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Columbus Crew
2023 season
Investor-operatorsDee Haslam
Jimmy Haslam
JW Johnson
Whitney Johnson
Dr. Pete Edwards
Head coachWilfried Nancy
StadiumLower.com Field
Major League SoccerConference: 3rd
Overall: 3rd
MLS Cup PlayoffsEastern Conference Champions
MLS Cup Champions
U.S. Open CupRound of 16
Leagues CupRound of 32
Trillium CupWinners (3 - 1)
Lamar Hunt Pioneer CupNo matches
Top goalscorerLeague:
Cucho Hernández (16)
All:
Cucho Hernández (24)
Highest home attendance20,730 (8/20 v. CIN)
Lowest home attendance19,249 (3/25 v. ATL)
Average home league attendance20,325 (99.8%)
Biggest winCLB 6–1 ATL (3/25)
Biggest defeatPHI 4–1 CLB (2/25)
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The 2023 Columbus Crew season was the club's 28th season of existence and their 28th 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 February 25 against Philadelphia Union. It was the first season under head coach Wilfried Nancy.

The Crew won the MLS Cup against Los Angeles FC, their third league championship and second since 2020.[1]

Roster

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As of As of game on December 9, 2023

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 United States USA Philip Quinton
3 DF United States USA Josh Williams
4 DF France FRA Rudy Camacho (INT)
6 MF United States USA Darlington Nagbe (captain; DP)
7 DF United States USA Julian Gressel
8 MF United States USA Aidan Morris (SUP; HGP)
9 FW Colombia COL Cucho Hernández (INT; DP)
10 FW Uruguay URU Diego Rossi (DP)
12 DF Ecuador ECU Gustavo Vallecilla (on loan from Colorado Rapids) (INT)
13 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kevin Molino
14 MF Ghana GHA Yaw Yeboah (INT)
16 MF United States USA Isaiah Parente (SUP; HGP)
17 FW United States USA Christian Ramirez
18 DF Denmark DEN Malte Amundsen
19 FW Canada CAN Jacen Russell-Rowe (SUP; HGP)
20 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Mățan (INT)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Ukraine UKR Yevhen Cheberko (INT)
22 DF United States USA Keegan Hughes (SUP; HGP)
23 DF Algeria ALG Mohamed Farsi (SUP; INT)
24 GK United States USA Evan Bush
25 MF United States USA Sean Zawadzki (SUP; HGP)
27 FW United States USA Maximilian Arfsten (SUP)
28 GK United States USA Patrick Schulte (SUP; GA)
30 MF United States USA Will Sands (SUP; HGP)
31 DF Cape Verde CPV Steven Moreira (INT)
32 GK United States USA Brady Scott
33 DF United States USA Jake Morris (SUP; HGP)
94 DF Colombia COL Jimmy Medranda

Technical Staff

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Position Staff
President & General Manager United States Tim Bezbatchenko
Head Coach France Wilfried Nancy
Director of Scouting and Player Recruitment Scotland Neil McGuinness
Vice President, Soccer Administration & Operations United States Jaime McMillan
Technical Director United States Marc Nicholls
Assistant General Manager, Player Personnel & Strategy France Issa Tall
Assistant General Manager, Crew 2 General Manager United States Corey Wray
Assistant Coach Republic of Ireland Kwame Ampadu
Assistant Coach France Yoann Damet
Goalkeeper Coach United States Phil Boerger
Assistant Coach Canada Jules Gueguen
Video Performance Coach France Maxime Chalier
Manager of Equipment Operations United States David Brauzer
Assistant Equipment Manager United States Ron Meadors
Coordinator, Team Operations and Player Care United States Faith Lackey
Manager of Team Operations United States Julio Velasquez
Data Analyst United States Alex Mysiw
Head of Sport Science & Medicine United States Chris Shenberger
Strength and Conditioning Coach United States Luis Jeronimo
Manager, Player Personnel United States Marshall Bushnell
Director of Performance Portugal Federico Pizzuto
Sports Dietitian United States Kyla Cross
Head Athletic Trainer United States Chris Rumsey
Assistant Athletic Trainer United States Catherine Hill
Assistant Athletic Trainer United States Daniel Givens

