MLS Game Guide · 2017. 8. 11. · Road loss 8/05/2017 CLB 1, SJ 2 (0) 7/29/2017 CHI 2, KC 3 (0) Tie game 7/29/2017 CLB 2, RSL 2 (1) 7/05/2017 CHI 2, POR 2 (3) Shutout for 7/22/2017

COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. CHICAGO FIREMAPFRE STADIUM, Columbus, Ohio Saturday, Aug. 12 (Week 23, MLS Game #255)7:30 p.m. ET (SpecSN OH / CW Clb; CSN-Chi+)

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2017 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A2 Jukka Raitala DF 5-11 174 09/15/1988 Kerava, Finland 20 17 0 2 20 17 0 23 Josh Williams DF 6-2 185 04/18/1988 Akron, OH 12 9 0 0 115 102 4 54 Jonathan Mensah DF 6-2 183 07/13/1990 Accra, Ghana 17 16 0 1 17 16 0 17 Artur MF 5-11 154 03/11/1996 Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 19 16 0 2 19 16 0 28 Mohammed Abu MF 5-7 150 11/14/1991 Accra, Ghana 13 7 0 0 13 7 0 09 Justin Meram MF 6-1 165 12/04/1988 Shelby Township, MI 24 23 9 7 178 125 33 3310 Federico Higuain MF 5-8 165 10/25/1984 Buenos Aires, Argentina 18 18 9 5 141 136 48 4011 Ola Kamara FW 6-0 181 10/15/1989 Oslo, Norway 24 23 11 3 49 43 27 512 Adam Jahn FW 6-3 201 01/05/1991 Davis, CA 17 1 1 1 91 27 12 214 Waylon Francis DF 5-9 160 09/20/1990 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 9 7 0 0 80 72 0 1616 Hector Jimenez MF 5-9 145 11/03/1988 Huntington Park, CA 11 8 0 1 126 81 5 1717 Lalas Abubakar DF 6-0 180 12/25/1994 Kumasi, Ghana 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 018 Cristian Martinez MF 5-7 174 02/06/1997 El Chorrillo, Panama City, Panama 3 0 0 0 8 2 1 019 Kekuta Manneh MF 5-9 150 12/30/1994 Bakau, Gambia 15 9 2 1 113 69 24 1320 Wil Trapp MF 5-8 150 01/15/1993 Columbus, OH 24 24 0 3 117 114 1 1221 Alex Crognale DF 6-5 205 08/27/1994 Columbus, OH 16 12 0 1 16 12 0 122 Gaston Sauro DF 6-3 190 02/23/1990 Rosario, Argentina 0 0 0 0 17 16 0 023 Zack Steffen GK 6-3 190 04/02/1995 Coatesville, PA 24 24 0 1 24 24 0 124 Nicolai Naess DF 6-0 181 01/18/1993 Oslo, Norway 18 17 0 0 31 30 0 225 Harrison Afful DF 5-6 135 07/24/1986 Tema, Ghana 15 14 0 1 54 53 3 626 Ben Swanson MF 5-6 150 07/18/1997 Grove City, OH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 027 Abuchi Obinwa MF 6-1 170 01/15/1997 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 Niko Hansen MF 5-10 170 09/14/1994 Randers, Denmark 13 3 1 2 13 3 1 229 Marshall Hollingsworth MF 5-8 160 08/06/1993 Libertyville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 Logan Ketterer GK 6-3 180 11/09/1993 Madison, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 031 Connor Maloney DF 5-6 145 05/18/1995 Harrisburg, PA 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 132 Pedro Santos MF 5-6 139 04/22/1988 Lisbon, Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 041 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 180 04/16/1991 Cleveland, OH 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0ON LOAN Rodrigo Saravia MF 5-11 170 02/22/1993 Guatemala City, Guatemala 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0

HEAD COACH : Gregg Berhalter 08/01/1973 W47 L47 T32

CHICAGO FIRE 2017 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Jorge Bava GK 6-4 188 08/02/1981 Montevideo, Uruguay 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 02 Matt Polster MF 6-0 170 06/08/1993 Milwaukee, WI 13 12 1 4 70 63 3 63 Brandon Vincent DF 5-11 175 05/01/1994 Los Angeles, CA 19 19 1 3 45 43 1 64 Johan Kappelhof DF 5-11 165 08/05/1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands 21 21 0 3 54 52 0 35 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 9 9 0 0 249 221 5 196 Dax McCarty MF 5-9 150 04/30/1987 Winter Park, FL 17 17 0 4 292 262 19 507 John Goossens MF 5-9 170 07/25/1988 Heemstede, Netherlands 1 1 0 0 25 16 3 48 Michael de Leeuw FW 5-10 150 10/07/1986 Goirle, Netherlands 21 18 2 5 39 35 9 89 Luis Solignac FW 6-0 171 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina 21 17 5 3 67 55 10 710 David Arshakyan FW 6-4 190 08/16/1994 St. Petersburg, Russia 3 0 0 0 12 3 0 011 David Accam MF 5-9 174 09/28/1990 Accra, Ghana 20 16 12 7 68 58 31 1412 Arturo Alvarez MF 5-9 170 06/28/1985 Houston, TX 15 7 3 1 227 140 32 2913 Brandt Bronico MF 5-8 155 06/20/1995 High Point, NC 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 014 Djordje Mihailovic MF 5-10 153 11/10/1998 Jacksonville, FL 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 015 Joey Calistri MF 5-10 160 11/20/1993 Deerfield, IL 0 0 0 0 14 2 1 116 Jonathan Campbell DF 6-2 190 06/27/1993 Greensboro, NC 14 2 0 0 47 32 1 117 Collin Fernandez MF 5-8 140 02/13/1997 Downers Grove, IL 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 018 Drew Conner MF 5-11 165 02/18/1994 Cary, IL 13 3 0 0 13 3 0 019 Juninho MF 5-7 145 01/08/1989 San Jose dos Campos, Brazil 17 14 1 2 204 194 19 2520 Daniel Johnson MF 5-9 140 09/08/1995 Duluth, GA 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 022 Patrick Doody DF 6-0 180 04/22/1992 Naperville, IL 2 2 0 4 9 8 0 523 Nemanja Nikolic FW 5-11 176 12/31/1987 Senta, Yugoslavia 22 22 16 3 22 22 16 326 Christian Dean DF 6-3 200 03/14/1993 East Palo Alto, TX 3 3 0 0 12 7 0 028 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 190 09/06/1989 Cleveland, TN 14 14 0 0 41 39 0 030 Stefan Cleveland GK 6-2 185 05/25/1994 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 031 Bastian Schweinsteiger MF 6-0 175 08/01/1984 Kolbermoor, West Germany 18 18 2 5 18 18 2 533 Matej Dekovic DF 6-1 180 09/19/1993 Zagreb, Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 066 Joao Meira DF 6-1 170 04/30/1987 Setubal, Portugal 22 22 0 2 50 48 0 3

HEAD COACH : Veljko Paunovic 08/21/1977 W19 L22 T15

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWCLB 6-1-2 4-3-0 0-8-0 8-3-2 2-9-0CHI 10-0-2 2-1-2 0-4-1 12-0-2 0-5-2

COLUMBUS CREW SC CHICAGO FIRE Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 7/22/2017 CLB 1, PHI 0 (0) 8/05/2017 CHI 4, NE 1 (0)Road win 7/04/2017 CLB 1, MIN 0 (3) 6/17/2017 CHI 2, NE 1 (3)Home loss 7/01/2017 CLB 0, ATL 2 (1) 9/10/2016 CHI 1, TOR 2 (14)Road loss 8/05/2017 CLB 1, SJ 2 (0) 7/29/2017 CHI 2, KC 3 (0)Tie game 7/29/2017 CLB 2, RSL 2 (1) 7/05/2017 CHI 2, POR 2 (3)Shutout for 7/22/2017 CLB 1, PHI 0 (3) 7/01/2017 CHI 4, VAN 0 (4)Shutout vs. 7/26/2017 CLB 0, PHI 3 (2) 6/04/2017 CHI 0, ORL 0 (8)

Crew SC TLWWWLWLLWLWLLWLLWLWWLTLFire TWLTWWLLTWWWWTWWWWTLLW

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCLB 24 5 9 6 3 1 34 1.42CHI 22 2 6 8 2 4 44 2.00

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCLB 24 6 4 9 4 1 39 1.63CHI 22 9 5 5 2 1 25 1.14

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CLB 34 6 9 3 5 5 6CHI 44 10 9 3 8 8 6

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CLB 39 5 7 6 5 6 10CHI 25 2 6 3 5 6 3

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

CREW SCG: 11 KamaraA: 7 MeramSHT: 61 KamaraSOG: 25 KamaraFC: 27 TrappFS: 36 MeramOF: 23 KamaraC: 4 MensahE: 2 Mensah

FIREG: 16 NikolicA: 7 AccamSHT: 78 NikolicSOG: 40 NikolicFC: 33 de LeeuwFS: 40 McCartyOF: 40 NikolicC: 4 Kappelhof/SchweinsteigerE: 1 Juninho/Kappelhof

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Crew SC 24 10-12-2 32 34 39at home 11 7-3-1 22 21 12

Fire 22 12-5-5 41 44 25on road 11 2-5-4 10 13 20

2017 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME: Crew SC 17 wins (0 shootout), 84 goals … Fire 25 wins (1 shootout), 89 goals … Ties 18

AT COLUMBUS: Crew SC 11 wins (0 shootout), 52 goals … Fire 10 wins (1 shootout), 38 goals … Ties 8

2017 (MLS):3/4: CLB 1, CHI 1 (Finlay 17 -- Accam 73)4/8: CHI 1, CLB 0 (Nikolic 22)

REFEREESREFEREE: Armando Villarreal.

AR1 (bench): Corey Parker; AR2 (opposite): Kevin Klinger; 4th: Younes Marrakchi; VAR: Hilario Grajeda

CREW SCSat. Aug. 19 at Orlando CityWed. Aug. 23 Los Angeles

Sat. Aug. 26 FC DallasSun. Sept. 10 Sporting KC

UPCOMING MATCHES

COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. CHICAGO FIRESaturday, Aug. 12; Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, 7:30 p.m. ET

FIREWed. Aug. 16 at MontrealSat. Aug. 19 Toronto FCSat. Aug. 26 MinnesotaSat. Sept. 2 at Montreal

GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL

RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS

OTHER

OPEN PLAYCROSS

CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES

DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)

OWN GOALS

INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA

OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

F A 44 25 45 79

31 12 10 6 3 7 0 0

30 13 7 3 1 3 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 1

6 7 31 13 7 5

F A 34 39 64 55

24 23 9 10 1 6 0 0

21 27 5 4 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0

7 12 19 26 8 1

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

CREW SC FIRE

TEAM NEWSSUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS:SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CHI: Bastian SchweinsteigerSUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CHI: Michael de Leeuw ... CLB: Jonathan Mensah

DISABLED LIST: CLB: Gaston Sauro (season-ending), Ben Swanson (season-ending) .... CHI: Jorge Bava, John GoossensINTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 2COLUMBUS CREW SC 1

Scoring Summary:SJ--Urena 3 (Salinas 2) 42SJ--Wondolowski 9 (Thompson 3) 56CLB--Jahn 1 (Mensah 1, Meram 7) 76

COLUMBUS CREW SC--Zack Steffen, Jonathan Mensah, Alex Crognale (Adam Jahn 74), Nicolai Naess, Hector Jimenez, Kekuta Manneh (Cristian Martinez 56), Artur, Wil Trapp, Justin Meram, Jukka Raitala (Waylon Francis 86), Ola Kamara.

CHICAGO FIRE 4NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1

Scoring Summary:CHI--Polster 1 (Meira 2) 8NE--Kamara 8 (Nguyen 10) 24CHI--Juninho 1 (Doody 2) 39CHI--de Leeuw 2 (Doody 3) 49CHI--Solignac 5 (Doody 4) 92+

CHICAGO FIRE--Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Patrick Doody, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dax McCarty (Drew Conner 71), Juninho, David Accam (Jonathan Campbell 65), Nemanja Nikolic (Luis Solignac 82), Michael de Leeuw.

