MLS Game Guide · 2019-08-30 · 11 Gyasi Zardes FW 6-1 187 09/02/1991 Los Angeles, CA 23 23 11 2 187 172 64 19 12 Ben Lundgaard GK 6-5 205 09/25/1995 Wilmington, DE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. CHICAGO FIREMAPFRE STADIUM, Columbus, Ohio Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 (Week 26, MLS Game #336)7:30 p.m. ET (FS-OH; ESPN+)

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2019 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Eloy Room GK 6-3 179 02/06/1989 Nijmegen, Netherlands 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 02 Luis Argudo MF 5-9 150 12/13/1995 Queens, NY 18 9 1 2 36 15 1 23 Josh Williams DF 6-2 185 04/18/1988 Akron, OH 14 13 2 0 160 141 9 54 Jonathan Mensah DF 6-2 183 07/13/1990 Accra, Ghana 20 19 0 0 73 70 3 15 Jordan Hamilton FW 6-1 194 03/17/1996 Scarborough, ON, Canada 15 7 4 0 54 28 11 36 Wil Trapp MF 5-8 150 01/15/1993 Columbus, OH 23 23 0 4 180 176 2 197 Pedro Santos MF 5-6 139 04/22/1988 Lisbon, Portugal 28 25 9 5 67 62 10 148 Artur MF 5-11 154 03/11/1996 Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 25 23 0 0 81 74 0 59 David Guzman MF 5-10 175 02/18/1990 San Jose, Costa Rica 17 14 0 1 56 49 4 810 Federico Higuain MF 5-8 165 10/25/1984 Buenos Aires, Argentina 14 13 1 5 193 184 55 6311 Gyasi Zardes FW 6-1 187 09/02/1991 Los Angeles, CA 23 23 11 2 187 172 64 1912 Ben Lundgaard GK 6-5 205 09/25/1995 Wilmington, DE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 013 Ricardo Clark MF 5-10 165 02/10/1983 Atlanta, GA 7 4 0 0 357 329 36 2814 Waylon Francis DF 5-9 160 09/20/1990 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 17 16 0 0 111 96 0 1916 Hector Jimenez MF 5-9 145 11/03/1988 Huntington Park, CA 23 19 1 4 168 114 6 2417 Romario Williams FW 5-11 190 08/15/1994 Portmore, Jamaica 8 1 1 0 27 1 2 018 Luis Diaz MF 5-11 159 12/06/1998 Nicoya, Costa Rica 8 4 1 3 8 4 1 320 Eduardo Sosa MF 5-7 165 06/20/1996 Barinas, Venezuela 8 4 0 1 18 7 1 221 Alex Crognale DF 6-5 205 08/27/1994 Columbus, OH 11 8 0 1 33 20 1 224 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 175 04/08/1993 Overland Park, KS 3 3 0 0 22 21 0 025 Harrison Afful DF 5-6 135 07/24/1986 Tema, Ghana 17 17 0 2 112 109 5 1427 Edward Opoku FW 5-7 140 08/01/1996 Konongo, Ghana 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 029 David Accam FW 5-8 156 09/28/1990 Accra, Ghana 22 12 6 3 123 91 40 1830 Aboubacar Keita DF 6-2 180 04/06/2000 New York, NY 6 5 0 0 6 5 0 031 Connor Maloney DF 5-6 145 05/18/1995 Harrisburg, PA 5 4 0 0 8 5 0 233 JJ Williams FW 6-3 200 01/04/1998 Montgomery, AL 7 3 0 0 7 3 0 034 Youness Mokhtar MF 5-10 165 08/29/1991 Utrecht, Netherlands 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0

HEAD COACH : Caleb Porter 02/18/1975 W76 L65 T58

CHICAGO FIRE 2019 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 David Ousted GK 6-4 195 02/01/1985 Greve, Denmark 14 14 0 0 173 173 0 12 Marcelo DF 5-10 163 07/27/1989 Sao Carlos, Brazil 15 12 0 0 15 12 0 03 Jonathan Bornstein DF 5-8 165 11/07/1984 Torrance, CA 6 6 0 0 129 123 9 104 Johan Kappelhof DF 5-11 165 08/05/1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands 24 24 0 2 119 117 0 105 Francisco Calvo DF 5-11 170 07/08/1992 San Jose, Costa Rica 25 23 4 2 78 76 8 66 Dax McCarty MF 5-9 150 04/30/1987 Winter Park, FL 27 27 1 3 356 326 20 577 Raheem Edwards DF 5-9 148 07/15/1995 Toronto, ON, Canada 4 2 1 0 53 31 5 89 CJ Sapong FW 6-1 189 12/27/1988 Manassas, VA 28 25 10 2 261 202 66 2510 Aleksandar Katai MF 6-0 155 02/06/1991 Srbobran, Yugoslavia 24 22 4 5 57 49 16 1011 Przemyslaw Frankowski MF 5-8 155 04/12/1995 Gdansk, Poland 26 19 1 7 26 19 1 712 Amando Moreno MF 5-7 155 09/10/1995 Perth Amboy, NJ 7 0 0 0 9 0 0 013 Brandt Bronico MF 5-8 155 06/20/1995 High Point, NC 24 15 1 1 51 32 2 614 Djordje Mihailovic MF 5-10 153 11/10/1998 Jacksonville, FL 23 16 3 1 49 31 5 715 Grant Lillard DF 6-4 195 12/05/1995 Hinsdale, IL 4 2 0 0 12 8 0 016 Micheal Azira MF 5-10 160 08/22/1987 Kampala, Uganda 22 18 0 1 123 99 1 417 Diego Campos DF 5-10 170 10/01/1995 San Jose, Costa Rica 10 5 0 0 33 18 1 218 Cristian Martinez MF 5-7 174 02/06/1997 El Chorrillo, Panama City, Panama 5 0 0 0 32 14 1 220 Nicolas Gaitan MF 5-7 150 02/23/1988 San Martin, Argentina 22 20 4 10 22 20 4 1021 Fabian Herbers FW 6-0 165 08/17/1993 Ahaus, Germany 13 7 2 0 66 29 6 923 Nemanja Nikolic FW 5-11 176 12/31/1987 Senta, Yugoslavia 26 21 11 0 91 84 50 627 Kenneth Kronholm GK 6-3 183 10/14/1985 Fort Belvoir, VA 15 15 0 0 15 15 0 028 Elliot Collier FW 6-4 180 02/22/1995 Hamilton, New Zealand 0 0 0 0 16 9 1 130 Stefan Cleveland GK 6-2 185 05/25/1994 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 031 Bastian Schweinsteiger MF 6-0 175 08/01/1984 Kolbermoor, West Germany 25 25 1 3 80 78 8 1532 Gabriel Slonina GK 6-4 196 05/15/2004 Addison, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 033 Jeremiah Gutjahr MF 5-10 165 08/10/1997 Bloomington, IN 8 5 0 1 8 5 0 136 Andre Reynolds DF 5-9 155 05/02/2001 Chicago, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 045 Richard Sanchez GK 6-3 197 04/05/1994 Mission Hills, CA 0 0 0 0 27 26 0 0ON LOAN Elliot Collier FW 6-4 180 02/22/1995 Hamilton, New Zealand 16 9 1 1 16 9 1 1

HEAD COACH : Veljko Paunovic 08/21/1977 W39 L58 T34

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWCLB 6-1-1 2-4-1 0-10-4 7-1-1 1-14-5CHI 6-0-2 2-4-7 0-8-0 8-1-4 0-11-3

COLUMBUS CREW SC CHICAGO FIRE Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 7/20/2019 CLB 2, MTL 1 (2) 8/17/2019 CHI 2, PHI 0 (0)Road win 8/25/2019 CLB 3, CIN 1 (0) 8/03/2019 CHI 1, HOU 0 (2)Home loss 7/06/2019 CLB 1, SEA 2 (3) 7/13/2019 CHI 1, CIN 2 (4)Road loss 8/21/2019 CLB 0, NYC 1 (1) 8/24/2019 CHI 1, NE 2 (0)Tie game 8/17/2019 CLB 2, TOR 2 (2) 7/27/2019 CHI 0, DC 0 (5)Shutout for 4/06/2019 CLB 1, NE 0 (23) 8/17/2019 CHI 2, PHI 0 (1)Shutout vs. 8/21/2019 CLB 0, NYC 1 (1) 7/27/2019 CHI 0, DC 0 (5)

Crew SC TWWLWWLLLLLWLLLTLLLLLTWWTTTLWFire LTLWTTWLLTWWLTTLTLWLLTLTWWLWL

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCLB 29 11 7 8 3 0 32 1.10CHI 29 7 11 6 2 3 43 1.48

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCLB 29 4 12 8 5 0 43 1.48CHI 29 7 9 8 3 2 42 1.45

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CLB 32 4 6 6 6 6 4CHI 43 7 5 11 4 4 12

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CLB 43 3 6 13 6 5 10CHI 42 9 3 7 7 4 12

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

CREW SCG: 11 ZardesA: 5 Higuain/SantosSHT: 63 SantosSOG: 21 ZardesFC: 40 ArturFS: 73 SantosOF: 15 ZardesC: 6 Guzman/MensahE: 1 Afful

FIREG: 11 NikolicA: 10 GaitanSHT: 87 KataiSOG: 24 Katai/SapongFC: 38 SapongFS: 50 SapongOF: 14 Katai/NikolicC: 9 SchweinsteigerE: 1 3 players tied

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Crew SC 29 8-15-6 30 32 43at home 15 5-6-4 19 18 21

Fire 29 8-12-9 33 43 42on road 14 1-10-3 6 12 26

2019 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME: Crew SC 19 wins (0 shootout), 97 goals … Fire 26 wins (1 shootout), 90 goals … Ties 20

AT COLUMBUS: Crew SC 13 wins (0 shootout), 58 goals … Fire 10 wins (1 shootout), 39 goals … Ties 8

2019 (MLS):7/17: CHI 2, CLB 2 (Mihailovic 28; Sapong 63 -- Zardes 47; R. Williams 90)

REFEREESREFEREE: Drew Fischer.

AR1 (bench): Jason White; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Yusri Rudolf; VAR: Rosendo Mendoza; AVAR: Eric Weisbrod

CREW SCSat. Sept. 14 at Atlanta

Sat. Sept. 21 at VancouverSun. Sept. 29 PhiladelphiaSun. Oct. 6 at Toronto FC

UPCOMING MATCHES

COLUMBUS CREW SC vs. CHICAGO FIRESaturday, Aug. 31, 2019; Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, 7:30 p.m. ET

FIRESat. Sept. 14 FC Dallas

Sat. Sept. 21 at FC CincinnatiSun. Sept. 29 Toronto FC

Sun. Oct. 6 at Orlando City

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 43 42 61 62

18 21 11 13 13 8 1 0

22 26 5 5 5 5 2 1 3 4 1 0 4 1 1 0

13 12 26 24 4 6

F A 32 43 82 61

14 22 10 12 7 9 1 0

20 25 3 5 2 6 1 0 3 4 0 1 2 2 1 0

7 3 23 33 2 7

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

CREW SC FIRE

TEAM NEWSSUSPENDED: CLB: Jonathan Mensah (caution accumulation; through Sept. 1)WARNINGS:SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CLB: Alex CrognaleSUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CLB: David Guzman ... CHI: Francisco Calvo, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Dax McCarty, Johan Kapplehof

INJURED LIST: CLB: Federico Higuain (SEI); Milton Valenzuela (SEI)INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES

FC CINCINNATI 1COLUMBUS CREW SC 3

Scoring Summary:CLB--Zardes 10 (Diaz 3, Santos 4) 22CLB--Zardes 11 (Afful 2) 33CLB--Diaz 1 (Santos 5) 46+CIN--Manneh 4 (Ledesma 4) 89

COLUMBUS CREW SC--Eloy Room, Harrison Afful, Jonathan Mensah, Josh Williams (Alex Crognale 80), Connor Maloney, Artur, Luis Diaz (Luis Argudo 54), Pedro Santos, Youness Mokhtar (David Accam 67), Wil Trapp, Gyasi Zardes.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 2CHICAGO FIRE 1

Scoring Summary:NE--Zahibo 1 (Bye 2, Gil 12) 17CHI--Calvo 4 (Gaitan 10) 41NE--Bou 5 (unassisted) 86

CHICAGO FIRE--Kenneth Kronholm, Brandt Bronico, Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo, Jonathan Bornstein (Fabian Herbers 88), Micheal Azira, Dax McCarty, CJ Sapong, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Nemanja Nikolic (Djordje Mihailovic 75), Nicolas Gaitan.

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

11 F Gyasi Zardes 23 23 2037 11 2 55 21 20 32 15 0 0 07 M Pedro Santos 28 25 2314 9 5 63 17 25 73 4 80 5 029 F David Accam (CLB) 14 8 657 2 1 14 6 17 9 4 0 1 029 F David Accam (TOT) 22 12 994 6 3 24 12 21 14 8 0 1 022 D Gaston Sauro 15 15 1285 2 0 11 3 16 4 0 0 4 03 D Josh Williams 14 13 1131 2 0 4 2 13 5 2 0 2 010 M Federico Higuain 14 13 1133 1 5 19 7 3 14 3 41 2 016 M Hector Jimenez 23 19 1626 1 4 7 3 12 3 1 0 1 018 M Luis Diaz 8 4 375 1 3 5 2 5 9 0 1 1 02 M Luis Argudo 18 9 933 1 2 17 5 13 14 0 0 1 017 F Romario Williams (CLB) 6 1 121 1 0 5 3 5 6 1 0 0 017 F Romario Williams (TOT) 8 1 158 1 0 7 4 5 6 1 0 0 06 M Wil Trapp 23 23 2025 0 4 4 0 15 15 0 18 4 025 D Harrison Afful 17 17 1455 0 2 13 6 11 11 1 0 3 118 M Robinho (CLB) 19 13 1115 0 2 33 11 18 17 1 2 0 018 M Robinho (TOT) 24 16 1319 0 2 39 13 20 18 1 6 0 021 D Alex Crognale 11 8 791 0 1 4 0 10 8 0 0 5 020 M Eduardo Sosa 8 4 323 0 1 7 2 7 8 0 1 1 023 G Zack Steffen 13 13 1170 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 030 D Aboubacar Keita 6 5 501 0 0 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 08 M Artur 25 23 2002 0 0 10 1 40 16 2 0 3 031 D Connor Maloney 5 4 355 0 0 1 0 6 6 2 0 1 09 M David Guzman (CLB) 12 10 934 0 0 12 2 27 18 0 16 6 09 M David Guzman (TOT) 17 14 1283 0 1 17 2 36 21 0 16 6 01 G Eloy Room 7 7 630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 033 F JJ Williams 7 3 325 0 0 7 1 5 5 2 0 0 024 G Jon Kempin 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 D Jonathan Mensah 20 19 1791 0 0 12 3 16 5 2 0 6 05 F Jordan Hamilton (CLB) 1 0 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 05 F Jordan Hamilton (TOT) 15 7 653 4 0 24 12 7 10 8 0 0 01 G Joseph Bendik 6 6 540 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 09 M Justin Meram (CLB) 9 4 379 0 0 6 2 16 4 4 7 0 09 M Justin Meram (TOT) 22 13 1215 3 0 20 6 29 14 7 10 1 017 D Lalas Abubakar (CLB) 1 1 90 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 017 D Lalas Abubakar (TOT) 17 17 1530 0 0 9 2 18 6 2 0 5 028 M Niko Hansen (CLB) 9 2 246 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 028 M Niko Hansen (TOT) 10 2 253 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 032 F Patrick Mullins (CLB) 9 2 197 0 0 5 1 6 4 3 0 0 032 F Patrick Mullins (TOT) 13 4 335 1 0 9 2 8 5 3 0 0 013 M Ricardo Clark 7 4 361 0 0 6 0 6 7 0 0 0 014 D Waylon Francis 17 16 1382 0 0 3 0 23 10 0 0 3 034 M Youness Mokhtar 3 2 170 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 0

Own-goals received 1Opponent totals 29 29 2610 43 40 375 118 326 348 45 124 52 3Team totals 29 29 2610 32 33 331 99 348 326 49 169 52 1

2019 COLUMBUS CREW SC STATISTICS (8-15-6, 30 pts.)

COLUMBUS CREW SC GOALKEEPING

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

24 G Jon Kempin 3 3 270 8 4 4 1.33 0 0 0 3 0 01 G Joseph Bendik 6 6 540 27 14 12 2 1 1 0 5 1 023 G Zack Steffen 13 13 1170 56 39 17 1.31 1 2 5 6 2 41 G Eloy Room 7 7 630 27 17 10 1.43 2 2 3 1 3 0

Team totals 29 29 2610 118 74 43 1.48 4 5 8 15 6 4Opponent totals 29 29 2610 99 64 32 1.1 3 4 15 8 6 11

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Gyasi Zardes 2, Pedro Santos 2, David Accam 1, Gaston Sauro 1, Josh Williams 1, Federico Higuain 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Pedro Santos 3, Harrison Afful 1, Hector Jimenez 1, Federico Higuain 1, Gyasi Zardes 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Gyasi Zardes 2-2, Pedro Santos 1-1, Federico Higuain 0-1

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2019 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (8-12-9, 33 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

23 F Nemanja Nikolic 26 21 1623 11 0 38 19 15 12 14 0 3 09 F CJ Sapong 28 25 2278 10 2 56 24 38 50 10 0 2 020 M Nicolas Gaitan 22 20 1662 4 10 31 13 15 32 1 62 1 110 M Aleksandar Katai 24 22 1855 4 5 87 24 36 20 14 27 3 15 D Francisco Calvo (CHI) 18 16 1496 3 2 24 5 15 8 1 0 2 05 D Francisco Calvo (TOT) 25 23 2125 4 2 35 10 27 10 1 0 5 114 M Djordje Mihailovic 23 16 1364 3 1 22 7 20 23 0 26 4 021 F Fabian Herbers 13 7 668 2 0 14 5 14 11 0 2 2 011 M Przemyslaw Frankowski 26 19 1850 1 7 36 13 19 15 7 1 3 031 M Bastian Schweinsteiger 25 25 2250 1 3 17 4 26 28 0 1 9 06 M Dax McCarty 27 27 2400 1 3 18 6 32 35 1 0 3 013 M Brandt Bronico 24 15 1477 1 1 10 4 24 10 0 5 2 07 D Raheem Edwards 4 2 244 1 0 7 4 9 4 0 0 2 04 D Johan Kappelhof 24 24 2112 0 2 6 1 28 9 0 0 4 033 M Jeremiah Gutjahr 8 5 502 0 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 1 019 M Mo Adams (CHI) 10 5 484 0 1 1 0 12 8 0 0 4 019 M Mo Adams (TOT) 12 6 542 1 1 2 1 13 8 0 0 4 012 M Amando Moreno 7 0 77 0 0 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 018 M Cristian Martinez 5 0 50 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 01 G David Ousted 14 14 1260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 017 D Diego Campos 10 5 439 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 7 1 015 D Grant Lillard 4 2 206 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 03 D Jonathan Bornstein 6 6 492 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 025 D Jorge Corrales (CHI) 15 13 1036 0 0 2 0 20 5 0 0 4 125 D Jorge Corrales (TOT) 18 14 1134 0 1 2 0 22 7 0 0 4 127 G Kenneth Kronholm 15 15 1350 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 02 D Marcelo 15 12 1137 0 0 5 1 17 7 0 0 1 016 M Micheal Azira (CHI) 3 2 193 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 016 M Micheal Azira (TOT) 22 18 1636 0 1 9 1 26 15 0 0 4 022 D Nicolas Hasler (CHI) 3 1 73 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 022 D Nicolas Hasler (TOT) 12 8 708 0 1 3 1 3 7 1 0 0 0

Own-goals received 1Team totals 29 29 2610 43 38 390 135 354 325 51 133 53 3Opponent totals 29 29 2610 42 40 314 115 325 354 53 130 46 2

CHICAGO FIRE GOALKEEPING

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

1 G David Ousted 14 14 1260 56 34 20 1.43 1 2 4 6 4 427 G Kenneth Kronholm 15 15 1350 59 35 22 1.47 3 3 4 6 5 3

Team totals 29 29 2610 115 69 42 1.45 4 5 8 12 9 7Opponent totals 29 29 2610 135 90 43 1.48 3 5 12 8 9 7

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Nemanja Nikolic 3, CJ Sapong 2, Bastian Schweinsteiger 1, Nicolas Gaitan 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Nicolas Gaitan 3, Przemyslaw Frankowski 2, Dax McCarty 1, Johan Kappelhof 1, Djordje Mihailovic 1, Aleksandar Katai 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Nemanja Nikolic 2-2, Nicolas Gaitan 1-3


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

Sat. Mar. 2 New York Red Bulls

T 1-1 17931 0-0-1 5 1 CLB: Sauro (41); NYR: Ivan (6)

Sat. Mar. 9 at New England W 2-0 13808 1-0-1 1 4 CLB: Zardes (26,96+); Sat. Mar. 16 FC Dallas W 1-0 9687 2-0-1 2 7 CLB: Sauro (10); Sat. Mar. 23 at Philadelphia L 0-3 15135 2-1-1 2 7 PHI: Accam (31,41) Pereira (48)Sat. Mar. 30 Atlanta W 2-0 10973 3-1-1 1 10 CLB: Santos (2) Zardes (39); Sat. Apr. 6 New England W 1-0 10942 4-1-1 1 13 CLB: Williams (42); Sat. Apr. 13 at Montreal L 0-1 18634 4-2-1 2 13 MTL: Novillo (55)Sat. Apr. 20 Portland L 1-3 11707 4-3-1 4 13 CLB: Santos (69); POR: Mabiala (31) Ebobisse (35)

Moreira (92+)Wed. Apr. 24 D.C. United L 0-1 10169 4-4-1 5 13 DC: Rooney (27)Sat. Apr. 27 at Houston L 0-2 15557 4-5-1 5 13 HOU: Manotas (3) Martinez (55)Sat. May 4 at D.C. United L 1-3 16687 4-6-1 6 13 CLB: own goal (75); DC: Acosta (27) Rooney (49+)

Arriola (61)Wed. May 8 Los Angeles W 3-1 13207 5-6-1 5 16 CLB: Zardes (27) Higuain (53) Jimenez (66); LA: Steres

(87)Sat. May 11 Los Angeles FC L 0-3 18048 5-7-1 6 16 LFC: Kaye (37) Diomande (88) Vela (90)Sat. May 18 at Minnesota L 0-1 19600 5-8-1 7 16 MIN: Finlay (70)Sat. May 25 at Colorado L 2-3 16843 5-9-1 9 16 CLB: Santos (28) Zardes (54); COL: Smith (23) Lewis

(52+) Mezquida (89)Sat. June 1 New York City

FCT 2-2 13704 5-9-2 10 17 CLB: Zardes (28) Santos (61); NYC: dos Santos (57)

Castellanos (76)Sun. June 23 Sporting KC L 0-1 14015 5-10-2 10 17 KC: Gutierrez (48)Sat. June 29 Orlando City SC L 0-2 17715 5-11-2 11 17 ORL: Mueller (41) Akindele (66)Wed. July 3 at Real Salt

LakeL 0-1 19030 5-12-2 11 17 RSL: Johnson (38)

Sat. July 6 Seattle L 1-2 14183 5-13-2 11 17 CLB: Santos (14); SEA: Lodeiro (56,96+)Sat. July 13 at Orlando City

SCL 0-1 22397 5-14-2 11 17 ORL: Michel (84)

Wed. July 17 at Chicago T 2-2 7482 5-14-3 11 18 CLB: Zardes (47) Williams (90); CHI: Mihailovic (28) Sapong (63)

Sat. July 20 Montreal W 2-1 15124 6-14-3 11 21 CLB: Williams (6) Accam (46); MTL: Diallo (47+)Sat. July 27 at New York Red

BullsW 3-2 16126 7-14-3 10 24 CLB: Argudo (16) Santos (46,84); NYR: White (15) Royer

(63)Sat. Aug. 3 at San Jose T 1-1 17088 7-14-4 11 25 CLB: Zardes (65); SJ: Eriksson (41)Sat. Aug. 10 FC Cincinnati T 2-2 20865 7-14-5 11 26 CLB: Zardes (45) Santos (62); CIN: Mattocks (16)

Ledesma (23)Sat. Aug. 17 Toronto FC T 2-2 17494 7-14-6 11 27 CLB: Santos (48) Accam (82); TOR: Osorio (42) Altidore

(90)Wed. Aug. 21 at New York

City FCL 0-1 19828 7-15-6 11 27 NYC: Castellanos (36)

Sun. Aug. 25 at FC Cincinnati

W 3-1 30611 8-15-6 11 30 CLB: Zardes (22,33) Diaz (46+); CIN: Manneh (89)

Sat. Aug. 31 ChicagoSat. Sep. 14 at AtlantaSat. Sep. 21 at VancouverSun. Sep. 29 PhiladelphiaSun. Oct. 6 at Toronto FC

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2019 SCHEDULE


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

Sat. Mar. 2 at Los Angeles L 1-2 25866 0-1-0 8 0 CHI: Sapong (49); LA: Steres (68) Ibrahimovic (80)

Sat. Mar. 9 Orlando City SC T 1-1 11041 0-1-1 8 1 CHI: Sapong (95+); ORL: Dwyer (47)Sat. Mar. 16 Seattle L 2-4 10032 0-2-1 10 1 CHI: Edwards (57) Herbers (84); SEA: Rodriguez (8)

Morris (15) Lodeiro (49) Ruidiaz (88)Sat. Mar. 30 New York Red

BullsW 1-0 12013 1-2-1 9 4 CHI: own goal (48);

Sat. Apr. 6 at Toronto FC T 2-2 26256 1-2-2 8 5 CHI: Sapong (46+) Nikolic (62); TOR: Altidore (31) Osorio (76)

Fri. Apr. 12 Vancouver T 1-1 10439 1-2-3 8 6 CHI: Nikolic (84); VAN: Reyna (53)Sat. Apr. 20 Colorado W 4-1 12967 2-2-3 7 9 CHI: Nikolic (34) Sapong (53) Mihailovic (61) Katai

(80); COL: Kamara (40)Wed. Apr. 24 at New York

City FCL 0-1 21791 2-3-3 8 9 NYC: Castellanos (9)

Sun. Apr. 28 at Montreal L 0-1 15758 2-4-3 8 9 MTL: Browne (83)Sat. May 4 at Los Angeles

FCT 0-0 22154 2-4-4 9 10

Wed. May 8 New England W 5-0 6074 3-4-4 8 13 CHI: Nikolic (28,40) Bronico (78) Gaitan (85) Frankowski (90);

Sat. May 11 Minnesota W 2-0 11531 4-4-4 7 16 CHI: Gaitan (21) Katai (34); Sat. May 18 at San Jose L 1-4 15232 4-5-4 8 16 CHI: Katai (83); SJ: Wondolowski (21,48,74,76)Sat. May 25 New York City

FCT 1-1 10986 4-5-5 8 17 CHI: Sapong (28); NYC: Mitrita (40)

Wed. May 29 at D.C. United T 3-3 14201 4-5-6 7 18 CHI: Sapong (12) Mihailovic (14) Calvo (92+); DC: Segura (43,61) Acosta (81)

Sat. June 1 at Atlanta L 0-2 67502 4-6-6 9 18 ATL: Martinez (12,43)Sat. June 22 Real Salt Lake T 1-1 15609 4-6-7 8 19 CHI: Katai (5); RSL: Rusnak (33)Fri. June 28 at New York Red

BullsL 1-3 17563 4-7-7 8 19 CHI: Nikolic (81); NYR: Romero (8) White (59) Royer

(93+)Wed. July 3 Atlanta W 5-1 13476 5-7-7 8 22 CHI: Calvo (4) Sapong (7,37) Gaitan (13) Herbers (44);

ATL: Vazquez (58)Sat. July 6 at Sporting KC L 0-1 18570 5-8-7 9 22 KC: Croizet (14)Sat. July 13 FC Cincinnati L 1-2 13127 5-9-7 10 22 CHI: Gaitan (49+); CIN: Cruz (1) Adi (83)Wed. July 17 Columbus T 2-2 7482 5-9-8 10 23 CHI: Mihailovic (28) Sapong (63); CLB: Zardes (47)

Williams (90)Sat. July 20 at Philadelphia L 0-2 17471 5-10-8 10 23 PHI: Fabian (11) Fontana (65)Sat. July 27 D.C. United T 0-0 18232 5-10-9 11 24

Sat. Aug. 3 at Houston W 1-0 14250 6-10-9 10 27 CHI: Nikolic (48+); Sat. Aug. 10 Montreal W 3-2 11002 7-10-9 10 30 CHI: McCarty (8) Nikolic (19) Schweinsteiger (88);

MTL: Taider (34) Sagna (76)Wed. Aug. 14 at Portland L 2-3 25218 7-11-9 10 30 CHI: Nikolic (74) Sapong (92+); POR: Moreira (11)

Fernandez (21,88)Sat. Aug. 17 Philadelphia W 2-0 14883 8-11-9 10 33 CHI: Nikolic (38,45); Sat. Aug. 24 at New England L 1-2 16236 8-12-9 10 33 CHI: Calvo (41); NE: Zahibo (17) Bou (86)Sat. Aug. 31 at ColumbusSat. Sep. 14 FC DallasSat. Sep. 21 at FC

CincinnatiSun. Sep. 29 Toronto FCSun. Oct. 6 at Orlando City

SC

CHICAGO FIRE 2019 SCHEDULE


CREW SC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)Goals

2 Gyasi Zardes 03/09/2019 vs NE W 2-02 Pedro Santos 07/27/2019 vs NYR W 3-22 Gyasi Zardes 08/25/2019 vs CIN W 3-1Assists

2 Pedro Santos 08/25/2019 vs CIN W 3-1Shots

7 Pedro Santos 06/01/2019 vs NYC T 2-27 Gyasi Zardes 08/10/2019 vs CIN T 2-2Shots on Goal

4 Gyasi Zardes 08/10/2019 vs CIN T 2-2Fouls Committed

5 Waylon Francis 04/27/2019 vs HOU L 0-25 Artur 07/06/2019 vs SEA L 1-2Fouls Suffered

7 Pedro Santos 03/09/2019 vs NE W 2-0Offside

4 Gyasi Zardes 03/02/2019 vs NYR T 1-1Saves

6 Zack Steffen 04/13/2019 vs MTL L 0-1Shots Faced

8 Joseph Bendik 05/11/2019 vs LFC L 0-3Goals Allowed

3 5 times 03/23/2019 vs PHI L 0-3

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019)Shots

4 05/18/2019 vs MIN L 0-1Shots on Goal

0 05/18/2019 vs MIN L 0-10 07/03/2019 vs RSL L 0-1Fouls Committed

7 08/17/2019 vs TOR T 2-2Fouls Suffered

5 04/13/2019 vs MTL L 0-1Corner Kicks

1 07/20/2019 vs MTL W 2-11 08/03/2019 vs SJ T 1-1Offside

0 03/16/2019 vs DAL W 1-00 04/20/2019 vs POR L 1-30 04/27/2019 vs HOU L 0-20 07/13/2019 vs ORL L 0-10 07/17/2019 vs CHI T 2-20 08/03/2019 vs SJ T 1-1Saves

0 07/13/2019 vs ORL L 0-1Shots Faced

1 07/13/2019 vs ORL L 0-1

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)Goals

3 05/08/2019 vs LA W 3-13 07/27/2019 vs NYR W 3-23 08/25/2019 vs CIN W 3-1Assists

4 07/27/2019 vs NYR W 3-24 08/25/2019 vs CIN W 3-1Shots

20 07/27/2019 vs NYR W 3-2Shots on Goal

6 07/27/2019 vs NYR W 3-26 08/10/2019 vs CIN T 2-26 08/21/2019 vs NYC L 0-16 08/25/2019 vs CIN W 3-1Fouls Committed

20 06/01/2019 vs NYC T 2-2Fouls Suffered

21 08/10/2019 vs CIN T 2-2Corner Kicks

13 06/29/2019 vs ORL L 0-2Offside

6 03/02/2019 vs NYR T 1-1Saves

6 04/13/2019 vs MTL L 0-1Shots Faced

8 05/11/2019 vs LFC L 0-3Goals Allowed

3 03/23/2019 vs PHI L 0-33 04/20/2019 vs POR L 1-33 05/04/2019 vs DC L 1-33 05/11/2019 vs LFC L 0-33 05/25/2019 vs COL L 2-3

FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2019)Goals

2 Nemanja Nikolic 05/08/2019 at NE W 5-02 CJ Sapong 07/03/2019 at ATL W 5-12 Nemanja Nikolic 08/17/2019 at PHI W 2-0Assists

3 Nicolas Gaitan 07/03/2019 at ATL W 5-1Shots

8 Aleksandar Katai 04/12/2019 at VAN T 1-18 Aleksandar Katai 05/11/2019 at MIN W 2-0Shots on Goal

4 Aleksandar Katai 05/11/2019 at MIN W 2-0Fouls Committed

5 Bastian Schweinsteiger

05/11/2019 at MIN W 2-0

Fouls Suffered

5 CJ Sapong 04/24/2019 at NYC L 0-1Offside

3 Aleksandar Katai 05/08/2019 at NE W 5-03 CJ Sapong 07/17/2019 at CLB T 2-2Saves

8 Kenneth Kronholm 07/06/2019 at KC L 0-1Shots Faced

10 Kenneth Kronholm 07/06/2019 at KC L 0-1Goals Allowed

4 David Ousted 03/16/2019 at SEA L 2-44 David Ousted 05/18/2019 at SJ L 1-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2019)Shots

5 08/14/2019 at POR L 2-35 08/17/2019 at PHI W 2-0Shots on Goal

1 04/24/2019 at NYC L 0-11 05/04/2019 at LFC T 0-0Fouls Committed

5 08/14/2019 at POR L 2-3Fouls Suffered

5 04/06/2019 at TOR T 2-2Corner Kicks

0 04/28/2019 at MTL L 0-1Offside

0 03/16/2019 at SEA L 2-40 04/20/2019 at COL W 4-10 04/28/2019 at MTL L 0-10 05/04/2019 at LFC T 0-00 05/18/2019 at SJ L 1-40 07/06/2019 at KC L 0-10 07/13/2019 at CIN L 1-20 07/27/2019 at DC T 0-0Saves

0 07/03/2019 at ATL W 5-10 07/13/2019 at CIN L 1-2Shots Faced

1 03/30/2019 at NYR W 1-01 07/03/2019 at ATL W 5-11 07/27/2019 at DC T 0-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2019)Goals

5 05/08/2019 at NE W 5-05 07/03/2019 at ATL W 5-1Assists

6 04/20/2019 at COL W 4-1Shots

26 06/28/2019 at NYR L 1-3Shots on Goal

12 03/16/2019 at SEA L 2-4Fouls Committed

18 03/30/2019 at NYR W 1-018 06/22/2019 at RSL T 1-1Fouls Suffered

19 05/11/2019 at MIN W 2-0Corner Kicks

13 07/13/2019 at CIN L 1-2Offside

6 05/25/2019 at NYC T 1-1Saves

8 07/06/2019 at KC L 0-1Shots Faced

10 07/06/2019 at KC L 0-1Goals Allowed

4 03/16/2019 at SEA L 2-44 05/18/2019 at SJ L 1-4


UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP11 F Gyasi Zardes 1 1 90 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 017 F Romario Williams 1 0 11 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 020 M Eduardo Sosa 1 1 65 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 02 M Luis Argudo 1 1 90 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 018 M Luis Diaz 1 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 025 D Harrison Afful 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 013 M Ricardo Clark 1 1 79 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 016 M Hector Jimenez 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 G Joseph Bendik 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 M Wil Trapp 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 029 F David Accam 1 1 54 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 021 D Alex Crognale 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 07 M Pedro Santos 1 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 D Aboubacar Keita 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team totals 1 1 90 2 3 10 5 10 10 0 2 0 0 0Opponent totals 1 1 90 2 1 20 6 10 10 3 7 1 0 0

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

2019 COLUMBUS CREW SC VS. CHICAGO FIRE (0-0-1)

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHT SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME1 G Joseph Bendik 1 1 90 6 4 2 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0-0

Team totals 1 1 90 6 4 2 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0-0Opponent totals 1 1 90 5 3 2 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0-0

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E CP9 F CJ Sapong 1 1 90 1 0 4 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 014 M Djordje Mihailovic 1 1 57 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 011 M Przemyslaw Frankowski 1 1 90 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 06 M Dax McCarty 1 1 80 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 031 M Bastian Schweinsteiger 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 021 F Fabian Herbers 1 1 90 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 04 D Johan Kappelhof 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 05 D Francisco Calvo 1 1 90 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 013 M Brandt Bronico 1 1 90 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 025 D Jorge Corrales 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 010 M Aleksandar Katai 1 0 33 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 02 D Marcelo 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 M Nicolas Gaitan 1 1 74 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 027 G Kenneth Kronholm 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team totals 1 1 90 2 1 20 6 10 10 3 7 1 0 0Opponent totals 1 1 90 2 3 10 5 10 10 0 2 0 0 0

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

2019 CHICAGO FIRE VS. COLUMBUS CREW SC (0-0-1)

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHT SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO O'TIME27 G Kenneth Kronholm 1 1 90 5 3 2 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0-0

Team totals 1 1 90 5 3 2 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0-0Opponent totals 1 1 90 6 4 2 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0-0


CREW SC CAREER SCORING VS. FIRE (19-26-20)

Crew SC 19 wins, 97 goals

Fire 26 wins, 91 goals20 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)8/12/2017 CLB 3 vs CHI 1 (CC)4/7/2018 CHI 1 vs CLB 0 (TP)5/12/2018 CLB 3 vs CHI 0 (CC)8/23/2018 CHI 1 vs CLB 1 (TP)7/17/2019 CHI 2 vs CLB 2 (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 18 15 12 15 14 16 0 90CLB 13 12 14 24 15 19 0 97

Crew SC Fire

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 42 55 0 97 46 44 0 90Shots 361 482 1 844 397 478 2 877Shots on Goal 143 194 0 337 150 181 2 333Fouls 442 478 3 923 421 472 5 898Offsides 76 76 0 152 80 53 0 133Corner Kicks 137 166 0 303 156 150 0 306

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Caleb Porter vs. CHI 1-0-5 (1.33 pts./game)Veljko Paunovic

vs. CLB 2-3-5 (1.1 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 6-1-1 1 Ws (08/25/2019) 6-0-2 3 Ws (08/03/2019)Tied 2-4-1 2 Ws (07/20/2019) 2-4-7 1 Ls (08/24/2019)Trailing 0-10-4 1 Ls (08/21/2019) 0-8-0 13 Ls (07/11/2018)

First Goal:Allowed 1-14-5 1 Ls (08/21/2019) 0-11-3 10 Ls (04/24/2019)Scored 7-1-1 2 Ws (07/20/2019) 8-1-4 3 Ws (08/03/2019)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-11-0 12 Ls (10/06/2018) 0-5-2 1 Ts (07/27/2019)1 goals 2-3-2 1 Ts (08/03/2019) 2-5-4 1 Ls (08/24/2019)2 goals 3-1-4 2 Ts (08/10/2019) 2-2-2 1 Ws (08/17/2019)3 goals 3-0-0 6 Ws (07/21/2018) 1-0-1 1 Ws (08/10/2019)4 goals 0-0-0 0 - - 3-0-0 4 Ws (09/16/2018)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 4-0-0 4 Ws (03/09/2019) 5-0-2 2 Ws (08/03/2019)1 goals 3-7-2 1 Ws (08/25/2019) 2-3-4 1 Ls (07/06/2019)2 goals 1-3-4 2 Ts (08/10/2019) 1-5-2 1 Ls (08/24/2019)3 goals 0-5-0 8 Ls (08/19/2018) 0-2-1 2 Ls (06/28/2019)4 goals 0-0-0 1 Ls (07/07/2018) 0-2-0 4 Ls (03/10/2018)

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Crew SC Fire

Goals 2 9 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 14 players tied 1 16 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 46Federico Higuain 14 13 1200 5 3 34Brian McBride 14 14 1249 4 4 33Kei 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 19Gyasi Zardes 4 4 359 3 0 12Justin Meram 17 13 1052 2 4 23Jairo Arrieta 5 4 351 2 1 13Dilly Duka 4 4 284 2 1 8Jason Garey 8 4 318 2 1 11Adam Jahn 7 2 194 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 18Robert 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 4Niko Hansen 4 0 177 1 1 9Alejandro Moreno 6 6 540 1 1 11John Wilmar Perez 9 9 738 1 1 6Tony Tchani 10 9 796 1 1 13Harrison Afful 8 8 675 1 0 9Bernardo Anor 3 3 269 1 0 4Knox Cameron 2 1 102 1 0 2Emmanuel Ekpo 8 6 522 1 0 13Ola Kamara 4 3 270 1 0 8Steven Lenhart 7 0 96 1 0 3Brian Maisonneuve 13 11 865 1 0 9Kekuta Manneh 1 1 65 1 0 2Adam 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 11Romario Williams 1 0 11 1 0 2Mike Clark 19 19 1727 0 3 10David Testo 5 1 157 0 3 1Shaun Francis 1 1 50 0 2 1Waylon Francis 7 6 557 0 2 3Ross 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 1Luis Argudo 1 1 90 0 1 0Corey Ashe 1 0 13 0 1 0Chad Barson 7 5 465 0 1 1Chris Birchall 2 1 114 0 1 1Ricardo Clark 3 3 226 0 1 5Luis Diaz 1 0 25 0 1 0Jason Farrell 5 4 377 0 1 3Kevan George 4 3 278 0 1 1Ned Grabavoy 3 3 268 0 1 4Andrew Gregor 2 0 52 0 1 1Hector Jimenez 7 6 561 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 0Eduardo Sosa 1 1 65 0 1 2Wil Trapp 14 13 1197 0 1 4Andy Williams 1 1 83 0 1 1Todd Yeagley 8 8 638 0 1 0Team totals 65 65 5850 97 99 847Opponent totals 65 65 5850 91 87 881

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 1Zack Steffen 6 540 20 14 0.83 0Bill Gaudette 2 180 7 5 1.00 0Matt Jordan 1 90 8 7 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 1Joseph Bendik 1 90 6 4 2.00 0Mark Dougherty 7 630 45 28 2.29 2Team totals 65 5850 333 241 1.38 7Opponent totals 65 5850 338 237 1.48 11


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 7 6 506 3 0 14Peter Lowry 2 2 177 3 0 4Nemanja Nikolic 6 6 539 3 0 14Damani 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 9Michael de Leeuw 6 6 507 2 0 10Amos 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 2Dilly 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 9Djordje Mihailovic 2 2 123 1 0 2Cristian Nazarit 1 0 11 1 0 1Dominic Oduro 5 3 310 1 0 14Marco Pappa 8 8 640 1 0 22CJ Sapong 1 1 90 1 0 4Dipsy 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 3Dax McCarty 7 7 575 0 2 2Andy Williams 5 3 312 0 2 5Arturo Alvarez 5 3 310 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 0Przemyslaw Frankowski 1 1 90 0 1 1Eric 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 4Daniel 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 0

FIRE CAREER SCORING VS. CREW SC (26-19-20)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGChris Snitko 1 90 6 6 0.00 0Jorge Bava 2 180 7 6 0.50 0Stefan Cleveland 1 90 6 5 1.00 0Andrew Dykstra 2 180 7 4 1.00 0Zach Thornton 22 1965 103 79 1.01 1Matt Pickens 5 450 36 29 1.40 1Matt Lampson 2 180 8 5 1.50 1Richard Sanchez 2 180 7 4 1.50 1Sean Johnson 14 1260 69 46 1.57 3Jon Busch 6 540 35 25 1.67 1Kenneth Kronholm 1 90 5 3 2.00 0David 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 65 5850 338 237 1.48 11Opponent totals 65 5850 333 241 1.38 7


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTTim Ward 2 2 180 0 1 1Team totals 65 65 5850 91 87 881Opponent totals 65 65 5850 97 99 847


CURRENT CREW SC VS. FIRE (19-26-20)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTFederico Higuain 14 13 1200 5 3 34Gyasi Zardes 8 7 646 4 0 20Ricardo Clark 25 23 2025 2 4 32David Accam 3 2 208 1 0 4Harrison Afful 8 8 675 1 0 9Romario Williams 1 0 11 1 0 2Waylon Francis 7 6 557 0 2 3Luis Argudo 1 1 90 0 1 0Luis Diaz 1 0 25 0 1 0Hector Jimenez 8 7 621 0 1 2Eduardo Sosa 1 1 65 0 1 2Wil Trapp 14 13 1197 0 1 4Alex Crognale 2 2 180 0 0 2Artur 6 5 431 0 0 12Jordan Hamilton 2 1 92 0 0 2Aboubacar Keita 1 1 90 0 0 1Jonathan Mensah 4 4 360 0 0 0Pedro Santos 4 3 226 0 0 6Josh Williams 11 10 915 0 0 8Team totals 65 65 5850 97 99 847Opponent totals 65 65 5850 91 87 881

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGTeam totals 65 5850 333 241 1.38 7Opponent totals 65 5850 338 237 1.48 11

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTCJ Sapong 18 16 1522 7 3 35Nemanja Nikolic 6 6 539 3 0 14Francisco Calvo 2 2 180 2 0 7Fabian Herbers 5 3 238 2 0 7Dax McCarty 26 23 1996 1 5 22Raheem Edwards 5 2 214 1 3 4Djordje Mihailovic 2 2 123 1 0 2Jonathan Bornstein 7 7 629 0 1 7Przemyslaw Frankowski 1 1 90 0 1 1David Ousted 5 5 450 0 1 0Micheal Azira 6 6 540 0 0 3Brandt Bronico 4 2 228 0 0 2Diego Campos 2 2 161 0 0 4Stefan Cleveland 1 1 90 0 0 0Elliot Collier 2 1 109 0 0 3Marcelo 1 0 16 0 0 0Nicolas Gaitan 1 1 74 0 0 1Johan Kappelhof 10 10 900 0 0 1Aleksandar Katai 3 1 153 0 0 10Kenneth Kronholm 1 1 90 0 0 0Grant Lillard 1 0 26 0 0 0Richard Sanchez 2 2 180 0 0 0Bastian Schweinsteiger 5 5 450 0 0 7Team totals 65 65 5850 91 87 881Opponent totals 65 65 5850 97 99 847

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGStefan Cleveland 1 90 6 5 1.00 0Richard Sanchez 2 180 7 4 1.50 1David Ousted 5 450 26 18 1.60 0Kenneth Kronholm 1 90 5 3 2.00 0Team totals 65 5850 338 237 1.48 11Opponent totals 65 5850 333 241 1.38 7

CURRENT FIRE VS. CREW SC (26-19-20)


2019 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Date: Saturday, August 31, 2019Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ETLocation: MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) FOX Sports Ohio [TV], FOX Sports GO [App]: Neil Sika (play-by-play) Brett Hiltbrand (pre-match/post-match) Ashley Collins (sideline) 97.1 The Fan [Radio], 971TheFan.com [Stream]: Chris Doran (play-by-play) ColumbusCrewSC.com Spanish Audio Stream: Juan Valladares (play-by-play) 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: **Sean Dennison (C: 917-658-4159), [email protected] Chin (C: 407-454-2697), [email protected] ** Traveling with the team

2019 MLS REGULAR-SEASON RECORD: OVERALL: 8-15-6 HOME: 5-6-4 AWAY: 3-9-2Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result TV Sat., March 2 NEW YORK RED BULLS D 1-1 SportsTime Ohio

Sat., March 9 at New England Revolution W 2-0 SportsTime Ohio

Sat., March 16 FC DALLAS W 1-0 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., March 23 at Philadelphia Union L 0-3 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., March 30 ATLANTA UNITED W 2-0 SportsTime Ohio

Sat., April 6 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION W 1-0 Fox Sports Ohio

Sat., April 13 at Montreal Impact L 0-1 SportsTime Ohio

Sat., April 20 PORTLAND TIMBERS L 1-3 Fox Sports Ohio

Wed., April 24 D.C. UNITED L 0-1 SportsTime Ohio

Sat., April 27 at Houston Dynamo L 0-2 SportsTime OhioSat., May 4 at D.C. United L 1-3 SportsTime Ohio

Wed., May 8 LA GALAXY W 3-1 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., May 11 LOS ANGELES FC L 0-3 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., May 18 at Minnesota United FC L 0-1 SportsTime Ohio

Sat., May 25 at Colorado Rapids L 2-3 SportsTime Ohio

Sat., June 1 NEW YORK CITY FC D 2-2 SportsTime Ohio

Tues., June 11 PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS SC (USOC) W 1-0 ESPN+

Tues., June 18 ATLANTA UNITED (USOC) L 2-3 ESPN+

Sun., June 23 SPORTING KANSAS CITY L 0-1 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., June 29 ORLANDO CITY SC L 0-2 FOX Sports Ohio

Wed., July 3 at Real Salt Lake L 0-1 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., July 6 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC L 1-2 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., July 13 at Orlando City SC L 0-1 FOX Sports Ohio

Wed., July 17 at Chicago Fire D 2-2 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., July 20 MONTREAL IMPACT W 2-1 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., July 27 at New York Red Bulls W 3-2 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Aug. 3 at San Jose Earthquakes D 1-1 SportsTime Ohio

Sat., Aug. 10 FC CINCINNATI D 2-2 FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Aug. 17 TORONTO FC D 2-2 SportsTime Ohio

Wed., Aug. 21 at New York City FC L 0-1 FOX Sports Ohio

Sun., Aug. 25 at FC Cincinnati W 3-1 FS1

Sat., Aug. 31 CHICAGO FIRE 7:30 PM ET FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Sep. 14 at Atlanta United 7:00 PM ET FOX Sports Ohio

Sat., Sep. 21 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5:00 PM ET FOX Sports Ohio

Sun., Sep. 29 PHILADELPHIA UNION 5:00 PM ET FOX Sports Ohio

Sun., Oct. 6 at Toronto FC 4:00 PM ET SportsTime Ohio

All Crew SC matches will also be streamed live on the FOX Sports GO app

PRONUNCIATIONS # Player Pos. Pronunciation 1 Eloy Room GK AY-loy 2 Luis Argudo M loo-EES are-GOO-doe 3 Josh Williams D 4 Jonathan Mensah D Men-SAH 5 Jordan Hamilton F 6 Wil Trapp M 7 Pedro Santos M SAHN-toes 8 Artur M are-TOUR 9 David Guzman M GOOZ-mahn 10 Federico Higuain (Nickname “Pipa”) M FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) 11 Gyasi Zardes F JAH-see SAR-des 12 Ben Lundgaard GK 13 Ricardo Clark M 14 Waylon Francis D WAY-lon 16 Hector Jimenez M hee-MEH-nes 17 Romario Williams F 18 Luis Diaz M loo-EES DEE-as 19 Milton Valenzuela D VAH-len-SWAY-el-ah 20 Eduardo Sosa M eh-DOO-are-doe So-SAH 21 Alex Crognale D Crow-nALL-e 24 Jon Kempin GK kem-PIN 25 Harrison Afful D AH-full (like Waffle) 27 Edward Opoku F oh-POE-coo 29 David Accam M uh-KAHM 30 Aboubacar Keita D ah-BOO-bah-car Keh-ee-TAH 31 Connor Maloney D 33 JJ Williams F 34 Youness Mokhtar M YOU-ness MOCK-tar Lalas Abubakar D ah-BOO-bah-car

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

(8-15-6, 30 PTS)

CHICAGOFIRE

(8-12-9, 33 PTS)

C R E W S C M E D I A W E B S I T E : C O L U M B U S C R E W S C . C O M / M E D I A

LAST MATCH STARTING XI

CREW SC OHIOHEALTH INJURY REPORT FOR UPCOMING MATCH

QUESTIONABLE: Luis Diaz - R Thigh Injury Aboubacar Keita - L Thigh Injury Josh Williams - R Thigh Injury

OUT: Waylon Francis - L Thigh Injury Federico Higuain - R Knee Injury Hector Jimenez - L Knee Injury

Milton Valenzuela - R Knee Injury

Denotes 2019 MLS regular-season statistics

31 MALONEY 5 GP, 4 GS, 0 G, 0 A

8 ARTUR25 GP, 23 GS, 0 G, 0 A

25 AFFUL17 GP, 17 GS, 0 G, 2 A

7 SANTOS28 GP, 25 GS, 9 G, 5 A

1 ROOM7 GP, 7 GS, 1.43 GAA, 17 SV, 0 SO

3 WILLIAMS14 GP, 13 GS, 2 G, 0 A

34 MOKHTAR 3 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A

4 MENSAH20 GP, 19 GS, 0 G, 0 A

18 DIAZ8 GP, 4 GS, 1 G, 3 A

11 ZARDES23 GP, 23 GS, 11 G, 2 A

6 TRAPP (C)23 GP, 23 GS, 0 G, 4 A

M L S M A T C H 3 0 : C O L U M B U S C R E W S C V S . C H I C A G O F I R E

No . Name Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB Hometown College 1 Eloy Room GK 6-3 179 02-06-89 Nijmegen, Netherlands 2 Luis Argudo M 5-9 150 12-13-95 Queens, NY Wake Forest University 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 5 Jordan Hamilton F 6-0 185 03-17-96 Scarborough, Canada 6 Wil Trapp M 5-8 150 01-15-93 Gahanna, OH University of Akron 7 Pedro Santos M 5-6 139 04-22-88 Lisbon, Portugal 8 Artur M 5-11 154 03-11-96 Salvador, Brazil 9 David Guzman M 5-10 175 02-16-90 San Jose, Costa Rica 10 Federico Higuaín (“Pipa”) M 5-8 165 10-25-84 Buenos Aires, Argentina 11 Gyasi Zardes F 6-1 187 09-02-91 Hawthorne, CA Cal State University Bakersfield 12 Ben Lundgaard GK 6-5 205 09-25-95 Wilmington, DE Virginia Tech 13 Ricardo Clark M 5-10 165 02-10-83 Atlanta, GA Furman University 14 Waylon Francis D 5-9 160 09-20-90 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 16 Hector Jiménez M 5-9 145 11-03-88 Bell Gardens, CA University of California-Berkeley 17 Romario Williams F 6-4 180 08-15-94 Portmore, Jamaica University of Central Florida 18 Luis Diaz M 5-11 159 12-06-98 Nicoya, Costa Rica 19 Milton Valenzuela D 5-6 145 08-13-98 Rosario, Argentina 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 24 Jon Kempin GK 6-1 175 04-08-93 Leawood, KS 25 Harrison Afful D 5-6 135 07-24-86 Awutu Breku, Ghana 27 Edward Opoku F 5-7 140 08-01-96 Konongo, Ghana University of Virginia 29 David Accam M 5-8 156 09-28-90 Accra, Ghana 30 Aboubacar Keita D 6-2 180 04-06-00 Columbus, OH University of Virginia 31 Connor Maloney D 5-6 145 05-18-95 Harrisburg, PA Pennsylvania State University 33 JJ Williams F 6-3 200 01-04-98 Clovis, NM University of Kentucky 34 Youness Mokhtar M 5-10 165 08-29-91 Utrecht, Netherlands Lalas Abubakar D 6-0 180 12-25-94 Kumasi, Ghana University of Dayton

No. Name Age Pronunciation Birthplace Previous Club29 David Accam 28 uh-KAHM Accra, Ghana Philadelphia Union25 Harrison Afful 33 AH-full (like Waffle) Tema, Ghana Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)2 Luis Argudo 23 loo-EES are-GOO-doe Queens, NY Wake Forest University (NCAA) 13 Ricardo Clark 35 Atlanta, GA Houston Dynamo 21 Alex Crognale 25 Crow-nALL-e Columbus, OH University of Maryland (NCAA)7 Artur 23 are-TOUR Brumado, Brazil Sao Paulo FC (Brazil) 18 Luis Diaz 20 loo-EES DEE-as Nicoya, Costa Rica Club Sport Herediano14 Waylon Francis 28 WAY-lon Puerto Limon, Costa Rica Seattle Sounders FC9 David Guzman 29 GOOZ-mahn San Jose, Costa Rica Portland Timbers5 Jordan Hamilton 23 Scarborough, Canada Toronto FC10 Federico Higuaín (“Pipa”) 34 FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) Buenos Aires, Argentina Colón de Santa Fe (Argentina)16 Hector Jimenez 30 hee-MEH-nes Huntington Park, CA LA Galaxy30 Aboubacar Keita 19 ah-BOO-bah-car Keh-ee-TAH New York, NY University of Virginia (NCAA)24 Jon Kempin 26 Leawood, KS LA Galaxy12 Ben Lundgaard 23 Wilmington, DE Virginia Tech (NCAA) 31 Connor Maloney 24 Harrisburg, PA University of Pennsylvania (NCAA)4 Jonathan Mensah 29 Men-SAH Accra, Ghana Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia) 34 Youness Mokhtar 28 YOU-ness MOCK-tar Utrecht, Netherlands Stabaek (Norway) 27 Edward Opoku 23 oh-POH-coo Konongo, Ghana University of Virginia (NCAA) 1 Eloy Room 30 AY-loy Nijmegen, Netherlands PSV Eindhoven32 Pedro Santos 31 SAHN-toes Lisbon, Portugal Sporting Clube de Braga (Portugal)20 Eduardo Sosa 23 eh-DOO-are-doe So-SAH Barinas, Venezuela Zamora FC (Venezuela) 6 Wil Trapp 26 Columbus, OH University of Akron (NCAA)19 Milton Valenzuela 21 VAH-len-SWAY-la Rosario, Argentina Newell’s Old Boys (Argentina) 3 Josh Williams 31 Akron, OH Toronto FC 33 JJ Williams 21 Montgomery, AL University of Kentucky (NCAA) 17 Romario Williams 25 Portmore, Jamaica Atlanta United11 Gyasi Zardes 27 JAH-see SAR-des Los Angeles, CA LA Galaxy Lalas Abubakar 24 ah-BOO-bah-car Kumasi, Ghana University of Dayton (NCAA)

NUMERICAL ROSTER

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

President and General Manager: Tim Bezbatchenko Technical Director: Pat Onstad Head Coach: Caleb PorterAssistant Coaches: Ezra Hendrickson, Matt Reis, Pablo Moreira, Ben Cross

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Brook Hamilton Fitness Coach: Federico PizzutoAssistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Kelly Roderick

Head Athletic Trainer: Chris ShenbergerAssistant Athletic Trainer: Daniel Givens Assistant Athletic Trainer: Lageishon Mohanadas

Director of Team Operations: Zach Crusse Team Coordinator: Julio Velasquez

Head Equipment Manager: David Brauzer Assistant Equipment Manager: Ron Meadors Data Analyst: Alex Mysiw Video Performance Analyst: Nathan CottonDietician: Jay Short


2019 MLS RESULTS

MLS REGULAR SEASON

Date Opponent Result Score Attendance Record Place Pts. Goal Scorers Sat., March 2 NEW YORK RED BULLS D 1-1 17,931 0-0-1 Fifth 1 CLB: Sauro (Higuain) 41' NY: Ivan (Valot, Murillo) 6' Sat., March 9 @ New England Revolution W 2-0 13,808 1-0-1 First 4 CLB: Zardes (Santos) 26', Zardes (Jimenez, Steffen) 90+6' NE: None Sat., March 16 FC DALLAS W 1-0 9,687 2-0-1 Second 7 CLB: Sauro (Santos) 10' DAL: None Sat., March 23 @ Philadelphia Union L 0-3 14,135 2-1-1 Third 7 CLB: None PHI: Accam (Picault, Medunjanin) 31', Accam 41', Ilsinho (Accam) 48' Sat., March 30 ATLANTA UNITED W 2-0 10,973 3-1-1 Second 10 CLB: Santos (Unassisted) 2', Zardes (Robinho, Higuain) 39' ATL: None Sat., April 6 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION W 1-0 10,942 4-1-1 First 13 CLB: J. Williams (Higuain) 42' NE: None Sat., April 13 @ Montreal Impact L 0-1 18,634 4-2-1 Second 13 CLB: None MTL: Novillo (Urruti) 55' Sat., April 20 PORTLAND TIMBERS L 1-3 11,707 4-3-1 Fourth 13 CLB: Santos (Unassisted) 69'

POR: Mabiala(Valeri) 31', Ebobisse (Blanco) 35', Moreira (Paredes, Blanco) 90+1 Wed., April 24 D.C. UNITED L 0-1 10,169 4-4-1 Fifth 13 CLB: None DC: Rooney (Unassisted) 27' Sat., April 27 @ Houston Dynamo L 0-2 15,557 4-5-1 Fifth 13 CLB: None HOU: Manota (Elis) 3', Martinez (Unassisted) 55' Sat., May 4 @ D.C. United L 1-3 16,687 4-6-1 Sixth 13 CLB: Own Goal (Hamid) 75' DC: Acosta (Unassisted) 27', Rooney (Penalty Kick) 45+4', Arriola (Jara) 61' Wed., May 8 LA GALAXY W 3-1 13,207 5-6-1 Fifth 16 CLB: Zardes (Robinho, Higuain) 27', Higuain (Zardes) 53', Jimenez (Unassisted) 66' LA: Steres (Lletget) 87' Sat., May 11 LOS ANGELES FC L 0-3 18,048 5-7-1 Seventh 16 CLB: None

LFC: Kaye (Blessing, Vela) 37', Diomande (Unassisted) 88', Vela (Unassisted) 90'

Sat., May 18 @ Minnesota United L 0-1 19,600 5-8-1 Eighth 16 CLB: None MIN: Finlay (Kallman, Metanire) 70' Sat., May 25 @ Colorado Rapids L 2-3 16,843 5-9-1 Ninth 16 CLB: Santos (Jimenez, Trapp) 28', Zardes (Higuain) 54'

COL: Smith (Price) 23', Lewis (Nicholson) 45+7', Mezquida (unassisted) 89' Sat., June 1 NEW YORK CITY FC D 2-2 13,704 5-9-2 Tenth 17 CLB: Zardes (PK) 28', Santos (Accam) 61' NYC: Heber (Moralez, Tajouri-Shradi) 57', Castellanos (Ring) 76' Sun., June 23 SPORTING KANSAS CITY L 0-1 14,015 5-10-2 Tenth 17 CLB: None

SKC: Gutierrez (Gerso, Feilhaber) 48' Sat., June 29 ORLANDO CITY SC L 0-2 17,715 5-11-2 Eleventh 17 CLB: None ORL: Mueller (Nani, Acosta) 41', Akindele (Nani) 66' Wed., July 3 @ Real Salt Lake L 0-1 10,030 5-12-2 Eleventh 17 CLB: None RSL: Johnson (Herrera) 38' Sat., July 6 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC L 1-2 14,183 5-13-2 Eleventh 17 CLB: Santos (PK) 13 SEA: Lodeiro (PK) 56', Lodeiro (unassisted) 90+6' Sat., July 13 @ Orlando City SC L 0-1 22,397 5-14-2 Eleventh 17 CLB: None ORL: Michel (Ruan, Sane) 84' Wed., July 17 @ Chicago Fire D 2-2 7,482 5-14-3 Eleventh 18 CLB: Zardes (Argudo, Sosa) 47', R. Williams (Diaz) 90' CHI: Milhailovic (Frankowski) 28', Sapong (Unassisted) 63' Sat., July 20 MONTREAL IMPACT W 2-1 15,124 6-14-3 Eleventh 21 CLB: J. Williams (Trapp) 6', Accam (Santos, Jimenez) 46' MTL: Diallo (Taider) 45'+2' Sat., July 27 @ New York Red Bulls W 3-2 16,126 7-14-3 Tenth 24 CLB: Argudo (Zardes, Crognale) 17', Santos (Argudo, Jimenez) 46', Santos (Unassisted) 84'

NY: White (Rzatkowski) 15', Royer (PK) 63' Sat., Aug. 3 @ San Jose Earthquakes D 1-1 17,088 7-14-4 Eleventh 25 CLB: Zardes (Diaz) 65' SJ: Eriksson (PK) 41' Sat., Aug. 10 FC CINCINNATI D 2-2 20,865 7-14-5 Eleventh 26 CLB: Zardes (PK) 45', Santos (Trapp) 62' CIN: Mattocks (Ulloa) 16', Ledesma (Lamah) 23' Sat., Aug. 17 TORONTO FC D 2-2 17,494 7-14-6 Eleventh 27 CLB: Santos (Trapp) 48', Accam (Afful) 82' TOR: Osorio (Altidore) 42', Altidore (Auro, Delgado) 90' Wed., Aug. 21 @ New York City FC L 0-1 19,828 7-15-6 Eleventh 27 CLB: None NYC: Castellanos (Moralez) 36' Sun., Aug. 25 @ FC Cincinnati W 3-1 30,611 8-15-6 Eleventh 30 CLB: Zardes (Diaz, Santos) 22', Zardes (Afful) 33', Diaz (Santos) 45+1' CIN: Manneh (Ledesma) 89' Sat., Aug. 31 CHICAGO FIRE Sat., Sep. 14 @ Atlanta United Sat., Sep. 21 @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sun., Sep. 29 PHILADELPHIA UNION Sun. Oct. 6 @ Toronto FC