Source: [[2]]

Non-competitive

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Preseason

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February 4 Columbus Crew v Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Columbus, OH
Source Stadium: Historic Crew Stadium
Note: Closed-door; four 30-minute halves played; no scores released
February 11 Inter Miami CF v Columbus Crew Fort Lauderdale, FL
Source Stadium: Florida Blue Training Center
Note: Closed-door; score not released
February 15 Columbus Crew 1–1 Houston Dynamo Fort Lauderdale, FL
 Report
Note: Closed-door
February 18 Columbus Crew 2–1 Hartford Athletic Fort Lauderdale, FL
Report
Note: Closed-door; goalscoring information not released

Competitive

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Major League Soccer February 25, 2023 October 21, 2023 Matchday 1 3rd 34 16 9 9 67 46 +21 047.06
MLS Cup Playoffs November 1, 2023 December 2, 2023 Round One Winners 6 5 0 1 15 9 +6 083.33
U.S. Open Cup April 26, 2023 May 24, 2023 Third Round Round of 16 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 066.67
Leagues Cup July 23, 2023 August 4, 2023 Group Stage Round of 32 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 066.67
Total 46 25 10 11 97 62 +35 054.35

Source: Competitions

MLS

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Main article: 2023 Major League Soccer season

Standings

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Eastern Conference
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MLS Eastern Conference table (2023)
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Cincinnati 34 20 5 9 57 39 +18 69 Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2 Orlando City SC 34 18 7 9 55 39 +16 63 Qualification for round one
3 Columbus Crew 34 16 9 9 67 46 +21 57
4 Philadelphia Union 34 15 9 10 57 41 +16 55
5 New England Revolution 34 15 9 10 58 46 +12 55
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall table
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Overall MLS standings table
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Cincinnati (S) 34 20 5 9 57 39 +18 69 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One[a]
2 Orlando City SC 34 18 7 9 55 39 +16 63 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One[b]
3 Columbus Crew (C) 34 16 9 9 67 46 +21 57 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16[c]
4 St. Louis City SC 34 17 12 5 62 45 +17 56 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One[d]
5 Philadelphia Union 34 15 9 10 57 41 +16 55 Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One[e]
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
(C) MLS Cup champion; (S) Supporters' Shield winner
Notes:
  1. ^ As 2023 MLS Supporters' Shield champions
  2. ^ As highest-ranked club in 2023 MLS Supporters' Shield not already qualified
  3. ^ As 2023 MLS Cup champions
  4. ^ As 2023 Western Conference regular season champions
  5. ^ As 2023 Leagues Cup third place

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Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
34 57 16 9 9 67 46  +21 12 1 4 41 14  +27 4 8 5 26 32  −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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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumAHAAHHAHAHHHAAHHAAHHAHAHHAAAHAHAAH
ResultLWDLWWWDLLDWLLWWWDWWDDLWWLWLWDDWDW
Source: Columbus schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