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

11 F Ola Kamara 24 23 1993 11 3 61 25 23 28 23 2 0 09 M Justin Meram 24 23 1840 9 7 46 22 19 36 7 18 3 010 M Federico Higuain 18 18 1548 9 5 40 19 16 23 5 66 2 019 M Kekuta Manneh (CLB) 12 7 594 2 1 14 6 2 13 2 10 0 019 M Kekuta Manneh (TOT) 15 9 730 2 1 17 6 2 14 2 10 0 028 M Niko Hansen 13 3 394 1 2 7 2 3 5 0 0 0 012 F Adam Jahn 17 1 277 1 1 7 4 14 2 0 0 3 013 M Ethan Finlay 19 14 1284 1 1 21 4 17 14 5 21 2 020 M Wil Trapp 24 24 2135 0 3 7 3 27 33 0 0 2 07 M Artur 19 16 1354 0 2 12 2 25 17 1 0 1 02 D Jukka Raitala 20 17 1552 0 2 5 1 24 15 2 2 3 021 D Alex Crognale 16 12 1062 0 1 8 2 10 9 0 0 1 031 D Connor Maloney 2 1 127 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 025 D Harrison Afful 15 14 1191 0 1 13 2 9 17 3 1 3 016 M Hector Jimenez 11 8 745 0 1 4 1 7 11 0 3 0 04 D Jonathan Mensah 17 16 1359 0 1 13 2 22 4 0 0 4 223 G Zack Steffen 24 24 2160 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 3 018 M Cristian Martinez 3 0 68 0 0 1 0 3 6 0 1 0 03 D Josh Williams 12 9 895 0 0 3 0 5 5 1 0 1 017 D Lalas Abubakar 3 3 256 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 18 M Mohammed Abu 13 7 739 0 0 5 1 9 7 0 0 0 024 D Nicolai Naess 18 17 1476 0 0 8 1 11 6 0 0 1 014 D Waylon Francis 9 7 639 0 0 7 0 9 6 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 0Opponent totals 24 24 2160 39 37 309 112 277 258 47 115 36 2Team totals 24 24 2160 34 33 287 97 258 277 49 124 30 3

2017 COLUMBUS CREW SC STATISTICS (10-12-2, 32 pts.)

COLUMBUS CREW SC GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

23 G Zack Steffen 24 24 2160 112 70 39 1.62 3 5 10 12 2 6Team totals 24 24 2160 112 70 39 1.62 3 5 10 12 2 6Opponent totals 24 24 2160 97 60 34 1.42 3 3 12 10 2 5

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Justin Meram 4, Federico Higuain 2, Kekuta Manneh 2, Ola Kamara 1, Niko Hansen 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Artur 2, Hector Jimenez 1, Justin Meram 1, Federico Higuain 1, Wil Trapp 1, Ola Kamara 1, Alex Crognale 1, Niko Hansen 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Federico Higuain 2-2, Ola Kamara 1-1

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2017 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (12-5-5, 41 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

23 F Nemanja Nikolic 22 22 1918 16 3 78 40 8 17 39 1 1 011 M David Accam 20 16 1408 12 7 41 24 31 36 9 33 2 09 F Luis Solignac 21 17 1304 5 3 25 11 20 22 6 0 1 012 M Arturo Alvarez 15 7 546 3 1 14 5 7 17 1 16 0 031 M Bastian Schweinsteiger 18 18 1535 2 5 17 3 22 34 1 15 4 08 F Michael de Leeuw 21 18 1515 2 5 21 8 33 31 6 0 3 02 M Matt Polster 13 12 1007 1 4 5 3 15 11 2 2 0 03 D Brandon Vincent 19 19 1710 1 3 14 1 24 11 1 3 2 019 M Juninho 17 14 1276 1 2 21 9 12 11 0 20 2 16 M Dax McCarty 17 17 1511 0 4 8 1 15 40 1 0 2 022 D Patrick Doody 2 2 180 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 04 D Johan Kappelhof 21 21 1801 0 3 3 1 16 2 0 0 4 166 D Joao Meira 22 22 1980 0 2 4 2 30 14 0 0 2 013 M Brandt Bronico 2 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 M Daniel Johnson 8 0 125 0 0 6 3 2 5 0 1 0 010 F David Arshakyan 3 0 16 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 014 M Djordje Mihailovic 7 0 106 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 018 M Drew Conner 13 3 441 0 0 2 1 8 4 0 0 0 07 M John Goossens 1 1 89 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 016 D Jonathan Campbell 14 2 407 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 01 G Jorge Bava 8 8 720 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 028 G Matt Lampson 14 14 1260 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 05 D Michael Harrington 9 9 798 0 0 0 0 8 9 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 1Team totals 22 22 1980 44 46 264 112 262 289 66 97 29 2Opponent totals 22 22 1980 25 20 259 82 289 262 46 103 38 7

CHICAGO FIRE GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

28 G Matt Lampson 14 14 1260 51 38 13 0.93 1 1 9 2 3 61 G Jorge Bava 8 8 720 31 20 12 1.5 0 0 3 3 2 3

Team totals 22 22 1980 82 58 25 1.14 1 1 12 5 5 9Opponent totals 22 22 1980 112 65 44 2 4 5 5 12 5 2

GAME-WINNING GOALS: David Accam 4, Nemanja Nikolic 4, Luis Solignac 2, Bastian Schweinsteiger 1, Juninho 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Polster 2, Luis Solignac 2, Bastian Schweinsteiger 2, Michael de Leeuw 2, Nemanja Nikolic 1, David Accam 1, Patrick Doody 1, Joao Meira 1, Brandon Vincent 1, Johan Kappelhof 1, Dax McCarty 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: David Accam 2-2, Nemanja Nikolic 2-3


DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Sat. Mar. 4 Chicago T 1-1 15023 0-0-1 2 1 CLB: Finlay (17); CHI: Accam (73)Sat. Mar. 11 at Houston L 1-3 16486 0-1-1 8 1 CLB: Kamara (93+); HOU: Quioto (2) Elis (35) Torres

(65)Sat. Mar. 18 at D.C. United W 2-0 14031 1-1-1 6 4 CLB: Higuain (38) Kamara (66); Sat. Mar. 25 Portland W 3-2 11067 2-1-1 1 7 CLB: Meram (11) Kamara (19) Hansen (84); POR: Asprilla

(4) Adi (48+)Sat. Apr. 1 Orlando City SC W 2-0 12226 3-1-1 1 10 CLB: Meram (13,77); Sat. Apr. 8 at Chicago L 0-1 16434 3-2-1 1 10 CHI: Nikolic (22)Sat. Apr. 15 Toronto FC W 2-1 12319 4-2-1 1 13 CLB: Kamara (37) Meram (43); TOR: Altidore (21)Sat. Apr. 22 at New York Red

BullsL 0-2 20008 4-3-1 1 13 NYR: Muyl (11) Royer (38)

Sat. Apr. 29 New York City FC

L 2-3 17336 4-4-1 4 13 CLB: Higuain (29) Kamara (49); NYC: Harrison (8,76) Herrera (64)

Sat. May 6 New England W 2-0 13340 5-4-1 3 16 CLB: Kamara (13) Higuain (53); Wed. May 10 Toronto FC L 1-2 10318 5-5-1 4 16 CLB: Higuain (28); TOR: Ricketts (81,90)Sat. May 13 at Montreal W 3-2 17508 6-5-1 2 19 CLB: Meram (14,28,91+); MTL: Piatti (52) Jackson-Hamel

(77)Sun. May 21 at New England L 1-2 18651 6-6-1 5 19 CLB: Kamara (20); NE: Fagundez (24,34)Fri. May 26 at Toronto FC L 0-5 25376 6-7-1 5 19 TOR: Vazquez (6,59) Morrow (39) Osorio (86) Hamilton

(93+)Wed. May 31 Seattle W 3-0 12773 7-7-1 4 22 CLB: Higuain (10) Meram (21) Kamara (59); Sat. June 3 at Colorado L 1-2 17586 7-8-1 5 22 CLB: Higuain (61); COL: Doyle (80) Gordon (86)Sat. June 17 at Atlanta L 1-3 44922 7-9-1 5 22 CLB: Higuain (26); ATL: Villalba (16) Almiron (67)

Martinez (88)Sat. June 24 Montreal W 4-1 16592 8-9-1 5 25 CLB: Higuain (17,88) Manneh (70) Kamara (72); MTL:

Jackson-Hamel (19)Sat. July 1 Atlanta L 0-2 20391 8-10-1 6 25 ATL: Villalba (27,64)Tue. July 4 at Minnesota W 1-0 18564 9-10-1 6 28 CLB: Manneh (58); Sat. July 22 Philadelphia W 1-0 17418 10-10-1 6 31 CLB: Meram (65); Wed. July 26 at Philadelphia L 0-3 15413 10-11-1 6 31 PHI: Pereira (20) Sapong (66) Epps (81)Sat. July 29 at Real Salt

LakeT 2-2 18758 10-11-2 6 32 CLB: Kamara (15,60); RSL: Plata (50) Savarino (53)

Sat. Aug. 5 at San Jose L 1-2 18000 10-12-2 6 32 CLB: Jahn (76); SJ: Urena (42) Wondolowski (57)Sat. Aug. 12 ChicagoSat. Aug. 19 at Orlando City

SCWed. Aug. 23 Los AngelesSat. Aug. 26 FC DallasSun. Sep. 10 Sporting KCSat. Sep. 16 at VancouverSat. Sep. 23 New York Red

BullsSat. Sep. 30 D.C. UnitedSun. Oct. 15 at Orlando City

SCSun. Oct. 22 at New York

City FC

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2017 SCHEDULE


DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Sat. Mar. 4 at Columbus T 1-1 15023 0-0-1 1 1 CHI: Accam (73); CLB: Finlay (17)

Sat. Mar. 11 Real Salt Lake W 2-0 13024 1-0-1 2 4 CHI: Nikolic (11) Alvarez (15); Sat. Mar. 18 at Atlanta L 0-4 45922 1-1-1 7 4 ATL: own goal (4) Martinez (60,82) Villalba (67)Sat. Apr. 1 Montreal T 2-2 15103 1-1-2 7 5 CHI: Schweinsteiger (17) Solignac (93+); MTL: Mancosu

(61) Tabla (90)Sat. Apr. 8 Columbus W 1-0 16434 2-1-2 3 8 CHI: Nikolic (22); Sat. Apr. 15 New England W 3-0 16914 3-1-2 3 11 CHI: Schweinsteiger (45) Nikolic (47,73); Fri. Apr. 21 at Toronto FC L 1-3 27097 3-2-2 3 11 CHI: Accam (88); TOR: Giovinco (28,82) Zavaleta (32)Sat. Apr. 29 at New York Red

BullsL 1-2 22814 3-3-2 7 11 CHI: Nikolic (59); NYR: Wright-Phillips (37) Lawrence

(71)Sat. May 6 at Los Angeles T 2-2 24256 3-3-3 6 12 CHI: Accam (13) Nikolic (16); LA: Steres (56) dos

Santos (65)Sat. May 13 Seattle W 4-1 20153 4-3-3 6 15 CHI: Nikolic (25,76) Accam (60) Solignac (73); SEA:

Dempsey (28)Wed. May 17 Colorado W 3-0 11244 5-3-3 4 18 CHI: Nikolic (15,74) Accam (57); Sat. May 20 at D.C. United W 1-0 20618 6-3-3 2 21 CHI: Accam (52); Thu. May 25 FC Dallas W 2-1 12584 7-3-3 2 24 CHI: Nikolic (3) Accam (9); DAL: Lamah (6)Sun. June 4 at Orlando City

SCT 0-0 24469 7-3-4 2 25

Sat. June 10 Atlanta W 2-0 18453 8-3-4 2 28 CHI: Solignac (29) Nikolic (70); Sat. June 17 at New England W 2-1 21548 9-3-4 2 31 CHI: Nikolic (18) Solignac (61); NE: Mlinar (70)Sat. June 24 Orlando City SC W 4-0 20000 10-3-4 2 34 CHI: Accam (3,8,63) Nikolic (52); Sat. July 1 Vancouver W 4-0 20187 11-3-4 1 37 CHI: Nikolic (14,18) Alvarez (25) de Leeuw (84);

Wed. July 5 at Portland T 2-2 21144 11-3-5 1 38 CHI: Alvarez (34) Vincent (61); POR: Adi (24) Blanco (70)

Sat. July 22 at New York City FC

L 1-2 26025 11-4-5 2 38 CHI: Accam (54); NYC: Villa (47) Brillant (50)

Sat. July 29 at Sporting KC L 2-3 20313 11-5-5 2 38 CHI: own goal (28) Accam (78); KC: Salloi (23) Feilhaber (46+) Blessing (51)

Sat. Aug. 5 New England W 4-1 20214 12-5-5 2 41 CHI: Polster (8) Gomes (39) de Leeuw (49) Solignac (92+); NE: Kamara (24)

Sat. Aug. 12 at ColumbusWed. Aug. 16 at MontrealSat. Aug. 19 Toronto FCSat. Aug. 26 MinnesotaSat. Sep. 2 at MontrealSat. Sep. 9 New York Red

BullsSat. Sep. 16 D.C. UnitedSat. Sep. 23 at PhiladelphiaWed. Sep. 27 at San JoseSat. Sep. 30 New York City