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 East Finals 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 East Semifinals 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 East Quarterfinals 2010 14-8-8 50 0-0-0 0-0 40 34 East 2 East Quarterfinals 2011 13-13-8 47 0-0-0 0-0 43 44 East 4 East 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 East. Conf. Champ. , MLS Cup 2016 8-14-12 36 0-0-0 0-0 50 58 East 9 Did not qualify 2017 16-12-6 54 0-0-0 0-0 53 49 East 5 East. Conf. Championship 2018 14-11-9 51 0-0-0 0-0 43 45 East 5 East. Conf. Semifinals 2019 8-15-6 30 0-0-0 0-0 27 40 TBD TBD TOT. 308-295-156 1054 4-6-19 13-18 1092 1065

Regular-Season Home Matches

YEAR W-L-T PTS OT ShO GF GA GD 1996 8-8-0 24 0-0-0 0-3 32 27 +5 1997 11-5-0 27 0-0-0 3-1 25 15 +10 1998 11-5-0 33 0-0-0 0-1 49 31 +18 1999 10-6-0 24 0-0-0 3-4 29 18 +11 2000 7-6-3 21 1-0-3 0-0 29 25 +4 2001 7-1-5 26 1-0-5 0-0 29 15 +14 2002 6-4-4 22 0-1-4 0-0 17 15 +2 2003 6-3-6 24 0-0-6 0-0 24 15 +9 2004 8-2-5 29 0-0-0 0-0 26 18 +8 2005 7-8-1 22 0-0-0 0-0 15 19 -4 2006 4-6-6 18 0-0-0 0-0 16 16 0 2007 5-5-5 20 0-0-0 0-0 17 17 0 2008 11-2-2 35 0-0-0 0-0 30 15 +15 2009 9-2-4 31 0-0-0 0-0 25 15 +10 2010 10-3-2 32 0-0-0 0-0 22 12 +10 2011 9-3-5 32 0-0-0 0-0 27 18 +9 2012 11-3-3 36 0-0-0 0-0 28 21 +11 2013 7-7-3 24 0-0-0 0-0 19 13 +6 2014 9-4-4 31 0-0-0 0-0 27 15 +12 2015 9-4-4 31 0-0-0 0-0 38 25 +13 2016 6-3-8 26 0-0-0 0-0 31 25 +6 2017 12-3-2 38 0-0-0 0-0 34 17 +17 2018 11-2-4 36 0-0-0 0-0 29 18 +112019 5-6-4 19 0-0-0 0-0 13 15 - 2 TOT. 199-101-80 661 2-1-18 6-9 639 449 +190

YEAR-BY-YEAR OVERALL RECORD

YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD

Regular-Season Road Matches

YEAR W-L-T PTS OT ShO GF GA GD 1996 7-9-0 13 0-0-0 4-2 27 33 -6 1997 4-12-0 12 0-0-0 0-3 17 26 -9 1998 4-12-0 12 0-0-0 0-4 18 25 -7 1999 9-7-0 21 0-0-0 3-0 19 21 -2 2000 4-10-2 14 0-0-2 0-0 19 33 -14 2001 6-6-1 19 0-0-1 0-0 20 21 -1 2002 5-8-1 16 1-2-1 0-0 27 28 -1 2003 4-9-2 14 1-3-2 0-0 20 29 -9 2004 4-3-8 20 0-0-0 0-0 14 14 0 2005 4-8-4 16 0-0-0 0-0 19 26 -72006 4-9-3 15 0-0-0 0-0 14 26 -122007 4-6-5 17 0-0-0 0-0 22 27 -5 2008 6-5-4 22 0-0-0 0-0 20 21 -1 2009 4-5-6 18 0-0-0 0-0 16 16 0 2010 4-5-6 18 0-0-0 0-0 18 22 -4 2011 4-10-3 15 0-0-0 0-0 16 26 -102012 4-9-4 16 0-0-0 0-0 16 23 -7 2013 5-10-2 17 0-0-0 0-0 23 33 -102014 5-6-6 21 0-0-0 0-0 25 27 -2 2015 6-7-4 22 0-0-0 0-0 20 28 -8 2016 2-11-4 10 0-0-0 0-0 19 33 -142017 4-9-4 16 0-0-0 0-0 19 32 -132018 3-9-5 14 0-0-0 0-0 14 27 13 2019 3-9-2 11 0-0-0 0-0 14 22 -6TOT. 109-194-76 385 2-5-6 7-9 450 615 -163


Columbus Crew SC record: 19-26-20 (97 GF, 90 GA) Home games: 13-10-8 (58 GF, 39 GA) Road games: 6-16-12 (39 GF, 51 GA PREVIOUS REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGS 05/12/2018 CLB 3 vs CHI 0 W MAPFREStadium08/23/2018 CLB 1 at CHI 1 T SeatGeek Stadium07/17/2019 CLB 2 at CHI 2 T SeatGeek Stadium

CREW SC HOSTS THE CHICAGO FIRE Crew SC hosts the Chicago Fire at MAPFRE Stadium on Saturday. The match marks the 66th all-time regular-season meeting between the Crew and the Fire dating back to 1998. Notably, the Black & Gold are undefeat-ed in their last three regular-season home matches against the Fire with a record of 2-0-1. The Crew also boasts an all-time regular-season winning home record of 13-10-8 against Chicago, outscoring the Fire 58-39 over that span. LAST REGULAR-SEASON MEETING On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, Crew SC traveled to SeatGeek Stadium to face the Chicago Fire. The Fire took a lead in the 28th minute of the con-test, through a Djordje Mihailovic goal. The Black & Gold responded early in the second half, when Eduardo Sosa combined with Luis Argudo to set up Gyasi Zardes’ 47th-minute goal. Chicago’s C.J. Sapong put the hosts ahead again the 63rd minute, making the score 2-1. In the 90th minute of the match, Luis Diaz sent a cross into the Fire’s box, which Romario Williams headed in to level the score, helping the Crew secure a point on the road. COACHESCaleb Porter: 76-65-58 (Portland Timbers: ‘13 - '17; Crew SC: '19 - Present) vs. Veljko Paunovic: 39-58-34 (Chicago Fire: '16 - Present) Records listed are MLS regular-season totals

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTENSaturday's home match against the Chicago Fire kicks-off at 7:30 p.m. ET and is set to be televised regionally on FOX Sports Ohio as well as streamed live via the FOX Sports GO App. Neil Sika and Ashley Collins are set to have the call in English, with Brett Hilt-brand appearing alongside Sika and Collins in the pre-match and post-match show. Locally, the contest is available in English on 97.1 The Fan, as well as via stream on 971TheFan.com, with Chris Doran on the call. A Spanish radio stream is available on Colum-busCrewSC.com, with Juan Valladares on the call. For complete regional television listings, please visit ColumbusCrewSC.com/broadcast. CREW SC TO HOST ALUMNI NIGHT AT MAPFRE STADIUM ON SATURDAY Columbus Crew SC is set to host Alumni Night at MAPFRE Sta-dium this Saturday, August 31, surrounding its regular-season home match against the Chicago Fire. Alumni Night will feature former Crew SC players in attendance participating in pre-match autograph opportunities, as well as in a halftime ceremony. Sat-urday’s Alumni Night event is set to feature Mike Clark, Jeff Cun-ningham, John Harkes, Alejandro Moreno and Duncan Oughton among other former Crew SC players. DIAZ SCORES FIRST MLS CAREER GOAL, TALLIES ASSISTLuis Diaz scored his first MLS career goal in Sunday’s 3-1 victory over FC Cincinnati. The midfielder’s goal came in the first minute of first-half stoppage time, when he sped down the right flank and fired a shot past goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton after receiving a through ball from Pedro Santos. In addition to scoring a goal, Diaz also registered the assist on Gyasi Zardes’ 22nd-minute goal, when he sent in a cross from the right flank to Zardes, who fin-ished inside the box. Notably, the assist was Diaz’s third helper in eight regular-season appearances (four starts) for Crew SC since joining the Black & Gold on July 2, 2019.

ZARDES REGISTERS SECOND BRACE OF 2019Gyasi Zardes recorded a brace during Sunday’s 3-1 win over FC Cincinnati. Zardes’ first goal came in the 22nd minute, when he put away a cross from Luis Diaz. The forward struck again 11 min-utes later, this time finishing off a cross from Harrison Afful. With the brace in Sunday's match, Zardes brought his 2019 regular-season tally to 11 goals in 23 appearances (all starts). The brace marked the sixth time Zardes has scored two or more goals in 56 regular-season appearances (all starts) since joining Crew SC ahead of the 2018 MLS season.

ZARDES HITS DOUBLE DIGITS IN GOALS FOR THIRD TIMEGyasi Zardes’ brace in Sunday’s match took his tally to 11 goals during the 2019 regular season, marking the third time the forward has scored 10 or more goals in a single regular season. Zardes had previously tallied 16 strikes in 2014 and 19 goals in 2018. In all, Zardes has scored 64 goals in 187 regular-season ap-pearances (172 starts) since making his MLS debut in 2013.

ZARDES: CREW SC'S SCORING LEADER Through 23 regular-season appearances in 2019, Gyasi Zardes has scored 11 goals, more than any other player for Crew SC this season. Zardes has scored four goals in his last five matches, including a brace in Sunday's 3-1 victory over FC Cincinnati. Two of Zardes' strikes this season have also been the game-winning goals. In addition to his 11 tallies, Zardes has also provided two assists in the 2019 regular season.

MISCELLANEOUS TEAM NOTES

2019 REGULAR-SEASON SNAPSHOT

On Sunday, Crew SC traveled to face FC Cincinnati at Nippert Stadium for the second of two regular-season meetings between the clubs in 2019. The Crew took the lead in the 22nd minute, when Gyasi Zardes finished a chance after combining with Luis Diaz and Pedro Santos. Zardes made it a brace 11 minutes later, sending the ball to the back of the net after receiving a cross from Harrison Afful. In the first minute of first half-stoppage time, Luis Diaz made it 3-0 after receiving a pass from Santos. FC Cincinnati managed to score a goal in the 89th minute of the match, as Kekuta Manneh finished from inside the box. In the end, the Black & Gold walked away with a 3-1 victory.

CREW SC & CHICAGO FIRE AT A GLANCE

LAST MATCH RECAP BLACK & GOLD NOTES

CREW SC SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CAPS

MLS Regular Season: 8-15-6 MLS Regular Season: 8-12-9Points: 30 Points: 33Eastern Conference: Eleventh Eastern Conference: Tenth Home: 5-6-4 Home: 7-2-6 Away: 3-9-2 Away: 1-10-3Goals For: 32 Goals For: 43Goals Against: 43 Goals Against: 42 +/-: -11 +/-: +1

2019 Regular-Season Leaders

Goals: Zardes (11) Goals: Nikolic (11) Assists: Higuain, Santos (5) Assists: Gaitan (10) Shots: Santos (63) Shots: Katai (87)Shots on Goal: Zardes (21) Shots on Goal: Katai (24)Fouls Suffered: Santos (73) Fouls Suffered: Spong (50)Fouls Committed: Artur (40) Fouls Committed: Spong (38) Yellow Cards Issued: Guzman, Mensah (6) Yellow Cards Issued: Schweinsteiger (9) Saves Leader: Steffen (39) Saves Leader: Kronholm (35)GAA Leader: Steffen (1.31) GAA Leader: Ousted (1.43)Wins: Steffen (5) Wins: Kronholm, Ousted (4)

Player National Team Caps Last Appearance Jordan Hamilton Canada 2 10/6/16 vs. Mauritania (friendly)Waylon Francis Costa Rica 7 3/22/19 vs. Guatemala (friendly) David Guzman Costa Rica 54 2/2/19 vs. U.S. MNT (friendly)Eloy Room Curacao 30 7/1/19 vs. USMNT (Gold Cup)David Accam Ghana 9 7/1/17 vs. U.S. MNT (friendly)Harrison Afful Ghana 77 9/08/18 vs. Kenya (AFCoN qua.)Jonathan Mensah Ghana 60 6/29/19 vs. Cameroon (AFCoN)Romario Williams Jamaica 13 9/8/18 vs. Ecuador (friendly)Wil Trapp United States 19 6/26/19 vs. Panama (Gold Cup) Gyasi Zardes United States 50 7/7/19 vs. Mexico (Gold Cup)


CREW SC: 2019 REGULAR-SEASON COMBINED GOALS AND ASSISTS LEADERS PLAYER G GWG A GWAPedro Santos 9 3 5 3Gyasi Zardes 11 2 2 1Federico Higuain 1 1 5 1Hector Jimenez 1 0 4 1

SANTOS REGISTERS TWO ASSISTS AGAINST FC CINCINNATIPedro Santos notched two assists during Sunday’s road contest against FC Cincinnati, as he provided a secondary assist on Gyasi Zardes’ first goal before setting up Luis Diaz's goal. Santos’ first helper came in the 22nd minute, when he combined with Luis Diaz to set up Zardes’ opening strike. His second assist came in the first minute of first-half stoppage, when he sent a through ball to Diaz, who sped down the right flank and fired a shot past FC Cincy’s goalkeeper. Notably, Santos has scored two goals and provided two assists in his last five regular-season appearances. In 2019, Santos has made 28 regular-season appearances (25 starts), registering nine goals and five assists.

AFFUL NOTCHES SECOND ASSIST OF 2019 Harrison Afful registered his second assist of the 2019 regular season during Sunday’s 3-1 win over FC Cincinnati, as he provided the helper on Gyasi Zardes’ second goal of the night. Afful’s assist came in the 33rd minute of the match, as he whipped in a cross from the right flank which Zardes finished off inside the box. Since joining Crew SC in 2015, Afful has made 112 regular-season appearances (109 starts), recording five goals and 14 assists.

SANTOS LEADS CREW SC IN MINUTES PLAYED IN 2019Pedro Santos, who started in Sunday's match against FC Cincin-nati, has played more minutes for Crew SC than any other player thus far in the 2019 regular season. Through 28 regular-season appearances (25 starts), Santos has played 2,314 minutes in 2019 while scoring nine goals and providing five assists. For a list of Crew SC's leaders in minutes played during the 2019 regular sea-son, see the table below. CREW SC LEADERS: 2019 REGULAR-SEASON MINUTES PLAYER MIN. 1. Pedro Santos ..........................2,3142. Gyasi Zardes ...........................2,0373. Wil Trapp ..................................2,0254. Artur ..........................................2,002 5. Jonathan Mensah ................. 1,791 GUZMAN NEARING MLS MILESTONE Midfielder David Guzman is on the verge of nearing an MLS career milestone. With his next start in regular-season action, Guzman will reach 50 regular-season starts in MLS. To date, Guzman has made 56 appearances to go with his 49 starts, scoring four goals and providing eight assists over that span. Since joining Crew SC on May 6, 2019, Guzman has made 12 regular-season appear-ances (10 starts).

CREW SC ON THE VERGE OF REACHING MILESTONE IN REGULAR-SEASON HOME MATCHESCrew SC is on the verge of reaching a milestone in regular-season home victories. The Black & Gold currently have 199 regular-season home wins. With its next regular-season victory at home, the Crew would become one of only six MLS clubs to have won 200 or more regular-season matches at home dating back to the 1996 season. For a list of the other teams on this list, see the table below. MLS ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON LEADERS: HOME WINS TEAM W L D LA Galaxy 218 89 72 FC Dallas 210 92 77 New York Red Bulls 208 102 69 D.C. United 203 105 71 Sporting Kansas City 202 99 78 Columbus Crew SC 199 101 80 Through 8/25/19

BLACK & GOLD QUOTES

ARTUR• He has made 74 regular-season starts in MLS and needs one

more to reach 75 regular-season starts in the League. DAVID ACCAM• He has made 91 regular-season starts in MLS and needs nine

more to reach 100 regular-season starts in the League.

WAYLON FRANCIS• He has made 91 regular-season appearances for Crew SC

and needs nine more regular-season appearances to reach 100 starts with the Club.

DAVID GUZMAN• He has made 49 regular-season starts in MLS and needs one

more to reach 50 in the League.

JON KEMPIN• He has made 22 regular-season appearances in MLS and

needs three more to reach 25 in the League.

JONATHAN MENSAH• He has made 73 regular-season appearances in MLS and

needs two more to reach 75 in the League.

GYASI ZARDES• He has made 172 regular-season starts in MLS and needs

three more to reach 175 in the League.

MILESTONES ON THE HORIZON

TRAPP AND ZARDES CALLED UP TO U.S. MNTCrew SC announced on Wednesday that midfielder Wil Trapp and forward Gyasi Zardes have received international call-ups from the United States Men’s National Team ahead of a pair of international friendlies in September against Mexico and Uruguay. To date, Trapp has earned 19 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team since making his debut in a friendly against Chile on January 28, 2015. Similarly Zardes has earned 51 caps with the U.S. Men’s National Team, scoring 10 goals and providing nine assists since making his debut in a friendly against Chile on January 28, 2015.

ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE CHICAGO FIRE "We know their identity at this point. I always say at the last stage of the season, there are no mysteries. They know our strengths, we know their strengths, they know our weaknesses, we know theirs... and it’s going to come down to executing." - Caleb Porter "We know they like to build and they build with a slow tempo, so when we have the ball we need to push forward and be strong because they [have quality], but if we play quick we can score goals." - Pedro Santos ON CREW SC'S MENTALITY HEADING INTO THE MATCH AGAINST THE CHICAGO FIRE "We want to finish the season strong and make it possible to make the playoffs. We are working hard to win the next game. We know it’s going to be a difficult game, but we are prepared to win the game." - Pedro Santos


2019 MISCELLANEOUS MLS REGULAR-SEASON STATSQuickest Goal: Santos, 3/30 vs. ATL 2’

Quickest Goal Against: Manotas, 4/27 @ HOU 3’ Game-Winning Goals after 75’: Santos, 7/27 @ NY 84'

Game-Tying Goals after 75’: R.Williams (Diaz) 90'

Game-Winning Goals Against after 75’: Lodeiro, 7/6 vs. SEA 90+6' Michel, 7/13 @ ORL 84'

Game-Tying Goals Against after 75’: Altidore, 8/17 vs. TOR 90'

Hat Tricks: N/A

Hat Tricks Against: N/A

Own Goals For: Hamid, 5/4 @ DC 75'

Own Goals Against: N/A

Red Cards: Afful, 6/23 vs. SKC 74'

Opponent’s Red Cards: Mancienne, 4/6 vs. NE 64' Dwyer, 7/13 @ ORL 90+3' Sagna, 7/20 vs. MTL 55'

2019 REGULAR-SEASON PENALTY KICKS FOR

2019 REGULAR-SEASON PENALTY KICKS AGAINST

CLB Player Goalkeeper, Team Date Result

Higuain Guzan, ATL 3/30 SAVED

Zardes Johnson, NYC 6/1 GOAL

Santos Frei, SEA 7/6 GOAL

Zardes Tyton, CIN 8/10 GOAL

Player, Team CLB Goalkeeper Date ResultFagundez, NE Zack Steffen 3/9 SAVEDRooney, DC Zack Steffen 5/4 GOALLodeiro, SEA Joe Bendik 7/6 GOALRoyer, NY Eloy Room 7/27 GOALEriksson, SJ Eloy Room 8/3 GOAL

CREW SC 2019 REGULAR-SEASON HONORSML Player of the Month presented by EA Sports: N/A

MLSSoccer.com Player of the Week: N/A

MLSSoccer.com Team of the Week: Gaston Sauro (Week 1, Week 3) Gyasi Zardes (Week 2, Week 25) Zack Steffen (Week 3, Week 5, Week 6) Federico Higuain (Week 11) Pedro Santos (Week 14, Week 21, Week 23) David Accam (Week 20) Eloy Room (Week 22)

MLSSoccer.com Coach of the Week: Caleb Porter (Week 2)

MLSSoccer.com Goal of the Week: Pedro Santos (Nominated - Week 23, Week 24)MLSSoccer.com Goal of the Year: N/A

2018-19 COLUMBUS CREW SC TRANSACTIONSPLAYERS IND - Valenzuela (12/21/18 - permanently transferred from Newell's Old Boys)GK - Joe Bendik (12/27/18 - signed)M - Robinho (1/18/19 - signed from Ceara SC)F - JJ Williams (1/11/19 - MLS SuperDraft)D - Waylon Francis (2/5/19 - trade with Seattle Sounders FC)M - David Guzman (5/6/19 - trade with Portland

Timbers)M - David Accam (5/8/19 - trade with Philadelphia Union)F - Romario Williams (7/1/19 - trade with Atlanta United)M - Luis Diaz (7/2/19 - signed from Club Sport Herediano)GK - Eloy Room (7/5/19 - signed as a free agent)F - Jordan Hamilton (7/11/19 - trade with Toronto FC) M - Youness Mokhtar (7/19/19 - signing) D/M - Chris Cadden (7/23/19 - signed as a free agent,

will join Club in 2020)

PLAYERS OUTGK - Logan Ketterer (11/26/18 - option declined)

M - Mike Grella (11/26/18 - option declined)

M - Cristian Martinez (11/26/18 - option declined)

F - Adam Jahn (11/26/18 - option declined)

M - Justin Meram (5/6/19 - trade with Atlanta United)

F - Patrick Mullins (7/11/19 - trade with Toronto FC)

M - Robinho (7/11/19 - trade with Orlando City SC)

GK - Joe Bendik (7/19/19 - trade with Philadelphia Union)

D - Gaston Sauro (8/7/19 - transfer to Deportivo Toluca FC)

M - Niko Hansen (8/8/19 - trade with Houston Dynamo)

HOW CREW SC WAS BUILTSeason 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019SuperDraft Abubakar Opoku J.J Williams Lundgaard Argudo Maloney Homegrown Trapp Crognale Keita Trade Jimenez Zardes Francis++ Grella Kempin Guzman Accam R. Williams J. Hamilton DP Higuain+ Santos Young DP Valenzuela** Signing Mensah+ Sosa Diaz Afful Williams++ Loan Artur* Allocation Waiver Draft Free Agent Clark Cadden^ Mokhtar Room * Permanent transfer in 2018 ** Permanent transfer in 2019 + Previously occupied DP slot ++ On second stint with the Club ^ Signed in 2019, will join Club in 2020

Overall Home AwayOverall: 8-15-6 5-6-4 3-9-2vs. East: 6-7-5 3-3-4 3-4-1vs. West: 2-8-1 2-4-0 0-4-1Before All-Star Game (7/31): 7-14-3 5-6-2 2-8-1After All-Star Game (7/31): 1-1-3 0-0-2 1-1-1Scoring First: 7-2-1 5-2-1 2-0-0Opp. Scoring First: 1-13-5 0-4-3 1-9-2Leading at Half: 5-1-1 3-1-1 2-0-0Trailing at Half: 0-10-4 0-4-2 0-6-2Tied at Half: 2-2-1 1-0-1 1-2-0Leading at 75’: 5-0-1 3-0-1 2-0-0Trailing at 75’: 1-11-1 0-5-0 1-6-1Tied at 75’: 0-3-3 0-1-3 0-2-0Out-Shooting Opponent: 6-6-1 4-4-2 2-2-0Out-Shot by Opponent: 1-10-4 1-3-2 1-7-2Shots Even: 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0One-Goal Games: 1-8-0 1-3-0 0-2-0Day Games (before 5 p.m. local): 2-1-1 1-0-1 1-1-0Night Games (5 p.m. or after local): 6-14-5 4-6-3 2-8-2In Gold Kits: 5-11-3 3-3-2 2-8-1In Black Kits: 3-3-2 2-2-2 1-1-1In Other Kits: 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0On FOX Sports Ohio: 5-9-3 4-5-2 1-4-1On SportsTime Ohio: 1-6-3 0-1-2 1-5-1On ESPN: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On FS1: 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0On UniMas/Univision Deportes: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0In March: 3-1-1 2-0-1 1-1-0In April: 1-4-0 1-2-0 0-2-0In May: 1-4-0 1-1-0 0-3-0In June: 0-2-1 0-2-1 0-0-0In July: 2-3-1 1-1-0 1-2-1In August: 1-1-3 0-0-2 1-1-1In September: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0In October: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Mondays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Tuesdays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Wednesdays: 1-3-1 1-1-0 0-2-1On Thursdays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Fridays: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0On Saturdays: 6-11-5 4-4-4 2-8-1On Sundays: 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0In Sunny Weather: 5-5-3 2-2-3 3-3-0In Clear Weather: 2-6-1 1-1-0 1-5-1In Rain: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0In Cloudy Weather: 1-4-3 1-3-2 0-1-1In Windy Weather: 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-030°-49° at Kickoff: 2-3-1 1-1-1 1-2-050°-59° at Kickoff: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-060°-69° at Kickoff: 1-3-0 1-2-0 0-1-070°-79° at Kickoff: 0-3-0 0-0-0 0-3-080°-89° at Kickoff: 3-5-5 1-3-3 2-2-290°+ at Kickoff: 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0Indoors: 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0Using No Subs: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Using 1 Sub: 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0Using 2 Subs: 1-2-0 0-2-0 1-0-0Using 3 Subs: 7-13-5 4-4-3 3-9-2On Natural Grass: 6-15-6 5-6-4 1-9-2On FieldTurf/Artificial Surface: 2-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0When scoring 0 goals: 0-7-0 0-1-0 0-6-0When scoring 1 goal: 2-3-2 2-2-1 0-1-1When scoring 2 goals: 3-1-4 2-0-3 1-1-1When scoring 3 goals: 3-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0When scoring 4+ goals: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0When allowing 0 goals: 4-1-0 3-1-0 1-0-0When allowing 1 goal: 2-7-2 1-2-1 1-5-1When allowing 2 goals: 1-3-4 0-2-3 1-1-1When allowing 3 goals: 0-5-0 0-2-0 0-3-0When allowing 4+ goals: 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

2019 MLS REGULAR-SEASON CATEGORICAL WIN-LOSS


PLAYER MINI BIOS

• Williams originally played for the Crew from 2010-2014 and returned to the Club on January 5, 2017

• Williams made his 2019 regular-season debut in a home match against Atlanta United (March 30)

• He scored the game-winning goal in a home contest against the New England Revolution (April 6), his first strike of the 2019 regular season • This season, Williams made his 150th MLS regular-season ap-pearance in a home contest against D.C. United (April 24)

• To date, he has made 128 regular-season appearances (113starts) for the Black & Gold, scoring nine goals and tallying four assists

2019 Regular Season: 14 GP/13 GS, 2 G, 0 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 4-7-22019 Crew SC record when he appears: 4-8-22019 Crew SC record when he scores: 2-0-0 2019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. Montreal Impact (7/20/19)Last assist with Columbus: vs. D.C. United (04/27/13) Denotes MLS Regular Season

• Argudo was selected by Crew SC in the Third Round of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft on January 21, 2018

• He made his regular-season debut for the Crew in 2018 as a substitute in a road contest against Toronto FC (March 3)

• Argudo made his 2019 MLS and Crew SC regular-season debut on the road against the Philadelphia Union (March 23)

• He made his first start of 2019 for Crew SC in a 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 home match against Atlanta United (June 18)

• Argudo registered his first assist of the 2019 regular-season in a road match against the Chicago Fire (July 17) and scored his first career goal in a road match against the New York Red Bulls (July 27)

2019 Regular Season: 18 GP/9 GS, 1 G, 2 A Crew SC’s last match: Subbed in against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 2-4-32019 Crew SC record when he appears: 3-10-52019 Crew SC record when he scores: 1-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-0-1Last goal with Columbus: at New York Red Bulls (7/27/19)Last assist with Columbus: at New York Red Bulls (7/27/19) Denotes MLS Regular Season

3 JOSH WILLIAMS - D

2 LUIS ARGUDO - M

4 JONATHAN MENSAH - D

• Mensah joined Crew SC on January 3, 2017

• He has earned 60 caps for the Ghana National Team, includ-ing appearances in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup and was recently in Egypt for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations help-ing the Black Stars reach the Round of 16

• In 2018, Mensah made 27 regular-season appearances (21 starts)

• Mensah played every minute of Crew SC's first nine regular-season matches

• Since joining Columbus, Mensah has made 73 regular-sea-son appearances (70 starts), scored three goals and provided one assist

2019 Regular Season: 20 GP/19 GS, 0 G, 0 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 6-9-42019 Crew SC record when he appears: 6-9-52019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. New York Red Bulls (07/28/18)Last assist with Columbus: at San Jose Earthquakes (08/05/17) Denotes MLS Regular Season

6’ 2”, 185 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-18-1988 / HOMETOWN: COPLEY, OH / @JOSH3WILLIAMS

5’ 9”, 150 LBS. / D.O.B.: 12-13-1995 / HOMETOWN: QUEENS, NY/ @LUIS_ARGUDO26

6' 2", 183 LBS. / D.O.B.: 07-13-1990 / HOMETOWN: PRAMPRAM, GHANA / @JOMENS25

• Room signed with Crew SC on July 5, 2019 • He is a 12-year Eredivisie veteran who has played for PSV Eindhoven, SBV Vitesse, and the Go Ahead Eagles while mak-ing 160 appearances (159 starts) in the Dutch First Division. • Room played a role in helping PSV Eindhoven win the Eredi-visie during the 2017-2018 season.

• He helped SBV Vitesse win the KNBV Cup – the Netherlands’ domestic cup – during the 2016-2017 season, marking the first time the club had won the cup in its 125-year history.

