2013 Columbus Crew season explained

Club:	Columbus Crew
Season:	2013
League:	Major League Soccer
League Result:	Conference: 8th Overall: 16th
Chrtitle:	Owner
Chairman:	Clark Hunt, sold to Precourt Sports Ventures LLC
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Robert Warzycha Brian Bliss (interim)
Cup1:	MLS Cup
Cup1 Result:	DNQ
Cup2:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:	Fourth round (lost to Chicago Fire)
Cup3:	Trillium Cup
Cup3 Result:	Winners (4 - 2)
Cup4:	Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup
Cup4 Result:	Winners (4 - 2)
Cup5:	Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic
Cup5 Result:	Second Place (lost to Montreal Impact)
Top Scorer:	Dominic Oduro (13)
Highest Attendance:	20,392 vs. Seattle Sounders FC (August 31, 2013, Major League Soccer)
Lowest Attendance:	1,302 vs. Dayton Dutch Lions (May 29, 2013, U.S. Open Cup)
Average Attendance:	16,080 ^[1]
Pattern La1:	_CREW_12h
Pattern B1:	_CREW_12h
Pattern Ra1:	_CREW_12h
Pattern Sh1:	_CREW_12h
Pattern So1:	_3_stripes_black
Leftarm1:	FFFFFF
Body1:	FFFFFF
Rightarm1:	FFFFFF
Shorts1:	FFFFFF
Socks1:	FFE517
Pattern La2:	_CREW_12a
Pattern B2:	_CREW_12a
Pattern Ra2:	_CREW_12a
Pattern Sh2:	_CONDIVO12_ONWHITE
Pattern So2:	_3_stripes_white
Leftarm2:	FFFFFF
Body2:	FFFFFF
Rightarm2:	FFFFFF
Shorts2:	000000
Socks2:	000000
Prevseason:	2012
Nextseason:	2014
American:	y

The 2013 Columbus Crew season was the club's eighteenth season of existence, and their eighteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids.

Background

See main article: 2012 Columbus Crew season.

Competitions

WDW Pro Soccer Classic

See main article: 2013 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic.

MLS

See main article: 2013 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Overall table

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2013 U.S. Open Cup.

MLS Cup Playoffs

See main article: 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs.

The Columbus Crew failed to qualify for the playoffs in this season.

Kirk Urso Memorial Match

Statistics

Last updated: October 1, 2013

Goals

	Player	Position	MLS	Open Cup	Total
align=center rowspan=1	1			13	0	13
align=center rowspan=1	2			11	0	11
align=center rowspan=1	3			4	0	4
align=center rowspan=2	4			3	0	3
Josh Williams		3	0	3
align=center rowspan=1	6			1	1	2
align=center rowspan=8	7			1	0	1
		1	0	1
		1	0	1
		1	0	1
Ben Speas		1	0	1
Aaron Schoenfeld		1	0	1
Eddie Gaven		0	1	1
Konrad Warzycha		0	1	1

Assists

	Player	Position	MLS	Open Cup	Total
align=center rowspan= 1	1			9	0	9
align=center rowspan= 3	2			4	0	4
		4	0	4
		4	0	4
align=center rowspan= 10	5			1	0	1
		1	0	1
		1	0	1
		1	0	1
		1	0	1
		1	0	1
		1	0	1
		1	0	1
		1	0	1
Aaron Schoenfeld		1	0	1

Goalkeeping

	Player	Position	GAA	GA	Saves	GS	GP
1			1.33	28	71	21	21
2			1.38	18	43	13	13

Transfers

See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2013.