FCSun. Oct. 15 PhiladelphiaSun. Oct. 22 at Houston

CHICAGO FIRE 2017 SCHEDULE


CREW SC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

3 Justin Meram 05/13/2017 vs MTL W 3-2Assists

2 Federico Higuain 04/15/2017 vs TOR W 2-1Shots

6 Federico Higuain 06/24/2017 vs MTL W 4-1Shots on Goal

5 Justin Meram 05/13/2017 vs MTL W 3-2Fouls Committed

4 4 times 03/18/2017 vs DC W 2-0Fouls Suffered

4 11 times 03/18/2017 vs DC W 2-0Offside

3 Ola Kamara 04/01/2017 vs ORL W 2-03 Ola Kamara 05/26/2017 vs TOR L 0-5Saves

5 4 times 04/22/2017 vs NYR L 0-2Shots Faced

7 6 times 04/22/2017 vs NYR L 0-2Goals Allowed

5 Zack Steffen 05/26/2017 vs TOR L 0-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)Shots

6 04/01/2017 vs ORL W 2-0Shots on Goal

0 05/26/2017 vs TOR L 0-5Fouls Committed

5 07/29/2017 vs RSL T 2-2Fouls Suffered

5 07/29/2017 vs RSL T 2-2Corner Kicks

1 03/18/2017 vs DC W 2-01 04/22/2017 vs NYR L 0-2Offside

0 03/25/2017 vs POR W 3-20 04/15/2017 vs TOR W 2-10 05/10/2017 vs TOR L 1-20 06/03/2017 vs COL L 1-20 07/04/2017 vs MIN W 1-0Saves

0 07/22/2017 vs PHI W 1-0Shots Faced

0 07/22/2017 vs PHI W 1-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

4 06/24/2017 vs MTL W 4-1Assists

4 04/15/2017 vs TOR W 2-14 05/31/2017 vs SEA W 3-04 06/24/2017 vs MTL W 4-1Shots

17 03/25/2017 vs POR W 3-217 05/10/2017 vs TOR L 1-2Shots on Goal

8 03/25/2017 vs POR W 3-2Fouls Committed

18 05/13/2017 vs MTL W 3-2Fouls Suffered

19 07/26/2017 vs PHI L 0-3Corner Kicks

10 05/10/2017 vs TOR L 1-2Offside

5 03/11/2017 vs HOU L 1-35 04/22/2017 vs NYR L 0-2Saves

5 04/22/2017 vs NYR L 0-25 05/06/2017 vs NE W 2-05 06/03/2017 vs COL L 1-25 08/05/2017 vs SJ L 1-2Shots Faced

7 04/22/2017 vs NYR L 0-27 05/26/2017 vs TOR L 0-57 06/03/2017 vs COL L 1-27 06/17/2017 vs ATL L 1-37 07/29/2017 vs RSL T 2-27 08/05/2017 vs SJ L 1-2Goals Allowed

5 05/26/2017 vs TOR L 0-5

FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

3 David Accam 06/24/2017 at ORL W 4-0Assists

3 Patrick Doody 08/05/2017 at NE W 4-1Shots

7 Nemanja Nikolic 04/29/2017 at NYR L 1-27 Nemanja Nikolic 05/20/2017 at DC W 1-07 Nemanja Nikolic 06/24/2017 at ORL W 4-0Shots on Goal

5 Nemanja Nikolic 04/29/2017 at NYR L 1-2Fouls Committed

5 Michael de Leeuw 08/05/2017 at NE W 4-1Fouls Suffered

6 Dax McCarty 04/29/2017 at NYR L 1-2Offside

4 Nemanja Nikolic 03/04/2017 at CLB T 1-14 Nemanja Nikolic 05/20/2017 at DC W 1-0Saves

7 Matt Lampson 07/05/2017 at POR T 2-2Shots Faced

9 Jorge Bava 04/21/2017 at TOR L 1-39 Matt Lampson 07/05/2017 at POR T 2-29 Matt Lampson 07/29/2017 at KC L 2-3Goals Allowed

4 Jorge Bava 03/18/2017 at ATL L 0-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)Shots

6 03/11/2017 at RSL W 2-06 03/18/2017 at ATL L 0-46 07/05/2017 at POR T 2-2Shots on Goal

1 04/21/2017 at TOR L 1-3Fouls Committed

6 03/04/2017 at CLB T 1-1Fouls Suffered

7 03/18/2017 at ATL L 0-47 07/01/2017 at VAN W 4-07 07/22/2017 at NYC L 1-2Corner Kicks

0 06/17/2017 at NE W 2-1Offside

0 03/18/2017 at ATL L 0-4Saves

0 05/06/2017 at LA T 2-20 05/25/2017 at DAL W 2-10 06/24/2017 at ORL W 4-0Shots Faced

0 06/24/2017 at ORL W 4-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

4 05/13/2017 at SEA W 4-14 06/24/2017 at ORL W 4-04 07/01/2017 at VAN W 4-04 08/05/2017 at NE W 4-1Assists

6 05/13/2017 at SEA W 4-1Shots

23 07/22/2017 at NYC L 1-2Shots on Goal

12 07/01/2017 at VAN W 4-0Fouls Committed

22 06/24/2017 at ORL W 4-0Fouls Suffered

23 05/25/2017 at DAL W 2-1Corner Kicks

9 06/04/2017 at ORL T 0-0Offside

5 03/04/2017 at CLB T 1-15 04/21/2017 at TOR L 1-35 05/06/2017 at LA T 2-25 05/20/2017 at DC W 1-05 06/24/2017 at ORL W 4-0Saves

7 07/05/2017 at POR T 2-2Shots Faced

9 04/21/2017 at TOR L 1-39 07/05/2017 at POR T 2-29 07/29/2017 at KC L 2-3Goals Allowed

4 03/18/2017 at ATL L 0-4


UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP13 M Ethan Finlay 2 2 169 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 09 M Justin Meram 2 2 180 0 1 2 1 2 4 1 2 0 0 025 D Harrison Afful 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 016 M Hector Jimenez 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 02 D Jukka Raitala 2 2 163 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 04 D Jonathan Mensah 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 010 M Federico Higuain 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 020 M Wil Trapp 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 012 F Adam Jahn 2 0 31 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 014 D Waylon Francis 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 011 F Ola Kamara 2 2 160 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 024 D Nicolai Naess 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 023 G Zack Steffen 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08 M Mohammed Abu 2 2 136 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 021 D Alex Crognale 1 1 90 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 028 M Niko Hansen 1 0 30 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 07 M Artur 2 1 104 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Team totals 2 2 180 1 1 22 7 27 14 4 10 2 0 0Opponent totals 2 2 180 2 1 23 9 14 27 7 10 2 0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: NoneGAME-WINNING ASSISTS: NonePENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

2017 COLUMBUS CREW SC VS. CHICAGO FIRE (0-1-1)

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHT SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME23 G Zack Steffen 2 2 180 9 6 2 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0-0-0

Team totals 2 2 180 9 6 2 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0-0-0Opponent totals 2 2 180 7 6 1 0.50 0 0 1 0 1 1 0-0-0

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP11 M David Accam 2 2 163 1 0 4 3 4 4 3 5 0 0 023 F Nemanja Nikolic 2 2 179 1 0 9 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 06 M Dax McCarty 2 2 180 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 0 012 M Arturo Alvarez 1 1 74 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 05 D Michael Harrington 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 031 M Bastian Schweinsteiger 1 1 90 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 09 F Luis Solignac 1 0 16 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 018 M Drew Conner 2 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 066 D Joao Meira 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 016 D Jonathan Campbell 1 1 55 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 03 D Brandon Vincent 2 2 180 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 04 D Johan Kappelhof 2 2 180 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07 M John Goossens 1 1 89 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 08 F Michael de Leeuw 2 2 180 0 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 010 F David Arshakyan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 G Jorge Bava 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 M Daniel Johnson 1 0 17 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team totals 2 2 180 2 1 23 9 14 27 7 10 2 0 0Opponent totals 2 2 180 1 1 22 7 27 14 4 10 2 0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: NoneGAME-WINNING ASSISTS: NonePENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

2017 CHICAGO FIRE VS. COLUMBUS CREW SC (1-0-1)

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHT SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME1 G Jorge Bava 2 2 180 7 6 1 0.50 0 0 1 0 1 1 0-0-0

Team totals 2 2 180 7 6 1 0.50 0 0 1 0 1 1 0-0-0Opponent totals 2 2 180 9 6 2 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0-0-0


Crew SC 17 wins, 88 goals

Fire 25 wins, 86 goals18 ties

6/6/1998 CHI 2 vs CLB 0 (SF)7/9/1998 CLB 3 vs CHI 0 (OH)9/23/1999 CLB 2 at CHI 1 (SF)10/10/1999 CHI 3 at CLB 2 CHI SOW (CC)4/1/2000 CHI 2 at CLB 0 (CC)7/8/2000 CHI 3 vs CLB 1 (SF)9/6/2000 CHI 3 vs CLB 1 (SF)9/9/2000 CHI 3 at CLB 2 (CC)4/7/2001 CLB 1 vs CHI 1 (2OT) (CC)6/9/2001 CHI 1 vs CLB 0 (SF)8/1/2001 CLB 3 vs CHI 0 (CC)8/29/2001 CHI 2 vs CLB 1 (SF)3/23/2002 CHI 2 at CLB 0 (CC)6/2/2002 CHI 5 vs CLB 4 (NC)9/14/2002 CLB 2 vs CHI 0 (CC)9/22/2002 CHI 2 vs CLB 1 (NC)8/13/2003 CLB 2 vs CHI 2 (2OT) (CC)9/6/2003 CHI 1 vs CLB 1 (2OT) (NC)10/10/2003 CHI 2 vs CLB 0 (SF)10/26/2003 CLB 6 vs CHI 2 (CC)5/23/2004 CLB 3 at CHI 1 (SF)7/3/2004 CLB 2 vs CHI 0 (CC)10/2/2004 CLB 3 vs CHI 3 (CC)10/6/2004 CLB 1 at CHI 0 (SF)4/30/2005 CHI 2 at CLB 0 (CC)7/16/2005 CHI 1 vs CLB 1 (SF)9/17/2005 CHI 2 at CLB 1 (CC)10/8/2005 CLB 2 at CHI 1 (SF)4/15/2006 CLB 1 vs CHI 1 (CC)7/29/2006 CHI 0 vs CLB 0 (TP)9/9/2006 CHI 2 at CLB 1 (CC)10/7/2006 CLB 4 at CHI 1 (TP)6/3/2007 CHI 3 vs CLB 2 (TP)8/4/2007 CHI 0 vs CLB 0 (TP)9/8/2007 CHI 1 at CLB 0 (CC)7/5/2008 CLB 2 vs CHI 2 (CC)10/12/2008 CHI 2 vs CLB 2 (TP)11/13/2008 CLB 2 vs CHI 1 (CC)4/25/2009 CLB 2 vs CHI 2 (CC)7/11/2009 CHI 0 vs CLB 0 (TP)9/20/2009 CHI 2 vs CLB 2 (TP)7/3/2010 CLB 2 vs CHI 1 (CC)10/8/2010 CHI 2 vs CLB 0 (TP)6/12/2011 CHI 1 at CLB 0 (CC)10/22/2011 CHI 3 vs CLB 2 (TP)5/26/2012 CLB 2 vs CHI 1 (CC)6/23/2012 CHI 2 vs CLB 1 (TP)9/22/2012 CHI 2 vs CLB 1 (TP)4/20/2013 CHI 1 vs CLB 0 (TP)6/22/2013 CHI 2 at CLB 1 (CC)9/21/2013 CLB 3 vs CHI 0 (CC)5/24/2014 CLB 2 vs CHI 0 (CC)8/2/2014 CHI 1 vs CLB 1 (TP)5/22/2015 CLB 2 vs CHI 2 (CC)7/15/2015 CLB 1 at CHI 0 (TP)7/19/2015 CLB 3 vs CHI 1 (CC)3/19/2016 CHI 0 vs CLB 0 (TP)10/1/2016 CLB 3 vs CHI 0 (CC)10/13/2016 CHI 2 vs CLB 2 (TP)3/4/2017 CLB 1 vs CHI 1 (CC)4/8/2017 CHI 1 vs CLB 0 (TP)

FIRE VS CREW SC

ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total

CHI 17 13 12 15 12 16 0 85CLB 13 10 14 22 13 16 0 88

Crew SC Fire

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 40 48 0 88 43 42 0 85Shots 326 444 1 771 372 445 2 819Shots on Goal 132 183 0 315 143 171 2 316Fouls 425 458 3 886 401 453 5 859Offsides 73 70 0 143 78 49 0 127Corner Kicks 128 149 0 277 146 141 0 287

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Gregg Berhalter

vs. CHI 4-1-5 (1.7 pts./game)

Veljko Paunovic

vs. CLB 1-1-3 (1.2 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Crew SC Fire