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February 25 1 Philadelphia Union 4–1 Columbus Crew Chester, PA
7:30 PM EST
Report
Stadium: Subaru Park
Attendance: 18,510
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Assistant referees: Adam Wienckowski
Diego Blas
Fourth official: Ian McKay
March 4 2 Columbus Crew 2–0 D.C. United Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,391
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
Assistant referees: Corey Parker
Jeffrey Swartzel
Fourth official: Brian Dunn
March 11 3 Toronto FC 1–1 Columbus Crew Toronto, ON
7:30 PM EST
Report
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 25,796
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
Assistant referees: Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Gianni Facchini
Fourth official: Filip Dujic
March 18 4 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Columbus Crew Harrison, NJ
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,412
Referee: Timothy Ford
Assistant referees: Ian Anderson
Brian Dunn
Fourth official: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
March 25 5 Columbus Crew 6–1 Atlanta United FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 19,249
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Assistant referees: Adam Garner
Nick Balcer
Fourth official: Joshua Encarnacion
April 1 6 Columbus Crew 4–0 Real Salt Lake Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 19,624
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Assistant referees: Adam Wienckowski
Brooke Mayo
Fourth official: Filip Dujic
April 8 7 D.C. United 0–2 Columbus Crew Washington, DC
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 16,891
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
Assistant referees: Corey Parker
Walter Heatherly
Fourth official: Armando Villarreal
April 15 8 Columbus Crew 1–1 New England Revolution Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,562
Referee: Chris Penso
Assistant referees: Nick Uranga
Eduardo Jeff
Fourth official: Meghan Mullen
April 22 9 Charlotte FC 1–0 Columbus Crew Charlotte, NC
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
Attendance: 30,468
Referee: Jon Freemon
Assistant referees: Kyle Atkins
Brian Dunn
Fourth official: Brian Poeschel
April 29 10 Columbus Crew 1–2 Inter Miami CF Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,410
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
Assistant referees: Logan Brown
Ryan Graves
Fourth official: Lukasz Szpala
May 13 11 Columbus Crew 2–2 Orlando City SC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,488
Referee: Drew Fischer
Assistant referees: Kathryn Nesbitt
Chantal Boudreau
Fourth official: Brian Dunn
May 17 12 Columbus Crew 2–0 LA Galaxy Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,192
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson
Meghan Mullen
Fourth official: Justin Howard
May 20 13 FC Cincinnati 3–2 Columbus Crew Cincinnati, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 25,513
Referee: Nima Saghafi
Assistant referees: Ian McKay
Matt Nelson
Fourth official: Filip Dujic
May 28 14 Nashville SC 3–1 Columbus Crew Nashville, TN
8:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 30,109
Referee: Victor Rivas
Assistant referees: Logan Brown
Walter Heatherly
Fourth official: Kyle Atkins
May 31 15 Columbus Crew 3–2 Colorado Rapids Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,223
Referee: Tori Penso
Assistant referees: Adam Garner
Nick Balcer
Fourth official: Joshua Encarnacion
June 3 16 Columbus Crew 4–2 Charlotte FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,199
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistant referees: Stefan Tanaka-Freundt
Claudiu Badea
Fourth official: Brandon Stevis
June 10 17 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Columbus Crew Chicago, IL
8:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 18,892
Referee: Mark Allatin
Assistant referees: Chris Elliott
Mike Rottersman
Fourth official: Mathew Corrigan
June 17 18 New York City FC 1–1 Columbus Crew New York, NY
3:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 30,615
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
Assistant referees: Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Peter Balciunas
Fourth official: Brandon Stevis
June 24 19 Columbus Crew 2–0 Nashville SC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,443
Referee: Filip Dujic
Assistant referees: Ian McKay
Kevin Klinger
Fourth official: Alex Billeter
July 1 20 Columbus Crew 2–1 New York Red Bulls Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,415
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
Assistant referees: Andrew Bigelow
Jason White
Fourth official: Matthew Thompson
July 4 21 Inter Miami CF 2–2 Columbus Crew Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Attendance: 14,072
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistant referees: Jose Da Silva
Claudiu Badea
Fourth official: Natalie Simon
July 8 22 Columbus Crew 1–1 New York City FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,533
Referee: Serhiy Boyko
Assistant referees: Jeremy Kieso
Justin Howard
Fourth official: Ricardo Fierro
July 15 23 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew Portland, OR
10:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 24,181
Referee: Timothy Ford
Assistant referees: Corey Parker
Walter Heatherly
Fourth official: Mark Allatin
August 20 24 Columbus Crew 3–0 FC Cincinnati Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,730
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson
Gianni Facchini
Fourth official: John Griggs
August 26 25 Columbus Crew 2–0 Toronto FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,548
Referee: Elton García
Assistant referees: Corey Rockwell
Cameron Blanchard
Fourth official: Fotis Bazakos
August 30 26 Houston Dynamo FC 2–0 Columbus Crew Houston, TX
8:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium
Attendance: 10,873
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Assistant referees: Kali Smith
Jeffrey Greeson
Fourth official: Nima Saghafi
September 2 27 CF Montréal 2–4 Columbus Crew Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 18,358
Referee: Filip Dujic
Assistant referees: Lyes Arfa
Walter Heatherly
Fourth official: Michael Venne
September 16 28 Orlando City SC 4–3 Columbus Crew Orlando, FL
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 22,802
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Assistant referees: Andrew Bigelow
Meghan Mullen
Fourth official: Malik Badawi
September 20 29 Columbus Crew 3–0 Chicago Fire FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,349
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
Assistant referees: Claudiu Badea
Justin Howard
Fourth official: Marcos de Oliveira
September 23 30 FC Dallas 1–1 Columbus Crew Frisco, TX
8:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 17,948
Referee: Tori Penso
Assistant referees: Lyes Arfa
Ryan Graves
Fourth official: Sergii Demianchuk
September 30 31 Columbus Crew 1–1 Philadelphia Union Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,456
Referee: Jon Freemon
Assistant referees: Logan Brown
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Fourth official: Thomas Snyder
October 4 32 New England Revolution 1–2 Columbus Crew Foxborough, MA
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 14,144
Referee: Alexis Da Silva
Assistant referees: Kyle Atkins
Jason White
Fourth official: Fotis Bazakos
October 7 33 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Columbus Crew Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 42,684
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Assistant referees: Chris Elliott
Ben Pilgrim
Fourth official: Malik Badawi
October 21 34 Columbus Crew 2–1 CF Montréal Columbus, OH
6:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,526
Referee: Drew Fischer
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson
Eric Weisbrod
Fourth official: Mathew Corrigan