• Room has earned 30 caps for the Curacao National Team. In 2017, he was awarded the Golden Glove at the Caribbean Cup after helping Curacao win the tournament for the first time. • He made his Crew SC debut in a regular-season home match against the Montreal Impact (July 20), securing the win. • In 2019, Room was named to the MLSSoccer.com Team of Week for Week 22 following his performance against the San Jose Earthquakes (August 3)

2019 Regular Season: 7 GP/ 7 GS, 17 SV, 3 W, 0 SO Crew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 3-1-32019 Crew SC record when he appears: 3-1-32019 Crew SC record when he keeps a clean sheet: 0-0-0 Last shutout with Columbus: N/A Denotes MLS Regular Season

1 ELOY ROOM - GK6’ 3", 179 LBS. / D.O.B.: 02-06-1989 / HOMETOWN: NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS / @ELOYROOM


PLAYER MINI BIOS

• Artur arrived on loan from Sao Paulo FC on February 13, 2017 and joined Crew SC on a permanent transfer on Decem-ber 6, 2017

• During his time with Sao Paulo FC’s Under-20 Team, Artur won the Copa do Brasil twice (2015, 2016), the Sao Paulo State Tournament (2016) and the Copa Libertadores (2016)

• In 2018, Artur made 32 regular-season appearances (all starts) while registering two assists

• Since joining the Crew, Artur has made 81 regular-season appearances (74 starts) while providing five assists

2019 Regular Season: 25 GP/23 GS, 0 G, 0 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 8-11-42019 Crew SC record when he appears: 8-12-52019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-0 2019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. NYCFC (10/31/17)Last assist with Columbus: vs. D.C. United (3/24/18) Denotes MLS Regular Season

• Santos was acquired as a Designated Player via a Discovery Signing August 8, 2017• He made his MLS debut on the road against Orlando City in 2017 (August 19)

• Santos made 30 regular-season appearances in 2018 (11 starts as left midfielder and 18 starts as a right midfielder)

• In 2019, he has been named to the MLSSoccer.com Team of Week three times (Week 14, Week 21, Week 23)

• During the 2019 regular season, Santos has scored nine goals (two game-winning goals) - a single season-career MLS career-high for the midfielder - and provided five assists (three game-winning assists)

• He registered his first brace with Crew SC in a regular-season road match against the New York Red Bulls (July 27)

2019 Regular Season: 28 GP/25 GS, 9 G, 5 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati and provided two assists (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 8-12-52019 Crew SC record when he appears: 7-15-62019 Crew SC record when he scores: 2-3-42019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 4-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. Toronto FC (8/17/19)Last assist with Columbus: (2) at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) Denotes MLS Regular Season

8 ARTUR - M 7 PEDRO SANTOS - M5’ 11”, 154 LBS. / D.O.B.: 03-11-1996 / HOMETOWN: SALVADOR, BAHIA, BRAZIL / @ARTURL33

5' 6”, 139 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-22-1988 / HOMETOWN: LISBON, PORTUGAL / @PEDRO32SANTOS

• Trapp is a Crew SC Academy product and joined the Crew First Team on December 13, 2012

• He was named Club Captain ahead of the 2017 MLS regular season

• In 2018, Trapp made 30 regular-season appearances (29 starts) while scoring one goal and providing one assist

• During the 2019 regular season he has recorded four assists, just one shy of his current career-high of five assists in a single regular season (2015)

• In all, Trapp has made 180 regular-season appearances (176 starts) while scoring two goals and providing 19 assists for the Black & Gold • He has earned 19 caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team, most recently featuring in the a group match of the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup against Panama (June 26)

2019 Regular Season: 23 GP/23 GS, 0 G, 4 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 8-9-62019 Crew SC record when he appears: 8-9-62019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-1-2 Last goal with Columbus: vs. Orlando City SC (7/21/18) Last assist with Columbus: vs. Toronto FC (8/17/19) Denotes MLS Regular Season

6 WIL TRAPP - M5’8”, 150 LBS. / D.O.B.: 01-15-1993 / HOMETOWN: GAHANNA, OH / @WIL_TRAPP

5 JORDAN HAMILTON - F

• Crew SC acquired Hamilton in a trade with Toronto FC on July 11, 2019

• He played for Toronto FC from 2014 – 2019, making 53 regu-lar-season appearances while scoring 11 goals and notching three assists • Hamilton has won an MLS Cup (2017), a Supporters’ Shield (2017) and three Canadian Championships (2016, 2017, 2018) • He made his regular-season debut for Crew SC in 2019, com-ing in as a substitute in a road contest against New York City FC (August 21)

• Hamilton has earned two caps with the Canada National Team at the senior level, and previously he also represented Canada at the Under-20 and U-17 levels

2019 Regular Season (Columbus): 1 GP/0 GS, 0 G, 0 A 2019 Regular Season (Toronto): 14 GP/7 GS, 4 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Named to gameday 18Last match played: at New York City FC (8/21/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he appears: 0-1-02019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A Denotes MLS Regular Season

6’ 0”, 185 LBS. / D.O.B.: 03-17-1996 / HOMETOWN: SCARBOROUGH, CANADA / @JAYHAMS6’ 0”, 185 LBS. / D.O.B.: 03-17-1996 / HOMETOWN: SCARBOROUGH, CANADA / @JAYHAMS


PLAYER MINI BIOS

• Higuain leads Crew SC in all-time regular season penalty kick goals (19), regular-season assists (63) and regular-season game-winning assists (20)

• He made his 150th appearance for the club on the road against Toronto FC on March 3, 2018

• On March 24, 2018 he became the first player in Crew SC his-tory to reach a career total of at least 50 goals and 50 assists

• Higuain has scored one goal and provided four assists in regular-season action this year, with his goal coming in Crew SC's 3-1 home victory over the LA Galaxy (May 8)

• He was named to MLSSoccer.com's Team of the Week for Week 11• Higuain underwent successful Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction on his right knee on June 10 and is expected to be sidelined for approximately nine to 12 months

2019 Regular Season: 14 GP/13 GS, 1 G, 5 ACrew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearance Last match played: at Colorado Rapids (5/25/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 5-7-12019 Crew SC record when he appears: 5-8-12019 Crew SC record when he scores: 1-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 3-1-1Last goal with Columbus: vs. LA Galaxy (5/8/19)Last assist with Columbus: at Colorado Rapids (5/25/19)

Denotes MLS Regular Season

• Lundgaard was selected 21st overall in the First Round of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft on January 19, 2018 by Crew SC

• Lungaard spent the 2018 regular-season on loan with USL side Indy Eleven • Lundgaard has played on loan with USL Championship side the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and has made four appearances (all starts), posting two shutouts

2019 Regular Season: 0 GP/0 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearance2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he appears: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he keeps a clean sheet: 0-0-0 Last shutout with Columbus: N/A Denotes MLS Regular Season

• Zardes joined the Crew on January 20, 2018 in a trade with the LA Galaxy

• In 2019, he made his 150th MLS regular-season career start (165th appearance) against the New York Red Bulls (March 2)

• Zardes registered his first brace of the 2019 regular season in a road contest against the New England Revolution (March 9) and was named to MLSsoccer.com's Team of the Week for Week 2. The forward registered his second brace of 2019 in a regular-season road contest against FC Cincinnati (August 25), also earning a spot on MLSsoccer.com's Team of the Week (Week 25)

• He has scored 11 goals and provided two assists in regular-season action this year

• Zardes has earned 51 caps with the U.S. Men’s National Team, most recently starting in a final match of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup against Mexico (July 7)

2019 Regular Season: 23 GP/23 GS, 11 G, 2 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati and recorded a brace (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 8-9-62019 Crew SC record when he appears: 8-9-62019 Crew SC record when he scores: 4-1-42019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 2-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: (2) at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last assist with Columbus: at New York Red Bulls (7/27/19) Denotes MLS Regular Season

10 FEDERICO HIGUAIN - M

12 BEN LUNDGAARD - GK 11 GYASI ZARDES - F

5’8”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 10-25-1984 / HOMETOWN: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

6’ 5”, 205 LBS. / D.O.B.: 09-25-1995 / HOMETOWN: WILMINGTON, DE/ @BEN_LUNDGAARD6’ 1”, 187 LBS. / D.O.B.: 09-02-1991 / HOMETOWN: HAWTHORNE, CA / @GYASINHO

• Guzman was acquired by Crew SC from the Portland Timbers in exchange for an International Roster Spot for the 2019 MLS season on May 6, 2019

• He played for the Portland Timbers from 2017-2019, making 44 regular-season appearances (39 starts) while tallying four goals and eight assists

• Before his time in MLS, Guzman played for Deportivo Sapris-sa of Costa Rica’s topflight from 2011-2016, helping the club win five league titles and one Torneo de Copa de Costa Rica

• Guzman made his Crew SC debut in Crew SC's 3-1home vic-tory over the LA Galaxy (May 8) and his first start for the Crew in a home match against LAFC (May 11)

• He has earned 54 caps for the Costa Rica National Team

2019 Regular Season (Columbus): 12 GP/10 GS, 0 G, 0 A 2019 Regular Season (Portland): 5 GP/4 GS, 0 G, 1 A Crew SC’s last match: Named to gameday 18Last match played: at New York City FC (8/21/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-9-12019 Crew SC record when he appears: 1-9-22019 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/A Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A Denotes MLS Regular Season

9 DAVID GUZMAN - M5’10, 175 LBS. / D.O.B.: 02-16-1990 / HOMETOWN: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA / @DAVIDGUZMANCR


PLAYER MINI BIOS

• Francis originally played for the Crew from 2014 – 2017 and returned to the Club from Seattle Sounders FC on February 5, 2019

• To date, he has made 100 regular-season appearances (91 starts) for the Black & Gold, reaching his 100th appearance in a a home match against the Montreal Impact (July 20)

• In 2015, Francis was named to the 2015 MLS All-Star roster

• Francis has earned seven caps with the Costa Rica National Team and most recently featured in a friendly against Guate-mala (March 22)

2019 Regular Season: 17 GP/16 GS, 0 G, 0 ACrew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: vs. Montreal Impact (7/20/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 6-9-12019 Crew SC record when he appears: 6-10-1 2019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: at Orlando City SC (8/19/17) Denotes MLS Regular Season

• Jimenez joined Crew SC in 2014 and has made 116 regular-season appearances (78 starts) to date for the Black & Gold

• He made his 125th MLS appearance on the road against Real Salt Lake on July 29, 2017

• Jimenez made his first regular-season appearance of 2019 in a road contest against the New England Revolution (March 9), registering an assist

• This season, he made his 100th regular-season start in MLS in a home contest against D.C. United (April 24)

• Jimenez scored his first goal of the 2019 regular-season in a 3-1 home victory over the LA Galaxy (May 8)

2019 Regular Season: 23 GP/19 GS, 1 G, 4 ACrew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: at San Jose Earthquakes (8/3/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 3-13-32019 Crew SC record when he appears: 7-13-32019 Crew SC record when he scores: 1-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 3-1-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. LA Galaxy (5/8/19) Last assist with Columbus: at New York Red Bulls (7/27/19) Denotes MLS Regular Season

14 WAYLON FRANCIS - D

16 HECTOR JIMENEZ - M

5’9”, 160 LBS. / D.O.B.: 09-20-1990 / HOMETOWN: PUERTO LIMON, COSTA RICA/ @WAYLONFRANCIS90

5' 9”, 145 LBS. / D.O.B.: 11-03-1988 / HOMETOWN: BELL GARDENS, CA / @HECTOR_J16

• Williams was acquired by Crew SC in a trade with Atlanta United on July 1, 2019

• He was chosen by the Montreal Impact in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the third overall pick.

• Williams played at the University of Central Florida from 2012-2014, making 51 appearances (46 stars) and scoring 18 goals.

• He made his Crew SC debut in a regular-season road contest against the Chicago Fire (July 17), scoring a goal to secure a draw.

• Williams made his first MLS - and Crew SC - career start in 2019, in a road contest against New York City FC (August 21)

• He has earned 13 caps with the Jamaica National Team, scor-ing two goals

2019 Regular Season (Columbus): 6 GP/1 GS, 1 G, 0 A 2019 Regular Season (Atlanta): 2 GP/0 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Named to gameday 18Last match played: at New York City FC (8/21/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-1-02019 Crew SC record when he appears: 1-1-42019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-12019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: at Chicago Fire (7/17/19) Last assist with Columbus: N/A Denotes MLS Regular Season

17 ROMARIO WILLIAMS - F6’ 4", 180 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-5-1994 / HOMETOWN: PORTMORE, JAMAICA / @IAM_PAVYRGWVII

13 RICARDO CLARK - M

• Clark made 13 regular-season appearances for the Black & Gold in 2018

• Clark made his Crew SC debut on March 10, 2018 (Montreal Impact) as a substitute in the 90+5 minute

• He started first match for Crew SC against D.C. United on March 24, 2018 and scored the game-winning goal

• Clark recorded his 350th MLS regular-season appearance against the Colorado Rapids at home on September 22, 2018.

• He made his 2019 MLS regular-season debut in a home match against FC Dallas (March 16) and his first start of the 2019 regular season against the Philadelphia Union (March 23)

2019 Regular Season: 7 GP/4 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: at Chicago Fire (7/17/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-3-12019 Crew SC record when he appears: 3-3-12019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0Last goal with Columbus: vs. D.C. United (3/24/18)Last assist with Columbus: vs. Chicago Fire (5/12/18)


5’ 10”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 02-10-1983 / HOMETOWN: ATLANTA, GA / @RICOC13


PLAYER MINI BIOS

• Crognale spent four years in the Crew SC Academy (2010-2013) and signed as a Homegrown player on December 20, 2016

• He has made 33 regular-season appearances (20 starts) to date for Crew SC, making his MLS debut on the road against D.C. United on March 18, 2017

• Crognale provided his first assist of the 2019 regular season in a road match against the New York Red Bulls (July 27) • He scored his first career goal with Crew SC in a home match against Toronto FC on June 2, 2018

• In 2019 Crognale has played on loan with USL Champion-ship side the Indy Eleven and has made six appearances (all starts)

• He made his first appearance (and first start) of 2019 for Crew SC in a 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round home match against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (June 11)

2019 Regular Season: 11 GP/8 GS, 0 G, 1 ACrew SC’s last match: Subbed in against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 1-4-32019 Crew SC record when he appears: 3-5-32019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. Toronto FC (6/2/18)Last assist with Columbus: at New York Red Bulls (7/27/19) Denotes MLS Regular Season

• Sosa joined Crew SC following a Discovery Signing from Zamora FC on January 9, 2018

• Made 10 appearances in the 2018 season and scored one goal

• He scored his first MLS career goal - a game-winning strike - against Real Salt Lake on June 30, 2018

• Sosa made his 2019 regular-season debut on the road against the Philadelphia Union (March 23) and made his first start of the 2019 regular-season in a road contest against the Houston Dynamo (April 27) • He registered his first assist of the 2019 regular-season in a road match against the Chicago Fire (July 17)

2019 Regular Season: 8 GP/4 GS, 0 G, 1 ACrew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearance Last match played: at New York City FC (8/21/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-3-12019 Crew SC record when he appears: 0-7-12019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-1 Last goal with Columbus: vs. Real Salt Lake (6/30/18)Last assist with Columbus: at Chicago Fire (7/17/19)Denotes MLS Regular Season

21 ALEX CROGNALE - D 20 EDUARDO SOSA - M6’ 5”, 205 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-27-1994 / HOMETOWN: GAHANNA, OH / @ALEXCROGNALE5’ 7”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 06-20-1996 / HOMETOWN: BARINAS, VENEZUELA

• The Crew acquired Valenzuela on a permanent transfer from Newell’s Old Boys as a Young Designated Player on December 21, 2018

• He made 30 regular-season appearances for Crew SC in 2018 and provided one goal and six assists • Valenzuela underwent successful Anterior Cruciate Liga-ment reconstruction on his right knee on February 7 and is expected to be sidelined for approximately nine to 12 months

2019 Regular Season: 0 GP/0 GS, 0 G, 0 ACrew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearance Last match played: vs. Minnesota United FC (10/28/18) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he appears: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-0 2019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: vs. D.C. United (3/24/18)Last assist with Columbus: vs. Minnesota United FC (10/28/18) Denotes MLS Regular Season

19 MILTON VALENZUELA - D5’6”, 145 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-13-1998 / HOMETOWN: ROSARIO, ARGENTINA

• Crew SC acquired Diaz from Club Sport Herediano of Costa Rica's First Division on July 2, 2019 • He was named the Torneo Clausura 2019’s Best Under-21 Player by UNAFUT and also nominated for the Torneo Clau-sura 2019’s Best Player Award

• Diaz won the Torneo Apertura 2018 with Herediano. Previ-ously, he had won the Segunda Division 2016-2017 title with Municipal Grecia FC

• He started for Herediano in two 2019 Concacaf Champions League Round of 16 matches against Atlanta United, helping Herediano win the first match 3-1

• In eight regular-season appearances with Crew SC in 2019, Diaz has registered three assists

• He scored his first career MLS goal in a road contest against FC Cincinnati (August 25)

2019 Regular Season: 8 GP/4 GS, 1 G, 3 A Crew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati, scored a goal and provided an assist (8/25/19) Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 1-0-32019 Crew SC record when he appears: 3-1-4 2019 Crew SC record when he scores: 1-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-0-2 Last goal with Columbus: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last assist with Columbus: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) Denotes MLS Regular Season

18 LUIS DIAZ- M5’ 11”, 159 LBS. / D.O.B.: 1-06-1998 / HOMETOWN: NIOYA, COSTA RICA


PLAYER MINI BIOS

• Afful joined the Black and Gold on July 30, 2015

• Debut match for Crew SC against New York City FC on Au-gust 19, 2015

• In 2018, Afful set a personal career-high in assists, with six helpers • Afful has earned 77 caps with the Ghana National Team and featured in the 2014 FIFA World Cup

• To date, he has made 112 regular-season appearances (109 starts) for the Black and Gold, scoring five goals and providing 14 assists

• Afful returned to action during a 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match after missing 11 contests following a frac-tured jaw he suffered during a home contest against Atlanta United (March 30)

2019 Regular Season: 17 GP/17 GS, 0 G, 2 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati and pro-vided an assist (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 6-6-52019 Crew SC record when he appears: 6-6-52019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 1-0-1 Last goal with Columbus: vs. New York City FC (9/1/18)Last assist with Columbus: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)


25 HARRISON AFFUL - D

27 EDDIE OPOKU - F

• Opoku was selected by the Crew in the Second Round of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft on January 19, 2018 • Opoku's first regular-season start came in a road match against Atlanta United FC on August 19, 2018

• To date, he has made five regular-season appearances (one start) for Crew SC • He is currently on loan with USL Championship side Bir-mingham Legion FC, where he has made 17 appearances (five starts) while registering two goals and two assists

• Opoku was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week for Week 23 after scoring the game-winning goal in a road match against the Tampa Bay Rowdies (August 10, 2019)

2019 Regular Season: 0 GP/0 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: at Atlanta United FC (8/19/18)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he appears: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: N/A Denotes MLS Regular Season

5’ 6”, 135 LBS. / D.O.B.: 07-24-1986 / HOMETOWN: AWUTU BREKU, GHANA / @THEKINGHARRSION

5’ 7”, 140 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-01-1996 / HOMETOWN: MILLBROOK, NY / @EDWARD_OPOKU

• Kempin joined Crew SC on December 13, 2017 from LA Galaxy in exchange for a Fourth Round Pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft

• He recorded five starts for Crew SC during the 2018 season

• Kempin made his regular-season debut against D.C. United on March 24, 2018 and recorded his first win with Crew SC • He was on loan with USL Championship side Hartford Ath-letic and made two appearances (all starts) on April 13 and April 17 of 2019

• Kempin made his 2019 regular-season debut and first start in a road contest against Minnesota United FC (May 18)

• He registered his first shutout for Crew SC during a 2019 La-mar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round home match against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (June 11)

2019 Regular Season: 3 GP/3 GS, 4 SV, 0 W, 0 SO Crew SC’s last match: Named to gameday 18Last match played: vs. Orlando City SC (6/29/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-3-02019 Crew SC record when he appears: 0-3-02019 Crew SC record when he keeps a clean sheet: 0-0-0 Last shutout with Columbus: N/A Denotes MLS Regular Season

24 JON KEMPIN - GK6’ 1”, 175 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-08-1993 / HOMETOWN: LEAWOOD, KA / @JONKEMPIN21

• Accam was acquired by Crew SC in a trade with the Philadel-phia Union on May 8, 2019

• He made his Crew SC regular-season debut in a home match against Los Angeles FC in 2019 (May 11) and made his first regular-season start for the Club in a 2019 road contest against Minnesota United FC (May 18)

• Accam registered his first regular-season assist for Crew SC during a home contest against New York City FC (June 1) and he scored his first regular-season goal in a home match against the Montreal Impact (July 20)

• Accam is in his fifth season in MLS and has made 123 regular-season appearances (91 starts) while registering 40 goals and 18 assists since joining the League ahead of the 2015 regular season

• He has earned nine caps with the Ghana National Team

2019 Regular Season (Columbus): 14 GP/8 GS, 2 G, 1 A 2019 Regular Season (Philadelphia): 8 GP/4 GS, 4 G, 2 A Crew SC’s last match: Subbed in against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 2-4-22019 Crew SC record when he appears: 3-6-52019 Crew SC record when he scores: 1-0-12019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-1 Last goal with Columbus: vs. Toronto FC (8/17/19) Last assist with Columbus: vs. New York City FC (6/1/19)

29 DAVID ACCAM - M5’8, 156 LBS. / D.O.B.: 09-28-1990 / HOMETOWN: ACCRA, GHANA / @IAMDAVIDACCAM


PLAYER MINI BIOS

• Maloney was selected in the Third Round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft by Crew SC

• He made his regular-season team debut at Houston Dynamo on March 11, 2017

• Maloney made his first MLS regular season start and record-ed his first MLS assist for Crew SC in a road match against Real Salt Lake on July 29, 2017

• In 2018, he was the recipient of the Kirk Urso Heart Award as voted on by his teammates

• Maloney made his 2019 regular-season debut during a home contest against New York City FC (June 1) and he made his first 2019 regular-season start in a home match against FC Cincinnati (August 10)

2019 Regular Season: 5 GP/4 GS, 0 G, 0 ACrew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 1-1-22019 Crew SC record when he appears: 1-1-32019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: N/ALast assist with Columbus: at Real Salt Lake (7/29/17) Denotes MLS Regular Season

• Keita is a Crew SC Academy product who was signed as a Homegrown player on January 22, 2019

• He spent some time on loan with USL League One side the Richmond Kickers earlier this season where he made three appearances (two starts) • In 2018, he played for the University of Virginia, earning a spot on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman Team.

• Keita made his regular-season debut and first start for Crew SC in a road contest against Real Salt Lake (July 3), becoming the third-youngest player to make a regular-season start for the Crew

• He made five appearances (all starts) for the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team during the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, helping the U.S. reach the quarterfinals

2019 Regular Season: 6 GP/5 GS, 0 G, 0 ACrew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearanceLast match played: at San Jose Earthquakes (8/3/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 2-1-22019 Crew SC record when he appears: 2-2-22019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-0 2019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A Denotes MLS Regular Season

31 CONNOR MALONEY – D 30 ABOUBACAR KEITA - D5'6"”, 145 LBS. / D.O.B.: 05-18-1995 / HOMETOWN: HARRISBURG, PA / @CMALPSU56’ 2”, 180 LBS. / D.O.B.: 04-06-2000 / HOMETOWN: COLUMBUS, OH / @ABOURBACAR_11

• Williams was selected by the Crew in the First Round of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft on January 11, 2019

• He made his 2019 MLS and Crew SC regular-season debut on the road against the Philadelphia Union (March 23)

• Williams made his first regular-season start for Crew SC in a home match against Orlando City SC (June 29)

• He played three seasons at the University of Kentucky, mak-ing 57 appearances, 30 starts, scoring 24 goals and providing 15 assists from 2016-2018 • He has played on loan with USL Championship side Bir-mingham Legion FC, making 13 appearances (11 starts) and scoring five goals

2019 Regular Season: 7 GP/3 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Did not make an appearance Last match played: vs. Seattle Sounders FC (7/6/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 0-3-02019 Crew SC record when he appears: 0-7-02019 Crew SC record when he scores: N/A2019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: N/A Last goal with Columbus: 0-0-0 Last assist with Columbus: 0-0-0 Denotes MLS Regular Season

33 JJ WILLIAMS - F6’3, 200 LBS. / D.O.B.: 01-04-1998 / HOMETOWN: MONTGOMERY, AL / @JJ23WILLIAMS

34 YOUNESS MOKHTAR - M5’ 10”, 165 LBS. / D.O.B.: 08-21-1991 / HOMETOWN: UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS

• Mokhtar signed with Crew SC on July 19, 2019

• The midfielder most recently played for Stabaek of the Norwegian First Division and has made 170 First Division ap-pearances across the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, while scoring 28 goals and providing 31 assists

• Mokhtar is a product of the PSV Eindhoven Academy and he has represented Netherlands at the Under-17 and U-18 level, as well as Morocco at the U-20 and U-21 levels.

• He made his Crew SC and MLS debut in a regular-season home match against FC Cincinnati (August 10) and he made his first start for Crew SC in a home match against Toronto FC (August 17)

2019 Regular Season (Columbus): 3 GP/2 GS, 0 G, 0 A Crew SC’s last match: Started against FC Cincinnati (8/25/19)Last match played: at FC Cincinnati (8/25/19) 2019 Crew SC record when he starts: 1-0-12019 Crew SC record when he appears: 1-0-22019 Crew SC record when he scores: 0-0-02019 Crew SC record when he provides an assist: 0-0-0 Last goal with Columbus: N/A Last assist with Columbus: N/A Denotes MLS Regular Season


PLAYER MINI BIOS

• Abubakar was selected by Crew SC in the First Round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft on January 13, 2017 • He made MLS and Crew SC debut in a 2017 road contest against Minnesota United FC and played the entire 90 min-utes (July 4)

• Abubakar scored his first MLS and Crew SC career goal in a road contest against Orlando City SC on August 19 (2017)

• He made one regular-season appearance for Crew SC in 2019 during a road contest against the Houston Dynamo (April 27) • On May 8, 2019, Abubakar was sent on a season-long loan to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for $125,000 in Targeted Allocation Money • He has made 31 regular-season appearances (27 starts) for Crew SC to date

2019 Regular Season: On a season-long loan to the Colorado Rapids as of May 8, 2018

LALAS ABUBAKAR - D6’ 2", 180 LBS. / D.O.B.: 12-25-1994 / HOMETOWN: KUMASI, GHANA / @LALASBUBKAR1


2019 MLS REGULAR-SEASON MATCH-BY-MATCH BOX SCORESCOLUMBUS CREW SC 1 VS. NEW YORK RED BULLS 1 March 2, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 17,931Scoring - CLB - Sauro (Higuain) 41' NY - Ivan (Valot, Murillo) 6'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 13 3 11 6 9NY 14 4 9 2 3

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2 @ NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 0 March 9, 2019 at Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts) Att. 13,808Scoring - CLB - Zardes (Santos) 26', Zardes (Jimenez, Steffen) 90+6' NE - None

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 6 3 13 2 2NE 11 2 13 2 1

COLUMBUS CREW SC 1 VS. FC DALLAS 0 March 16, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 9,687Scoring - CLB - Sauro (Santos) 10' DAL - None

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 10 3 9 0 3DAL 8 2 10 0 5 COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 @ PHILADELPHIA UNION 3 March 23, 2019 at Talen Energy Stadium (Chester, Pennsylvania ) Att. 15,135Scoring - CLB - None PHI - Accam (Picault, Medunjanin) 31', Accam 41', Ilsinho (Accam) 48'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 5 2 11 1 5PHI 9 1 10 2 0

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2 VS. ATLANTA UNITED 0 March 30, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 10,973Scoring - CLB - Santos (Unassisted) 2', Zardes (Robinho, Higuain) 39'ATL - None

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 8 5 8 2 4ATL 16 1 7 3 7

COLUMBUS CREW SC 1 VS. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 0 April 6, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 10,942Scoring - CLB - J. Williams (Higuain) 42'NE - None

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 8 2 16 3 4NE 7 0 10 0 6

COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 @ MONTREAL IMPACT 1 April 13, 2019 at Stade Saputo (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Att. 18,634Scoring - CLB - NoneMTL - Novillo (Urruti) 55'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 11 6 12 3 7MTL 13 5 5 2 2

COLUMBUS CREW SC 1 VS. PORTLAND TIMBERS 3 April 20, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 11,707Scoring - CLB - Santos (Unassisted) 69'POR - Mabiala (Valeri) 31', Ebobisse (Blanco) 35', Moreira (Paredes, Blanco) 90+1'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 17 2 9 0 7POR 15 4 11 0 2

COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 VS. D.C. UNITED 1 April 24, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 10,169 Scoring - CLB - None DC - Rooney (Unassisted) 27'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 17 5 9 1 12DC 16 4 12 1 6

COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 @ HOUSTON DYNAMO 2April 27, 2019 at BBVA Compass Stadium (Houston, Texas) Att. 15,557Scoring - CLB - NoneHOU - Manotas (Elis) 3', Martinez (Unassisted) 55'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 20 4 11 0 11HOU 18 4 7 1 7

COLUMBUS CREW SC 1 @ D.C. UNITED 3May 4, 2019 at Audi Field (Washington, D.C.) Att. 16,687Scoring - CLB - Own Goal (Hamid) 75'DC - Acosta (Unassisted) 27', Rooney (PK) 45+4', Arriola (Jara) 61'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 2 9 2 6DC 11 2 10 0 0

COLUMBUS CREW SC 3 VS. LA GALAXY 1May 8, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 13,207Scoring - CLB - Zardes (Robinho, Higuain) 27', Higuain (Zardes) 53', Jimenez (Unassisted) 66'LA - Steres (Lletget) 87'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 2 8 5 3LA 11 1 8 4 7

COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 VS. LOS ANGELES FC 3May 11, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 18,048Scoring - CLB - NoneLFC - Kaye (Blessing, Vela) 37', Diomande (Unassisted) 88', Vela (Unassisted) 90' Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 8 5 13 2 6LFC 20 1 14 2 6

COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 @ MINNESOTA UNITED FC 1May 18, 2019 at Allianz Field (Saint Paul, Minnesota) Att. 19,600Scoring - CLB - NoneMIN - Finlay (Kallman, Metanire) 70'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 4 2 12 1 3MIN 19 0 11 3 8

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2 @ COLORADO RAPIDS 3May 18, 2019 at Allianz Field (Commerce City, Colorado) Att. 16,843Scoring - CLB - Santos (Jimenez, Trapp) 28', Zardes (Higuain) 54'COL - Smith (Price) 23', Lewis (Nicholson) 45+7', Mezquida (Unassisted) 89'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 1 14 1 4COL 18 1 8 1 7

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2 VS. NEW YORK CITY FC 2June 1, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 13,704Scoring - CLB - Zardes (PK) 28', Santos (Accam) 61'NYC - Heber (Moralez, Tajouri-Shradi) 57', Castellanos (Ring) 76'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 13 2 20 1 11NYC 13 2 17 1 8


2019 MLS REGULAR-SEASON MATCH-BY-MATCH BOX SCORESCOLUMBUS CREW SC 0 VS. SPORTING KANSAS CITY 1 June 23, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 14,015Scoring - CLB - None SKC - Gutierrez (Gerso, Feilhaber) 48'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 9 1 17 3 8SKC 13 4 13 2 5

COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 VS. ORLANDO CITY SC 2 June 29, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 17,715Scoring - CLB - None ORL - Mueller (Nani, Acosta) 41', Akindele (Nani) 66'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 10 1 13 2 13ORL 3 3 13 1 2

COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 @ REAL SALT LAKE 1July 3, 2019 at Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah) Att. 19,030Scoring - CLB - None RSL - Johnson (Herrera) 38'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 7 1 15 1 2RSL 14 0 14 2 2

COLUMBUS CREW SC 1 VS. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2 July 6, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 14,183Scoring - CLB - Santos (PK) 13' SEA - Lodeiro (PK) 56' , Lodeiro (Unassisted) 90' + 6'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 9 2 16 2 2SEA 12 1 6 0 1

COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 @ ORLANDO CITY SC 1 July 13, 2019 at Exploria Stadium (Orlando, Florida) Att. 22,397Scoring - CLB - None ORL - Michel (Ruan, Sane) 84'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 11 0 8 0 10ORL 4 1 17 2 1

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2 @ CHICAGO FIRE 2 July 17, 2019 at SeatGeek Stadium (Bridgeview, Illinois) Att. 7,482Scoring - CLB - Zardes (Argudo, Sosa) 47', R. Williams (Diaz) 90'CHI - Mihailovic (Frankowski) 28', Sapong (Unassisted) 63'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 10 4 10 0 2CHI 19 3 10 3 7

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2 VS. MONTREAL IMPACT 1July 20, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 15,142Scoring - CLB - J. Williams (Trapp) 6', Accam (Santos, Jimenez) 46'MTL - Diallo (Taider) 45'+2'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 13 1 10 1 1MTL 10 2 11 1 3

COLUMBUS CREW SC 3 @ NEW YORK RED BULLS 2July 27, 2019 at Red Bull Arena (Harrison, New Jersey) Att. 16,126 Scoring - CLB - Argudo (Zardes, Crognale) 17', Santos (Argudo, Jimenez) 46', Santos (Unassisted) 84'NY - White (Rzatkowski) 15', Royer (PK) 64'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 20 1 11 1 26NY 14 3 8 2 14

COLUMBUS CREW SC 1 @ SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 1August 3, 2019 at Avaya Stadium (San Jose, California) Att. 17,088Scoring - CLB - Zardes (Diaz) 65'SJ - Eriksson (PK) 41'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 9 4 10 0 1SJ 19 0 15 2 10

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2 VS. FC CINCINNATI 2August 10, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 20,865Scoring - CLB - Zardes (PK) 45', Santos (Trapp) 62'CIN - Mattocks (Ulloa) 16', Ledesma (Lamah) 23'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 19 4 21 2 4CIN 7 1 17 1 6

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2 VS. TORONTO FC 2August 17, 2019 at MAPFRE Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) Att. 17,494Scoring - CLB - Santos (Trapp) 48', Accam (Afful) 82'TOR - Osorio (Altidore) 42', Altidore (Auro, Delgado) 90'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 1 7 2 4TOR 7 2 13 0 4

COLUMBUS CREW SC 0 @ NEW YORK CITY FC 1August 21, 2019 at Yankee Stadium (The Bronx, New York) Att. 19,828Scoring - CLB - NoneNYC - Castellanos (Moralez) 36'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 14 4 10 4 7NYC 19 6 13 2 4

COLUMBUS CREW SC 3 @ FC CINCINNATI 1August 25, 2019 at Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati, Ohio) Att. 30,611Scoring - CLB - Zardes (Diaz, Santos) 22', Zardes (Afful) 33', Diaz (Santos) 45+1'CIN - Manneh (Ledesman) 89'