Goals 13 Jeff Cunningham 11 Ante RazovAssists 5 Jeff Cunningham 6 Armas/NowakShots 56 Jeff Cunningham 92 Ante RazovShots on Goal 33 Jeff Cunningham 45 Ante RazovFouls Committed 32 Frankie Hejduk 46 Armas/BrownFouls Suffered 61 Jeff Cunningham 51 DaMarcus BeasleyWins 5 Jon Busch 12 Zach ThorntonLosses 6 Mark Dougherty 6 Sean JohnsonShutouts 4 Steve Clark 6 Zach ThorntonSaves 49 Jon Busch 79 Zach ThorntonGoals Allowed 16 Busch/Dougherty 22 Thornton/Johnson

Columbus Crew SC Chicago FireW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 6-1-2 1 Ts (07/29/2017) 10-0-2 7 Ws (05/17/2017)Tied 4-3-0 3 Ws (06/24/2017) 2-1-2 1 Ls (07/22/2017)Trailing 0-8-0 9 Ls (10/23/2016) 0-4-1 4 Ls (03/18/2017)

First Goal:Allowed 2-9-0 7 Ls (04/22/2017) 0-5-2 2 Ls (07/22/2017)Scored 8-3-2 1 Ts (07/29/2017) 12-0-2 9 Ws (05/13/2017)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-5-0 7 Ls (07/31/2016) 0-1-1 1 Ts (06/04/2017)1 goals 2-6-1 1 Ls (08/05/2017) 2-3-1 1 Ls (07/22/2017)2 goals 4-1-1 1 Ts (07/29/2017) 4-1-3 1 Ls (07/29/2017)3 goals 3-0-0 4 Ws (10/01/2016) 2-0-0 4 Ws (08/20/2016)4 goals 1-0-0 3 Ws (05/28/2016) 4-0-0 4 Ws (05/13/2017)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 6-0-0 10 Ws (08/20/2016) 8-0-1 3 Ws (06/10/2017)1 goals 2-1-1 2 Ws (04/15/2017) 4-0-1 4 Ws (05/13/2017)2 goals 2-6-1 1 Ls (08/05/2017) 0-2-3 1 Ls (07/22/2017)3 goals 0-4-0 7 Ls (09/10/2016) 0-2-0 6 Ls (07/16/2016)4 goals 0-1-0 2 Ls (10/23/2016) 0-1-0 5 Ls (03/06/2016)

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Crew SC Fire

Goals 2 8 players tied 2 9 players tiedAssists 2 10 players tied 2 5 players tiedShots 8 3 players tied 9 Ante Razov (07/08/00)Shots on Goal 5 McBride/Higuain 7 Ante Razov (08/13/03)Fouls Committed 8 Brian Maisonneuve

(08/01/01)6 3 players tied

Fouls Suffered 9 Brian McBride (04/01/00)

12 Cuauhtemoc Blanco (08/04/07)

Shutouts 1 13 players tied 1 15 players tiedSaves 11 Busch/Hesmer 8 6 players tiedGoals Allowed 5 Tom Presthus

(06/02/02)6 Curtis Spiteri (10/26/03)


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJeff Cunningham 25 19 1830 13 5 56Edson Buddle 15 12 1094 7 4 46Brian McBride 14 14 1249 4 4 33Federico Higuain 11 11 987 4 3 28Kei Kamara 8 5 511 4 0 18Guillermo Barros Schelotto

10 10 795 3 4 25

Eddie Gaven 19 17 1497 3 4 22Kyle Martino 14 10 906 3 4 14Ethan Finlay 12 10 897 3 3 19Jairo Arrieta 5 4 351 2 1 13Dilly Duka 4 4 284 2 1 8Jason Garey 8 4 318 2 1 11Adam Jahn 4 2 191 2 0 7Stern John 3 3 270 2 0 8Chad Marshall 24 23 2100 2 0 20Emilio Renteria 6 4 350 2 0 14Sebastian Rozental 3 2 176 2 0 7Eric Vasquez 4 4 315 2 0 5Dante Washington 11 5 518 2 0 18Justin Meram 15 11 906 1 4 21Robert Warzycha 11 8 796 1 4 20Simon Elliott 8 8 720 1 3 9Freddy Garcia 5 2 296 1 3 11Duncan Oughton 18 16 1415 1 3 14Eric Denton 8 8 740 1 2 2Joseph Ngwenya 2 1 119 1 2 2Brian West 18 15 1308 1 2 14Mike Duhaney 6 6 467 1 1 7Ansil Elcock 8 6 567 1 1 4Alejandro Moreno 6 6 540 1 1 11John Wilmar Perez 9 9 738 1 1 6Tony Tchani 10 9 796 1 1 13Harrison Afful 3 3 270 1 0 4Bernardo Anor 3 3 269 1 0 4Knox Cameron 2 1 102 1 0 2Emmanuel Ekpo 8 6 522 1 0 13Steven Lenhart 7 0 96 1 0 3Brian Maisonneuve 13 11 865 1 0 9Adam Moffat 3 3 177 1 0 2Dominic Oduro 4 3 273 1 0 10Michael Ritch 2 0 66 1 0 4Rob Smith 3 2 191 1 0 4Ricardo Virtuoso 3 1 221 1 0 11Mike Clark 19 19 1727 0 3 10David Testo 5 1 157 0 3 1Shaun Francis 1 1 50 0 2 1Ross Paule 5 5 442 0 2 4Robbie Rogers 8 6 603 0 2 10Mohammed Saeid 3 2 215 0 2 5Jake Traeger 2 0 15 0 2 1Corey Ashe 1 0 13 0 1 0Chad Barson 7 5 465 0 1 1Chris Birchall 2 1 114 0 1 1Jason Farrell 5 4 377 0 1 3Waylon Francis 6 5 467 0 1 3Kevan George 4 3 278 0 1 1Ned Grabavoy 3 3 268 0 1 4Andrew Gregor 2 0 52 0 1 1Danny O'Rourke 12 11 998 0 1 3Alex Pineda Chacon 3 2 174 0 1 2Tom Presthus 6 6 550 0 1 0Andy Williams 1 1 83 0 1 1Todd Yeagley 8 8 638 0 1 0Team totals 60 60 5400 88 91 774Opponent totals 60 60 5400 86 85 823

CREW SC CAREER SCORING VS. FIRE (17-25-18)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGMatt Lampson 1 90 6 6 0.00 0Juergen Sommer 1 90 7 7 0.00 0Steve Clark 8 720 22 17 0.75 1Bill Gaudette 2 180 7 5 1.00 0Matt Jordan 1 90 8 7 1.00 0Zack Steffen 2 180 9 6 1.00 0Jon Busch 12 1100 66 49 1.31 3William Hesmer 10 900 54 41 1.40 0Jonny Walker 2 180 12 9 1.50 0Andy Gruenebaum 8 720 42 27 1.75 0Tom Presthus 6 550 38 27 1.80 1Mark Dougherty 7 630 45 28 2.29 2Team totals 60 5400 316 229 1.41 7Opponent totals 60 5400 316 224 1.46 9


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTAnte Razov 19 18 1565 11 2 92Chris Rolfe 20 16 1402 8 3 40Peter Nowak 13 13 1030 4 6 21Brian McBride 6 6 536 4 1 18David Accam 6 5 417 3 0 12Peter Lowry 2 2 177 3 0 4Damani Ralph 5 5 470 3 0 19Dema Kovalenko 11 9 860 2 3 13Jesse Marsch 24 22 1988 2 3 16Justin Mapp 16 13 1109 2 2 29Jalil Anibaba 8 8 720 2 1 6Carlos Bocanegra 13 12 1099 2 1 7Andy Herron 5 3 283 2 1 7Nate Jaqua 10 6 550 2 1 16Mike Magee 4 4 360 2 1 9Amos Magee 1 1 62 2 0 2Tom Soehn 4 3 274 2 0 2Hristo Stoichkov 5 4 364 1 4 14C.J. Brown 35 35 3140 1 3 11Chad Barrett 8 4 370 1 2 15Gonzalo Segares 21 21 1782 1 2 8Austin Berry 6 6 540 1 1 5Willian Oliveira 1 1 73 1 1 1Josh Wolff 4 4 346 1 1 10Jamar Beasley 2 1 103 1 0 6Calen Carr 10 4 357 1 0 10Diego Chaves 2 2 166 1 0 7Jeff Curtin 1 1 68 1 0 2Michael de Leeuw 4 4 357 1 0 4Dilly Duka 4 3 229 1 0 11Jason Johnson 3 1 105 1 0 8Roman Kosecki 3 3 245 1 0 7Ritchie Kotschau 2 2 163 1 0 3Jeff Larentowicz 6 5 514 1 0 9Cristian Nazarit 1 0 11 1 0 1Nemanja Nikolic 2 2 179 1 0 9Dominic Oduro 5 3 310 1 0 14Marco Pappa 8 8 640 1 0 22Dipsy Selolwane 4 1 104 1 0 3Mike Sorber 3 2 195 1 0 3Paulo Wanchope 2 1 104 1 0 7John Wolyniec 2 1 106 1 0 3Eric Wynalda 3 2 203 1 0 6Chris Armas 24 24 2190 0 6 21Diego Gutierrez 18 16 1323 0 5 7Patrick Nyarko 16 10 964 0 4 18DaMarcus Beasley 15 14 1335 0 3 18Wilman Conde 6 6 540 0 2 1Joel Lindpere 3 2 162 0 2 3Andy Williams 5 3 312 0 2 5Arturo Alvarez 4 3 280 0 1 3Cuauhtemoc Blanco 7 7 592 0 1 13Jonathan Bolanos 1 1 90 0 1 2Scott Buete 3 3 225 0 1 0Jim Curtin 20 15 1479 0 1 6Justin Evans 2 1 114 0 1 0Eric Gehrig 3 3 270 0 1 1Cory Gibbs 2 2 180 0 1 1Sebastian Grazzini 1 1 59 0 1 2Ivan Guerrero 7 7 593 0 1 7Steven Kinney 2 2 180 0 1 1Frank Klopas 3 1 130 0 1 4Lubos Kubik 4 4 360 0 1 10Freddie Ljungberg 1 1 90 0 1 1Sherjill MacDonald 2 2 156 0 1 4Dax McCarty 2 2 180 0 1 0Daniel Paladini 6 1 142 0 1 3Pavel Pardo 3 3 270 0 1 1Logan Pause 26 23 1988 0 1 1Jerzy Podbrozny 4 4 261 0 1 10Brandon Prideaux 3 3 258 0 1 0Tim Ward 2 2 180 0 1 1Team totals 60 60 5400 86 85 823Opponent totals 60 60 5400 88 91 774

FIRE CAREER SCORING VS. CREW SC (25-17-18)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGMatt Lampson 1 90 4 4 0.00 0Chris Snitko 1 90 6 6 0.00 0Jorge Bava 2 180 7 6 0.50 0Andrew Dykstra 2 180 7 4 1.00 0Zach Thornton 22 1965 103 79 1.01 1Matt Pickens 5 450 36 29 1.40 1Sean Johnson 14 1260 69 46 1.57 3Jon Busch 6 540 35 25 1.67 1David Mahoney 1 90 3 1 2.00 1Henry Ring 5 450 31 18 2.60 2Scott Coufal 1 90 5 2 3.00 0Curtis Spiteri 1 44 10 4 12.2

70

Team totals 60 5400 316 224 1.46 9Opponent totals 60 5400 316 229 1.41 7


CURRENT CREW SC VS. FIRE (17-25-18)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTFederico Higuain 11 11 987 4 3 28Ethan Finlay 12 10 897 3 3 19Adam Jahn 6 3 288 2 0 7Justin Meram 15 11 906 1 4 21Kekuta Manneh 4 1 147 1 1 10Harrison Afful 3 3 270 1 0 4Waylon Francis 6 5 467 0 1 3Mohammed Abu 2 2 136 0 0 1Alex Crognale 1 1 90 0 0 2Artur 2 1 104 0 0 2Niko Hansen 1 0 30 0 0 2Hector Jimenez 5 5 396 0 0 2Ola Kamara 3 2 180 0 0 5Cristian Martinez 1 0 25 0 0 1Jonathan Mensah 1 1 90 0 0 0Nicolai Naess 4 4 347 0 0 1Jukka Raitala 2 2 163 0 0 0Gaston Sauro 2 2 180 0 0 0Zack Steffen 2 2 180 0 0 0Wil Trapp 10 9 837 0 0 3Josh Williams 7 6 556 0 0 6Team totals 60 60 5400 88 91 774Opponent totals 60 60 5400 86 85 823

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGZack Steffen 2 180 9 6 1.00 0Team totals 60 5400 316 229 1.41 7Opponent totals 60 5400 316 224 1.46 9