MLS Cup Playoffs

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Main article: 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs

Round One

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November 1 Match 1 Columbus Crew 2–0 Atlanta United FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,176
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Assistant referees: Adam Wienckowski
Jason White
Fourth official: Filip Dujic
November 7 Match 2 Atlanta United FC 4–2 Columbus Crew Atlanta, GA
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 41,850
Referee: Chris Penso
Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard
Jeremy Hanson
Fourth official: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
November 12 Match 3 Columbus Crew 4–2 Atlanta United FC Columbus, OH
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,182
Referee: Armando Villarreal
Assistant referees: Corey Parker
Jose Da Silva
Fourth official: Tori Penso
Note: Columbus Crew won the series 2–1.

Conference Semifinals

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November 25 Conference Semifinals Orlando City SC 0–2 (a.e.t.) Columbus Crew Orlando, FL
5:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 25,527
Referee: Jon Freemon
Assistant referees: Jeremy Hanson
Chantal Boudreau
Fourth official: Fotis Bazakos

Conference Finals

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December 2 Conference Finals FC Cincinnati 2–3 (a.e.t.) Columbus Crew Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 25,513
Referee: Allen Chapman
Assistant referees: Corey Parker
Nick Uranga
Fourth official: Rosendo Mendoza

MLS Cup 2023

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Main article: MLS Cup 2023
December 9 MLS Cup Columbus Crew 2–1 Los Angeles FC Columbus, Ohio
4:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,802
Referee: Armando Villarreal
Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard
Ian McKay
Fourth official: Jon Freemon

Leagues Cup

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Main article: 2023 Leagues Cup