Shots Saves Fouls Offsides CornersCLB 12 5 19 2 5CIN 13 3 10 2 4


vs. New York Red Bulls @ New England Revolution vs. FC Dallas @ Philadelphia Union vs. Atlanta United D, 1-1 March 2, 2019 W, 2-0 March 9, 2019 W, 1-0 March 16, 2019 L, 0-3 March 23, 2019 W, 2-0 March 30, 2019 GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Bendik GK SteffenRB Afful RB Afful RB Afful RB Afful RB Afful (Jimenez 31')CB Mensah CB Mensah CB Mensah CB Mensah CB MensahCB Sauro CB Sauro CB Sauro CB Sauro CB J. WilliamsLB Francis LB Francis LB Francis LB Jimenez CB FrancisCM Artur CM Artur CM Artur (Clark 87') CM Artur (Argudo 65') CM ArturCM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Clark CM Trapp ©RM Santos RM Santos (Jimenez 90+3') RM Santos (Jimenez 90+3') RM Santos RM SantosCAM Higuain CAM Higuain CAM Higuain CAM Higuain © CAM Higuain (Clark 73')LM Meram (Robinho 79’) LM Meram (Robinho 74') LM Robinho (Meram 78') LM Robinho (Sosa 84') LM Robinho (Meram 81') F Zardes F Zardes F Zardes F Mullins (JJ Williams 55') F Zardes vs. New England Revolution @ Montreal Impact vs. Portland Timbers vs. D.C. United @ Houston Dynamo W, 1-0 April 6, 2019 L, 0-1 April 13, 2019 L, 1-3 April 20, 2019 L, 0-1 April 24, 2019 L, 0-2 April 27, 2019 GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Steffen RB Jimenez RB Jimenez (Mullins 86') RB Jimenez (JJ Williams 88') RB Jimenez RB JimenezCB Mensah CB Mensah CB Mensah CB Mensah CB SauroCB J. Williams CB J. Williams CB Sauro CB J. Williams CB AbubakarLB Francis LB Francis LB Francis LB Francis LB FrancisCM Artur CM Artur CM Artur (Sosa 83') CM Artur (Mullins 83') CM Clark (Argudo 81')CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp ©RM Santos (Hansen 85') RM Santos (Meram 58') RM Santos RM Santos RM RobinhoCAM Higuain (Clark 90+3') CAM Higuain CAM Higuain CAM Higuain CAM Sosa (Hansen 73')LM Robinho (Meram 79') LM Robinho (Hansen 74') LM Robinho (Meram 60') LM Meram (Robinho 76') LM Meram (Santos 56') F Zardes F Zardes F Zardes F Zardes F Zardes

@ D.C. United vs. LA Galaxy vs. Los Angeles FC @ Minnesota United FC @ Colorado Rapids L, 1-3 May 4, 2019 W, 3-1 May 8, 2019 L, 0-3 May 11, 2019 L, 0-1 May 18, 2019 L, 2-3 May 25, 2019GK Steffen GK Steffen GK Bendik GK Kempin GK SteffenRB Jimenez (Argudo 75') RB Jimenez RB J. Williams RB J. Williams RB Hansen CB Mensah CB Mensah CB Mensah CB Mensah CB MensahCB J. Williams CB Sauro CB Sauro CB Sauro CB SauroLB Francis LB Francis LB Jimenez LB Jimenez (Mullins 87') LB Jimenez (J. Williams 43')CM Artur CM Artur CM Artur (Higuain 46') CM Guzman CM GuzmanCM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp ©RM Santos RM Santos (Hansen 87') CM Guzman RM Robinho (Hansen 79') RM SantosCAM Higuain (Hansen 65') CAM Higuain (Guzman 74') RW Santos CAM Higuain CAM Higuain (Mullins 67')LM Robinho LM Robinho FW Zardes LM Accam (Argudo 87') LM Accam (Robinho 70')F Zardes (JJ Williams 65') F Zardes (Mullins 82') LW Robinho (Accam 65') F Zardes F Zardes

vs. New York City FC vs. Sporting Kansas City vs. Orlando City SC @ Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle Sounders FC D, 2-2 June 1, 2019 L, 0-1 June 23, 2019 L, 0-2 June 29, 2019 L, 0-1 July 3, 2019 L, 1-2 July 6, 2019GK Steffen GK Kempin GK Kempin GK Bendik GK Bendik RB J. Williams (Maloney 75') RB Afful RB Jimenez © RB Afful RB Afful CB Mensah CB Crognale CB Crognale CB Crognale CB J. Williams (Crognale 63')CB Sauro CB Sauro CB Sauro CB Keita CB SauroLB Jimenez LB Francis (Robinho 61') LB Francis LB Jimenez © (Francis 73') LB FrancisCM Guzman (Artur 83') CM Guzman CM Guzman CM Guzman (Artur 78') CM GuzmanCM Santos CM Artur CM Artur CM Clark CM ArturCM Trapp © RM Jimenez © RM Argudo (Hansen 77') RM Hansen (Argudo 66') RM Jimenez © (Robinho 68')RW Robinho (Argudo 63') CAM Santos CAM Santos CAM Sosa CAM SantosCF Zardes LM Accam (Argudo 15') LM Robinho (Sosa 61') LM Santos LM ArgudoLW Accam F Mullins (JJ Williams 71') F JJ Williams (Mullins 77') F JJ Williams F JJ Williams (Mullins 76')

@ Orlando City SC @ Chicago Fire vs. Montreal Impact @ New York Red Bulls @ San Jose EarthquakesL, 0-1 July 13, 2019 D, 2-2 July 17, 2019 W, 2-1 July 20, 2019 W, 3-2 July 27, 2019 D, 1-1 August 3, 2019GK Bendik GK Bendik GK Room GK Room GK RoomRB Afful RB Afful RB Afful RB Afful RB AffulCB J. Williams CB Crognale CB J. Williams (Crognale 56') CB Crognale CB CrognaleCB Sauro (Keita 25') CB Keita CB Keita CB Keita CB Keita (R. Williams 76')LB Francis LB Jimenez LB Francis (Jimenez 45') LB Jimenez LB Jimenez (Mensah 9')CM Guzman (Sosa 82') CM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Trapp © (Guzman 46') CM Trapp ©CM Trapp © CM Clark (R. Williams 79') CM Artur CM Artur CM ArturCM Artur RM Accam (Santos 54') RM Argudo RM Argudo (R. Williams 75') RM DiazLW Santos CAM Sosa (Diaz 65') CAM Santos CAM Santos CAM SantosCF Zardes LM Argudo LM Accam (Diaz 74') LM Accam (Diaz 46') LM Argudo (Accam 62')RW Argudo (Accam 63') F Zardes F Zardes F Zardes F Zardes

2019 MLS REGULAR-SEASON MATCH-BY-MATCH LINEUPS


vs. FC Cincinnati vs. Toronto FC @ New York City FC @ FC Cincinnati D, 2-2 August 10, 2019 D, 2-2 August 17, 2019 L, 0-1 August 21, 2019 W, 3-1 August 25, 2019 GK Room GK Room GK Room GK Room RB Afful RB Afful RB Afful RB Afful CB Crognale CB Mensah CB Mensah © CB Mensah CB Mensah CB J. Williams CB Crognale CB Williams (Crognale 80') LB Maloney (R. Williams 80') LB Maloney (Accam 80') LB Maloney LB MaloneyCM Trapp © CM Trapp © CM Artur CM Artur CM Artur CM Artur CM Guzman CM Trapp © RM Diaz (Mokhtar 54') RM Diaz (R. Williams 79') RM Argudo (Diaz 78') RM Diaz (Argudo 54') CAM Santos CAM Santos CAM Sosa (Santos 46') CAM SantosLM Argudo (Accam 71') LM Mokhtar (Argudo 67') LM Accam LM Mokhtar (Accam 67') F Zardes F Zardes F R. Williams (Hamilton 60') F Zardes

2019 MLS REGULAR-SEASON MATCH-BY-MATCH LINEUPS


2019 COLUMBUS CREW SC STATISTICS (8-15-6, 30 pts.)

2019 COLUMBUS CREW SC GOALKEEPING STATISTICS (8-15-6, 30 pts.)

# POS PLAYER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO G Zack Steffen** 13 13 1170 56 39 17 1.31 1 2 5 6 2 424 G Jon Kempin 3 3 270 8 4 4 1.33 0 0 0 3 0 01 G Eloy Room 7 7 630 27 17 10 1.43 2 2 3 1 3 0 G Joseph Bendik** 6 6 540 27 14 12 2.00 1 1 0 5 1 0 Team totals 29 29 2610 118 74 43 1.48 4 5 8 15 6 4 Opponent totals 29 29 2610 99 64 32 1.10 3 4 15 8 6 11 2019 MLS regular-season stats only ** No longer on roster

# POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E11 F Gyasi Zardes 23 23 2037 11 2 55 21 20 32 15 0 0 07 M Pedro Santos 28 25 2314 9 5 63 17 25 73 4 80 5 029 F David Accam (TOT) 22 12 994 6 3 24 12 21 14 8 0 1 029 F David Accam (CLB) 14 8 657 2 1 14 6 17 9 4 0 1 05 F Jordan Hamilton (TOT) 15 7 653 4 0 24 12 7 10 8 0 0 05 F Jordan Hamilton (CLB) 1 0 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 D Gaston Sauro** 15 15 1285 2 0 11 3 16 4 0 0 4 03 D Josh Williams 14 13 1131 2 0 4 2 13 5 2 0 2 010 M Federico Higuain 14 13 1133 1 5 19 7 3 14 3 41 2 016 M Hector Jimenez 23 19 1626 1 4 7 3 12 3 1 0 1 018 M Luis Diaz 8 4 375 1 3 5 2 5 9 0 1 1 02 M Luis Argudo 18 9 933 1 2 17 5 13 14 0 0 1 017 F Romario Williams (TOT) 8 1 158 1 0 7 4 5 6 1 0 0 017 F Romario Williams (CLB) 6 1 121 1 0 5 3 5 6 1 0 0 06 M Wil Trapp 23 23 2025 0 4 4 0 15 15 0 18 4 025 D Harrison Afful 17 17 1455 0 2 13 6 11 11 1 0 3 1 M Robinho** 19 13 1115 0 2 33 11 18 17 1 2 0 021 D Alex Crognale 11 8 791 0 1 4 0 10 8 0 0 5 09 M David Guzman (TOT) 17 14 1283 0 1 17 2 36 21 0 16 6 09 M David Guzman (CLB) 12 10 934 0 0 12 2 27 18 0 16 6 020 M Eduardo Sosa 8 4 323 0 1 7 2 7 8 0 1 1 0 G Zack Steffen** 13 13 1170 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 D Lalas Abubakar* 1 1 90 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 08 M Artur 25 23 2002 0 0 10 1 40 16 2 0 3 0 G Joseph Bendik** 6 6 540 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 013 M Ricardo Clark 7 4 361 0 0 6 0 6 7 0 0 0 014 D Waylon Francis 17 16 1382 0 0 3 0 23 10 0 0 3 0 M Niko Hansen** 9 2 246 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 030 D Aboubacar Keita 6 5 501 0 0 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 024 G Jon Kempin 3 3 270 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 031 D Connor Maloney 5 4 355 0 0 1 0 6 6 2 0 1 04 D Jonathan Mensah 20 19 1791 0 0 12 3 16 5 2 0 6 0 M Justin Meram** 9 4 379 0 0 6 2 16 4 4 7 0 034 M Youness Mokhtar 3 2 170 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 F Patrick Mullins** 9 2 197 0 0 5 1 6 4 3 0 0 01 G Eloy Room 7 7 630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 033 F JJ Williams 7 3 325 0 0 7 1 5 5 2 0 0 012 G Ben Lundgaard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 027 F Edward Opoku 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Own-goals received 1 Team totals 29 29 2610 32 33 331 99 348 326 49 169 52 1 Opponent totals 29 29 2610 43 40 376 118 326 348 45 124 52 3 2019 MLS regular-reason stats only * Currently on season-long loan with the Colorado Rapids ** No longer on roster


GAMES PLAYEDPLAYER GPJeff Cunningham 25Chad Marshall 24Mike Clark 19Eddie Gaven 19Duncan Oughton 18Brian West 18Justin Meram 17Frankie Hejduk 16Edson Buddle 15

GAMES STARTEDPLAYER GSChad Marshall 23Mike Clark 19Jeff Cunningham 19Eddie Gaven 17Frankie Hejduk 16Duncan Oughton 16Brian West 15Brian McBride 14Federico Higuain 13Justin Meram 13Wil Trapp 13

MINUTES PLAYEDPLAYER MINChad Marshall 2100Jeff Cunningham 1830Mike Clark 1727Eddie Gaven 1497Frankie Hejduk 1430Duncan Oughton 1415Brian West 1308Brian McBride 1249Federico Higuain 1200Wil Trapp 1197

COLUMBUS CREW SC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (ALL-TIME) GOALSPLAYER GP GJeff Cunningham 25 13Edson Buddle 15 7Federico Higuain 14 5Kei Kamara 8 4Brian McBride 14 4Guillermo Barros Schelotto 10 3Ethan Finlay 12 3Eddie Gaven 19 3Kyle Martino 14 3Gyasi Zardes 4 3

ASSISTSPLAYER GP ASTSJeff Cunningham 25 5Guillermo Barros Schelotto 10 4Edson Buddle 15 4Eddie Gaven 19 4Kyle Martino 14 4Brian McBride 14 4Justin Meram 17 4Robert Warzycha 11 4

Denotes players on current roster

COLUMBUS CREW SC VS. CHICAGO FIRE ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON SERIES GAME-HIGHS

Columbus Crew SC Chicago FireGoals 2 Nine Players Tied 2 Nine Players TiedAssists 2 10 Players Tied 2 Five Players Tied Shots 8 Three Players Tied 9 Ante Razov (7/8/00)Shots on Goal 5 McBride/Higuain 7 Ante Razov (8/13/03) Fouls Committed 8 Brian Maisonneuve (8/1/01) 6 Three Players Tied Fouls Suffered 9 Brian McBride (4/1/00 12 Cuauhtemoc Blanco (8/4/07)

Saves 11 Bush/Hesmer 8 Six Players TiedGoals Allowed 5 Tom Presthus (6/2/02) 6 Curtis Spiteri (10/26/03) Denotes players on current roster

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NYR NE DAL PHI ATL NE MTL POR DC HOU DC LA LFC MIN COL NYC KC ORL RSL SEA ORL CHI MTL NYR SJ CIN TOR NYC CIN

1-1 2-0 1-0 0-3 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-3 0-1 0-2 1-3 3-1 0-3 0-1 2-3 2-2 0-1 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 2-2 2-1 3-2 1-1 2-2 2-2 0-1 3-1

1 Joseph Bendik 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

1 Eloy Room 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Luis Argudo 25 9 15 3 27 75 77M 24 90M 63F 90M 90M 75M 62M 71M 23 78M 36

3 Josh Williams 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 47 75D 63D 90D 56D 90D 80D

4 Jonathan Mensah 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 81 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Jordan Hamilton 30

6 Wil Trapp 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 45M 90M 90M 90M 90M

7 Pedro Santos 90M 89M 89M 90M 81M 85M 58M 90M 90M 34 90M 87M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90F 36 90M 90M 90F 90M 90M 45 90M

8 Artur 90M 90M 87M 65M 90M 90M 90M 83M 83M 90M 90M 45M 7 90M 90M 12 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

9 Justin Meram 79M 74M 12 9 11 32 30 76M 56M

9 David Guzman 16 90M 90M 90M 83M 90M 90M 78M 90M 82M 45 90M

10 Federico Higuain 90M 90M 90M 90M 73M 89M 90M 90M 90M 65M 74M 45 90M 67M

11 Gyasi Zardes 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 65F 82F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F

12 Ben Lundgaard

13 Ricardo Clark 3 90M 17 1 81M 90M 79M

14 Waylon Francis 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 61D 90D 17 90D 90D 44D

16 Hector Jimenez 1 1 90D 59 90D 86D 88D 90D 90D 75D 90D 90D 87D 43D 90D 90M 90D 73D 68M 90D 46 90D 9D

17 Romario Williams 11 15 14 10 11 60F

17 Lalas Abubakar 90D

18 Luis Diaz 25 16 45 90M 54M 79M 12 54M

18 Robinho 11 16 78M 84M 90M 79M 74M 60M 14 90M 90M 90M 65M 79M 20 63M 29 61M 22

19 Milton Valenzuela

20 Eduardo Sosa 6 7 73M 29 90F 8 65M 45F

21 Alex Crognale 90D 90D 90D 27 90D 34 90D 90D 90D 90D 10

22 Gaston Sauro 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 25D

23 Zack Steffen 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

24 Jon Kempin 90G 90G 90G

25 Harrison Afful 90D 90D 90D 90D 31D 74D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

27 Edward Opoku

28 Niko Hansen 5 16 17 25 3 11 90D 13 66M

29 David Accam 25 87M 70M 90M 15M 27 54M 74M 45M 28 19 10 90M 23

30 Aboubacar Keita 90D 65 90D 90D 90D 76D

31 Connor Maloney 15 80D 80D 90D 90D

32 Patrick Mullins 54F 4 7 8 3 23 71F 13 14

33 JJ Williams 36 2 25 19 77F 90F 76F

34 Youness Mokhtar 36 67M 67M

Played for other teams:

Jordan Hamilton played 623 minutes for TOR

David Guzman played 349 minutes for POR

David Accam played 337 minutes for PHI

"00" = 100 minutes played

F/M/D/G = starting position

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Game log:

Game #1 03/02/2019 CLB 1 vs NYR 1 T Sauro 1 (Higuain 1) 41

Game #2 03/09/2019 CLB 2 at NE 0 W Zardes 1 (Santos 1) 26; Zardes 2 (Jimenez 1, Steffen 1) 96+

Game #3 03/16/2019 CLB 1 vs DAL 0 W Sauro 2 (Santos 2) 10

Game #4 03/23/2019 CLB 0 at PHI 3 L

Game #5 03/30/2019 CLB 2 vs ATL 0 W Santos 1 (unassisted) 2; Zardes 3 (Robinho 1, Higuain 2) 39

Game #6 04/06/2019 CLB 1 vs NE 0 W Jo. Williams 1 (Higuain 3) 42

Game #7 04/13/2019 CLB 0 at MTL 1 L

Game #8 04/20/2019 CLB 1 vs POR 3 L Santos 2 (unassisted) 69

Game #9 04/24/2019 CLB 0 vs DC 1 L

Game #10 04/27/2019 CLB 0 at HOU 2 L

Game #11 05/04/2019 CLB 1 at DC 3 L own goal (Hamid) 75

Game #12 05/08/2019 CLB 3 vs LA 1 W Zardes 4 (Robinho 2, Higuain 4) 27; Higuain 1 (Zardes 1) 53; Jimenez 1 (unassisted) 66

Game #13 05/11/2019 CLB 0 vs LFC 3 L

Game #14 05/18/2019 CLB 0 at MIN 1 L

Game #15 05/25/2019 CLB 2 at COL 3 L Santos 3 (Jimenez 2, Trapp 1) 28; Zardes 5 (Higuain 5) 54

Game #16 06/01/2019 CLB 2 vs NYC 2 T Zardes 6 (penalty kick) 28; Santos 4 (Accam 3) 61

Game #17 06/23/2019 CLB 0 vs KC 1 L

Game #18 06/29/2019 CLB 0 vs ORL 2 L

Game #19 07/03/2019 CLB 0 at RSL 1 L

Game #20 07/06/2019 CLB 1 vs SEA 2 L Santos 5 (penalty kick) 13

Game #21 07/13/2019 CLB 0 at ORL 1 L

Game #22 07/17/2019 CLB 2 at CHI 2 T Zardes 7 (Argudo 1, Sosa 1) 47; R. Williams 1 (Diaz 1) 90

Game #23 07/20/2019 CLB 2 vs MTL 1 W Jo. Williams 2 (Trapp 2) 6; Accam 5 (Santos 3, Jimenez 3) 46

Game #24 07/27/2019 CLB 3 at NYR 2 W Argudo 1 (Zardes 2, Crognale 1) 16; Santos 6 (Argudo 2, Jimenez 4) 46; Santos 7 (unassisted) 84

Game #25 08/03/2019 CLB 1 at SJ 1 T Zardes 8 (Diaz 2) 65

Game #26 08/10/2019 CLB 2 vs CIN 2 T Zardes 9 (penalty kick) 45; Santos 8 (Trapp 3) 62

Game #27 08/17/2019 CLB 2 vs TOR 2 T Santos 9 (Trapp 4) 48; Accam 6 (Afful 1) 82

Game #28 08/21/2019 CLB 0 at NYC 1 L

Game #29 08/25/2019 CLB 3 at CIN 1 W Zardes 10 (Diaz 3, Santos 4) 22; Zardes 11 (Afful 2) 33; Diaz 1 (Santos 5) 46+

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U.S. OPEN CUP

# Player 4R R16

PITT ATL

1-0 2-3

1 Joseph Bendik

2 Luis Argudo 1 82M

3 Josh Williams

4 Jonathan Mensah

6 Wil Trapp

7 Pedro Santos 90M 90M

8 Artur 90M 90M

9 David Guzman 90M 90M

10 Federico Higuain

11 Gyasi Zardes

12 Ben Lundgaard

13 Ricardo Clark

14 Waylon Francis 20

16 Hector Jimenez 90D 90D

18 Robinho 89M 8

19 Milton Valenzuela

20 Eduardo Sosa

21 Alex Crognale 90D 90D

22 Gaston Sauro 90D 90D

23 Zack Steffen

24 Jon Kempin 90G 90G

25 Harrison Afful 45D 70D

27 Edward Opoku

28 Niko Hansen

29 David Accam 90M 90M

30 Aboubacar Keita

31 Connor Maloney 45

32 Patrick Mullins 76F 65F

33 JJ Williams 14 25

U.S. OPEN CUP

4R 06/12/2019 CLB 1 vs PITT 0 W Accam (Santos) 55

R16 06/18/2019 CLB 2 vs ATL 3 L Accam (Argudo) 40; own goal (Guzan) 71

GAME NOTES

CHICAGO F IRE SOCCER CLUB

Sean DennisonSenior Vice President of Communications & Media

CHICAGO FIRE AT COLUMBUS CREW SCMLS REGULAR SEASON

August 31, 2019 | 6:30 p.m. CTMAPFRE Stadium | Columbus, Ohio

BROADCAST: ESPN+ Talent: Dan Kelly (play-by-play), Frank Klopas (color analyst)Local Radio (Spanish): TUDN Radio Chicago 1200 AM

OUT: none QUESTIONABLE: Sapong (ear)

*as of August 30, 2019

Saturday's matchup between the Chicago Fire and Columbus Crew SC will mark the 66th time the teams have faced each other since 1998. The Fire hold a strong winning record over Crew SC (26-19-20) as well as lead in all-time shots (881). The last time the two Eastern Conference sides met, the match ended in a tightly contested 2-2 draw on July 17 at SeatGeek Stadium.

Date Opponent Kickoff (CT) BroadcastSaturday, March 2 at LA Galaxy L 2-1 FS1

Saturday, March 9 ORLANDO CITY SC T 1-1 ESPN+Saturday, March 16 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC L 2-4 ESPN+Saturday, March 30 NEW YORK RED BULLS W 1-0 ESPN+Saturday, April 6 at Toronto FC T 2-2 ESPN+

Friday, April 12 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC T 1-1 ESPN+Saturday, April 20 COLORADO RAPIDS W 4-1 ESPN+Wednesday, April 24 at New York City FC L 1-0 ESPN+

Sunday, April 28 at Montreal Impact L 1-0 ESPN +

Saturday, May 4 at Los Angeles FC T 0-0 ESPN+

Wednesday, May 8 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION W 5-0 ESPN+Saturday, May 11 MINNESOTA UNITED FC W 2-0 ESPN+Saturday, May 18 at San Jose Earthquakes L 4-1 Univision

Saturday, May 25 NEW YORK CITY FC T 1-1 UnivisionWednesday, May 29 at D.C. United T 3-3 ESPN+

Saturday, June 1 at Atlanta United FC L 2-0 UniMas

Saturday, June 11 at Saint Louis FC* L 2-0 ESPN+

Saturday, June 22 REAL SALT LAKE T 1-1 ESPN+Friday, June 28 at New York Red Bulls L 3-1 UniMas

Wednesday, July 3 ATLANTA UNITED FC W 5-1 ESPN+Saturday, July 6 at Sporting Kansas City L 1-0 ESPN+

Saturday, July 13 FC CINCINNATI L 2-1 ESPN+Wednesday, July 17 COLUMBUS CREW SC T 2-2 ESPN+Saturday, July 20 at Philadelphia Union L 2-0 ESPN+

Tuesday, July 23 CRUZ AZUL FC** L 2-0 UnivisionSaturday, July 27 D.C. UNITED T 0-0 ESPN+Saturday, Aug. 3 at Houston Dynamo W 1-0 ESPN+

Saturday, Aug. 10 MONTREAL IMPACT W 3-2 ESPN+Wednesday, Aug. 14 at Portland Timbers L 3-2 ESPN+

Saturday, Aug. 17 PHILADELPHIA UNION W 2-0 ESPN+Saturday, Aug. 24 at New England Revolution L 2-1 ESPN+

Saturday, Aug. 31 at Columbus Crew SC 6:30 p.m. ESPN+

Saturday, Sept. 14 FC DALLAS 2:30 p.m. UnivisionSaturday, Sept. 21 at FC Cincinnati 6:30 p.m. ESPN+

Sunday, Sept. 29 TORONTO FC 4:00 p.m. ESPN+Sunday, Oct. 6 at Orlando City SC 3:00 p.m. ESPN+

* denotes Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Match

** denotes Leagues Cup Match

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Jhamie ChinDirector of Communications

MATCH INFORMATION 2019 MLS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

BROADCAST INFORMATION

INJURY REPORT

MATCH PREVIEW

Samantha CobbCommunicationsAssistant

CLUB CONNECTIONSChicago Fire midfielder Djordje Mihailović and Columbus Crew SC midfielder Will Trapp and forward Gyasi Zardes were teammates on the USMNT for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup.

Columbus Crew SC midfielder David Accam played for the Chicago Fire from 2015-17. He earned team MVP and Golden Boot honors for two consecutive seasons (2015-16) with the Men in Red.

UPCOMING MILESTONES

Chicago Fire midfielder Nicolás Gaitán is one assist shy ofrecording his 11th assist of the season. With his 11th assist,Gaitán would tie Cuauhtemoc Blanco for fifth-most assists in a single season in Fire history.

Forward Nemanja Nikolić has recorded a team-high threegame-winning goals so far this season. If Nikolić records twomore, he'll tie for third in individual single-season leaders forGWG's with Andy Herron (five goals, 2006).

THE FIRST 45'The Chicago Fire have yet to lose a match this season whileleading entering halftime. While leading at halftime, the Firehave won six matches and drawn twice, earning 20 points outof a possible 24.

The Men in Red are tied for third in the league for goals scored in the first half (23) with the San Jose Earthquakes, behind only LAFC (38) and NYCFC (24).

GAME NOTESCHICAGO F IRE SOCCER CLUB

REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

ALL-TIME RESULTS

OVERALL RECORD: 8-12-9

GOALS SCORED: 43

ASSISTS: 38

SHOTS: 390

SHOTS ON GOAL: 135

FOULS: 354

OFFSIDES: 51

CORNER KICKS: 133

OVERALL RECORD: 13-7-6

GOALS SCORED: 32

ASSISTS: 33

SHOTS: 331

SHOTS ON GOAL: 99

FOULS: 348

OFFSIDES: 49

CORNER KICKS: 169

Chicago Fire: 26-19-20Home games: 16-6-12 (51 GF, 39 GA)Road games: 10-13-8 (39 GF, 58 GA)

Columbus Crew SC: 19-26-20Home games: 13-10-8 (58 GF, 39 GA)Road games: 6-16-12 (39 GF, 51 GA)LAST 5 MATCHES

08/12/2017 CHI 1 at CLB 3 L MAPFRE Stadium

04/07/2018 CHI 1 vs CLB 0 W Toyota Park

05/12/2018 CHI 0 at CLB 3 L MAPFRE Stadium

08/23/2018 CHI 1 vs CLB 1 T Toyota Park

07/17/2019 CHI 2 vs CLB 2 T SeatGeek Stadium

CHICAGO FIRE COLUMBUS CREW SC

GOALS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS OFFSIDES CORNER KICKS

GOALSSHOTSSHOTS ON GOALFOULSOFFSIDESCORNER KICKS

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CATEGORICAL WON-LOST-TIED

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ROAD OVERALLHOME

SINGLE SEASON RECORDSMINUTES WITHOUT ALLOWING A GOAL

MINS Start End

412 03/11/2016 04/16/2016

395

335 05/28/2011 06/18/2011

07/04/2009 08/09/2009

7-2-6 1-9-4 8-12-9

5-1-4 0-6-1 5-7-5

2-1-3 1-4-1 3-5-4

2-1-2 0-2-1 2-3-3

5-1-4 1-8-2 6-9-6

7-0-3 1-1-1 8-1-4

0-2-2 0-9-1 0-11-3

5-0-1 1-0-1 6-0-2

0-2-1 0-7-0 0-9-1

2-1-4 0-2-2 2-3-6

5-0-1 1-0-1 6-0-2

0-1-2 0-7-1 0-8-3

1-1-3 0-2-0 1-3-3

5-2-6 0-1-0 5-3-6

1-0-0 1-9-3 2-9-3

1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0

5-2-5 1-3-1 6-5-6

2-0-0 0-6-2 2-6-2 0-0-1 0-1-0 0-1-1

1-1-1 0-1-0 1-2-1

1-0-1 0-2-1 1-2-2

2-0-1 0-1-2 2-1-3

0-0-1 0-2-0 0-3-1 1-1-2 0-1-0 1-2-2

2-0-0 1-2-0 3-2--0

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

SERIES LEADERS VS CLB

SWEET SET-PIECESThe Fire are currently second in the league for goals scored from set-pieces (10). The Colorado Rapids lead the league in set-piece goals with 14, while the San Jose Earthquakes and D.C. United are tied for third with 9.

NIKOLIĆ HITS MAJOR MILESTONEOn August 17 the Fire geared up for a pivotal match againstEastern Conference side, the Philadelphia Union. In the 38thminute, Nikolić hit a major milestone, scoring his 49th goalwith the Fire and taking sole possession of second place inall-time goals scored for the Men in Red. Just seven minuteslater, Nikolić did it again. Nikolić converted a PK and hit his50th goal milestone with the Club, securing his status evenfurther as the Club's all-time scoring leader against thePhiladelphia Union (six goals).

CALVO'S CALL UPChicago Fire defender Francisco Calvo has been named to Costa Rica’s national team for an international friendly during the upcoming FIFA window. Calvo will join Costa Rica after the Fire’s away match against Columbus Crew SC on Saturday, Aug. 31, and return prior to Chicago’s home game against FC Dallas on Saturday, Sept. 14.

The 26-year-old defender will join his home country for a friendly against Uruguay on Friday, Sept. 6. Set to begin at 9:00 p.m. CT, the match will take place at the National Stadium of Costa Rica in San José, Costa Rica. Since making his senior team debut in 2011, Calvo has earned 48 caps for Costa Rica, appearing in tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and Concacaf Gold Cup. More recently, he made two appearances for Costa Rica in the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup, featuring in a 2-1 win over Haiti on June 24 and a 1-1 draw (6-5 loss on penalties) against Mexico on June 29.

Player Goals

Player

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Saves

ShutoutsPlayer

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Ante Razov 11

Armas/Nowak 6

Ante Razov 92

Ante Razov 45

Zach Thornton 6

Zach Thornton 79

Zach Thornton 12


CHICAGO FIRE ROSTER

JonathanBornstein

Hometown: Torrance, California Age: 34HT: 5-8 WT: 165 lbs.Acquired: Acquired from Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Netanya on July 22, 2019

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded his sixth consecutive start on August 24 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution ... Recorded his fifth consecutive start on August 17 in the Fire's 2-0 win over thePhiladelphia Union ... Recorded his fourth consecutive start on August 14 in the Fire's 3-2 away loss against the Portland Timbers ... Recorded his third consecutive start of the season on August 10 in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact ... Recorded his second consecutive start of the season on August 3 in the Fire's 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo ... Made his Club debut on July 27, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in the Fire's 0-0 draw against D.C. United ...