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTArturo Alvarez 16 7 739 3 1 20David Accam 6 5 417 3 0 12Dax McCarty 21 18 1601 1 4 20Michael de Leeuw 4 4 357 1 0 4Nemanja Nikolic 2 2 179 1 0 9David Arshakyan 3 1 109 0 0 1Jorge Bava 2 2 180 0 0 0Joey Calistri 1 0 1 0 0 0Jonathan Campbell 4 4 325 0 0 0Drew Conner 2 0 36 0 0 0Patrick Doody 2 2 180 0 0 0Collin Fernandez 1 0 6 0 0 0Juninho 7 7 603 0 0 5John Goossens 4 4 242 0 0 4Michael Harrington 15 13 1182 0 0 4Daniel Johnson 1 0 17 0 0 1Johan Kappelhof 5 5 450 0 0 1Matt Lampson 1 1 90 0 0 0Joao Meira 5 5 450 0 0 0Matt Polster 6 5 477 0 0 3Bastian Schweinsteiger 1 1 90 0 0 3Luis Solignac 4 3 286 0 0 5Brandon Vincent 5 5 450 0 0 1Team totals 60 60 5400 86 85 823Opponent totals 60 60 5400 88 91 774

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGMatt Lampson 1 90 4 4 0.00 0Jorge Bava 2 180 7 6 0.50 0Team totals 60 5400 316 224 1.46 9Opponent totals 60 5400 316 229 1.41 7

CURRENT FIRE VS. CREW SC (25-17-18)


2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Date: Saturday, August 12, 2017Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ETLocation: MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) The CW Columbus/Spectrum Sports/BCSN2/CD102.5 FM: Neil Sika (play-by-play), Dwight Burgess (analyst) and Marisa Contipelli (sideline) La Mega 103.1 FM: Juan Valladares (play-by-play) English radio stream available on ColumbusCrewSC.com International: Abu Dhabi Sports (Middle East and North Africa), StarHub (Singapore), BeIN Sports (Asia, Australia) and Sportcast (Taiwan) Columbus Crew SC Communications Contacts: Tim Miller (O: 614-447-4176) (C: 847-828-2003), [email protected] Mojica (O: 614-447-4203) (C: 330-321-8989), [email protected]

Chicago Fire Communications Contacts: Doug Hicks (C: 703-989-7158), [email protected] Frank Stranzl (C: 707-696-1931), [email protected]**Eunice Kim (C: 770-634-7636), [email protected] **Traveling with team

OVERALL: 10-12-2 HOME: 7-3-1 AWAY: 3-9-1Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result TV Sat., March 4 CHICAGO FIRE D 1-1 ABC-6, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., March 11 at Houston Dynamo L 1-3 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., March 18 at D.C. United W 2-0 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., March 25 PORTLAND TIMBERS W 3-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2 Sat., April 1 ORLANDO CITY SC W 2-0 UNIMAS Sat., April 8 at Chicago Fire L 0-1 A BC-6, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., April 15 TORONTO FC W 2-1 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., April 22 at New York Red Bulls L 0-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., April 29 NEW YORK CITY FC L, 2-3 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., May 6 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION W 2-0 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Wed., May 10 TORONTO FC L 1-2 MyTV Columbus, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2 Sat., May 13 at Montreal Impact W 3-2 FOX-28, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sun., May 21 at New England Revolution L 1-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Fri., May 26 at Toronto FC L 0-5. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2 Wed., May 31 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC W 3-0 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., June 3 at Colorado Rapids L 1-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Wed., June 14 at FC Cincinnati (U.S.OC 4th Round) L 0-1 Spectrum Sports/USSoccer.com Sat., June 17 at Atlanta United FC L 1-3 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., June 24 MONTREAL IMPACT W 4-1 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2 Sat., July 1 ATLANTA UNITED FC L 0-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports , BCSN2Tue., July 4 at Minnesota United FC W 1-0 MyTV Columbus, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Mon., July 17 EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (Friendly) W 1-0 Spectrum Sports Sat., July 22 PHILADELPHIA UNION W 1-0 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Wed., July 26 at Philadelphia Union L 0-3 MyTV Columbus, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., July 29 at Real Salt Lake D 2-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Aug. 5 at San Jose Earthquakes L 1-2 The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Aug. 12 CHICAGO FIRE 7:30 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Aug. 19 at Orlando City SC 7:30 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Wed., Aug. 23 LA GALAXY 7:30 p.m. MyTV Columbus, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2 Sat., Aug. 26 FC DALLAS 7:30 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sun., Sep. 10 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1:00 p.m. ESPN Sat., Sep. 16 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7:00 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Sep. 23 NEW YORK RED BULLS 7:30 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sat., Sep. 30 D.C. UNITED 7:30 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sun., Oct. 15 at Orlando City SC 5:00 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2Sun., Oct. 22 at New York City FC 4:00 p.m. The CW, Spectrum Sports, BCSN2

PRONUNCIATIONS # Player Pos. Pronunciation 2 Jukka Raitala D YOU-kuh Rah-ee-TA-la 3 Josh Williams D 4 Jonathan Mensah D Men-SAH 7 Artur M are-TOUR 8 Mohammed Abu M mo-HAHM-ed AH-boo 9 Justin Meram M MAIR-ahm 10 Federico Higuain (Nickname “Pipa”) M FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) 11 Ola Kamara M O-lah kuh-MAR-uh 12 Adam Jahn F JOHN 14 Waylon Francis D WAY-lin 16 Hector Jimenez M hee-MEH-nes 17 Lalas Abubakar D ah-BOO-bah-car 19 Kekuta Manneh F keh-KOO-tuh MAH-NAY 20 Wil Trapp M 21 Alex Crognale D Crow-nALL-e 23 Zack Steffen GK 24 Nicolai Naess D NESS 25 Harrison Afful D AH-full (like Waffle) 28 Niko Hansen M KNEE-co 30 Logan Ketterer GK Keh-TEH-rer 31 Connor Maloney D 32 Pedro Santos M SAHN-toes 41 Brad Stuver GK STEW-vur

For an audio guide with every Crew SC player pronouncing his own name, please see www.columbuscrewsc.com/media/pronounce. Technical staff pronunciations on page two.

COLUMBUSCREW SC

(10-12-2, 32 pts.)

CHICAGO FIRE

(12-5-5, 41 pts.)

CREW SC MEDIA WEBSITE: COLUMBUSCREWSC.COM/MEDIA

LAST MATCH STARTING XI

2 RAITALA20 GP, 17 GS, 0 G, 2 A

19 MANNEH19 GP, 14 GS, 2 G, 1 A

16 JIMENEZ11 GP, 8 GS, 0 G, 1 A

20 TRAPP (C) 24 GP, 24 GS, 0 G, 3 A

23 STEFFEN24 GP, 24 GS, 1.63 GAA, 70 SV

21 CROGNALE16 GP, 12 GS, 0 G, 1 A

9 MERAM24 GP, 23 GS, 9 G, 7 A

4 MENSAH17 GP, 16 GS, 0 G, 1 A

11 KAMARA24 GP, 23 GS, 11 G, 3 A

7 ARTUR19 GP, 16 GS, 0 G, 2 A

24 NAESS18 GP, 17 GS, 0 G, 0 A

CREW SC OHIO HEALTH INJURY REPORT FOR UPCOMING MATCH

QUESTIONABLE: Harrison Afful (R Thigh Strain) Niko Hansen (R Thigh Strain) Federico Higuain (R Knee Sprain)

SEASON-ENDING IR: Gaston Sauro

Ben Swanson

MLS MATCH 25: COLUMBUS CREW SC VS. CHICAGO FIRE

No . Name Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB Hometown College 2 Jukka Raitala D 5-11 174 09-15-88 Helsinki, Finland 3 Josh Williams D 6-2 185 04-18-88 Copley, OH Cleveland State University 4 Jonathan Mensah D 6-2 183 07-13-90 Prampram, Ghana 7 Artur M 5-11 154 03-11-96 Salvador, Brazil 8 Mohammed Abu M 5-7 150 11-14-91 Namasa, Ghana 9 Justin Meram M 6-1 165 12-04-88 Shelby Township, MI University of Michigan 10 Federico Higuaín (“Pipa”) M 5-8 165 10-25-84 Buenos Aires, Argentina 11 Ola Kamara F 6-0 181 10-15-89 Oslo, Norway 12 Adam Jahn F 6-3 201 01-05-91 Davis, CA Stanford University 14 Waylon Francis D 5-9 160 09-20-90 Puerto Limón, Costa Rica 16 Hector Jiménez M 5-9 145 11-03-88 Bell Gardens, CA University of California-Berkeley 17 Lalas Abubakar D 6-0 180 12-25-94 Kumasi, Ghana University of Dayton 18 Cristian Martinez M 5-7 174 02-06-97 El Chorrillo, Panama City, Panama 19 Kekuta Manneh F 5-9 185 12-30-94 Austin, TX 20 Wil Trapp M 5-8 150 01-15-93 Gahanna, OH University of Akron 21 Alex Crognale D 6-5 205 08-27-94 Gahanna, OH University of Maryland 22 Gaston Sauro D 6-3 190 02-23-90 Rosario, Argentina 23 Zack Steffen GK 6-3 190 04-02-95 Downingtown, PA University of Maryland 24 Nicolai Naess D 6-0 181 01-18-93 Oslo, Norway 25 Harrison Afful D 5-6 135 07-24-86 Awutu Breku, Ghana 26 Ben Swanson M 5-6 150 07-18-97 Grove City, OH 27 Abuchi Obinwa M 6-1 170 01-15-97 Orlando, FL 28 Niko Hansen M 5-10 170 09-14-94 Sacramento, CA University of New Mexico 29 Marshall Hollingsworth M 5-8 160 08-06-93 Libertyville, IL Wheaton College (IL) 30 Logan Ketterer GK 6-3 180 11-09-93 Racine, WI Bradley University 31 Connor Maloney D 5-6 145 05-18-95 Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania State University 32 Pedro Santos* M 5-6 139 04-22-88 Lisbon, Portugal 41 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 180 04-16-91 Twinsburg, OH Cleveland State University Rodrigo Saravia** M 5-11 170 02-22-93 Guatemala City, Guatemala Florida Gulf Coast University

** On season-long loan * Will be formally added to the roster pending receipt of ITC and P1 visa

No. Name Age Pronunciation Birthplace Previous Club 7 Artur 21 are-TOUR Brumado, Brazil Sao Paulo FC (Brazil) 8 Mohammed Abu 25 mo-HAHM-ed AH-boo Accra, Ghana Stromsgodset IF (Norway) 17 Lalas Abubakar 22 ah-BOO-bah-car Kumasi, Ghana University of Dayton (NCAA) 25 Harrison Afful 31 AH-full (like Waffle) Tema, Ghana Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) 21 Alex Crognale 22 Crow-nALL-e Columbus, OH University of Maryland (NCAA) 14 Waylon Francis 26 WAY-lin Puerto Limón, Costa Rica CS Herediano (Costa Rica) 28 Niko Hansen 22 KNEE-co Randers, Denmark University of New Mexico (NCAA) 10 Federico Higuaín (“Pipa”) 32 FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) Buenos Aires, Argentina Colón de Santa Fe (Argentina) 29 Marshall Hollingsworth 24 Libertyville, IL Wheaton College (NCAA) 12 Adam Jahn 26 JOHN Davis, CA San Jose Earthquakes 16 Hector Jiménez 28 hee-MEH-nes Huntington Park, CA LA Galaxy 11 Ola Kamara 27 O-lah kuh-MAR-uh Oslo, Norway Molde FK (Norway) 30 Logan Ketterer 23 Keh-TEH-rer Madison, WI Bradley University (NCAA) 31 Connor Maloney 22 Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania State University (NCAA) 19 Kekuta Manneh 22 keh-KOO-tuh MAH-NAY Bakau, The Gambia Vancouver Whitecaps FC 18 Cristian Martinez 20 KRIS-tee-ahn El Chorrillo, Panama City, Panama Chorrillo FC (Panama) 4 Jonathan Mensah 27 Men-SAH Accra, Ghana Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia) 9 Justin Meram 28 MAIR-ahm Shelby Township, MI University of Michigan (NCAA) 24 Nicolai Naess 24 NESS Oslo, Norway Stabaek (Norway) 27 Abuchi Obinwa 20 ah-BOO-chi oh-BIN-wah Columbus, OH Hannover 96 (Germany) 2 Jukka Raitala 28 YOU-kuh Rah-ee-TA-la Kerava, Finland Sogndal IL (Norway) 32 Pedro Santos* 29 SAHN-toes Lisbon, Portugal S.C. Braga (Portugal) Rodrigo Saravia** 24 suh-RAH-vee-ah Guatemala City, Guatemala Florida Gulf Coast University (NCAA) 22 Gaston Sauro 27 GAS-tone sOW-roh Rosario, Argentina Calcio Catania (Italy) 23 Zack Steffen 22 Coatesville, PA SC Freiburg (Germany) 41 Brad Stuver 26 STEW-vur Cleveland, OH Cleveland State University (NCAA) 26 Ben Swanson 20 Grove City, OH Crew SC Academy 20 Wil Trapp 24 Columbus, OH University of Akron (NCAA) 3 Josh Williams 29 Akron, OH Toronto FC