Group stage: Central 1

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Main article: 2023 Leagues Cup group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CLB CAM STL
1 United States Columbus Crew 2 2 0 0 0 6 2 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage — — 2–1
2 Mexico América 2 1 0 0 1 5 4 +1 3 1–4 — 4–0
3 United States St. Louis City SC 2 0 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 — — —
Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
July 23 Group Stage Columbus Crew United States 2–1 United States St. Louis City SC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,533
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Assistant referees: Wasnah Barnarde (Antigua and Barbuda)
Chris Cortez-Elliott (United States)
Fourth official: Okeito Nicholson (Jamaica)
July 31 Group Stage Columbus Crew United States 4–1 Mexico Club América Columbus, OH
8:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,217
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez (Mexico)
Assistant referees: Pablo Israel Hernández (Mexico)
Michel Ricardo Espinoza (Mexico)
Fourth official: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)

Knockout stage

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Main article: 2023 Leagues Cup knockout stage
August 4 Round of 32 Columbus Crew United States 3–3
(3–4 p)		 United States Minnesota United FC Columbus, OH
8:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,217
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Assistant referees: Caleb Wales (Trinidad and Tobago)
Nicholas Anderson (Jamaica)
Fourth official: Tristley Bassue (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Penalties

U.S. Open Cup

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Main article: 2023 U.S. Open Cup
April 26 Third Round Columbus Crew (MLS) Ohio 1–0 Indiana Indy Eleven (USLC) Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nabil Bensalah
Assistant referees: Chris Schurfranz
Stephen Milhoan
Fourth official: Kevin Fikar
May 10 Round of 32 Loudoun United FC (USLC) Virginia 1–5 Ohio Columbus Crew (MLS) Leesburg, VA
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 3,201
Referee: Luis Arroyo
Assistant referees: Adam Wienckowski
Jeremy Smith
Fourth official: Gary Gutiérrez
May 24 Round of 16 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (USLC) Pennsylvania 1–0 Ohio Columbus Crew (MLS) Pittsburgh, PA
7:00 PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 6,107
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
Assistant referees: Jason White
Jacob Little
Fourth official: Luis Arroyo

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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 Leagues Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF United States USA Philip Quinton 15 1 10+2 1 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF United States USA Josh Williams 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF France FRA Rudy Camacho 17 0 8+3 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF United States USA Darlington Nagbe 44 4 32+2 3 6+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 0
7 MF United States USA Julian Gressel 17 1 9+2 1 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
8 MF United States USA Aidan Morris 41 4 30+0 4 6+0 0 0+2 0 3+0 0
9 FW Colombia COL Cucho Hernández 37 24 27+0 16 6+0 5 1+0 0 3+0 3
10 FW Uruguay URU Diego Rossi 16 5 8+2 3 6+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF Ecuador ECU Gustavo Vallecilla 16 0 10+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
13 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kevin Molino 16 0 0+9 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
14 MF Ghana GHA Yaw Yeboah 42 5 22+9 3 5+1 1 2+0 1 2+1 0
16 MF United States USA Isaiah Parente 10 2 0+7 0 0+0 0 3+0 2 0+0 0
17 FW United States USA Christian Ramirez 40 13 19+11 8 0+5 2 2+0 1 3+0 2
18 DF Denmark DEN Malte Amundsen 33 5 21+1 3 6+0 1 1+1 0 3+0 1
19 FW Canada CAN Jacen Russell-Rowe 28 4 4+17 4 0+2 0 2+1 0 0+2 0
20 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Mățan 40 3 27+4 1 6+0 1 0+1 0 2+0 1
21 DF Ukraine UKR Yevhen Cheberko 12 0 2+4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
22 DF United States USA Keegan Hughes 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
23 DF Algeria ALG Mohamed Farsi 42 1 23+8 0 4+1 0 1+2 1 2+1 0
24 GK United States USA Evan Bush 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
25 MF United States USA Sean Zawadzki 42 4 15+15 3 1+5 0 3+0 1 3+0 0
27 FW United States USA Maximilian Arfsten 17 3 3+9 2 0+1 1 3+0 0 0+1 0
28 GK United States USA Patrick Schulte 38 0 31+0 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 MF United States USA Will Sands 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF Cape Verde CPV Steven Moreira 43 1 33+1 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
32 GK United States USA Brady Scott 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF United States USA Jake Morris 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
94 DF Colombia COL Jimmy Medranda 12 1 0+10 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
    Own Goal 0 5 - 4 - 1 - 0 - 0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
1 GK Curaçao CUW Eloy Room 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Australia AUS Miloš Degenek 13 0 10+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Armenia ARM Lucas Zelarayán 21 11 20+0 10 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
11 MF Costa Rica CRC Luis Díaz 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW United States USA Gibran Rayo 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
38 FW United States USA Noah Fuson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
39 MF United States USA Thomas Roberts 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
52 MF United States USA Taha Habroune 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

