soccer finally announced that the tournament would be cancelled for 2021 and would resume in 2022.

Qualifying

On March 29, 2021, US Soccer announced that qualification for MLS clubs would be determined by the highest number of regular season points per game at the conclusion of the first three weeks of MLS play (April 16 – May 4).

April 18 1 (MLS 1)	Columbus Crew SC	0–0	Philadelphia Union	Columbus, OH
5:30 PM EST	Díaz  56' Kitchen  64'	Report	Glesnes  40' Monteiro  61' Santos  75' Bedoya  89'	Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Ramy Touchan

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

April 8 First leg	Real Estelí	0–4	Columbus Crew SC	Estelí, Nicaragua
8:00 PM EDT	Silva  11' Barrera  28' García  44' Acevedo  85'	Report	Zardes 19', 33' Mensah 26',  28' Pedro Santos 45+1' (pen.) Morris  55' Nagbe  61' Francis  79'	Stadium: Estadio Independencia Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

April 15 Second leg	Columbus Crew SC	1–0 (5–0 agg.)	Real Estelí	Columbus, United States
8:00 PM EDT	Zelarayán  47' Wright-Phillips 86'	Report	López  83'	Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium Referee: Keylor Herrera Villalobos (Costa Rica)

Quarter-finals

April 28 First leg	Columbus Crew SC	2–2	Monterrey	Columbus, United States
8:30 PM EDT	Zelarayán  13', 87' Zardes  51' Valenzuela 66'	Report	Loba 9' Mora  51' Alvarado 90+3'	Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

May 5 Second leg	Monterrey	3–0 (5–2 agg.)	Columbus Crew SC	Monterrey, Mexico
8:00 PM EDT	Meza 3', 26' Sánchez  37' Montes  57' Layún  63', 71'	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Campeones Cup

September 29, 2021 Final	Columbus Crew	2–0	Cruz Azul	Columbus, United States
8:00 EDT	Angulo 4' (o.g.) Díaz  66' Mensah 74'	Report	Aguilar  32' Corona  32' Domínguez  32' Baca  45+1' Guillermo Fernández  77' Escobar  89'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 18,026 Referee: Oshane Nation

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		CCL		Campeones Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CUW	Eloy Room	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	USA	Josh Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	GHA	Jonathan Mensah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	NED	Vito Wormgoor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	USA	Darlington Nagbe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	POR	Pedro Santos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ARG	Lucas Zelarayán	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	USA	Gyasi Zardes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	CRC	Luis Díaz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	CRC	Waylon Francis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	ARG	Milton Valenzuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	USA	Derrick Etienne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	USA	Grant Lillard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	GHA	Harrison Afful	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	ESP	Miguel Berry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	USA	Aboubacar Keita	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
GK	Evan Bush	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Trade in exchange for $125,000 in General Allocation Money.	December 14, 2020
FW	Bradley Wright-Phillips	Los Angeles FC	Free agent.	December 23, 2020
MF	Kevin Molino	Minnesota United FC	Free agent.	January 7, 2021
GK	Eric Dick	Sporting Kansas City	Selected in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft.	January 8, 2021
MF	Isaiah Parente	Wake Forest	Signed as a Homegrown Player.	January 11, 2021
MF	Perry Kitchen	LA Galaxy	Free agent.	January 28, 2021
MF	Marlon Hairston	Minnesota United FC	Free agent.	March 3, 2021
MF	Alexandru Mățan	Viitorul Constanţa	Reported $1,800,000 transfer fee. Acquired under the MLS U-22 initiative.	March 8, 2021
DF	Saad Abdul-Salaam	FC Cincinnati	Waivers.	April 17, 2021
FW	Erik Hurtado	CF Montreal	Trade in exchange for $200,000 in 2021 General Allocation Money.	July 8, 2021
DF	Steven Moreira	Toulouse FC	Free agent.	August 23, 2021

Loan in

Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Division	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
MF	Liam Fraser	Toronto FC	MLS	Columbus Crew SC sent $50,000 in 2021 General Allocation Money (GAM).	May 3, 2021	December 11, 2021

SuperDraft

The following players were selected by Columbus in the MLS SuperDraft.

Pos.	Player	College	Notes	Date	Source
DF	Justin Malou	Clemson	Selected in the First Round of the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.	January 21, 2021
DF	Joshua Jackson-Ketchup	Ohio State	Selected in the second round of the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.	January 21, 2021

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
GK	Andrew Tarbell	Austin FC	Option declined.	December 14, 2020
MF	Fatai Alashe	Sacramento Republic	Option declined.	December 14, 2020
MF	Emmanuel Boateng	New England Revolution	Option declined.	December 14, 2020
MF	Youness Mokhtar	ADO Den Haag	Option declined.	December 14, 2020
FW	Jordan Hamilton	Indy Eleven	Option declined.	December 14, 2020
FW	Krisztián Németh	Debreceni VSC	Option declined.	December 14, 2020
MF	Hector Jiménez	Austin FC	Out of contract.	December 14, 2020
FW	Fanendo Adi	Minnesota United FC	Out of contract.	December 14, 2020
GK	Jon Kempin	D.C. United	Trade for third-round pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.	January 8, 2021
MF	Chris Cadden	Hibernian	Undisclosed	January 15, 2021
GK	Matt Lampson	Hartford Athletic	Waived.	August 25, 2021

Loans out

Pos.	Player	Loanee club	Division	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
MF	Sebastian Berhalter	Austin FC	MLS	Columbus Crew SC acquires $50,000 in 2021 General Allocation Money (GAM). The Crew will receive $50,000 in Allocation Money if Berhalter meets certain performance conditions in 2021. Austin FC retains the option to trade for the rights on a permanent basis.	March 3, 2021	December 11, 2021
GK	Eric Dick	Indy Eleven	USL Championship	Columbus Crew loans goalkeeper Eric Dick to USL's Indy Eleven on June 24, 2021. Columbus retains the right to terminate the loan at any time.	June 24, 2021	December 11, 2021

Kits

Home

Away

See also

• Columbus Crew
• 2021 in American soccer
• 2021 Major League Soccer season

Notes

References

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