INTERNATIONAL: Bornstein earned his first cap for the U.S. Men’s National Team on January 20, 2007, scoring his first career international goal in a 3-1 win over Denmark. In addition to his appearances in the World Cup and Confederations Cup, Bornstein also featured in the Concacaf Gold Cup (2007, 2011), World Cup qualifiers (2010) and the Copa America (2007). In 2007, he helped the USMNT win the Concacaf Gold Cup, making five appearances (five starts) during the tournament.

3 Defender

MichealAzira

Hometown: Kampala, UgandaAge: 31HT: 5-10 WT: 160 lbs.Acquired: Acquired from the Montreal Impact on August 7, 2019

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded his third consecutive appearance, starting and playing 90 minutes on August 24 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution ... Recorded his second consecutive appearance on August 17 in the Fire's 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Union ... Made his Club debut starting and playing 90 minutes on August 14 in the Fire's 3-2 loss against the Portland Timbers.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Spent the past six seasons playing in MLS, compiling 120 league appearances (97 starts) with Seattle Sounders FC, Colorado Rapids and Montreal Impact ... He has also made eight appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs, starting in three of those matches.

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CHICAGO FIRE ROSTER

Francisco Calvo

Hometown: San José, Costa RicaAge: 26HT: 5-11 WT: 170 lbs.Acquired: Acquired from Minnesota United FC on May 3, 2019

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Scored his third goal of the season on August 24 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution ... Recorded an assist in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact on August 10 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 0-0 draw against D.C. United on July 27 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew SC on July 17 ... Recorded a start on July 13 in the Fire's 2-1 loss to FC Cincinnati ... Scored his second goal of the season, contributing to the Fire's 5-1 rout of Atlanta United FC on July 3 ... Scored his first goal with the Chicago Fire on May 29 in a 3-3 draw against D.C. United ... Recorded his second appearance and home debut with the Club on May 8 in a 5-0 win against the New England Revolution, where he played the full 90 minutes of the match ... Made his debut on May 4 in a 0-0 draw against Los Angeles FC, just one day after being acquired from Minnesota United FC.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER (COSTA RICA): Converted a PK in Costa Rica's shootout defeat against Mexico on June 29 ... Recorded an appearance in Costa Rica's 2-1 loss to Haiti on June 24 ... Named to Costa Rica's roster for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup ... Calvo has earned 46 caps for Costa Rica since making his senior team debut in 2011 ... During the 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup, he started in five straight matches for Costa Rica, helping to lead the team to a semifinal appearance against the U.S. Men’s National Team ... The defender also featured in two matches for his home country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, starting and playing the full 90 minutes against Serbia before notching an appearance against Brazil in the Ticos’ second match of the tournament.

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BrandtBronico

Hometown: High Point, North CarolinaAge: 23HT: 5-9 WT: 155 lbs.Acquired: Selected as the No. 47 overall pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Made his 13th consecutive start on August 24 in the Fire's 2-1 away loss against the New England Revolution ... Made his 10th consecutive start in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact on August 10 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on August 3 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 0-0 draw against D.C. United on July 27 ... Recorded a start in a 2-0 loss against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup on July 23 ... Recorded his ninth start of the season on July 20 in the Fire's 2-0 loss against the Philadelphia Union ... Recorded his eighth start of the season on July 17 in the Fire's 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew SC ... Recorded his seventh start of the season on July 13 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against FC Cincinnati ... Recorded his first assist of the season on May 25 in a 1-1 draw against New York City FC ... Scored his first goal of the season in a 5-0 win against the New England Revolution on May 8 ... Made his third appearance of the season in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC on April 6 ... Leads the team in passing accuracy (100%) ... Made his second appearance of the season in a 4-2 loss against Seattle Sounders FC on March 16 ... Made his season debut on March 2 in a 2-1 loss against the LA Galaxy.

13 Midfielder


CHICAGO FIRE ROSTER

30 Goalkeeper

StefanCleveland

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded his 15th start of the season on August 3 in Lansing's 3-0 win over Orlando City B ... Named the USL League One Player of the Month for June ... Named to the USL League One Team of the Week for Week 13 ... Leads Lansing in saves (33) and clean sheets (4) ... Made his first appearance for Lansing Ignite FC on May 18 in a 2-2 draw against North Texas SC ... Loaned to Lansing Ignite FC on May 16, 2019.

2018 (CHICAGO FIRE): Started in each of his five appearances for the Fire … Made his professional debut on Aug. 4 against Real Salt Lake … Tallied his first win on Sept. 29 in a 3-1 victory over LAFC.

COLLEGE (UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE): Cleveland completed his college career at the University of Louisville, appearing in 22 games for the Cardinals in 2016 and earning 10 shutouts en route to a 0.72 goals against average.

COLLEGE (DARTMOUTH COLLEGE): Cleveland spent his first three collegiate seasons at Dartmouth, where he appeared in 33 games and earned 16 shutouts, and was named 2015 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.

Hometown: Dayton, OhioAge: 24HT: 6-2 WT: 185 lbs.Acquired: Selected as the No. 26 overall pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft

DiegoCampos

Hometown: San José, Costa RicaAge: 23HT: 5-10 WT: 170 lbs.Acquired: Selected as the No. 38 overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded an appearance in the Fire's 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on August 3 ... Recorded a start in a 2-0 loss against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup on July 23 ... Recorded an appearance in the Fire's 2-0 loss against the Philadelphia Union on July 20 ... Made an appearance in the Fire's 1-0 loss against Sporting Kansas City on July 6 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against Saint Louis FC in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ... Returned from loan on June 11 ... Loaned to Lansing Ignite FC on May 24 ... Recorded his sixth apperance of the season on May 18 in a 4-1 loss against the San Jose Earthquakes ... Made his fifth start of the season on April 28 in a 1-0 loss against the Montreal Impact ... Made his third consecutive start of the season in a 4-2 loss against Seattle Sounders FC on March 16 … Made his second start of the season on March 9 in a 1-1 draw against Orlando City ... Made his season debut as a starter on March 2 in a 2-1 loss against the LA Galaxy.

17 Defender


CHICAGO FIRE ROSTER

RaheemEdwards

Hometown: Toronto, OntarioAge: 23HT: 5-9 WT: 148 lbs.Acquired: Acquired from the Montreal Impact on July 16, 2018 in exchange for $400,000 in TAM

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against Saint Louis FC in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ... Made his fourth appearance of the season on June 1 in a 2-0 loss against Atlanta United FC ... Recorded his first goal in his season debut for the Chicago Fire in a 4-2 loss against Seattle Sounders FC on March 16.

2018 (CHICAGO FIRE): Played in 13 games in his first season with the Fire, including 10 starts … Made his debut on May 9 against his former club, Montreal Impact … Recorded one goal and two assists in 916 minutes played with the Fire.

7 Defender

ElliotCollier

Hometown: Hamilton, New ZealandAge: 24HT: 6-4 WT: 180 lbs.Acquired: Selected as the No. 49 overall pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded a start in Memphis's 2-2 draw against the New York Red Bulls II squad on July 20 ... Recorded a start in Memphis's 2-0 loss to Nashville SC on July 17 ... Named USL Player of the Week for scoring the first hat trick in Memphis 901 FC history, contributing to Memphis's first ever at home regular season win against Hartford Athletic on July 6 ... Recorded his second goal with Memphis 901 FC in a 2-1 win against Hartford Athletic on May 10 ... Scored the first goal in Memphis 901 FC history in a 1-1 draw against Loudon United FC on March 16 ... Made his club debut as a start on March 10 in a 1-0 L against the Tampa Bay Rowdies, where he played the full 90 minutes of the match ... Loaned to Memphis 901 FC on March 7

COLLEGE (LOYOLA CHICAGO): A four-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection during his time in Rogers Park, Collier found the back of the net 17 times with the Maroon & Gold ... The Hamilton, New Zealand native earned First Team All-Valley honors in both his junior and senior years to go along with a First Team All-West Region selection by the United Soccer Coaches in 2016.

28 Forward


CHICAGO FIRE ROSTER

Nicolás Gaitán

20 Midfielder

Hometown: San Martín, ArgentinaAge: 31HT: 5-7 WT: 150Acquired: Acquired via free transfer from Chinese Super League club Dalian Yifang on March 19, 2019

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded his 10th assist of the season in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution ... Recorded his ninth assist of the season in the Fire's 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on August 3 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 0-0 draw against D.C. United on July 27 ... Recorded his 18th appearance and fourth goal of the season on July 13 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against FC Cincinnati ... Awarded Man of the Match on July 3 for his goal and three assists, helping the Fire defeat Atlanta United FC 5-1. With his three assists, Gaitán matched a club record for the most assists in a single match .... Recorded a start in the Fire's 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake on June 22 ... Awarded MLS Player of the Week as he scored his second goal in as many games in the Fire's 2-0 win over Minnesota United FC on May 11 ... Scored his first goal of the season and recorded two assists in a 5-0 win against the New England Revolution on May 8 ... Recorded his first two assists in MLS, contributing to the Fire's 4-1 win over the Colorado Rapids on April 20, where he was awarded Man of the Match ... Recorded his first MLS career start with the Fire in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 12 ...Made his MLS debut with the Chicago Fire on March 30 in a 1-0 win against the New York Red Bulls.

INTERNATIONAL (ARGENTINA): Gaitán has earned 19 caps for the Argentina National Team since making his senior-team debut in a 2-0 friendly win over Ghana on Sept. 30, 2009. Most recently, Gaitán appeared in five matches for Argentina during 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying and three matches during the 2016 Copa America Centenario.

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Hometown: Gdansk, PolandAge: 23HT: 5-8 WT: 155 lbs.Acquired: Via transfer from Jagiellonia Bialystok, utilizing discretionary TAM on Jan. 22, 2019

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded his 19th start on August 24 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution ... Recorded his 17th start and sixth assist on August 14 in the Fire's 3-2 away loss to the Portland Timbers ... Recorded a start in a 2-0 loss against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup on July 23 ... Recorded his fourth assist of the season on May 25 in a 1-1 draw against New York City FC ... Recorded third assist of the season on May 11 in a 2-0 win against Minnesota United FC ... Scored his first goal of the season in a 5-0 win against the New England Revolution on May 8 ... Awarded Man of the Match on May 4 for his efforts in a 0-0 draw against Los Angeles FC … Recorded his second assist with the Chicago Fire in his third season appearance as a starter in a 4-2 loss against Seattle Sounders FC on March 16 … Recorded his first assist with the club on March 9 in a 1-1 draw against Orlando City ... Made his club debut as a starter in a 2-1 loss on March 2 against the LA Galaxy.

INTERNATIONAL (POLAND): Called up to the Poland National Team for a pair of 2020 Euro Qualifiers on March 21 and 24 ... Has earned caps at the U16-U21 levels ... Made his debut for Poland’s senior team on March 23, 2018 in an international friendly against Nigeria.

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FabianHerbers

Hometown: Ahaus, GermanyAge: 26HT: 6-1 WT: 165 lbs.Acquired: Via trade with the Philadelphia Union in

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded an appearance on August 24 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution ... Recorded a start in a 2-0 loss against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup on July 23 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-0 loss against the Philadelphia Union on July 20 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew SC on July 17 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against FC Cincinnati on July 13 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 1-0 loss against Sporting Kansas City on July 6 ... Scored his second goal with the Fire, contributing to the Fire's 5-1 win over Atlanta United FC on July 3 ... Started for the second consecutive match on June 28 in the Fire's 3-1 loss against New York Red Bulls ... Earned his first start of the MLS season in the Fire's 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake on June 22 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against Saint Louis FC in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ... Recorded his fifth appearance of the season on June 1 in a 2-0 loss against Atlanta United FC ... Recorded his first goal with the Chicago Fire in a 4-2 loss against Seattle Sounders FC on March 16 … Made his club debut on March 9 in a 1-1 draw against Orlando City.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Selected sixth overall by the Union in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft … Herbers made 32 appearances, tallying three goals and a team-leading seven assists in 2016 ... Overall, Herbers made 53 regular season appearances (22 starts) in three seasons (2016-18) with the Union, posting four goals and nine assists.

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JeremiahGutjahr

Hometown: Bloomington, IndianaAge: 22HT: 5-10 WT: 160Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on Jan. 22, 2019

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded a start in a 2-0 loss against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup on July 23 ... Recorded an appearance on July 3 in the Fire's 5-1 win over Atlanta United FC ... Recorded an appearance on June 28 in the Fire's 3-1 loss againt the New York Red Bulls ... Recorded an appearance in the Fire's 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake on June 22 ... Made his fifth consecutive start of the season on April 24 in a 1-0 loss against New York City FC ... Made his fourth consecutive start of the season on April 20 in a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rapids, where he played the full 90 minutes of the match ... Made his third consecutive start of the season in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 12, playing the full 90 minutes of the match ... Recorded his first MLS career assist in only his second start in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC on April 6, playing the full 90 minutes of the match ... Made his MLS debut with the Chicago Fire as a starter in a 1-0 win against the New York Red Bulls on March 30, playing the full 90 minutes of the match.

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AleksandarKatai

Hometown: Srbobran, SerbiaAge: 28HT: 6-0 WT: 155 lbs.Acquired: Signed as Designated Player on July 11, 2018

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded his 22nd start of the season on August 14 in the Fire's 3-2 away loss against the Portland Timbers ... Recorded his fifth assist in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact on August 10 ... Recorded his 19th start of the season on July 13 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against FC Cincinnati ... Awarded Man of the Match for his goal in the Fire's 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake on June 22 ... Recorded his 13th start of the season on June 1 in a 2-0 loss against Atlanta United FC ... Scored his third goal of the season on May 18 in a 4-1 loss against the San Jose Earthquakes ... Scored his second goal of the season in a 2-0 win over Minnesota United FC on May 11 ... Recorded two assists in a 5-0 rout over the New England Revolution on May 8 ... Scored his first goal of the season and notched an assist in the Fire's 4-1 win over the Colorado Rapids on April 20 ... Awarded MLS Team of the Week Honors for Week 6 ... Recorded his first assist of the season in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC on April 6, where he led the team in touches (63) .... Made his season debut as a starter on March 2 in a 2-1 loss against the LA Galaxy.

INTERNATIONAL (SERBIA): Member of the Serbian Men’s National Team in 2015 and 2016 … Made his senior international debut on Nov. 13, 2015 … Recorded overall six appearances, including four appearances during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign.

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2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on August 24 ... Recorded his second assist of the season on August 17 contributing to the Fire's2-0 win over the Philadelphia Union ... Started and played 90 minutes for the sixth straight match in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact on August 10 ... Awarded Man of the Match for his defensive contributions in the Fire's 0-0 draw against D.C. United on July 27 ... Awarded Man of the Match for his defensive contributions in the Fire's 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew SC on July 17 ...Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against FC Cincinnati on July 13 ... Awarded Man of the Match for his defensive contributions in a 2-0 win against Minnesota United FC on May 11, where he tallied his first assist of the season ... Awarded Man of the Match for his defensive efforts in a 1-0 loss against the Montreal Impact on April 28 ... Recorded his 100th regular season appearance for the Chicago Fire in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC on April 6, playing the full 90 minutes of the match ... Made his season debut as a starter on March 2 in a 2-1 loss against the LA Galaxy … Played the full 90 minutes of the match.

INTERNATIONAL (NETHERLANDS): Kappelhof appeared in five matches for the Dutch Under-21 side from 2011-13 ... That five-game clip included four friendlies and a UEFA European U-21 Championship Qualifier ... Kappelhof had the game-winning assist in his lone UEFA match, a 1-0 result against Austria in which he featured for 90 minutes.

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Hometown: Amsterdam, NetherlandsAge: 28HT: 5-11 WT: 165Acquired: Signed using TAM on Feb. 2, 2016


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GrantLillard

Hometown: Hinsdale, IllinoisAge: 23HT: 6-4 WT: 195Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on Jan. 10, 2018

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded an appearance in the Fire's 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Union onAugust 17 ... Recorded his second regular season start on August 14 in the Fire's 3-2 away loss against the Portland Timbers ... Recorded a start in a 2-0 loss against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup on July 23 ... Recorded an apperance on July 20 in the Fire's 2-0 loss against the Philadelphia Union ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 1-0 loss against Sporting Kansas City on July 6 ... Recorded an appearance in the Fire's 2-1 loss against Saint Louis FC in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ... Returned from loan on June 11 ... Made his first appearance for Lansing Ignite FC on May 18 in a 2-2 draw against North Texas SC ... Loaned to Lansing Ignite FC on May 16, 2019.

COLLEGE (INDIANA UNIVERSITY): In his four years at Indiana University, the 22-year-old started all 86 games in which he appeared, and scored 14 goals and tallied nine assists … Captained the Hoosiers to the College Cup final in his senior season … A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection, Lillard was additionally named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2014 and First-Team All-Big Ten in 2015 and 2016.

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2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on August 24 ... Recorded his third clean sheet of the season on August 17 in the Fire's 2-0 win overthe Philadelphia Union ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact on August 10 ... Awarded Man of the Match for his second consecutive clean sheet in the Fire's 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on August 3 ... Recorded his first MLS career clean sheet in the Fire's 0-0 draw against D.C. United on July 27 ... Recorded his 10th consecutive start in the Fire's 2-0 loss against the Philadelphia Union on July 20 ... his ninth consecutive start on July 17 in the Fire's 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew SC ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against FC Cincinnati on July 13 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 1-0 loss against Sporting Kansas City on July 6 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake on June 22 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against Saint Louis FC in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ... Recorded his third appearance with the Club on June 1 in a 2-0 loss against Atlanta United FC ... Recorded his second appearance with the Club on May 29 in a 3-3 draw against D.C. United ... Made his Club debut on May 25 in a 1-1 draw against New York City FC.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Kronholm joins the Fire after spending the past five seasons with Holstein Kiel. In the 2016-17 season, he helped the German club earn promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, tallying 17 clean sheets in 39 appearances (39 starts) across all competitions. Most recently, Kronholm appeared in 30 matches in the 2018-19 season, tallying six clean sheets.

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Hometown: Fort Belvoir, VirginiaAge: 33HT: 6-3 WT: 183Acquired: Acquired on May 7, 2019 from 2. Bundesliga side Holstein Kiel

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CristianMartínez

Hometown: Panama City, PanamaAge: 22HT: 5-7 WT: 174 lbs.Acquired: Selected as the No. 4 overall pick in the 2018 MLS Waiver Draft

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Loaned to Las Vegas Lights FC on August 23 ... Made his fifth appearance of the season on May 25 in a 1-1 draw against New York City FC ... Made his third appearance of the season on April 28 in a 1-0 loss against the Montreal Impact ... Made his second appearance for the Fire in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 12 ... Made his club debut on March 2 in a 2-1 loss against the LA Galaxy.

INTERNATIONAL (PANAMA): Earned seven caps for the Panama National Team in senior competitions … Made his senior-team debut for Panama in a 1-0 victory over El Salvador on Feb. 18, 2016.

Marcelo

Hometown: São Paulo, BrazilAge: 29HT: 5-10 WT: 163 lbs.Acquired: Via transfer from Sporting CP on Dec. 27, 2018

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded a start on August 14 in the Fire's 3-2 away loss against the Portland Timbers ... Recorded a start in a 2-0 loss against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup on July 23 ... Recorded an appearance in the Fire's 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew SC on July 17 ... Recorded an appearance in the Fire's 1-0 loss against Sporting Kansas City on July 6 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 3-1 loss against the New York Red Bulls on June 28 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 1-1 draw against Real Salt Lake on June 22 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against Saint Louis FC in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ... Recorded his 10th appearance of the season on May 29 in a 3-3 draw against D.C. United ... Made his eighth consecutive start of the season on April 24 in a 1-0 loss against New York City FC ... Made his sixth consecutive start of the season in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 12, playing the full 90 minutes of the match ... Made his fifth consecutive start of the season in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC on April 6 ... Made his club debut as a starter on March 2 in a 2-1 L against the LA Galaxy.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Marcelo joins the Fire after spending the past eight seasons in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, compiling 172 league appearances (171 starts) ... A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Marcelo began his career in Portugal’s first division with Rio Ave FC in 2011 ... The central defender spent seven seasons (2011-18) with Rio Ave FC, tallying at least 20 league starts in five of his seven seasons with the Club ... Additionally, while playing with Rio Ave FC, Marcelo made 11 appearances (10 starts) in the UEFA Europa League … Joining Primeira Liga powerhouse Sporting CP ahead of the 2018-19 campaign, Marcelo made one appearance for the Club, starting and playing 90 minutes in the Portuguese League Cup against G.D. Estoril Praia on Oct. 31, 2018.

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DjordjeMihailović

Hometown: Lemont, IllinoisAge: 20HT: 5-10 WT: 153 lbs.Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on Jan. 27, 2017

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded an appearance on August 24 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution ... Recorded his 16th start of the season on August 14 in the Fire's 3-2 away loss against the Portland Timbers .. Recorded his first assist of the season in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact on August 10 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-0 loss against the Philadelphia Union on July 20 ... Scored his third goal of the season on July 17 in the Fire's 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew SC ... Made his 10th appearance of the season on June 1 in a 2-0 loss against Atlanta United FC ... ... Scored his first goal of the season and his third of his MLS career in a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rapids on April 20 ... Made his sixth appearance of the season in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 12, where he led the team in passing accuracy (91.7%) ... Made his fifth appearance of the season as a starter in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC on April 6, where he led the team in successful passes (35) and played the full 90 minutes of the match ... Made his season debut as a starter in a 2-1 loss on March 2 against the LA Galaxy.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Recorded an appearance in the USMNT's 4-0 win over Guyana on June 18 ... Named to the USMNT's roster for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup ... Has earned two caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team ... Recorded a start and a goal in his debut appearance for the USMNT, helping the team record a 3-0 win over Panama on Jan. 27. Started for a second straight match for the USMNT, playing 63 minutes in a 2-0 win over Panama.

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded a team-high 27th start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on August 24 ... Scored his first goal with the Club on August 10 in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact .... Recorded his 22nd consecutive start on July 17 in the Fire's 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew SC ... Awarded Man of the Match for his efforts in the Fire's 2-1 loss against FC Cincinnati on July 13 ... Recorded his third assist of the season on May 18 in a 4-1 loss against the San Jose Earthquakes ... Notched his second assist of the season in the Fire's 4-1 win over the Colorado Rapids on April 20 ... Awarded Man of the Match for his efforts in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC, where he recorded his sixth start of the season and led the team in chances created (4), touches (120), and total passes (102) ... Recorded his first assist of the season in his fifth consecutive start on April 6 in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC ... Received MLS Team of the Week Honors on April 1 ... Made his season debut as a starter in a 2-1 loss on March 2 against the LA Galaxy … Played the full 90 minutes of the match.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Member of the U-20 U.S. Men’s National Team for the 2007 U-20 FIFA World Cup … Played in all five matches for the U-23 U.S. Men’s National Team for the 2008 Concacaf Men Pre’ Olympic Tournament in March 2008 … Received his first international cap with the U.S. Men’s National Team on Nov. 14, 2009 vs. Slovakia … Captained the U.S. Men’s National Team’s match against Chile under Coach Bob Bradley on Jan. 22, 2011.

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DaxMcCarty

Hometown: Winter Park, FloridaAge: 32HT: 5-9 WT: 150 lbs.Acquired: Via trade with the New York Red Bulls on Jan. 16, 2017 in exchange for $400,000 in GAM


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NemanjaNikolić

Hometown: Senta, SerbiaAge: 31HT: 5-11 WT: 176 lbs.Acquired: Via transfer on Dec. 20, 2016. Signed as Designated Player

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 loss against the New England Revolution on August 24 ... Awarded the Man of the Match for scoring his 49th and 50th goals on August17, helping the Fire earn three points in a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Union ... Donned the Captain's armband as he recorded his ninth goal of the season and his third consecutive game with a goal in the Fire's 3-2 away loss against the Portland Timbers on August 14 ... Scored for a second straight game to notch his eighth goal on August 10 in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact ... Scored his seventh goal of the season in the Fire's 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on August 3 ... Recorded his 45th regular-season goal with the Chicago Fire on June 28 in the Fire's 3-1 loss against the New York Red Bulls ...Recorded a start and a goal in the Fire's 2-1 loss against Saint Louis FC in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ... Awarded Man of the Match for his first brace of the season which contributed to the Fire's 5-0 win over the New England Revolution on May 8 ... Scored his third goal in as many games as he helped the Fire defeat the Colorado Rapids 4-1 on April 20 ... Helped the Fire earn a point by scoring his second goal of the season on April 12 in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC ... Recorded his first goal of the season and 40th goal of his Chicago Fire career in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC on April 6 ... His efforts in the box led to a New York Red Bulls own goal ... Made his season debut on March 9 in a 1-1 draw against Orlando City.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Made his senior-team debut for the Hungarian National Team on Oct. 11, 2013 … Scored his first goal on Oct. 14, 2014 against Andorra … Named to Hungary’s squad on June 18, 2016 for UEFA Euro 2016 … Announced his retirement from the national team on May 3, 2018 after recording 27 appearances and five goals during a five-year span … Saw action in nine UEFA Euro qualifying matches and five World Cup qualification matches.

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AmandoMoreno

Hometown: Perth Amboy, New JerseyAge: 23HT: 5-7 WT: 145 lbs.Acquired: Acquired from the New York Red Bulls in exchange for the 2018 No. 32 overall pick

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded an appearance on August 14 in the Fire's 3-2 away loss against the Portland Timbers ... Recorded an appearance in the Fire's 0-0 draw against D.C. United on July 27 ... Recorded a start in a 2-0 loss against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup on July 23 ... Recorded his fifth appearance of the season on July 13 in the Fire's 2-1 loss against FC Cincinnati ... Recorded his fourth appearance of the season on July 3 in a 5-1 win over Atlanta United FC ... Made his Club debut on April 6 in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Called up by the U-20 U.S. Men’s National Team for the U-21 International National Teams Football Tournament from November 9–19 in Marbella, Spain … Called up to the U.S. Men’s National team for a May 2016 senior-team friendly against Puerto Rico.

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AndreReynolds II

Hometown: Chicago, IllinoisAge: 18HT: 5-9 WT: 155 lbs.Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player on Jan. 25, 2019

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Made his homegrown game debut, sttarted and playing the first half in the MLS Homegrown's 2(3)-2 win over Chivas U-20 ... Made his professional debut, starting and playing 58 minutes on July 23 in the Fire's 2-0 Leagues Cup loss to Cruz Azul.

ACADEMY CAREER: Reynolds joined the Fire’s first team after spending the past four seasons (2015-18) with the Club’s Academy in Chicago, competing in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) league … He is the 12th Homegrown signing in Club history.

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded his 14th start of the season on August 14 in the Fire's 3-2 away loss to the Portland Timbers ... Recorded his 13th start of the season in a 4-1 loss against the San Jose Earthquakes on May 18 ... Recorded his fourth clean sheet of the season and third consecutive clean sheet in as many games as the Fire blanked Minnesota United FC 2-0 on May 11. The win over Minnesota marks Ousted's 46th career clean sheet ... Recorded his third clean sheet of the season and 45th of his career on May 8 in a 5-0 win against the New England Revolution ... Recorded his second clean sheet of the season and his 44th of his career on May 4 in a 0-0 draw against Los Angeles FC ... Made the eighth penalty kick save of his MLS career on April 24 in a 1-0 loss against New York City FC ... Made his fourth consecutive start of the season in a 1-0 win against the New York Red Bulls on March 30, where he recorded his first clean sheet of the season and his 43rd of his career … Made his home debut on March 9 in a 1-1 draw against Orlando City ... Made his club debut in goal on March 2 in a 2-1 loss against the LA Galaxy … Recorded 3 saves in 90 minutes of play.

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DavidOusted

Hometown: Roskilde, DenmarkAge: 34HT: 6-4 WT: 195 lbs.Acquired: Claimed off waivers on Jan. 27, 2019


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CJSapong

Hometown: Manassas, VirginiaAge: 30HT: 6-1 WT: 189 lbs.Acquired: Acquired from Philadelphia in exchange for $400,000 in Allocation Money on Feb. 23, 2019

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded a start in the Fire's 2-1 away loss against the New England Revolution on August 24 ... Recorded his 200th career regular season start in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impact on August 10 ... Scored his ninth goal of the season on July 17 in the Fire's 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew SC ... Scored his first brace of the season, contributing to the Fire's 5-1 win over Atlanta United FC on July 3 ... Scored the Chicago Fire's 1,000th MLS Regular Season goal on May 25 in a 1-1 draw against New York City FC, where he was awarded Man of the Match ... Recorded his fourth goal of the season and notched an assist in the Fire's 4-1 win over the Colorado Rapids on April 20 ... Recorded his third goal of the season as a starter in a 2-2 tie against Toronto FC on April 6 ... Recorded his first assist and third consecutive start with the Chicago Fire in a 4-2 loss against Seattle Sounders FC on March 16, playing the full 90 minutes of the match … Scored his second goal in his second appearance in a 1-1 draw against Orlando City on March 9.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Sapong has earned four caps with the U.S. Men’s National Team … After receiving an invitation to the team’s January camp in 2012, Sapong made his debut for the USMNT in a friendly against Venezuela on Jan. 21, 2012 and earned his second cap just four days later with a substitute appearance against Panama … In 2017, Sapong received the nod to represent the USMNT ahead of a friendly in Portugal on Nov. 14, 2017 ... He started that match, recording an assist in a 1-1 draw.

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Hometown: Little Elm, TexasAge: 25HT: 6-3 WT: 197 lbs.Acquired: Acquired through the MLS Allocation

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Made his season debut and recorded six saves on July 23 in the Fire's 2-0 Leagues Cup match loss against Cruz Azul.

2018 (CHICAGO FIRE): Started in 24 games in his first full season with the Fire … Made his debut on March 10 and recorded 11 consecutive starts … Led the team in games played in goal (25) and starts in goal (24) ... Led the team in saves (79) and minutes played in goal (2207).

INTERNATIONAL (MEXICO): Sánchez was the starting goalkeeper and played in all seven games as Mexico captured the FIFA Under-17 World Cup title on home soil in 2011 … He would go on to be the starter for El Tri in the 2013 U-20 World Cup, where Mexico reached the Round of 16.

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RichardSánchez


GabrielSlonina

Hometown: Addison, IllinoisAge: 14HT: 6-4 WT: 196 lbs.Acquird: Signed as a Homegrown Player on March 8, 2019

The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced on March 8, 2019 that the Club has signed 14-year-old Academy product Gabriel Slonina. The goalkeeper joins the Fire as the youngest Homegrown Player signing in MLS history and the 13th Homegrown Player signing in Club history. He is under contract with the Fire through the 2022 season with a Club option for the 2023 season.

A native of Addison, Ill., Slonina has spent the past three seasons playing in the Chicago Fire Academy, featuring at the U-14, U-15 and U-17 levels. Throughout his three seasons in the Fire Academy, Slonina made 54 appearances (52 starts) while competing in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) league.

At the international level, Slonina has been called in to the U-14 and U-15 United States Boys’ National Teams for training camps. Slonina joined the U-15 USBNT for its first training camp of the year at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., from Jan. 29-Feb. 6. Most recently, Slonina was called up to the U-15 U.S. Boys’ National Team for 2019 Torneo Delle Nazioni.

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BastianSchweinsteiger

2019 (CHICAGO FIRE): Recorded his 25th start on August 17 in the Fire's 2-0 win over the PhiladelphiaUnion on August 17 ... Awarded Man of the Match for his goal and assist in the Fire's 3-2 win over the Montreal Impcat on August 10 ... Recorded a start in the Fire's 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on August 3 ... Recorded his second-career MLS All-Star match appearance, playing 45 minutes in the MLS's 3-0 loss to Atlético Madrid on July 31 ... Donned the captain's armand on July 20 in the Fire's 2-0 loss against the Philadelphia Union ... Recorded his first assist of the season in a 5-0 win against the New England Revolution on May 8 ... Led the team in passes (95) for a second straight match on April 28 in a 1-0 loss against the Montreal Impact ... Led the team in passes (75) on April 24 in a 1-0 loss against New York City FC, where he played the full 90 minutes of the match ... Recorded his sixth start of the season in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 12, where his efforts earned him MLS Team of the Week Honors for Week 7 ... Received MLS Team of the Week Honors on April 1 … Made his second start of the season on March 9 in a 1-1 draw against Orlando City ... Played the full 90 minutes of the match ... Made his season debut as a starter in a 2-1 loss on March 2 against the LA Galaxy … Played the full 90 minutes of the match.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER: He has appeared 121 times for the German National Team, including 20 total appearances in FIFA World Cup play across the 2006 and 2010 competitions as well as Germany’s cup-winning run in the 2014 tournament … He has additionally represented Die Mannschaft in four consecutive editions of the UEFA European Championship, tallying 18 total appearances in the tournament from 2004-16, which includes a runner-up medal from the 2008 competition … Was named captain of the national team following Phillip Lahm’s retirement in late 2014 … Retired from international play in July of 2016.