Source: [1]

Disciplinary record

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No. Pos. Name MLS MLS Cup Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 DF United States Philip Quinton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF United States Josh Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF France Rudy Camacho 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 MF United States Darlington Nagbe 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
7 MF United States Julian Gressel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF United States Aidan Morris 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
9 FW Colombia Cucho Hernández 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
10 FW Uruguay Diego Rossi 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 DF Ecuador Gustavo Vallecilla 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 FW Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Molino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Ghana Yaw Yeboah 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 MF United States Isaiah Parente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW United States Christian Ramirez 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
18 DF Denmark Malte Amundsen 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
19 FW United States Jacen Russell-Rowe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF Ghana Alexandru Mățan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 DF Ukraine Yevhen Cheberko 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
22 DF United States Keegan Hughes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 DF United States Mohamed Farsi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
24 GK United States Evan Bush 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF United States Sean Zawadzki 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
27 FW United States Maximilian Arfsten 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 GK United States Patrick Schulte 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
30 MF United States Will Sands 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 DF Cape Verde Steven Moreira 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
32 GK United States Brady Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF United States Jake Morris 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
94 DF Colombia Jimmy Medranda 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
- HC France Wilfried Nancy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
- AC Portugal Federico Pizzuto 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Players who left Columbus during the season:
1 GK Curaçao Eloy Room 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Miloš Degenek 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
10 MF Armenia Lucas Zelarayán 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 MF Costa Rica Luis Díaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW United States Gibran Rayo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW United States Noah Fuson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF United States Thomas Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 MF United States Taha Habroune 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: [2]

Clean sheets

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No. Name MLS MLS Cup Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup Total Games Played
24 United States Evan Bush 0 0 1 0 1 5
28 United States Patrick Schulte 7 2 0 0 9 38
32 United States Brady Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
1 Curaçao Eloy Room 1 0 0 0 1 3

Source: [3]

Transfers

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See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2023

In

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Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
DF United States Keegan Hughes United States Stanford Cardinal Homegrown player, contract runs through 2024 with options through 2026 January 11, 2023 [3]
FW United States Christian Ramirez Scotland Aberdeen F.C. Transfer for an undisclosed fee, contract runs through 2024 with an option for 2025 January 19, 2023 [4]
DF United States Philip Quinton United States Columbus Crew 2 Signed from MLS Next Pro team, contract runs through 2023 with options through 2026 February 8, 2023 [5]
FW United States Maximilian Arfsten United States San Jose Earthquakes II Signed via the SuperDraft, contract runs through 2024 with options for 2025 and 2026 February 21, 2023 [6]
DF Denmark Malte Amundsen United States New York City FC Trade for $400,000 in general allocation money with a potential $100,000 in performance-based additions, contract runs through 2024 with an option for 2025 April 25, 2023 [7]
DF Ukraine Yevhen Cheberko Croatia NK Osijek Transfer for an undisclosed fee, contract runs through 2026 June 9, 2023 [8]
MF United States Julian Gressel Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Trade for $550,000 in general allocation money across the 2023 and 2024 seasons, including a conditional fee of $300,000 July 21, 2023 [9]
DF France Rudy Camacho Canada CF Montréal Trade for $400,000 in general allocation money total, $200,000 in 2023 and $200,000 in 2024 July 31, 2023 [10]
FW Uruguay Diego Rossi Turkey Fenerbahçe Transfer for $5,630,000 with a $1,000,000 bonus fee and a 15% sell-on clause, contract runs through 2026 with an option for 2027 August 2, 2023 [11]
MF United States Derrick Jones United States Charlotte FC Free agent, contract runs through 2025 with an option for 2026 December 21, 2023 [12]
GK Guatemala Nicholas Hagen Israel Bnei Sakhnin F.C. Free agent, contract runs through 2024 with options through 2026 December 21, 2023 [13]
MF Colombia Marino Hinestroza Mexico C.F. Pachuca Transfer, undisclosed transfer fee. Contract runs through 2026 with an option for 2027 December 22, 2023 [14]