** On season-long loan * Will be formally added to the roster pending receipt of ITC and P1 visa

2017 NUMERICAL ROSTER

2017 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Sporting Director and Head Coach: Gregg BerhalterAssistant Coaches: Nico Estevez, Pat Onstad, Josh WolffDirector of Soccer Operations: Asher MendelsohnHigh Performance Director: Steve Tashjian Technical Staff Pronunciations:Gregg Berhalter (BUR-hall-ter) Nico Estevez (es-TE-vez)Asher Mendelsohn (MEN-dell-son)Steve Tashjian (TASH-jin)

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Brook HamiltonHead Athletic Trainer: Jon MacGregor Assistant Athletic Trainer: Chris ShenbergerDirector of Team Operations: Zach Crusse Head Equipment Manager: David Brauzer Team Operations Assistant: Ron Meadors Data Analyst: Alex Mysiw Team Coordinator: Julio Velasquez


2017 MLS RESULTS

MLS Regular Season

Date Opponent Result Score Attendance Record Place Pts. Goal Scorers Sat., March 4 CHICAGO FIRE D 1-1 15,023 0-0-1 4th 1 CLB: Finlay (Meram) 17’ CHI: Accam (Goossens) 71’ Sat., March 11 at Houston Dynamo L 1-3 16,486 0-1-1 9th 1 CLB: Kamara (Meram, Raitala) 90+3’ HOU: Quioto 2’, Elis (Alex) 35’, Torres 65’ Sat., March 18 at D.C. United W 2-0 14,031 1-1-1 6th 4 CLB: Higuain (Penalty Kick) 38’, Kamara (Penalty Kick) 66’ D.C: None Sat., March 25 PORTLAND TIMBERS W 3-2 11,067 2-1-1 1st 7 CLB: Meram (Unassisted) 11’, Kamara (Higuain) 19’, Hansen (Unassisted) 85’ POR: Asprilla (Blanco) 2’, Adi (Powell) 45+3’ Sat., April 1 ORLANDO CITY SC W 2-0 12,226 3-1-1 1st 10 CLB: Meram (Artur) 13’, Meram (Higuain) 77’ ORL: None Sat., April 8 at Chicago Fire L 0-1 16,434 3-2-1 1st 10 CLB: None CHI: Nikolic (McCarty) 22’ Sat., April 15 TORONTO FC W 2-1 12,319 4-2-1 1st 13 CLB: Kamara (Hansen, Higuain) 37’, Meram (Crognale, Higuain) 44’ TOR: Altidore (Vazquez) 21’ Sat., April 22 at New York Red Bulls L 0-2 20,008 4-3-1 2nd 13 CLB: None NYR: Muyl (Lawrence, Kljestan) 11’, Royer (Penalty Kick) 38’ Sat., April 29 NEW YORK CITY FC L 2-3 17,336 4-4-1 4th 13 CLB: Higuain (Raitala, Meram) 29’, Kamara (Finlay) 49’ NYC: Harrison (Moralez) 8’, Herrera (Sweat, Ring) 64’, Harrison (Herrera) 76’ Sat., May 6 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION W 2-0 13,340 5-4-1 4th 16 CLB: Kamara (Meram) 13’, Higuain (Kamara) 53’ NE: None Wed., May 10 TORONTO FC L 2-1 10,318 5-5-1 4th 16 CLB: Higuain (Penalty Kick) 29’ TOR: Ricketts (Edwards, Vazquez) 81’, Ricketts (Vazque, Edwards) 90’ Sat., May 13 at Montreal Impact w 3-2 17,508 6-5-1 2nd 19 CLB: Meram (Unassisted) 14’, Meram (Unassisted) 28’, Meram (Hansen) 90+1’ MTL: Piatti (Unassisted) 52’, Jackson-Hamel (Unassisted) 77’ Sun., May 21 at New England Revolution L 1-2 18,652 6-6-1 5th 19 CLB: Kamara (Trapp) 20’ NE: Fagundez (Kamara, Nguyen) 24’, Fagundez (Unassisted) 34’ Fri., May 26 at Toronto FC L 0-5 25,376 6-7-1 6th 19 CLB: None TOR: Vazquez (Penalty Kick) 6’, Morrow (Spencer) 39’, Vazquez (Unassisted) 59’, Osorio (Hamilton) 86’, Hamilton (Edwards, Osorio) 90+3’ Wed., May 31 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC W 3-0 12,773 7-7-1 4th 22 CLB: Higuain (Jimenez) 10’, Meram (Trapp) 21’, Kamara (Meram, Higuain) 59’ SEA: None Sat., June 3 at Colorado Rapids L 1-2 17,586 7-8-1 5th 22 CLB: Higuain (Meram) 61’ COL: Doyle (Hairston, Saeid) 80’, Gordon (Gatt) 86’ Sat., June 17 at Atlanta United FC L 1-3 44,922 7-9-1 6th 22 CLB: Higuain (Kamara, Afful) 26’ ATL: Villalba (Asad) 16’, Almiron (Gonzalez Pirez) 67’, Martinez (Kratz) 88’ Sat., June 24 MONTREAL IMPACT W 4-1 16,592 8-9-1 5th 25 CLB: Higuain (Unassisted) 17’, Manneh (Kamara) 70’, Kamara (Manneh) 72’, HIguain (Jahn, Steffen) 88’ MTL: Jackson-Hamel (Dzemaili, Bernardello) 19’ Sat., July 1 ATLANTA UNITED FC L 0-2 20,391 8-10-1 6th 25 CLB: None ATL: Villalba (Kann) 27’, Villalba (Unassisted) 64’ Tue., July 4 at Minnesota United FC W 1-0 18,564 9-10-1 6th 28 CLB: Manneh (Trapp) 58’ MIN: None Sat., July 22 PHILADELPHIA UNION W 1-0 17,418 10-10-1 6th 31 CLB: Meram (Artur) 65’ PHI: None Wed., July 26 at Philadelphia Union L 0-3 15,413 10-11-1 6th 31 CLB: None PHI: Ilsinho (Sapong) 20’, Sapong (Unassisted) 66’, Epps (Sapong, Ilsinho) 81’ Sat., July 29 at Real Salt Lake D 2-2 18,758 10-11-2 6th 32 CLB: Kamara (Maloney) 15’, Kamara (Unassisted) 60’ RSL: Plata (Penalty Kick) 50’, Savarino (L. Silva) 53’ Sat., Aug. 5 at San Jose Earthquakes L 1-2 18,000 10-12-2 6th 32 CLB: Jahn (Mensah, Meram) 76’ SJ: Urena (Salinas) 42’, Wondolowski (Thompson) 56’ Sat., Aug. 12 CHICAGO FIRE Sat., Aug. 19 at Orlando City SC Wed., Aug. 23 LOS ANGELES GALAXY Sat., Aug. 26 FC DALLAS Sun., Sep. 10 SPORTING KANSAS CITY Sat., Sep. 16 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sat., Sep. 23 NEW YORK RED BULLS Sat., Sep. 30 D.C. United Sun., Oct. 15 at Orlando City SC Sun., Oct. 22 at New York City FC

YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD MLS Regular Season

YEAR W-L-T PTS OT ShO GF GA Finish Playoff Result 1996 15-17-0 37 0-0-0 4-5 59 60 East 4 East Semifinals 1997 15-17-0 39 0-0-0 3-4 42 41 East 3 East Finals 1998 15-17-0 45 0-0-0 0-5 67 56 East 2 East Finals 1999 19-13-0 45 0-0-0 6-4 48 39 East 2 East Finals 2000 11-16-5 38 1-0-5 0-0 48 58 Cent 4 Did not qualify 2001 13-7-6 45 1-0-6 0-0 49 36 Cent 2 Quarterfinals 2002 11-12-5 38 1-3-5 0-0 44 43 East 1 Semifinals 2003 10-12-8 38 1-3-8 0-0 44 44 East 5 Did not qualify 2004 12-5-13 49 0-0-0 0-0 40 32 East 1 Quarterfinals 2005 11-16-5 38 0-0-0 0-0 34 45 East 6 Did not qualify 2006 8-15-9 33 0-0-0 0-0 30 42 East 6 Did not qualify 2007 9-11-10 37 0-0-0 0-0 39 44 East 6 Did not qualify 2008 17-7-6 57 0-0-0 0-0 50 36 East 1 MLS Cup Champion 2009 13-7-10 49 0-0-0 0-0 41 31 East 1 Quarterfinals 2010 14-8-8 50 0-0-0 0-0 40 34 East 2 Quarterfinals 2011 13-13-8 47 0-0-0 0-0 43 44 East 4 Wild Card 2012 15-12-7 52 0-0-0 0-0 44 44 East 6 Did not qualify 2013 12-17-5 41 0-0-0 0-0 42 46 East 8 Did not qualify 2014 14-10-10 52 0-0-0 0-0 52 42 East 3 East Semifinals 2015 15-11-8 53 0-0-0 0-0 58 53 East 2 Eastern Conference Champion, MLS Cup Finalist 2016 8-14-12 36 0-0-0 0-0 50 58 East 9 Did not qualify 2017 10-12-2 32 0-0-0 0-0 34 39 TBD TBD TOT. 280-269-137 951 4-6-24 13-18 998 967


Columbus Crew SC record: 17-25-18 (88 GF, 85 GA) Home games: 11-10-8 (52 GF, 38 GA) Road games: 6-15-10 (36 GF, 47 GA) LAST THREE REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGS10/13/2016 CLB 2 at CHI 2 D Toyota Park03/04/2017 CLB 1 vs. CHI 1 D MAPFRE Stadium 04/08/2017 CLB 0 at CHI 1 L Toyota Park

CREW SC TO FACE CHICAGO FIRE IN FINAL REGULAR-SEASON MEETING OF 2017Columbus Crew SC and the Chicago Fire will face off this Saturday at MAP-FRE Stadium for the final of three regular-season meetings between the two clubs this season. The match also marks the 61st time the two clubs meet in regular-season action dating back to 1998, with Columbus holding a record of 17-25-18 against Chicago over that same span. LAST REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGCrew SC and Chicago met for the second time in the 2017 MLS regular season at Toyota Park on April 8,. The Fire took the lead with a 22nd-minute goal scored by Nemanja Nikoli. Nikolic’s goal proved to be the game-winner, as the Fire picked up a 1-0 win over Crew SC.

COACHESGregg Berhalter (47-46-32, Columbus Crew SC: ‘14 - Present) vs. Veljko Paunovic (19-22-15, Chicago Fire: ‘16 - Present) WHERE TO WATCH/LISTENSaturday’s contest against the Chicago Fire kicks-off at 7:30 p.m. ET and is set to be televised regionally on The CW Columbus, Spec-trum Sports and BCSN2. Neil Sika (play-by-play), Dwight Burgess (analyst) and Marisa Contipelli (sideline) are set to have the call in English. Coverage on The CW Columbus begins at 7:30 p.m. ET. Ex-clusively on Spectrum Sports and BCSN2, “Crew SC Matchday,” the pre-match show, begins at 7:00 p.m. ET, with “Crew SC Post-Match” immediately following the action. Locally, the contest is available via the radio in English on CD102.5 FM and in Spanish on La Mega 103.1 FM. The English radio broadcast also is set to stream live on ColumbusCrewSC.com. The Spanish radio calls are also set to be streamed in Spanish on the LaMega1 App and via Tunein Radio as WVKOFM. The complete list of places to catch the Black & Gold on TV is available at ColumbusCrewSC.com in the drop-down item “Crew SC Bars” under the “Supporters” tab. For complete regional television listings, please visit http:// bit.ly/2017CrewSCBroadcast. Internationally, the contest can be viewed on the following: Abu Dhabi Sports (Middle East and North Africa), StarHub (Singapore), BeIN Sports (Asia, Australia) and Sportcast (Taiwan)

CREW SC ACQUIRES PORTUGUESE MIDFIELDER PEDRO SANTOS AS A DESIGNATED PLAYERColumbus Crew SC announced on Tuesday that it had acquired 29-year-old Portuguese midfielder Pedro Santos (pronounced: Sahn-toes), who joined Crew SC as a Designated Player via a Discovery Signing. Santos brings 10 years of professional experience to the Black & Gold, which includes 13 appearances in Europa League matches. Santos joins Crew SC from Sporting Clube de Braga of Pri-meira Liga, Portugal’s First Division. Along with Federico Higuain and Jonathan Mensah, Crew SC now has the maximum-permitted three Designated Players on its roster with Santos becoming Crew SC’s sixth-ever Designated Player. This marks the first time in club history that the Black & Gold have had three Designated Players on their roster at the same time and the Santos transaction represents the club’s largest acquisition transfer fee in club history. Following his first training session on Tuesday, Santos was asked on whether he can still make an impact with only 10 matches remaining in the MLS regular season and he gave the following quote: “Yes, I think I can still help. I will do my best to give everything to the team and help them out in what’s left of the season.”