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Hometown: Kolbermoor, GermanyAge: 34HT: 6-0 WT: 175 lbs.Acquired: Signed as a Designated Player on March 21, 2017


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Veljko Paunović

Aleksandar SarićMarko Mitrović Eric Gehrig

Paunović is currently in his fourth season as head coach of the Chicago Fire.

During his first three seasons with the Fire, Paunović produced a 31-46-25 regular season record. In 2017, he guided the Club to the third-best overall record (16-11-7) in MLS, securing the Men In Red’s first appear-ance in the MLS Cup Playoffs since 2012. Paunović was also named head coach of the 2017 MLS All-Star Team, which featured four players from the Fire’s roster, in the side’s match against Real Madrid at Soldier Field.

Paunović’s staff includes Assistant Coaches Marko Mitrović and Eric Gehrig, Goalkeeper Coach Aleksandar Sarić, Director of Performance Petar Milčanović, Strength and Conditioning Coach Raphael Feure, Video Analyst Nenad Babić and Senior Manager of Team and Soccer Operations Alex Boler.

Paunović originally joined the Fire on Nov. 24, 2015. Prior to signing with the Club, he spent four seasons (2012-2015) managing the Serbi-

an Youth National Teams (U-18, U-19, U-20), garnering success at the international level. After guiding the Serbia U-19 side to a third place finish at the 2014 UEFA U-19 European Championship, Paunović led the U-20 side to a world title in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, defeating Brazil 2-1 to earn Serbia its first world championship at any level as an independent nation.

Paunović holds a UEFA PRO coaching license as well as a Sporting Director degree from the Royal Spanish Football Federation. He speaks six languages, including English, Spanish, Serbian, Macedonian, Russian and German. Paunović also spent nine months as a UEFA Champions League analyst for TVE in Spain.

As a player, Paunović enjoyed a successful 16-year career with 11 teams in Serbia, Spain, Germany, Russia and the United States. He compiled 76 goals in 358 appearances, earning two caps with the Serbia and Montenegro national team. Additionally, while playing in the Spanish first division, he won a La Liga title, a Copa del Trophy and a Spanish Super Cup.

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CHICAGO FIREVS ORLANDO CITY

DATE: March 2, 2018 Dignity Health Sports ParkCHI (0-1-0) LA (1-0-0)

DATE: March 9, 2018 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (0-1-1) ORL (0-0-2)

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Sapong 1, 49’LA - Steres 1, (Alvarez) 68’LA - Ibrahimovic 1, 80’

SCORING SUMMARYORL - Dom Dwyer 1, (Nani) 47'CHI - CJ Sapong 2, (Przemysław Frankowski) 95'

CAUTIONSCHI - Marcelo 77’LA - Alvarez 61’

CAUTIONSCHI - Djordje Mihailovic 45', Bastian Schweinsteiger 90'ORL - Kyle Smith 34'

EJECTIONSCHI - noneLA - none

EJECTIONSCHI - Jorge Corrales 64'ORL - none

Referee: Allen Chapman Assistant Referees: Jeremy Hanson, Jeremy Kieso4th Official: Timothy Ford VAR: Kevin StottAttendance: 20,377

Referee: Robert Sibiga Assistant Referees: Jason White, Apolinar Mariscal4th Official: Ramy TouchanVAR: Jorge GonzalezAttendance: 11,041

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Diego Campos (Nicolas Hasler 73’), Marcelo, Johan Kappelhof, Jorge Corrales, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dax McCarty, Aleksandar Katai (Cristian Martinez 68’), Djordje Mihailovic (Brandt Bronico 77’), Przemyslaw Frankowski, C.J. Sapong

LA GALAXY- David Bingham, Rolf Feltscher, Daniel Steres, Diego Polenta, Jorgen Skjelvik, Servando Carrasco, Jonathan dos Santos, Romain Alessandrini (Emmanuel Boateng 20’), Emil Cuello (Efrain Alvarez 60’), Uriel Antuna (Chris Pontius 77’), Zlatan Ibrahimovic

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Diego Campos (Fabian Herbers 80'), Marcelo, Johan Kappelhof, Jorge Corrales, Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Aleksandar Katai, Djordje Mihailovic (Nicolas Hasler 69’), C.J. Sapong, Nemanja Nikolić (Przemyslaw Frankowski 68')

ORLANDO CITY - Brian Rowe, Shane O'Neill, Alex De John, Kamal Miller, Kyle Smith (Ruan 58'), Sebastián Méndez, Will Johnson, Danilo Acosta, Sacha Kljestan, Tesho Akindele (Dom Dywer 21'), Nani (Chris Mueller 89')

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 17 5 8 2 7 3LA 2 13 5 7 3 9 4

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 7 3 16 3 1 1ORL 1 2 2 11 4 2 2


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CHICAGO FIREVS SEATTLESOUNDERS FCDATE: March 16, 2018 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (0-2-1) SEA (3-0-0)

SCORING SUMMARYSEA - Rodríguez 1, (Morris, Ruidíaz) 8'SEA - Morris 3, (Lodeiro) 15’SEA - Lodeiro 1, 49'CHI - Edwards 1, (Sapong, Frankowski) 56'CHI - Herbers 1, 84'SEA - Ruidíaz 1, (Smith) 88'

CAUTIONSCHI - Edwards 64’SEA - Roldan 77'CHI - Herbers 90' + 2'

EJECTIONSCHI - noneSEA - none

Referee: Joseph DickersonAssistant Referees: Frank Anderson, Eric Boria4th Official: Baldomero ToledoVAR: Kevin StottAttendance: 10,032

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Diego Campos (Brandt Bronico 46’), Marcelo, Johan Kappelhof, Nicolas Hasler (Raheem Edwards 35’); Dax McCarty ©, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Przemysław Frankowski, Djordje Mihailović, CJ Sapong; Nemanja Nikolić (Fabian Herbers 71’)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC - Stefan Frei, Kelvin Leerdam, Kim, Chad Marshall, Brad Smith; Gustav Svensson, Christian Roldan, Jordan Morris (Harry Shipp 86’), Nicolás Lodeiro © (Román Torres 72’), Víctor Rodríguez (Nouhou Tolo 90’), Raúl Ruidíaz

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 2 25 12 16 0 3 3SEA 4 10 7 10 3 3 10

CHICAGO FIREVS NEW YORK RED BULLSDATE: March 30, 2018 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (1-2-1) NYR (3-1-0)

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Parker (OG)

CAUTIONSCHI - Sapong 47'

EJECTIONSCHI - noneNYR - none

Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistant Referees: Corey Rockwell, Jose Da SilvaFourth Official: Ismir PekmicVAR: Daniel RadfordAttendance: 10,439

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Johan Kappelhof, Marcelo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jeremiah Gutjahr, Mo Adams, Dax McCarty, Przemysław Frankowski, Aleksandar Katai (Nicolás Gaitán 63'), CJ Sapong, Nemanja Nikolić (Djordje Mihailović 80')

NEW YORK RED BULLS - Luis Robles, Michael Murillo, Tim Parker, Aaron Long, Kemar Lawrence (Connor Lade 81'), Sean Davis, Marc Rzatkowski (Mathias Jørgensen 71'), Alex Rzatkowski, Alex Muyl, Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Daniel Royer (Andreas Ivan 61'), Bradley Wright-Phillips

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 11 4 18 2 8 1NYR 0 7 1 11 3 6 4


CHICAGO FIREAT TORONTO FCDATE: April 6, 2018 BMO FieldCHI (1-2-2) TOR (3-0-1)

SCORING SUMMARYTOR - Altidore 3, (Pozuelo, DeLeon) 31'CHI - Sapong 3, (Gutjahr) 45' + 1'CHI - Nikolić 1, (Katai, McCarty) 62'TOR - Osorio 1, (Altidore, DeLeon) 76'

CAUTIONSTOR - Laryea 37'CHI - Katai 37'CHI - Nikolić 52'CHI - Mihailovic 56'TOR - Pozuelo 57'CHI - Schweinsteiger 81'

EJECTIONSCHI - noneTOR - none

Referee: Armando VillarrealAssistant Referees: Jeffrey Greeson, Jeremy Kieso4th Official: Ramy TouchanVAR: Sorin StoicaAttendance: 26,256

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Johan Kappelhof, Marcelo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jeremiah Gutjahr, Mo Adams, Dax McCarty (Brandt Bronico 80'), CJ Sapong, Djordje Mihailović, Aleksandar Katai (Amando Moreno 90' + 4'), Nemanja Nikolić (Nicolás Gaitán 69') TORONTO FC - Alex Bono, Richie Laryea (Ayo Akinola 68'), Drew Moor, Chris Mavinga, Justin Morrow, Nick DeLeon, Marco Delgado (Jay Chapman 79'), Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio, Alejandro Pozuelo, Jozy Altidore

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 2 7 3 14 1 2 6TOR 2 16 8 5 1 5 1

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CHICAGO FIREVS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FCDATE: April 12, 2018 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (1-2-3) VAN (0-4-2)

SCORING SUMMARYVAN - Reyna 1, 53'CHI - Nikolić 2 (PK), 84'

CAUTIONSCHI - Adams 40'VAN - Crépeau 79'

EJECTIONSCHI - noneVAN - none

Referee: Armando VillarrealAssistant Referees: Jeffrey Greeson, Jeremy Kieso4th Official: Ramy TouchanVAR: Sorin StoicaAttendance: 26,256

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Johan Kappelhof, Marcelo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jeremiah Gutjahr, Mo Adams (Djordje Mihailović 66'), Dax McCarty, Aleksandar Katai, CJ Sapong, Nicolás Gaitán (Cristian Martínez 74'), Nemanja Nikolić VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC - Maxime Crépeau, Scott Sutter, Erik Godoy, Doneil Henry, Ali Adnan, Felipe, Jon Erice, Russel Teibert, Yordy Reyna (Lucas Venuto 66'), Fredy Montero (Joaquín Ardáiz 72'), Hwang In-Beom (Lass 90' + 1')

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 23 6 7 2 6 1VAN 1 9 2 10 1 2 5


CHICAGO FIREVS COLORADO RAPIDSDATE: April 20, 2018 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (2-2-3) COL (0-6-2)

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Nikolić 3, (Gaitán) 34'COL - Kamera 5, 40'CHI - Sapong 4, (Katai, McCarty) 53'CHI - Mihailovic 1, (Gaitán, Sapong) 61'CHI - Katai 1, 80'

CAUTIONSCOL - Rubio 31'CHI - Adams 84'

EJECTIONSCHI - noneCOL - Price 86'

Referee: Dave GantarAssistant Referees: Apolinar Mariscal, Chris Wattam4th Official: Tim FordVAR: Kevin Terry JrAttendance: 12,967

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Johan Kappelhof, Marcelo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jeremiah Gutjahr, Dax McCarty, Djordje Mihailović (Mo Adams 62'), CJ Sapong (Amando Moreno 84'), Nicolás Gaitán, Aleksandar Katai, Nemanja Nikolić (Brandt Bronico 76')

COLORADO RAPIDS - Tim Howard, Keegan Rosenberry, Kofi Opare, Tommy Smith, Sam Vines, Diego Rubio (Cole Bassett 90'), Jack Price, Kellyn Acosta (Sam Nicholson HT), Nicolás Mezquida (Dillon Serna 62'), Benny Feilhaber, Kei Kamara

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 4 13 5 8 1 5 1COL 1 9 2 14 2 1 1

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CHICAGO FIREAT NEW YORK CITY FCDATE: April 24, 2018 Yankee StadiumCHI (2-3-3) NYC (4-3-2)

SCORING SUMMARYNYC - Castellanos (2) (Héber, Moralez) 9’

CAUTIONSNYC – Chanot 7’NYC – Ring 16’CHI – Adams 16’NYC – Tinnerholm 37’NYC – Castellanos 67’CHI – Mihailović 75’CHI – Schweinsteiger 90’

EJECTIONSCHI - noneNYC - none

Referee: Robert SibigaAssistant Referees: Gianni Facchini, Gjovalin Bori4th Official: Lorant VargaVAR: Jose Carlos RiveroAttendance: 21,791

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Diego Campos, Marcelo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jeremiah Gutjahr (Jorge Corrales 73’), Dax McCarty, Mo Adams (Amando Moreno 61’), CJ Sapong, Djordje Mihailović, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Nikolić (Przemysław Frankowski 76’)

NEW YORK CITY FC - Sean Johnson, Maxime Chanot, James Sands, Alexander Callens, Anton Tinnerholm, Alexander Ring, Ebenezer Ofori, Ronald Matarrita (Ben Sweat 31’), Valentín Castellanos (Sebastien Ibeagha 70’), Héber (Keaton Parks 89’), Maximilliano Moralez

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 0 6 0 12 4 4 2NYC 1 4 2 16 2 3 0


CHICAGO FIREAT MONTREAL IMPACTDATE: April 28, 2018 Saputo StadiumCHI (2-4-3) MTL (5-3-2)

SCORING SUMMARYMTL - Browne 1, 83'

CAUTIONSMTL - Sanga 78'CHI - Kappelhof 90' + 5'

EJECTIONSMTL - NoneCHI - None

Referee: Rubiel VazquezAssistant Referees: Andrew Bigelow, Matthew Nelson4th Official: Mark AllatinVAR: Caleb MendezAttendance: 15,758

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Diego Campos (Cristian Martinez 88'), Johan Kappelhof, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jorge Corrales, CJ Sapong, Dax McCarty (Brandt Bronico 88'), Nicolás Gaitán, Djordje Mihailović, Aleksandar Katai, Nemanja Nikolić (Przemysław Frankowski 75').

MONTREAL IMPACT - Evan Bush, Bacary Sagna, Zakaria Diallo, Jukka Raitala, Daniel Lovitz, Micheal Azira, Samuel Piette, Saphir Taïder, Clément Bayiha (Omar Browne 40'), Maximiliano Urruti (Victor Cabrera 89'), Orji Okwonkwo (Harry Novillo 65').

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 0 7 3 8 0 0 1MTL 1 10 3 12 3 7 2

CHICAGO FIREAT LOS ANGELES FCDATE: May 4, 2018Banc of California StadiumCHI (2-4-4) LAFC (7-1-3)

SCORING SUMMARYNone

CAUTIONSLAFC - Beitashour 25'CHI - Corrales 25'CHI - Schweinsteiger 41'CHI - Frankowski 88'

EJECTIONSLAFC - NoneCHI - None

Referee: Fotis BazakosAssistant Referees: Brian Poeschel, Chris Wattam4th Official: Alejandro MariscaalVAR: Kevin StottAttendance: 22,154

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Przemysław Frankowski, Johan Kappelhof, Basitan Schweinsteiger, Jorge Corrales, Dax McCarty, Djordje Mihailović, CJ Sapong, Nicolás Gaitán (Mo Adams 83'), Aleksandar Katai (Francisco Calvo 79'), Nemanja Nikolić (Brandt Bronico 69')

LOS ANGELES FC - Tyler Miller, Steven Beitashour (Adama Diomande 75'), Walker Zimmerman, Eddie Segura, Jordan Harvey (Mohamed El-Munir 85'), Latif Blessing, Eduard Atuesta, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Carlos Vela, Christian Ramirez (Lee Nguyen 64'), Diego Rossi

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 0 9 1 15 0 3 4LAFC 0 22 5 8 4 7 1

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CHICAGO FIREVS NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTIONDATE: May 8, 2019 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (3-4-4) NE (2-8-2)

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Nikolić (4) (Gaitán) 28'CHI - Nikolić (5) (Schweinsteiger, Gaitán) 40'CHI - Bronico (Katai) 78'CHI - Gaitán (Katai) 85'CHI - Frankowski 89'

CAUTIONSCHI - Kappelhof 55'NE - Caicedo 58'

EJECTIONSNE - NoneCHI - None

Referee: Timothy FordAssistant Referees: Adam Garner, Cory Richardson4th Official: Ted UnkelVAR: Edvin JurisevicAttendance: 6,074

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jorge Corrales, Dax McCarty © (Cristian Martínez 82’), Djordje Mihailović (Mo Adams 61’), Przemysław Frankowski, Nicolás Gaitán, Aleksandar Katai, Nemanja Nikolić (Brandt Bronico 72’)

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION - Matt Turner, Jalil Anibaba, Edgar Castillo, Antonio Mlinar Delamea, Andrew Farrell, Diego Fagundez, Carles Gil ©, Wilfried Zahibo (Juan Agudelo HT), Luis Caicedo (Teal Bunbury HT), Tajon Buchanan (DeJuan Jones 74’), Juan Fernando Caicedo

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 5 16 7 13 4 3 2NE 0 4 2 9 1 4 2

CHICAGO FIREVS MINNESOTA UNITED FCDATE: May 11, 2019 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (4-4-4) MIN (4-4-3)

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Gaitán (2) (Frankowski) 21'CHI - Katai (2) (Kappelhof) 34'

CAUTIONSMIN - Métanire 42'CHI - Schweinsteiger 77'MIN - Rodríguez 78'MIN - Danladi 90' + 2'MIN - Quintero 90's + 3'

EJECTIONSMIN - NoneCHI - None

Referee: Marcos de OliveiraAssistant Referees: Jeffrey Greeson, Jose Da Silva4th Official: Greg DopkaVAR: Daniel RadfordAttendance: 11,531

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jorge Corrales, Dax McCarty ©, Djordje Mihailović (Mo Adams 57’), Aleksandar Katai (CJ Sapong 77’), Nicolás Gaitán (Brandt Bronico 33’), Przemysław Frankowski, Nemanja Nikolić

MINNESOTA UNITED FC - Vito Mannone, Eric Miller (Romario Ibarra 64’), Romain Métanire, Brent Kallman, Ike Opara, Rasmus Schüller (Darwin Quintero HT), Osvaldo Alonso ©, Jan Gregus, Ethan Finlay (Abu Danladi HT), Miguel Ibarra, Angelo Rodríguez

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 2 15 6 14 2 4 2MIN 0 5 2 19 0 2 4


CHICAGO FIREAT SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKESDATE: May 18, 2019 Avaya StadiumCHI (4-5-4) SJ (4-6-2)

SCORING SUMMARYSJ - Wonolowski (1) (Salinas) 21'SJ - Wonolowski (2) 48'SJ - Wonolowski (3) (Espinoza) 74'SJ - Wonolowski (4) (Yueill) 76'CHI - Katai (3) (McCarty) 83'

CAUTIONSCHI - Kappelhof 41'SJ - Espinoza 54'CHI - Corrales 63'CHI - Calvo 86'CHI - Katai 90' + 5'

EJECTIONSSJ - NoneCHI - None

Referee: Alex ChilowiczAssistant Referees: Brian Dunn, Felisha Marsical4th Official: Alejandro MariscalVAR: Victor RivasAttendance: 15,232

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo, Marcelo, Jorge Corrales (Diego Campos 72’), Dax McCarty ©, Brandt Bronico (Mo Adams 56’), Przemysław Frankowski, Aleksandar Katai, CJ Sapong, Nemanja Nikolić (Djordje Mihailović 55’)

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES - Daniel Vega, Tommy Thompson, Harold Cummings, Florian Jungwirth, Nick Lima, Jackson Yueill, Shea Salinas © (Judson 88’), Aníbal Godoy, Magnus Eriksson, Chris Wondolowski (Siad Haji 90’), Cristian Espinoza (Valeri Qazaishvili 79’)

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 16 3 16 0 7 3SJ 4 21 7 9 4 10 2

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CHICAGO FIREVS NEW YORK CITY FCDATE: May 25, 2019 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (4-5-5) NYC (4-1-7)

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Sapong (5) (Bronico, Frankowski) 28'NYC - Mitriţă (3) (Moralez) 40'

CAUTIONSNYC - Ring 53'CHI - Katai 80'NYC - Tajouri-Shradi 90'CHI - Edwards 90' + 1'

EJECTIONSNYC - NoneCHI - None

Referee: Ramy TouchanAssistant Referees: Frank Anderson, Chris Elliot4th Official: Elvis OsmanovicVAR: Jon FreemanAttendance: 10,986

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo, Bastian Schweinster, Raheem Edwards, Dax McCarty, Djordje Mihailovic, Przemysław Frankowski (Nemanja Nikolić 78'), Brandt Bronico (Fabian Herbers 57') Aleksandar Katai (Cristian Martínez 88'), CJ Sapong

NEW YORK CITY FC - Sean Johnson, Anton Tinnerholm, Maxime Chanot, James Sands, Ronald Matarrita (Ebenezer Ofori 65'), Alexander Ring, Tony Rocha, Alexandru Mitriţă (Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 90'), Héber (Valentín Castellanos 78'), Maximiliano Moralez

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 11 5 16 6 4 3NYC 1 8 2 12 4 5 2


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CHICAGO FIREAT D.C. UNITEDDATE: May 29, 2019 Audi FieldCHI (4-5-6) D.C. (7-4-5)

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Sapong (6) (Gaitán) 12'CHI - Mihailovic (2) 14'D.C. - Segura (2) (Rooney) 44'D.C. - Segura (3) (Jara) 61'D.C. - Acosta (4) (Jara, Brilliant) 81'CHI - Calvo (Schweinsteiger) 90' + 2'

CAUTIONSD.C. - Canouse 49'CHI - Frankowski 62'

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Johan Kappelhof (Fabian Herbers 43'), Francisco Calvo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Raheem Edwards (Marcelo 72'), Dax McCarty, Djordje Mihailovic, Przemysław Frankowski, Nicolás Gaitán (Brandt Bronico 75'), Aleksandar Katai, CJ Sapong

D.C. UNITED - Bill Hamid, Leonardo Jara, Frederic Brillant, Steven Birnbuam, Chris Odoi-Atsem (Jalen Robinson 68'), Russell Canouse, Junior Moreno, Lucas Rodriguez, Luciano Acosta, Ulises Segura (Zoltan Stieber 80'), Wayne Rooney

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 3 24 11 6 1 5 1D.C. 3 13 4 10 1 6 8

CHICAGO FIREAT ATLANTA UNITED FCDATE: June 1, 2019 Mercedes-Benz StadiumCHI (4-6-6) ATL (8-5-2)

SCORING SUMMARYATL - J. Martínez (9) (G. Martínez, Escobar) 12'ATL - J. Martínez (10) (Pereira) 43’

CAUTIONSATL - Escobar 33'CHI - Corrales 59'CHI - Schweinsteiger 77'

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jorge Corrales (Raheem Edwards 64’), Dax McCarty ©, Djordje Mihailović, Nicolás Gaitán, Aleksandar Katai (Fabian Herbers 82’), Nemanja Nikolić (Przemysław Frankowski 64’), CJ Sapong

ATLANTA UNITED FC - Brad Guzan, Miles Robinson, Leandro González Pirez, Franco Escobar, Michael Parkhurst ©, Julian Gressel (Jeff Larentowicz 72’), Eric Remedi, Darlington Nagbe, Gonzalo Martínez (Justin Meram 80’), Dion Pereira (Brek Shea 55’), Josef Martínez

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 0 10 3 13 3 2 6ATL 2 10 8 10 4 6 3


G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 7 2 18 3 5 1RSL 1 7 2 17 1 2 1

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CHICAGO FIREAT ST. LOUIS FC2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup MatchFourth RoundDATE: JUNE 11, 2019 Harlen C. Hunter Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYSLFC – Martz (Cicerone) 17’SLFC – Abend (Hilton) 21’CHI – Nikolić (Penalty Kick) 73’

CAUTIONSCHI – Kappelhof (Caution) 19’SLFC – Fewo (Caution) 71’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Diego Campos (Brandt Bronico 85’), Marcelo, Johan Kappelhof (Grant Lillard 25’), Raheem Edwards 64 (Jorge Corrales 67’), Dax McCarty ©, Djordje Mihailović, CJ Sapong, Nicolás Gaitán, Fabian Herbers, Nemanja Nikolić

ST. LOUIS FC - Tomás Gómez, Matt Bahner, Sam Fink, Phanuel Kavita, Paris Gee (Bradley Kamdem Fewo 69’), Guy Abend (Caleb Calvert 63’), Oscar Umar, Lewis Hilton, Austin Martz, Albert Dikwa, Russell Cicerone (Kadeem Dacres 89’)

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 20 9 14 0 8 1SLFC 2 6 3 10 2 0 8

CHICAGO FIREVS REAL SALT LAKEDATE: JUNE 22, 2019 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (4-6-7) RSL (6-8-2)

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Katai (4) 5'RSL - Rusnák (PK) (6) 33'

CAUTIONSCHI - Adams (Caution) 15’RSL - Everton Luiz (Caution) 34’RSL - Rimando (Caution) 90+3’CHI - Schweinsteiger (Caution) 90+3’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Brandt Bronico, Marcelo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jorge Corrales, Mo Adams (Przemysław Frankowski HT), Dax McCarty©, Fabian Herbers (Jeremiah Gutjahr 78’), Nicolás Gaitán, Aleksandar Katai, Nemanja Nikolić (CJ Sapong 63’)

REAL SALT LAKE - Nick Rimando, Aaron Herrera, Justen Glad, Nedum Onuoha, Donny Toia, Kyle Beckerman© (Nick Besler 83’), Everton Luiz, Corey Baird (Sam Johnson 76’), Albert Rusnák, Sebastián Saucedo (Brooks Lennon 70’), Damir Kreilach


BOX SCORES

CHICAGO FIREAT NEW YORK RED BULLSDATE: JUNE 28, 2019 Red Bull Arena CHI (4-7-7) NYR (8-6-3)

SCORING SUMMARYNYR – Gamarra (3) 8’NYR – White (5) (Royer) 59’CHI – Nikolić (6) 81’NYR – Royer (4) (Duncan, Wright-Phillips) 90+3’

CAUTIONSNY – Rzatkowski (Caution) 28’NY – Robles (Caution) 30’CHI – Nikolić (Caution) 74’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Brandt Bronico, Marcelo, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jorge Corrales, Fabian Herbers (Jeremiah Gutjahr 75’), Dax McCarty©, Przemysław Frankowski (Nemanja Nikolić 68’), Nicolás Gaitán, Aleksandar Katai, CJ Sapong

NEW YORK RED BULLS - Luis Robles, Kyle Duncan, D Parker (Sean Nealis 46’), Amro Tarek, Connor Lade, Sean Davis, Marc Rzatkowski, Alex Muyl, Alejandro Romero Gamarra (Omir Fernandez 78’), Daniel Royer, Brian White (Bradley Wright-Phillips 67’)

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 26 8 12 2 7 2NYR 3 10 5 14 4 4 7

CHICAGO FIREVS ATLANTA UNITED FCDATE: JULY 3, 2019 SeatGeek StadiumCHI (5-7-7) ATL (9-7-2)

SCORING SUMMARYCHI – Calvo (2) (Gaitán) 4’CHI – Sapong (7) (Gaitán) 7’ CHI – Gaitán (Penalty Kick) (3) 13’CHI – Sapong (8) (Gaitán) 37’ CHI – Herbers (2) (Calvo) 44’ATL – Vázquez (Penalty Kick) (3) 58’

CAUTIONSATL – González Pirez (Ejection) 11’CHI – Frankowski (Caution) 57’ATL – Robinson (Caution) 69’CHI – Gutjahr (Caution) 87’CHI – Nikolić (Caution) 90’ + 2’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Brandt Bronico, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Francisco Calvo, Jorge Corrales (Jeremiah Gutjahr HT), Fabian Herbers (Amando Moreno 71’), Dax McCarty©, Aleksandar Katai, Nicolás Gaitán, Przemysław Frankowski, CJ Sapong (Nemanja Nikolić 60’)

ATLANTA UNITED FC - Brad Guzan, Michael Parkhurst, Leandro González Pirez, Miles Robinson, Franco Escobar, Darlington Nagbe (Mikey Ambrose 63’), Julian Gressel (Brek Shea 63’), Jeff Larentowicz, Dion Pereira, Pity Martínez (Florentin Pogba 18’), Brandon Vásquez

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 5 24 10 14 1 6 0ATL 1 4 1 7 1 1 5


BOX SCORES

CHICAGO FIREAT SPORTING KANSAS CITYDATE: JULY 6, 2019 Children's Mercy Park

SCORING SUMMARYSKC – Croizet (3) (Gutierrez) (2) 14’

CAUTIONSCHI – Herbers (Caution) 44’SKC – Gutierrez (Caution) 67’ CHI – McCarty (Caution) 69’CHI – Campos (Caution) 83’SKC – Barath (Caution) 88’CHI – Schweinsteiger (Caution) 90’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Brandt Bronico, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Francisco Calvo, Grant Lillard (Marcelo 67’), Dax McCarty©, Aleksandar Katai (Nemanja Nikolić 59’), Fabian Herbers (Diego Campos 80’), Nicolás Gaitán, Przemysław Frankowski, CJ Sapong

SPORTING KANSAS CITY - Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Botond Barath, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic, Felipe Gutierrez, Ilie Sánchez, Gedion Zelalem (Gianluca Busio 84’), Gerso, Yohan Croizet ( Krisztián Németh 66’), Dániel Salloi (Johnny Russell 73’)

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 0 6 2 17 0 7 8SKC 1 17 10 12 2 13 2

CHICAGO FIREVS FC CINCINNATIDATE: JULY 13, 2019 SeatGeek Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYFCC – Cruz (3) 1’CHI – Gaitán (4) 45’+4’FCC – Adi (1) (Manneh) (3) 83’

CAUTIONSFCC – Richey (Caution) 48’FCC – Ledesma (Caution) 52’FCC – Bertone (Caution) 59’CHI – Corrales (Caution) 73’CHI – Mihailović (Caution) 78’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Brandt Bronico, Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo, Jorge Corrales, Dax McCarty©, Przemysław Frankowski (Nemanja Nikolić 75’), Fabian Herbers (Djordje Mihailović 65’), Nicolás Gaitán, Aleksandar Katai (Amando Moreno 90’+1’), CJ Sapong

FC CINCINNATI - Spencer Richey, Alvas Powell, Justin Hoyte, Kendall Waston, Mathieu Deplagne, Caleb Stanko, Allan Cruz (Nick Hagglund 90’+3’), Leonardo Bertone, Kekuta Manneh (Victor Ulloa 84’), Emmanuel Ledesma, Rashawn Dally (Fanendo Adi 67’)

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 20 7 16 0 13 0FCC 2 6 3 14 1 3 6


BOX SCORES

CHICAGO FIREVS COLUMBUS CREW SCDATE: JULY 17, 2019 SeatGeek Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Mihailović (3) (Frankowski) (5) 28’ CLB - Zardes (7) (Argudo) (1) Sosa (1) 47’CHI - Sapong (9) 63’CLB - R. Williams (1) (Díaz) (1) 90’

CAUTIONSCHI - Schweinsteiger (Caution) 52’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Brandt Bronico, Johan Kappelhof, Basitan Schweinsteiger, Francisco Calvo, Dax McCarty© (Jorge Corrales 80’), Przemysław Frankowski, Fabian Herbers, Djordje Mihailović (Aleksandar Katai 57’), Nicolás Gaitán (Marcelo 73’), CJ Sapong

COLUMBUS CREW SC - Joe Bendik, Harrison Afful, Alex Crognale, Aboubacar Keita, Héctor Jiménez, Wil Trapp©, Ricardo Clark (Romario Williams 79’), David Accam (Pedro Santos 54’), Eduardo Sosa (Luis Díaz 65’), Luis Argudo, Gyasi Zardes

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 2 19 6 10 3 7 3CLB 2 10 5 10 0 2 4

CHICAGO FIREAT PHILADELPHIA UNIONDATE: JULY 20, 2019 Talen Energy Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYPHI – Fabián (4) (Wagner, Medunjanin) (5) (6) 11’PHI – Fontana (1) 65’

CAUTIONSCHI – Bronico (Caution) 8’PHI – Wagner (Caution) 19’PHI – Picault (Caution) 84’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Johan Kappelhof, Basitan Schweinsteiger©, Francisco Calvo, Jorge Corrales (Grant Lillard 42’), Brandt Bronico, Fabian Herbers, Przemysław Frankowski, Djordje Mihailović (Diego Campos 70’), CJ Sapong, Nemanja Nikolić (Aleksandar Katai 70’)