In

Number	Position	Player	Transferred from	Notes	Date	Source
align=left	-	MF	Wil Trapp	None	Home Grown Player	December 13, 2012	^[2]
align=left	-	DF	Tyson Wahl	None	Free Agent	January 3, 2013	^[3]
align=left	-	DF	Chad Barson	None	Home Grown Player	January 10, 2013	^[4]
align=left	-	FW	Ryan Finley	None	2013 MLS SuperDraft	January 17, 2013	^[5]
align=left	-	DF	Drew Beckie	None	2013 MLS SuperDraft	January 17, 2013	^[6] ^[7]
align=left	-	DF	Gláuber	FC Rapid București	Discovery Signing	January 21, 2013	^[8]

Out

Number	Position	Player	Transferred to	Notes	Date	Source
22	MF	Cole Grossman	Real Salt Lake	Waiver Draft	November 19, 2012	^[9]
17	FW	Olman Vargas	None	Waiver Draft	November 19, 2012	^[10]
2	DF	Rich Balchan	None	Option Declined	November 28, 2012	^[11]
26	DF	Julius James	None	Option Declined	November 28, 2012
21	DF	Sebastián Miranda	None	Option Declined	November 28, 2012
8	MF	Chris Birchall	Port Vale	Option Declined	November 28, 2012
19	FW	Tom Heinemann	None	Option Declined	November 28, 2012
4	DF	Carlos Mendes	New York Cosmos	Out of Contract	December 11, 2012	^[12]
1	GK	William Hesmer	Los Angeles Galaxy	Re-Entry Draft	December 14, 2012	^[13]
20	FW	Emilio Rentería	None	Out of Contract	January 4, 2013	^[14]
10	FW	Milovan Mirosevic	None	Mutual Release of Contract	January 22, 2013	^[15]

See also

• Columbus Crew
• 2013 in American soccer
• 2013 Major League Soccer season

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Time Attendance Columbus Crew SC . December 15, 2015 . December 10, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151210115102/http://www.columbuscrewsc.com/media/all-time-attendance . dead .
2. News: Crew Signs Wil Trapp to Homegrown Contract . Columbus Crew . December 13, 2012 . December 13, 2012 . October 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141017092307/http://www.thecrew.com/news/2012/12/crew-signs-wil-trapp-homegrown-contract . dead .
3. News: Crew signs defender Tyson Wahl . Columbus Crew . January 3, 2013 . January 3, 2013 . January 6, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130106063724/http://www.thecrew.com/news/2013/01/crew-signs-defender-tyson-wahl . dead .
4. News: Crew signs Defender Chad Barson to Homegrown contract. Columbus Crew . January 10, 2013 . January 10, 2013 .
5. News: Draft Watch: Ryan Finley - Crew select Notre Dame forward in first round . Columbus Crew . January 11, 2013 . January 17, 2013 .
6. News: Crew selects defender Drew Beckie in second round . Columbus Crew . January 17, 2013 . January 17, 2013 .
7. Web site: Crew Signs Defender Drew Beckie Columbus Crew . www.thecrew.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130217211602/http://www.thecrew.com/news/2013/02/crew-signs-defender-drew-beckie . February 17, 2013.
8. News: Crew signs Brazilian defender Gláuber . Columbus Crew . January 21, 2013 . January 17, 2013 .
9. News: RSL adds MF Cole Grossman . Real Salt Lake . November 19, 2012 . November 19, 2012 .
10. News: Crew declines options on three players . Columbus Crew . November 19, 2012 . November 19, 2012 .
11. News: Crew exercises options on 10 players. Columbus Crew . November 28, 2012 . November 28, 2012 .
12. News: Mendes opts to play for hometown Cosmos . MLS . December 11, 2012 . December 11, 2012 .
13. News: Califf, Casey among 14 picked in Stage 2 Re-Entry Draft . MLS . December 14, 2012 . December 14, 2012 . December 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121216155205/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/12/14/total-14-players-selected-stage-2-mls-re-entry-draft . dead .
14. News: Califf, Wahl ready for new chapter in Columbus. Columbus Crew . January 4, 2013 . January 10, 2013.
15. News: Roster Update: Mirosevic will not return in 2013 . Columbus Crew . January 22, 2013 . January 22, 2013.