MISCELLANEOUS TEAM NOTES

2017 REGULAR-SEASON SNAPSNOT

JAHN SCORES FIRST GOAL OF 2017 SEASON AS CREW SC FALLS 2-1 AGAINST THE SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES On Saturday, August 5, Crew SC traveled out west to take on the San Jose Earthquakes at Avaya Stadium. San Jose took the lead in the 42nd minute through a Marco Urena goal, assisted by Shea Salinas. The Quakes increased their lead in the 56th minute when Chris Wondolowski scored a second goal, assisted by Tommy Thompson. Crew SC forward Adam Jahn cut the deficit in half in the 74th minute, just two minutes after coming into the match. This was Jahn’s first goal of the 2017 MLS regular season, and he was assisted by Jonathan Mensah and Justin Meram. In the end, San Jose picked up the 2-1 win.

MLS Regular Season: 10-12-2 MLS Regular Season: 12-5-5Points: 32 Points: 41Eastern Conference: Sixth Eastern Conference: Second Home: 7-3-1 Home: 10-0-1 Away: 3-9-1 Away: 2-5-4Goals For: 34 Goals For: 44Goals Against: 39 Goals Against: 25+/-: -5 +/-: +19

Regular-Season Leaders

Goals: Kamara (11) Goals: Nikolic (16)Assists: Meram (7) Assists: Accam (7)Shots: Kamara (61) Shots: Nikolic (78)Shots on Goal: Kamara (25) Shots on Goal: Nikolic (40)G-W Goals: Meram (4) G-W Goals: Accam, Nikolic (4)G-W Assists: Artur (2) G-W Assists: Four players tied (2)Fouls Suffered: Meram (36) Fouls Suffered: McCarty (40) Fouls Committed: Trapp (27) Fouls Committed: de Leeuw(33) Yellow Cards Issued: Mensah (4) Yellow Cards Issued: Kappelhof, Schweinsteiger (4) Saves Leader: Steffen (70) Saves Leader: Lampson (38)GAA Leader: Steffen (1.63) GAA Leader: Lampson (0.93) Wins: Steffen (10) Wins: Lampson (9)

CREW SC AND CHICAGO FIRE AT A GLANCE

LAST MATCH RECAP BLACK & GOLD NOTES

CREW SC SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CAPSPlayer National Team Caps Last Appearance Mohammed Abu Ghana 4 6/28/17 vs. Mexico (friendly) Harrison Afful Ghana 73 6/28/17 vs. Mexico (friendly)Waylon Francis Costa Rica 5 2/2/16 vs. Venezuela (friendly)Ola Kamara Norway 7 9/3/14 vs. England (friendly)Cristian Martinez Panama 2 3/16/17 vs. Nicaragua (friendly) Jonathan Mensah Ghana 54 6/28/17 vs. Mexico (friendly) Justin Meram Iraq 22 11/15/16 vs. UAE (WC qua.)Jukka Raitala Finland 38 6/11/17 vs. Ukraine (WC qua.) Rodrigo Saravia Guatemala 12 9/7/16 vs. St. Vincent (WC qua.)Wil Trapp United States 2 2/5/16 vs. Canada (friendly)

MLS MATCH 25: COLUMBUS CREW SC VS. CHICAGO FIREFAST FACTS: PEDRO SANTOS • Pedro Santos is Crew SC’s sixth-ever Designated Player. With his addition to the Black & Gold roster, this also marks the first time that the club has had three Designated Players simultaneously.

• He has won Domestic Cups with two different clubs: In 2014 he won the Cup Romaniei – Romania’s Domestic Cup – while on loan with Astra Giurgiu and in 2016 he won the Taca de Portugal – Portugal’s Domestic Cup – with SC Braga.

• Santos has recorded at least nine goals and seven assists across all compe-titions in each of his last two seasons with SC Braga. During the 2015/2016 season he scored 10 goals and provided nine assists; during the 2016/2017 season he scored nine goals and notched nine assists.

• He has made 13 appearances (four starts) in the UEFA Europa League, and was a member of the 2015/2016 SC Braga squad that reached the tourna-ment’s quarterfinals that season. COLUMBUS CREW SC ACQUIRES TARGETED ALLOCATION MONEY AND GENERAL ALLOCATION MONEY IN TRADE WITH MINNESOTA UNITED FCColumbus Crew SC announced on Wednesday that it had acquired $100,000 in Targeted Allocation Money for the 2017 Major League Soccer season, $250,000 in Targeted Allocation Money for the 2018 MLS season and $75,000 in General Allocation Money for the 2018 MLS season from Minnesota United FC in exchange for midfielder Ethan Finlay. Finlay was selected 10th overall in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft by the Black & Gold and made 150 regular-season appearances (102 starts) for the Black & Gold over six MLS seasons, scoring 30 goals and providing 30 assists. In 2014, Finlay experienced a breakout season and tied for the team lead in goals (11) and assists (seven). The midfielder was part of the 2015 Crew SC squad that reached MLS Cup 2015, a season in which he recorded a career-high 12 goals and 13 assists in regular-season action. The 2015 season also saw Finlay named to the 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game, his first All-Star nod, in addition to MLS Best XI honors. BLACK & GOLD ACQUIRE INTERNATIONAL ROSTER SPOT FROM THE PHILADELPHIA UNIONColumbus Crew SC announced on Thursday that it had acquired one inter-national roster slot from the Philadelphia Union for the 2017 Major League Soccer season. In exchange for the international roster slot, the Black & Gold traded $50,000 in General Allocation Money. COLUMBUS CREW SC ACQUIRES TARGETED ALLOCATION MONEY, GEN-ERAL ALLOCATION MONEY AND AN INTERNATIONAL ROSTER SPOT FROM THE NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION Columbus Crew SC announced on Thursday that it had acquired $200,000 in Targeted Allocation Money for the 2018 MLS season, $200,000 in Gen-eral Allocation Money for the 2018 MLS season and an international roster spot for the 2017 and the 2018 MLS season from the New England Revolu-tion. Crew SC used its number one spot in Major League Soccer’s Allocation Ranking Order to select and subsequently trade forward Krisztian Nemeth to the Revolution. The transaction was executed prior to the close of Major League Soccer’s secondary transfer window which ran from July 10 through August 9. OLA KAMARA LEADS CREW SC IN REGULAR-SEASON GOALS IN 2017Through 24 appearances (23 starts) in the 2017 MLS regular season, forward Ola Kamara has scored 11 goals, more than any other Black & Gold player this season. Since joining the Black & Gold, Kamara has scored 27 regular-season goals for Crew SC in 49 regular-season appearances (43 starts) and is one of only 12 players in Black & Gold history to have scored 25 or more goals in regular-season action. Kamara’s goal per 90 minutes rate since the beginning of the 2016 MLS season is 0.63.

GOAL-A KAMARA: AMONG TOP FIVE SCORERS IN MLS SINCE 2016 Since the beginning of the 2016 MLS season, Ola Kamara has recorded 27 goals with only three other players scoring more than the Norwegian for-ward in that time span: David Villa (40), Bradley Wright-Phillips (37) and Sebastian Giovinco (28). Additionally, out of active MLS players who have played a minimum of 900 minutes since the beginning of the 2016 season, Ola Kamara has the fifth highest goals per 90 minutes average with 0.63, behind only David Villa (0.76), Nemanja Nikolic (0.75), Bradley Wright-Phillips (0.72), Sebastian Giovinco (0.65) and Roland Alberg (0.65).

TOP SCORERS IN MLS SINCE 2016Player Team Min. Goals1. David Villa NYC 4,754 402. Bradley Wright-Phillips NY 2,602 37 3. Sebastian Giovinco TOR 3,891 28 4. Ola Kamara CLB 3,852 27 T5. Diego Valeri POR 4,563 26 T5. Fanendo Adi POR 4,534 26 T5. Ignacio Piatti MTL 4,121 26 8. Cyle Larin ORL 4,120 23 T9. Chris Wondolowski SJ 2,070 21 T9. Dominic Dwyer ORL 4,240 21 T9. David Accam CHI 3,343 21 KAMARA ON VERGE OF MILESTONE APPEARANCE FOR CREW SC Forward Ola Kamara is on the verge of making a milestone appearance for Crew SC and in MLS. Kamara made his 49th regular-season appearance (43rd start) against the San Jose Earthquakes this past Saturday and is now only one appearance away from reaching 50 appearances for Crew SC and in MLS. If Kamara reaches 50 appearances, he would become one of only eight players on the current Black & Gold roster to have achieved this feat while with the club, joining Harrison Afful (54 appearances, 53 starts), Waylon Francis (80 appearances, 72 stars), Federico Higuain (141 appearances, 136 starts), Hector Jimenez (83 appearances, 53 starts), Justin Meram (178 appearances, 125 starts), Wil Trapp (117 appearances, 114 starts) and Josh Williams (83 appearances, 74 starts) CROGNALE COMPLETES FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MLS REGULAR-SEASON MATCH WITHOUT COMMITING A FOUL In Saturday’s match against the San Jose Earthquakes, rookie defender Alex Crognale played 74 minutes without committing any fouls for the fourth match in a row, having accomplished the same feat in Crew SC’s three previ-ous contests. Crognale has gone 372 minutes without conceding a foul, with his last foul coming in the 62nd minute of Crew SC’s match against Min-nesota Unied FC (July 4).

BLACK & GOLD ROOKIES MAKING AN IMPACT24 matches into the 2017 MLS regular-season, Black & Gold rookies are making an impact on the field. Lalas Abubakar, Alex Crognale, Niko Hansen and Connor Maloney have played a combined total of 1,839 minutes. In terms of appearances, Crognale leads the pack having made 16 appearances (12 starts). He is trailed by Hansen has made 13 appearances (one start) Meanwhile, Abubakar has made three appearances (all starts) and Maloney has made two appearances (one start). In terms of impact on the field, the rookies have assisted on four of Crew SC’s 33 goals this season, with Niko Hansen notching two assists while Crognale and Maloney have provided one assist each.

BLACK & GOLD NEARING ITS 1,000TH REGULAR-SEASON GOALCrew SC is on the verge of scoring its 1,000th MLS regular-season goal. Dat-ing back to the beginning of the 1996 MLS season, the Black & Gold have scored 998 regular-season goals. Should Crew SC score two more goals this season, it would become one of only five teams to have scored 1,000 goals or more. The other teams on this list are the LA Galaxy (1,093), D.C. United (1,033), the New York Red Bulls (1,025) and FC Dallas (1,013). ZACK STEFFEN AND WIL TRAPP LEAD MLS IN MINUTES PLAYED IN 2017 MLS REGULAR SEASONGoalkeeper Zack Steffen and midfielder Wil Trapp currently lead the League in minutes played during the 2017 MLS regular season. Steffen has made 24 appearances (all starts), playing every minute of every regular-season match the Black & Gold have had this year for a total of 2,160 minutes. Meanwhile, Trapp has made 24 regular-season appearances (all starts) for a total of 2,135 minutes played in the 2017 MLS season. Trapp’s lone substitution came in the 65th minute of Crew SC’s road contest against the Houston Dynamo (March 11).

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON: PLAYERS WITH THE MOST MINUTES PLAYED Player Team Min. GP GS1. Zack Steffen CLB 2,160 24 242. Wil Trapp CLB 2,135 24 24T3. David Bingham SJ 2,070 23 23T3. Joe Bendik ORL 2,070 23 23T3. Ilie Sanchez SKC 2,070 23 23T3. Adolfo Machado HOU 2,070 23 23T3. Alexander Callens NYC 2,070 23 23 T3. Tim Melia SKC 2,070 23 23


CREW SC CAREER MILESTONESHARRISON AFFULAfful has made 54 appearances (53 starts) in MLS and with Crew SC. Afful reached 50 appearances in MLS and with Crew SC in a road match against the Colorado Rapids on 6/3/2017 and reached 50 starts in MLS and with Crew SC in a road match against Atlanta United FC on 6/17/17. He notched his first MLS and Crew SC assist on 9/12/15 in a road contest against Philadelphia. Afful scored his first MLS and Crew SC goal on 7/13/2016 against Toronto FC. He provided his fifth assist on 7/16/2016 against D.C. United. 30 GOALS, 30 ASSISTS CLUBPlayer ................................................ G A 1. Jeff Cunningham ........................ 64 442. Brian McBride ............................. 62 45 3. Federico Higuain .......................... 48 404. Guillermo Barros Schelotto ...... 33 415. Justin Meram ................................. 33 336. Ethan Finlay ............................... 30 30

ALL-TIME CLUB SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTSPlayer ................................................ A1. Guillermo Barros Schelotto (2008) ...192. John Wilmar Perez (2001) ......... 15T3. Jeff Cunningham (2001) ......... 13T3. Robert Warzycha (2000) ......... 13T3. Ethan Finlay (2015) ................ 13T3. Justin Meram (2016) ................. 13

WAYLON FRANCISFrancis has made 80 appearances (72 starts) and needs 20 appearances to reach 100 in MLS and for Crew SC. Francis reached 75 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC at home against Toronto FC on 5/10/2017. He reached 50 starts in MLS and for Crew SC on 10/3/15 against the New York Red Bulls . Francis needs four starts for Crew SC to reach 75. Francis reached 15 assists in MLS and for Crew SC on 4/13/2014 against San Jose. He has 16 assists and needs four assists to reach 20 in MLS and for Crew SC.