PHILADELPHIA UNION - Andre Blake, Raymon Gaddis, Jack Elliott, Auston Trusty, Kai Wagner, Haris Medunjanin, Alejandro Bedoya©, Brenden Aaronson (Illsinho 77’), Marco Fabián (Anthony Fontana 61’), Kacper Przybylko, Fabrice-Jean Picault (Warren Creavalle 90’)

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 0 12 3 8 2 4 1PHL 2 14 3 12 1 5 3


BOX SCORES

CHICAGO FIREVS CRUZ AZUL 2019 Leagues Cup MatchQuarterfinalsDATE: JULY 23, 2019 SeatGeek Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYCA – Alvarado 43’CA – Hernández (Méndez) 90’

CAUTIONSCHI – Marcelo 60’CA – Aguilar 70’CHI – Herbers 72’CHI – Campos 82’CA – Lichnovsky 86’CHI – Bronico 90’+3’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Richard Sánchez, Diego Campos, Marcelo, Grant Lillard, Andre Reynolds (Francisco Calvo 58’), Brandt Bronico, Jeremiah Gutjahr, Fabian Herbers, Przemysław Frankowski (Bastian Schweinsteiger 58’), Amandro Moreno (CJ Sapong 64’), Nemanja Nikolić©

CRUZ AZUL - Jesús Corona©, Juan Escobar, José Madueña, Julio Domínguez, Pablo Aguilar, Jonathan Rodríguez, Igor Lichnovsky, Yoshimar Yotún, Orbelín Pineda (Edgar Méndez 64’), Roberto Alvarado (Guillermo Fernández 70’), Milton Caraglio (Elías Hernández 87’)

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 0 5 1 17 0 3 6CA 2 14 7 12 3 11 1

CHICAGO FIREVS D.C. UNITEDDATE: JULY 27, 2019 SeatGeek Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYNone

CAUTIONSCHI - Sapong (Caution) 54’CHI - Kappelhof (Caution) 58’DC - Pines (Caution) 69’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Johan Kappelhof, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Francisco Calvo, Jonathan Bornstein, Dax McCarty©, Brandt Bronico, Przemysław Frankowski, Nicolás Gaitán (Diego Campos 76’), CJ Sapong, Nemanja Nikolić (Amando Moreno 70’)

D.C. UNITED - Bill Hamid, Steven Birnbaum, Frédéric Brillant, Donovan Pines, Leonardo Jara, Júnior Moreno, Russell Canouse (Chris Durkin 65’), Lucas Rodríguez, Wayne Rooney© (Ulises Segura 90’), Paul Arriola (Joseph Mora 88’), Luciano Acosta

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 0 14 3 10 0 8 1DC 0 10 1 7 0 4 2


BOX SCORES

CHICAGO FIREAT HOUSTON DYNAMO DATE: AUGUST 3, 2019BBVA Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYCHI – Nikolić (7) (Gaitán) (9) 45’+3’

CAUTIONSHOU – Elis (Caution) 44’HOU – Vera (Caution) 46’CHI – Bronico (Caution) 53’CHI – McCarty (Caution) 67’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Johan Kappelhof, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Francisco Calvo, Jonathan Bornstein, Dax McCarty©, Brandt Bronico, Aleksandar Katai (Diego Campos 90’+5’), Nicolás Gaitán, CJ Sapong (Djordje Mihailović 85’), Nemanja Nikolić (Przemysław Frankowski 58’)

HOUSTON DYNAMO - Tyler Deric, A.J. Delagarza (Marlon Hairston 86’), Maynor Figueroa, Kiki Struna, DaMarcus Beasley©, Boniek García (McNamara 81’), Matías Vera, Memo Rodríguez (Romell Quioto 62’), Alberth Elis, Tomás Martínez, Mauro Manotas

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 15 3 13 1 2 4HOU 0 14 4 13 2 5 1

CHICAGO FIREVS MONTREAL IMPACTDATE: AUGUST 10, 2019SeatGeek Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYCHI – McCarty (1) Schweinsteiger (3) 8’CHI – Nikolić (8) Calvo (2), Katai (5) 19’MTL – Taïder (9) (PK) 34’MTL – Sagna (1) Corrales (1) 76’CHI – Schweinsteiger (1) Mihailović (1) 88’

CAUTIONSCHI – Kronholm (Caution) 32’MTL – Diallo (Caution) 67’CHI – McCarty (Caution) 74’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Johan Kappelhof, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Francisco Calvo, Jonathan Bornstein, Dax McCarty©, Brandt Bronico, Aleksandar Katai, Nicolás Gaitán (Djordje Mihailović 75’), CJ Sapong, Nemanja Nikolić (Przemysław Frankowski 56’)

MONTREAL IMPACT - Evan Bush, Rudy Camacho, Bacary Sagna, Zakaria Diallo, Jorge Corrales, Saphir Taïder©, Orji Okwonkwo (Ignacio Piatti 83’), Samuel Piette, Shamit Shome (Bojan 63’), Mathieu Choinière (Lassi Lappalainen 63’), Maximilliano Urruti

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 3 8 4 9 2 3 4MTL 2 12 3 8 1 7 1


BOX SCORES

CHICAGO FIREAT PORTLAND TIMBERSDATE: AUGUST 14, 2019Providence Park

SCORING SUMMARYPOR – Moreira (2) 11’POR – Fernández (9) Paredes (2), Moreira (4) 21’CHI – Nikolić (9) 74’POR – Fernández (10) Conechny (2), Valeri (15) 88’CHI – Sapong (10) Frankowski (6) 90’+2’

CAUTIONSPOR – Loria (Caution) 27’CHI – Katai (Ejection) 30’CHI – Calvo (Caution) 79’POR – Ebobisse (Caution) 81

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - David Ousted, Marcelo, Johan Kappelhof (Amando Moreno 89’), Grant Lillard, Jonathan Bornstein (Francisco Calvo HT), Micheal Azira, Brandt Bronico, Aleksandar Katai, Djordje Mihailović (CJ Sapong 61’), Przemysław Frankowski, Nemanja Nikolić

PORTLAND TIMBERS - Steve Clark, Jorge Moreira, Julio Cascante, Larrys Mabiala (Bill Tuiloma 35’), Zarek Valentin, Cristhian Paredes, Diego Chara, Marvin Loria (Jeremy Ebobisse 75’), Diego Valeri, Sebastián Blanco (Tomás Conechny 61’), Brian Fernández

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 2 5 2 5 2 5 4POR 3 15 7 14 1 6 0

CHICAGO FIREVS PHILADELPHIA UNIONDATE: AUGUST 17, 2019SeatGeek Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYCHI - Nikolić (10) Frankowski (7), Kappelhof (2) 38’CHI - Nikolić (11) (PK) 45’

CAUTIONSPHI - Collin (Caution) 43’CHI - Gaitán (Ejection) 45’+3’PHI - Monteiro (Caution) 66’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Johan Kappelhof, Bastian Schweinsteiger, FranciscoCalvo, Jonathan Bornstein (Grant Lillard 90’+4’), Dax McCarty©, Brandt Bronico, PrzemysławFrankowski, Nicolás Gaitán, CJ Sapong, Nemanja Nikolić (Micheal Azira 77’)

PHILADELPHIA UNION - Andre Blake, Kai Wagner, Aurélien Collin (Brenden Aaronson 80’),Jack Elliott, Raymon Gaddis (Andrew Wooten 57’), Haris Medunjanin, Alejandro Bedoya©,Warren Creavalle (Ilsinho HT), Jamiro Monteiro, Marco Fabián, Kacper Przybylko

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 2 5 3 13 3 2 4PHI 0 18 3 13 2 7 1


CHICAGO FIREAT NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTIONDATE: AUGUST 24, 2019Gillette Stadium

SCORING SUMMARYNE – Zahibo (1) Bye (2), Gil (12) 17’CHI – Calvo (3) Gaitán (10) 41’NE – Bou (5) 86’

CAUTIONSCHI – Gaitán (Caution) 1’NE – Mancienne (Caution) 30’NE – Bou (Caution) 87’CHI – Azira (Caution) 90’+1’NE – Agudelo (Caution) 90’+6’

LINEUPSCHICAGO FIRE - Kenneth Kronholm, Brandt Bronico, Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo, Jonathan Bornstein (Fabian Herbers 88’), Dax McCarty©, Micheal Azira, Przemysław Frankowski, Nicolás Gaitán, CJ Sapong, Nemanja Nikolić (Djordje Mihailović 75’)

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION - Matt Turner, Andrew Farrell, DeJuan Jones, Michael Mancienne, Brandon Bye, Carles Gil©, Luis Caicedo (Juan Fernando Caicedo 78’), Wilfried Zahibo, Diego Fagundez (Juan Agudelo 64’), Gustavo Bou, Teal Bunbury (Cristian Penilla 12’)

G SHT SOG F O CK SCHI 1 10 5 9 2 7 3NE 2 11 5 10 1 4 4


REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL STATISCTICS No. Pos Player GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

SINGLE GAME HIGHS (TEAM)GOALS

Game Half

7, 07/04/2001 at KC 5, 07/03/2018 vs ATL

ASSISTS

Game Half

12, 07/04/2001 at KC 7, 04/28/2008 vs TB

SHOTSGame Half

31, 05/31/2000 vs COL 20, 07/22/2017 at NYC

SHOTS ON GOALGame Half

15, 05/27/2000 at NYR 10, Two times

FOULS COMMITTEDGame Half

30, Two times 19, 08/29/2001 vs CLB

FOULS SUFFERED

Game Half

32, 06/12/2005 vs. DAL 6, Six times

OFFSIDESGame Half

11, 06/24/2000 at SJ 6, Six times

CORNER KICKSGame Half

15, 07/02/1999 vs DAL 11, 05/16/1999 vs COL

23 F Nemanja Nikolić 26 21 1623 11 0 38 19 15 12 14 0 3 0 9 F CJ Sapong 28 25 2278 10 2 56 24 38 50 10 0 2 0 20 M Nicolás Gaitán 22 20 1662 4 10 31 13 15 32 1 62 1 0

10 M Aleksandar Katai 24 22 1855 4 5 87 24 36 20 14 27 3 1

5 D Francisco Calvo 18 16 1496 3 2 24 5 15 8 1 0 2 0

14 M Djordje Mihailović 23 16 1364 3 1 22 7 20 23 0 26 4 0

21 F Fabian Herbers 13 7 668 2 0 14 5 14 11 0 2 2 0

11 M Przemysław Frankowski 26 19 1850 1 7 36 13 19 15 7 1 3 0

6 M Dax McCarty 27 27 2400 1 3 18 6 32 35 1 0 3 0

31 M Bastian Schweinsteiger 25 25 2250 1 3 17 4 26 28 0 1 9 0

13 M Brandt Bronico 24 15 1477 1 1 10 4 24 10 0 5 2 0

7 D Raheem Edwards 4 2 244 1 0 7 4 9 4 0 4 2 0

4 D Johan Kappelhof 24 24 2112 0 2 6 1 28 9 0 0 4 0

16 M Micheal Azira 3 2 193 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0

33 M Jeremiah Gutjahr 8 5 502 0 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 1 0

3 D Jonathan Bornstein 6 6 492 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0

17 D Diego Campos 10 5 439 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 7 1 0

27 G Kenneth Kronholm 15 15 1350 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0

15 D Grant Lillard 4 2 206 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0

2 D Marcelo 15 12 1137 0 0 5 1 17 7 0 0 1 0

18 M Cristian Martínez 5 0 50 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0

12 M Amando Moreno 7 0 77 0 0 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0

1 G David Ousted 14 14 1260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

30 G Stefan Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

28 F Elliot Collier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

36 D Andre Reynolds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

45 G Richard Sánchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 G Gabriel Slonina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Totals 29 29 2610 43 38 390 135 354 325 51 133 53 3

CHICAGO FIRE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING

UNF GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 27 G Kenneth Kronholm 15 15 1350 59 35 22 1.47 3 3 4 6 5 3

1 G David Ousted 14 14 1260 56 34 20 1.43 1 2 4 6 4 4

Team totals 29 29 2610 115 69 42 1.45 4 5 8 12 9 7


CLUB RECORDS - INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON LEADERS

GAMES PLAYED

MINUTES PLAYED GOALS

ASSISTS SHOTS

SHOTS ON GOAL

GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL

GAME-WINNING GOALS

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS

GAMES STARTEDPlayer Year GP Player Year GSPatrick NyarkoJalil AnibabaAustin Berry

Jalil AnibabaAustin BerrySean Johnson

Nemanja NikolicAnte RazovMike Magee

Ante RazovAnte RazovNemanja Nikiolic

Jerzy PodbroznyPeter NowakDiego Gutierrez

Peter NowakJerzy PodbroznyRoman Kosecki

Ante RazovAnte RazovAndy Herron

Jalil AnibabaAustin BerryNemanja Nikolic

343434

141312

241815

765

306030602970

343434

127119118

444

WINS SAVES

201220132013

201320132017

Player Year MIN

201320132014

Player Year G

201720002013

Player Year ASTS

200020001998

Player Year Shots

200020032017

Player Year SOG

Ante RazovAnte RazovNemanja Nikiolic

200020032017

676359

Player Year GWG

199920002006

Player Year GWA

199819981999

Player Year GP

Sean JohnsonSean JohnsonZach Thornton

201420121999

333130

Player Year W

Zach ThorntonZach ThorntonZach Thornton

199919982001

171716

Player Year SVS

Henry RingZach ThorntonZach Thornton

200420022003

128124123


CLUB RECORDS - ALL TIME INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

GAMES PLAYED

MINUTES PLAYEDGOALS

ASSISTSSHOTS

SHOTS ON GOAL

HAT TRICKS

GAME-WINNING GOALS

GAME-WINNING ASSISTS

GAMES STARTEDPlayer Games Played

Player Minutes Played

Player Assists Shots

SOG

GWA Hat Tricks

GWG

Player

Player

Player Player

Player

Player Goals Scored

Player Games StartedC.J. BrownLogan PauseGonzalo Segares

C.J. BrownLogan PauseGonzalo Segares

Peter NowakChris ArmasPatrick Nyarko

Ante RazovNemanja NikolicChris Rolfe

Ante RazovChris RolfeMarco Pappa

Ante RazovChris RolfeMarco Pappa

Ante RazovChris RolfePeter Nowak

Ante RazovChris RolfeNemanja Nikolić

Ante RazovDavid AccamNemanja Nikolic

C.J. BrownLogan PauseGonzalo Segares

296286 231

484239

765048

231411

25,73822,088 19,899

290253 227

617370287

312159119

151313

211


CLUB RECORDS - ALL TIME INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

GOALS PER GAME AVG. ASSISTS PER GAME AVG.

Player AVG. Player AVG.

Nemanja NikolicAnte RazovMike Magee

Peter NowakCuauhtemoc BlancoJerzy Podbrozny

0.420.420.40

0.600.490.43

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH GOALS

GPlayer

Brian McBride 5

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH ASSISTS

APlayer

Jesse Marsch 5

MULTI-GOAL GAMES PENALTY-KICK GOALSPlayer MGG Player PKG

Ante RazovNemanja NikolicChris Rolfe

Ante RazovJeff LarentowiczCuauhtemoc Blanco

16106

129 7

CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED

Player Games Played

Jim Curtin70

CONSECUTIVE MINUTES PLAYED

Player Minutes Played

Austin Berry 5,580


GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL GAMES STARTED IN GOAL

WINS SAVES

SHUTOUTS

Player Games Played Games Started

W

SHO

Saves

Player

Player

Player

Player

Zach ThorntonSean JohnsonJohn Busch





21517675

801548275

21217675

1095828

573622

CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS

MinutesPlayer

Matt LampsonJon BuschMatt Pickens

412395345

CLUB RECORDS - ALL-TIME GOALKEEPER LEADERS

CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED

GamesPlayer

John Busch 60

CONSECUTIVE MINUTES PLAYED

MIN.Player

John Busch 5,400


ALL-TIME SINGLE GAME HIGHS

GOALS & ASSISTS

GOALS

Player G & A Game

Player G Most Recent Game

Chris Rolfe

7 Players Tied

5

3

3

10/23/2008 vs NY W 5-2

10/15/2017 vs PHI W 3-2Nemanja Nikolic

ASSISTS

Player A Most Recent Game

6 Players Tied 3

3 07/03/2018 vs ATL W 5-1Nicolás Gaitán

SHOTS

Player SHOTS Game

Ante Razov 10 04/27/2002 vs NE T 2-2

SHOTS ON GOAL

Player SOG Game

Ante Razov 7 08/13/2003 vs CLB T 2-2

CORNER KICKS

Player CK Game

Cuauhtemoc Blanco 13 04/25/2009 at CLB T 2-2

Shaun Maloney 13 05/09/2015 vs RSL L 1-2


ALL-TIME SINGLE GAME HIGHS

SAVES

SHOTS FACED

Player S Game

Player SF Game

Zach Thornton 11

14

04/21/2001 at DAL L 2-3

06/21/2003 at KC L 2-4Zach Thornton


WINNING STREAK

Games Date

11 5/16/1998 to 7/04/1998

CLUB RECORDS - LONGEST...

UNBEATEN STREAK

Games Date

12 10/23/2008 to 5/28/2009

WINNING STREAK AT HOME

Games Date

9 4/08/2017 to 8/05/2017

WINNING STREAK AWAY

Games Date

4 5/16/1998 to 7/04/1998 4 8/18/2001 to 3/23/2002 4 4/12/2008 to 5/25/2008

UNBEATEAN STREAK AT HOME

Games Date

15 5/24/2000 to 5/26/2001

UNBEATEN STREAK AWAY

Games Date

9 9/08/2007 to 5/25/2008


PLAY IN A GAME

START IN A GAME

Player

Player

Player

Player

Player

Player

Player

Age

Age

Age

Age

Age

Age

Age

Game

Game

Game

Game

Game

Game

Game

Craig Capano 16 yrs., 301 days 05/04/2002 CHI at DC

Craig Capano 16 yrs., 362 days 07/04/2002 CHI at COL

CLUB RECORDS - YOUNGEST PLAYER TO...

SCORE A GOAL

RECORD AN ASSIST

DaMarcus Beasley 18 yrs., 98 days 08/30/2000 CHI vs DAL

DaMarcus Beasley 18 yrs., 74 days 08/06/2000 CHI vs MET

START A GAME AS GK

Sean Johnson 21 yrs., 62 days 08/01/2010 CHI at LA

RECORD A SHUTOUT

RECORD A WIN

Sean Johnson 21 yrs., 62 days 08/01/2010 CHI at LA

Sean Johnson 21 yrs., 69 days 08/08/2010 CHI vs NY


CHICAGO FIRE ROSTERNUMERICAL

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Hometown 1 David Ousted GK 6-4 195 02/01/1985 Roskilde, Denmark 2 Marcelo D 5-10 163 07/27/1989 Sao Paulo, Brazil3 Jonathan Bornstein D 5-8 165 11/07/1984 Torrance, California4 Johan Kappelhof D 5-11 165 08/05/1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands5 Francisco Calvo D 5-10 170 07/08/1992 San José, Costa Rica6 Dax McCarty M 5-9 150 04/30/1987 Winter Park, Florida 7 Raheem Edwards D/M 5-9 148 07/15/1995 Toronto, Canada9 CJ Sapong F 6-1 189 12/27/1988 Manassas, Virginia10 Aleksandar Katai M 6-0 155 02/06/1991 Srbobran, Serbia11 Przemysław Frankowski M 5-8 155 04/12/1995 Gdansk, Poland12 Amando Moreno M/F 5-7 145 09/10/1995 Perth Amboy, New Jersey13 Brandt Bronico M 5-8 155 06/20/1995 High Point, North Carolina 14 Djordje Mihailović M 5-10 153 11/10/1998 Lemont, Illinois15 Grant Lillard D 6-4 195 12/05/1995 Hinsdale, Illinois 16 Micheal Azira M 6-10 160 08/22/1987 Kampala, Uganda 17 Diego Campos D/M 5-10 170 10/01/1995 San Jose, Costa Rica18 Cristian Martínez M 5-7 174 02/06/1997 Panama City, Panama 20 Nicolás Gaitán M 5-7 150 02/23/1988 San Martín, Argentina 21 Fabian Herbers F 6-0 165 08/17/1993 Ahaus, Germany23 Nemanja Nikolić F 5-11 176 12/31/1987 Senta, Serbia 27 Kenneth Kronholm GK 6-3 183 10/14/1985 Fort Belvoir, Virginia30 Stefan Cleveland GK 6-2 185 05/02/1994 Dayton, Ohio 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger M 6-0 175 08/01/1984 Rosenheim, Germany32 Gabriel Slonina G 6-4 196 05/15/2004 Addison, Illinois 33 Jeremiah Gutjahr M 5-10 165 08/10/1997 Bloomington, Indiana 36 Andre Reynolds II D 5-9 155 05/02/2001 Chicago, Illinois 45 Richard Sanchez GK 6-3 197 04/05/1994 Little Elm, Texas

ALPHABETICAL

No. Player Pos Pronunciation Hometown Last Club 16 Micheal Azira M A-Zeer-ah Kampala, Uganda Montreal Impact (MLS)3 Jonathan Bornstein D Torrance, Ca. Maccabi Netanya (Israel)13 Brandt Bronico M Brawn-ico High Point, N.C. UNC-Charlotte (NCAA)5 Francisco Calvo D San José, Costa Rica Minnesota United FC (MLS)17 Diego Campos D/M San José, Costa Rica Clemson University (NCAA)30 Stefan Cleveland GK Dayton, Ohio University of Louisville (NCAA)7 Raheem Edwards D/M Toronto, Canada Montreal Impact (MLS)11 Przemysław Frankowski M Shem-me-suave Fran-kov-ski Gdansk, Poland Jagiellonia Bialystok (Poland)20 Nicolás Gaitán M Guy-tahn San Martín, Argentina Dalian Yifang (China)33 Jeremiah Gutjahr M Goot-yar Bloomington, Ind. Indiana University (NCAA)21 Fabian Herbers F Fah-bee-ahn Ahaus, Germany Philadelphia Union (MLS)4 Johan Kappelhof D Amsterdam, Netherlands FC Groningen (Netherlands)10 Aleksandar Katai M Kuh-tie Srbobran, Serbia Deportivo Alaves27 Kenneth Kronholm GK Ken-et Fort Belvoir, Va. Holstein Kiel15 Grant Lillard D Hinsdale, Ill. Indiana University (NCAA)2 Marcelo D Sao Paolo, Brazil Sporting CP (Portugal)18 Cristian Martínez M Panama City, Panama Columbus Crew SC (MLS)6 Dax McCarty M Winter Park, Fla. New York Red Bulls (MLS)14 Djordje Mihailović M JOR-gee Me-high-low-vich Lemont, Ill. Chicago Fire Academy (USSDA)12 Amando Moreno M/F Perth Amboy, N.J. New York Red Bulls II (USL)23 Nemanja Nikolić F Ne-man-ya Nick-oh-lich Senta Serbia Legia Warsaw (Poland)1 David Ousted GK OH-sted Roskilde, Denmark D.C. United (MLS)36 Andre Reynolds II D Chicago, Ill. Chicago Fire Academy (USSDA)9 CJ Sapong F Manassas, Va. Philadelphia Union (MLS)45 Richard Sánchez GK Little Elm, Texas UANL Tigres (Mexico)31 Bastian Schweinsteiger M Rosenheim, Germany Manchester United (England)32 Gabriel Slonina G Slow-nina Addison, Ill. Chicago Fire Academy (USSDA)

TECHNICAL STAFF

Head Coach: Veljko PaunovićAssistant Coach: Marko MitrovićAssistant Coach: Eric GehrigGoalkeeper Coach: Aleksandar Sarić

Director of Performance: Petar MilčanovićStrength and Conditioning Coach: Raphael FevreSenior Manager of Team and Soccer Operations: Alex BolerVideo Analyst: Nenad Babić

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E # Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

LA ORL SEA NYR TOR VAN COL NYC MTL LFC NE MIN SJ NYC DC ATL RSL NYR ATL KC CIN CLB PHI DC HOU MTL POR PHI NE

1-2 1-1 2-4 1-0 2-2 1-1 4-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 5-0 2-0 1-4 1-1 3-3 0-2 1-1 1-3 5-1 0-1 1-2 2-2 0-2 0-0 1-0 3-2 2-3 2-0 1-2

1 David Ousted 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Marcelo 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 18 90D 90D 23 16 90D

3 Jonathan Bornstein 90D 90D 90D 45D 89D 88D

4 Johan Kappelhof 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 43D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 89D 90D 90D

5 Francisco Calvo 11 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 45 90D 90D

6 Dax McCarty 90M 90M 90M 90M 80M 90M 90M 90M 88M 90M 82M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 80M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

7 Raheem Edwards 55 90D 72D 27

9 CJ Sapong 90F 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 84M 90M 90M 90M 13 90F 90F 90F 90F 27 90F 60F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90M 85M 90M 29 90F 90M

10 Aleksandar Katai 68M 90M 63M 89M 90M 90M 90M 79M 90F 77M 90M 88M 90M 81F 90M 90M 90M 59M 89M 33 20 89M 90M 30F

11 Przemyslaw Frankowski 90M 22 90M 90M 14 15 90D 90M 90M 90M 78M 90M 27 45 68M 90M 90M 75M 90M 90M 90M 32 34 90F 90F 90F

12 Amando Moreno 1 6 29 19 1 20 1

13 Brandt Bronico 13 45 10 14 2 21 18 57 55M 57M 15 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D

14 Djordje Mihailovic 77M 69M 90M 10 90M 24 62M 90M 90M 90M 61M 57M 35 90M 90M 90M 26 57M 70M 5 15 61M 15

15 Grant Lillard 67D 48 90D 1

16 Micheal Azira 90M 13 90M

17 Diego Campos 73D 80D 45D 90D 88D 18 10 20 14 1

18 Cristian Martinez 22 16 2 8 2

19 Mo Adams 90M 90M 66M 28 61M 7 29 33 35 45M

20 Nicolas Gaitan 27 21 74M 90M 90M 90M 83M 90M 33M 75M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 74M 76M 90M 75M 44M 90F

21 Fabian Herbers 10 19 33 47 9 78M 75M 71M 80M 64M 90M 90M 2

22 Nicolas Hasler 17 21 35D

23 Nemanja Nikolic 68F 71F 80F 69F 90F 76F 76F 75F 69F 72F 90F 55M 12 63F 63F 22 30 31 15 70F 70F 58F 56F 90F 77F 75F

25 Jorge Corrales 90D 64D 20 90D 90D 90M 90D 72D 63D 90D 90D 45D 90D 10 42M

27 Kenneth Kronholm 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

28 Elliot Collier

30 Stefan Cleveland

31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

32 Gabriel Slonina

33 Jeremiah Gutjahr 90D 90D 90D 90D 70D 12 15 45

36 Andre Reynolds

45 Richard Sanchez

Played for other teams:

Francisco Calvo played 629 minutes for MIN

Micheal Azira played 1443 minutes for MTL

"00" = 100 minutes played

F/M/D/G = starting position

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E Game log:

Game #1 03/02/2019 CHI 1 at LA 2 L Sapong 1 (unassisted) 49

Game #2 03/09/2019 CHI 1 vs ORL 1 T Sapong 2 (Frankowski 1) 95+

Game #3 03/16/2019 CHI 2 vs SEA 4 L Edwards 1 (Sapong 1, Frankowski 2) 56; Herbers 1 (unassisted) 84

Game #4 03/30/2019 CHI 1 vs NYR 0 W own goal (Parker) 48

Game #5 04/06/2019 CHI 2 at TOR 2 T Sapong 3 (Gutjahr 1) 46+; Nikolic 1 (Katai 1, McCarty 1) 62

Game #6 04/12/2019 CHI 1 vs VAN 1 T Nikolic 2 (penalty kick) 84

Game #7 04/20/2019 CHI 4 vs COL 1 W Nikolic 3 (Gaitan 1) 34; Sapong 4 (Katai 2, McCarty 2) 53; Mihailovic 1 (Gaitan 2, Sapong 2) 61;

Katai 1 (Adams 1) 80

Game #8 04/24/2019 CHI 0 at NYC 1 L

Game #9 04/28/2019 CHI 0 at MTL 1 L

Game #10 05/04/2019 CHI 0 at LFC 0 T

Game #11 05/08/2019 CHI 5 vs NE 0 W Nikolic 4 (Gaitan 3) 28; Nikolic 5 (Schweinsteiger 1, Gaitan 4) 40; Bronico 1 (Katai 3) 78; Gaitan 1 (Katai 4) 85

Frankowski 1 (unassisted) 89

Game #12 05/11/2019 CHI 2 vs MIN 0 W Gaitan 2 (Frankowski 3) 21; Katai 2 (Kappelhof 1) 34

Game #13 05/18/2019 CHI 1 at SJ 4 L Katai 3 (McCarty 3) 83

Game #14 05/25/2019 CHI 1 vs NYC 1 T Sapong 5 (Bronico 1, Frankowski 4) 28

Game #15 05/29/2019 CHI 3 at DC 3 T Sapong 6 (Gaitan 5) 12; Mihailovic 2 (unassisted) 14; Calvo 2 (Schweinsteiger 2) 92+

Game #16 06/01/2019 CHI 0 at ATL 2 L

Game #17 06/22/2019 CHI 1 vs RSL 1 T Katai 4 (free kick) 5

Game #18 06/28/2019 CHI 1 at NYR 3 L Nikolic 6 (unassisted) 81

Game #19 07/03/2019 CHI 5 vs ATL 1 W Calvo 3 (Gaitan 6) 4; Sapong 7 (Gaitan 7) 7; Gaitan 3 (penalty kick) 13; Sapong 8 (Gaitan 8) 37;

Herbers 2 (Calvo 1) 44

Game #20 07/06/2019 CHI 0 at KC 1 L

Game #21 07/13/2019 CHI 1 vs CIN 2 L Gaitan 4 (unassisted) 49+

Game #22 07/17/2019 CHI 2 vs CLB 2 T Mihailovic 3 (Frankowski 5) 28; Sapong 9 (unassisted) 63

Game #23 07/20/2019 CHI 0 at PHI 2 L

Game #24 07/27/2019 CHI 0 vs DC 0 T

Game #25 08/03/2019 CHI 1 at HOU 0 W Nikolic 7 (Gaitan 9) 48+

Game #26 08/10/2019 CHI 3 vs MTL 2 W McCarty 1 (Schweinsteiger 3) 8; Nikolic 8 (Katai 5, Calvo 2) 19; Schweinsteiger 1 (Mihailovic 1) 88

Game #27 08/14/2019 CHI 2 at POR 3 L Nikolic 9 (unassisted) 74; Sapong 10 (Frankowski 6) 92+

Game #28 08/17/2019 CHI 2 vs PHI 0 W Nikolic 10 (Frankowski 7, Kappelhof 2) 38; Nikolic 11 (penalty kick) 45

Game #29 08/24/2019 CHI 1 at NE 2 L Calvo 4 (Gaitan 10) 41

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# Player 4R QF

STLO CAZL

1-2 0-2

1 David Ousted

2 Marcelo 90D 90D

4 Johan Kappelhof 25D

5 Francisco Calvo 32

6 Dax McCarty 90M

7 Raheem Edwards 67D

9 CJ Sapong 90M 26

10 Aleksandar Katai

11 Przemyslaw Frankowski 58M

12 Amando Moreno 64M

13 Brandt Bronico 5 90M

14 Djordje Mihailovic 90M

15 Grant Lillard 65 90D

17 Diego Campos 85D 90D

18 Cristian Martinez

19 Mo Adams

20 Nicolas Gaitan 90M

21 Fabian Herbers 90M 90M

22 Nicolas Hasler

23 Nemanja Nikolic 90F 90F

25 Jorge Corrales 23

27 Kenneth Kronholm 90G

28 Elliot Collier

30 Stefan Cleveland

31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 32

32 Gabriel Slonina

33 Jeremiah Gutjahr 90M

36 Andre Reynolds 58D

45 Richard Sanchez 90G

U.S. OPEN CUP

4R 06/11/2019 CHI 1 at STLOUS 2 L Nikolic (penalty kick) 73

LEAGUES CUP

QF 07/23/2019 CHI 0 vs CRZAZL 2 L

Documents

MLS Game Guide · 2019-08-30 · 11 Gyasi Zardes FW 6-1 187 09/02/1991 Los Angeles, CA 23 23 11 2 187 172 64 19 12 Ben Lundgaard GK 6-5 205 09/25/1995 Wilmington, DE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0