Loan in

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Pos. Player Parent club Length/Notes Beginning End Source
DF Ecuador Gustavo Vallecilla United States Colorado Rapids $175,000 in General Allocation Money, on loan through 2023 season with option to purchase March 3, 2023 December 9, 2023 [15]
MF United States Thomas Roberts United States Columbus Crew 2 Short term agreements May 10, 2023 May 10, 2023 [16]
May 24, 2023 May 24, 2023 [17]
FW United States Noah Fuson United States Columbus Crew 2 Short term agreements March 4, 2023 March 4, 2023 [18]
May 10, 2023 May 10, 2023 [16]
FW United States Gibran Rayo United States Columbus Crew 2 Short term agreements May 24, 2023 May 24, 2023 [17]
May 31, 2023 May 31, 2023 [19]
June 3, 2023 June 3, 2023 [20]
MF United States Taha Habroune United States Columbus Crew 2 Short term agreement May 24, 2023 May 24, 2023 [17]

Out

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Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
DF Ghana Jonathan Mensah United States San Jose Earthquakes Traded for $200,000 in General Allocation Money, and potentially an additional $300,000 if certain performance metrics are met February 10, 2023 [21]
GK Curaçao Eloy Room Netherlands SBV Vitesse Mutual consent termination July 17, 2023 [22]
DF Australia Miloš Degenek Serbia Red Star Belgrade Transfer, undisclosed transfer fee. July 24, 2023 [23]
MF Armenia Lucas Zelarayán Saudi Arabia Al Fateh SC Transfer, undisclosed transfer fee. July 31, 2023 [24]
MF Costa Rica Luis Díaz United States Colorado Rapids Placed on waivers September 5, 2023 [25]
GK United States Brady Scott United States LA Galaxy Option declined December 12, 2023 [26][27]
DF Colombia Jimmy Medranda Colombia Deportivo Cali Option declined December 12, 2023 [26]
DF United States Jake Morris United States Louisville City FC Option declined December 12, 2023 [26][28]
MF United States Isaiah Parente United States Ventura County FC Option declined December 12, 2023 [26][29]
DF Ecuador Gustavo Vallecilla United States Colorado Rapids Loan expired December 12, 2023 [26]
DF United States Josh Williams Retired Out of contract December 12, 2023 [26]
MF United States Julian Gressel United States Inter Miami CF Out of contract December 12, 2023 [26][30]