FEDERICO HIGUAINHiguain has made 141 appearances (136 starts) and has recorded 48 goals and 40 assists for Crew SC. He needs two goals and 10 assists to reach 50 of each in MLS and for Crew SC. He needs nine appearances to reach 150 and 14 starts to reach 150 in MLS and for Crew SC. Higuain reached 125 starts in a road contest against the New York Red Bulls on 4/22/2017. Higuain reached 250 shots in MLS and for Crew SC on 9/6/15 against FC Dallas. He reached 125 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 3/11/17 on the road against the Houston Dynamo. Higuain scored his 40th goal in MLS and for Crew SC on 3/18/17 in a road contest against D.C. United. He reached 40 assists in MLS and for Crew SC and officially joined Crew SC’s 40/40 club on 5/31/2017 against Seattle Sounders FC. He is the all-time club leader in corner kicks taken with 580 and needs 20 more corner kicks to reach 600.

ALL-TIME CORNER KICKS Player ................................................ CK1. Federico Higuain .......................... 5822. Robert Warzycha ........................ 5033. Guillermos Barros Schelotto ..... 4234. Eddie Gaven ................................ 159 5. Simon Elliott ............................... 153 6. John Wilmar Perez .................... 1217. Ross Paule .................................... 1208. Billy Thompson ........................... 839. Andy Williams ............................ 77 10. Marcelo Carrera........................ 60

ALL-TIME CLUB GOALSPlayer ................................................ G1. Jeff Cunningham ........................ 642. Brian McBride ............................. 623. Federico Higuain .......................... 484. Stern John .................................... 445. Edson Buddle .............................. 426. Eddie Gaven ................................ 35T7. Guillermo Barros Schelotto .... 33T7. Justin Meram .............................. 339. Kei Kamara .................................. 3210. Ethan Finlay ............................. 30 11. Dante Washington .................... 28 12. Ola Kamara .................................. 27

ADAM JAHNJahn has made 91 appearances (27 starts) and needs nine appearances to reach 100 in MLS. He made his Crew SC debut on 7/31/2016 against Toronto FC. He has made 29 appearances (five starts) for Crew SC and needs one appearances to reach 30. Jahn has scored 12 goals and needs three goals to reach 15 in MLS. Jahn scored his first Crew SC goal on 8/24/2016 against the Philadelphia Union. Jahn recorded his first assist for Crew SC against the Montreal Impact on 6/24/2017.

HECTOR JIMENEZJimenez has made 126 appearances (81 starts). Jimenez reached 125 appearances in MLS in a road contest against Real Salt Lake on 7/29/2017. He has scored five goals and needs five to reach 10 in MLS. Jimenez has made 83 appearances (53 starts) for Crew SC and needs 17 appearances to reach 100 for Crew SC. Jimenez reached 75 appearances and 50 starts in MLS on 5/16/15 at San Jose and reached 75 appearances for Crew SC on 5/10/2017 at home against Toronto FC. He made his 50th start for Crew SC on 5/31/2017 in a home match against Seattle Sounders FC. Jimenez has 16 assists and needs four to reach 20 in MLS. OLA KAMARAKamara has made 49 appearances and needs one appearance to reach 50 in MLS and for Crew SC. He has made 43 starts and needs seven starts to reach 50 in MLS and for Crew SC. Kamara made his 25th start against Orlando City SC on 4/1/17. Kamara has scored 27 goals and needs three goals to reach 30 in MLS and for Crew SC. He scored his 25th goal in a home contest against the Montreal Impact on 6/24/2017, tying Brian McBride as the second-fastest Crew SC player to reach 25 goals (43 matches). He scored his first MLS and Crew SC goal on 5/28/16 against Real Salt Lake. Kamara notched his first MLS and Crew SC hat trick (as well as the first hat trick for Crew SC since September 18, 2004) on 5/28/16 against Real Salt Lake. Kamara recorded 100 regular-season shots with Crew SC during a road contest against the New York Red Bulls on 4/22/2017. KEKUTA MANNEHManneh has made 113 MLS appearances (69 starts) and needs six starts to reach 75. He has scored 24 goals in MLS and needs one goal to reach 25 in MLS. Man-neh has 95 shots on goal and needs five shots on goal to reach 100 in MLS. He made his Crew SC debut on 4/29/17 at home against New York City FC and made his first Crew SC start on 5/13/17 in a road contest against the Montreal Impact. Manneh scored his first goal and recorded his first assist for Crew SC on 6/24/2017 in a home contest against the Montreal Impact.

JUSTIN MERAMMeram has made 178 MLS appearances (125 starts) and needs 22 more appear-ances to reach 200 in MLS and for Crew SC. Meram reached 125 starts in MLS and for Crew SC in a road match against the San Jose Earthquakes on 8/5/2017. He reached 175 MLS and Crew SC appearances on 7/22/17 in a home contest against the Philadelphia Union. He has made 124 starts and needs one more start to reach 125. Meram has 33 goals and needs 17 more to reach 50. He reached 100 starts on 10/13/16 at Chicago. Meram reached 30 goals in MLS and for Crew SC at the Montreal Impact on 5/13/17. He reached 30 assists in MLS and for Crew SC against New England on 5/6/17. He reached 300 shots in MLS and for Crew SC on 7/4/17 in a road contest against Minnesota United FC. Meram recorded his first career hat trick on the road against the Montreal Impact on 5/13/17.

NICOLAI NAESSNaess has made 31 appearances (30 starts) and needs 19 more to reach 50 in MLS and for Crew SC. He made his first appearance in MLS and for Crew SC on 7/23/2016 against Orlando City SC. Naess made his 25th appearance and 25th start in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/21/2017 against New England. He notched his first assist in MLS and for Crew SC on 8/27/2016 against San Jose.

GASTON SAUROSauro has made 17 appearances (16 starts) and needs eight appearances and nine starts to reach 25 of each in MLS and for Crew SC. Sauro made his first MLS and Crew SC start and appearance on 9/6/15 against FC Dallas. He made his 10th ap-pearance in MLS and for Crew SC on 5/7/16 vs. Montreal.

ZACK STEFFEN Steffen has made 24 appearances (all starts) and needs one more to reach 25 in MLS and for Crew SC. He has made 70 saves and needs five more to reach 75 in MLS and for Crew SC. Steffen reached 50 saves for Crew SC in a road contest against Atlanta United FC on 6/17/17. Steffen has saved two penalty-kick at-tempts in MLS. He saved his first regular-season penalty kick against Toronto FC on 5/10/17. Steffen has recorded six shutouts and is four away from reachin 10. He registered a secondary assist in a home contest against the Montreal Impact on 6/24/2017, becoming the seventh Crew SC goalkeeper to record an assist in regular-season action.

WIL TRAPPTrapp has made 117 appearances (114 starts) and needs eight appearances to reach 125 appearances and 11 starts to reach 125 in MLS and for Crew SC. He has 12 assists and needs 13 more to reach 25 in MLS and for Crew SC. Trapp reached 100 appearances in MLS and for Crew SC on 4/15/17 against Toronto FC. He reached 100 regular-season starts for Crew SC on 5/6/17 against New England. Trapp notched his 10th assist on 5/21/2017 in a road contest against New England. He scored his first goal in a road contest against the Houston Dynamo on 9/13/2014. JOSH WILLIAMSWilliams has made 115 appearances (102 starts) and needs 10 appearances to reach 125 in MLS. He has made 83 appearances (74 starts) for Crew SC and needs 11 appearances to reach 100 and one start to reach 75 with the club. Williams reached 75 appearances for Crew SC on 5/6/2017 against New England. Williams has four goals and needs one goal to reach five in MLS and for Crew SC. He has five assists and needs five assists to reach 10 in MLS. Williams reached his 100th MLS start in a home contest against the Montreal Impact on 6/24/2017.


2017 MISCELLANEOUS MLS REGULAR-SEASON STATSQuickest Goal: Higuain, 5/31 vs. SEA, 10’ Quickest Goal Against: Quioto, 3/11 @ HOU, 2’Game-Winning Goals after 75’: Hansen, 3/25 vs. POR, 84’ Meram, 5/13 @ MTL, 90+1’

Game-Tying Goals after 75’: N/A Game-Winning Goals Against after 75’: Harrison, 4/29 vs. NYC, 76’ Ricketts, 5/10 vs. TOR, 90’ Gordon, 6/3 @COL, 86’

Game-Tying Goals Against after 75’: Ricketts, 5/10 vs. TOR 81’ Jackson-Hamel, 5/13 @MTL, 77’ Doyle, 6/3 @COL, 80’Hat Tricks: Meram, 5/13 @ MTLHat Tricks Against: N/AOwn Goals For: N/AOwn Goals Against: N/ARed Cards: Mensah, 3/11 @ HOU, 87’ Mensah, 7/26 @ PHI, 35’ Abubakar, 7/26 @ PHI, 76’

Opponent’s Red Cards: Farrell, 5/21 @ NE, 90+2’ Delgado, 5/26 @ TOR, 81’

2017 REGULAR-SEASON PENALTY KICKS FOR

2017 REGULAR-SEASON PENALTY KICKS AGAINST

CLB Player Goalkeeper, Team Date ResultKamara Hamid, DC United 3/18/17 GoalHiguain Hamid, DC United 3/18/17 GoalHiguain Bono, Toronto FC 5/10/17 Goal

Player, Team CLB Goalkeeper Date ResultRoyer, New York Red Bulls Steffen 4/22/17 GoalAltidore, Toronto FC Steffen 5/10/17 Save Vazquez, Toronto FC Steffen 5/26/17 GoalAlberg, Philadelphia Union Steffen 7/26/17 SavePlata, Real Salt Lake Steffen 7/29/17 Goal

CREW SC 2017 REGULAR-SEASON HONORSEtihad Airways MLS Player of the Month: TBD

MLSSoccer.com Player of the Week: Justin Meram (Week 11)

MLSSoccer.com Team of the Week: Gregg Berhalter (Week 3) Harrison Afful (Week 4) Alex Crognale (Week 3, Week 5, Week 20) Artur (Week 4, Week 5) Federico Higuain (Week 4, Week 10, Week 14, Week 17) Ola Kamara (Week 17, Week 21) Kekuta Manneh (Week 17) Justin Meram (Week 5, Week 7, Week 11, Week 14, Week 16, Week 20) Nicolai Naess (Week 7, Week 10) Zack Steffen (Week 3)

MLSSoccer.com Goal of the Week: Federico Higuain (Nominated - Week 9, Week 10) Ola Kamara (Nominated - Week 12) Justin Meram (Nominated - Week 14)

MLSSoccer.com Save of the Week: Zack Steffen (Nominated - Week 3, Week 6, Week 7, Week 11, Week 14, Week 18, Week 21, Week 22)

2016-17 COLUMBUS CREW SC TRANSACTIONSPLAYERS INM Pedro Santos (Acquired on Aug. 8)F Kekuta Manneh (Acquired on May 3)GK Logan Ketterer (Signed on Feb. 20)D Connor Maloney (Signed on Feb. 20)M Artur (Acquired on loan on Feb. 10)M Cristian Martinez (Acquired on Jan. 25)M Abuchi Obinwa (Signed on Jan. 25)M Mohammed Abu (Acquired as a Special Discovery

Player on Jan. 24)

D Lalas Abubakar (SuperDraft selection signed on Jan. 13)

F Niko Hansen (SuperDraft selection signed on Jan. 13)

D Josh Williams (Signed on Jan. 4)D Jonathan Mensah (Acquired as Discovery Signing and Des-

ignated Player on Jan. 3)

D Jukka Raitala (Acquired as Discovery Signing on Dec. 23

D Alex Crognale (Signed as Homegrown player on Dec. 19)

PLAYERS OUTM Ethan Finlay (Traded to Minnesota United FC

for allocation money on August 9)

M Dilly Duka (Waived on Jul. 10)

M Tony Tchani (Traded to Vancouver Whitecaps FC for Kekuta Manneh on Mar. 30)

M Mohammed Saeid (Selected by Minnesota United FC in 2016

Documents

MLS Game Guide · 2017. 8. 11. · Road loss 8/05/2017 CLB 1, SJ 2 (0) 7/29/2017 CHI 2, KC 3 (0) Tie game 7/29/2017 CLB 2, RSL 2 (1) 7/05/2017 CHI 2, POR 2 (3) Shutout for 7/22/2017