Loans out

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Pos. Player Loanee club Length/Notes Beginning End Source
GK United States Brady Scott United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate March 26, 2023 September 8, 2023 [31][32]
DF United States Jake Morris United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 9, 2023 June 18, 2023 [33][34]
FW United States Maximilian Arfsten United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 16, 2023 April 16, 2023 [35]
DF Colombia Jimmy Medranda United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 16, 2023 April 16, 2023 [35]
DF United States Keegan Hughes United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 16, 2023 July 25, 2023 [35][36]
FW Canada Jacen Russell-Rowe United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 16, 2023 April 16, 2023 [35]
MF United States Sean Zawadzki United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 16, 2023 April 16, 2023 [35]
MF Ghana Yaw Yeboah United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 16, 2023 April 16, 2023 [35]
MF United States Isaiah Parente United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 16, 2023 September 3, 2023 [35][37]
DF United States Philip Quinton United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 16, 2023 October 1, 2023 [35][38]
DF Denmark Malte Amundsen United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 30, 2023 April 30, 2023 [39]
FW Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Molino United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate June 4, 2023 June 4, 2023 [40]
MF Costa Rica Luis Díaz United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate June 4, 2023 June 11, 2023 [40][41]
FW United States Josh Williams United States Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate June 25, 2023 June 25, 2023 [42]
DF United States Jake Morris United States Loudoun United On loan through the end of the 2023 season June 27, 2023 November 12, 2023 [43]
DF United States Keegan Hughes United States FC Tulsa On loan through the end of the 2023 season August 4, 2023 November 12, 2023 [44]

MLS Draft picks

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Main article: 2023 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 Columbus Crew are listed below:

2023 Columbus Crew SuperDraft Picks[45]
Round Pick Player Position College/Team
1 14 United States Maximilian Arfsten FW San Jose Earthquakes II
1 27 United States Xavier Zengue DF Dayton
2 43 United States Clay Holstad MF Kentucky

Awards

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MLS Team of the Matchday
Matchday Starters Bench Opponent(s) Link
2 Armenia Lucas Zelarayán United States D.C. United [46]
3 United States Aidan Morris Canada Toronto FC [47]
5 United States Will Sands
United States Christian Ramirez 		United States Aidan Morris United States Atlanta United FC [48]
6 Armenia Lucas Zelarayán
United States Aidan Morris
France Wilfried Nancy (Coach) 		United States Real Salt Lake [49]
7 Algeria Mohamed Farsi Armenia Lucas Zelarayán United States D.C. United [50]
8 United States Patrick Schulte United States New England Revolution [51]
10 Armenia Lucas Zelarayán United States Inter Miami CF [52]
12 United States Darlington Nagbe United States Orlando City SC [53]
13 Denmark Malte Amundsen United States LA Galaxy [54]
16 Armenia Lucas Zelarayán
Colombia Cucho Hernández 		United States Colorado Rapids [55]
17 United States Christian Ramirez Armenia Lucas Zelarayán
Colombia Cucho Hernández 		United States Charlotte FC [56]
18 United States Aidan Morris
Colombia Cucho Hernández 		United States Chicago Fire FC [57]
19 Romania Alexandru Mățan
United States Christian Ramirez 		United States New York City FC [58]
21 Armenia Lucas Zelarayán United States Nashville SC [59]
22 Ghana Yaw Yeboah Colombia Cucho Hernández United States New York Red Bulls [60]
23 United States Darlington Nagbe Colombia Cucho Hernández United States Inter Miami CF [61]
24 United States Patrick Schulte United States New York City FC [62]
26 Armenia Lucas Zelarayán United States Portland Timbers [63]
27 United States Aidan Morris Colombia Cucho Hernández United States FC Cincinnati [64]
28 United States Julian Gressel Canada Toronto FC [65]
30 Colombia Cucho Hernández Canada CF Montréal [66]
32 Colombia Cucho Hernández United States Orlando City SC [67]
33 Colombia Cucho Hernández United States Chicago Fire FC [68]
36 Denmark Malte Amundsen Uruguay Diego Rossi United States New England Revolution [69]
37 Colombia Cucho Hernández United States Atlanta United FC [70]
38 United States Darlington Nagbe Cape Verde Steven Moreira Canada CF Montréal [71]

MLS Player of the Month

[edit]
Month Player Stats Link
September Colombia Cucho Hernández 8 goals, 1 assist [8]

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