2009 Columbus Crew season

Columbus Crew

2009 season

Owner

Clark Hunt

Head Coach

Robert Warzycha

Average home attendance

14,175^[1]

Home colors

Away colors

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The 2009 Columbus Crew season was the fourteenth season of the team's existence. It started with a 1-1 draw at the Houston Dynamo on March 21, 2009, and ended on November 5, with a 3-2 playoff loss to Real Salt Lake. The Crew lost 4-2 on aggregate.

1 Squad
- 1.1 First-team squad
2 Club
- 2.1 Management
- 2.2 Other information
3 Competitions
- 3.1 Overall
- 3.2 Major League Soccer
  - 3.2.1 Standings
  - 3.2.2 Results summary
4 Matches
5 References
6 External links

Squad

First-team squad

As of June 20, 2009.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Will Hesmer
2	DF	Frankie Hejduk (captain)
3	MF	Alex Grendi
4	DF	Gino Padula
5	MF	Danny O'Rourke
6	DF	Andy Iro
7	FW	Guillermo Barros Schelotto
8	MF	Duncan Oughton
9	FW	Jason Garey
10	FW	Alejandro Moreno
12	MF	Eddie Gaven
14	DF	Chad Marshall

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Kevin Burns
16	MF	Brian Carroll
17	MF	Emmanuel Ekpo
19	MF	Robbie Rogers
20	FW	Emilio Rentería
22	MF	Adam Moffat
23	DF	Eric Brunner
24	DF	Jed Zayner
26	MF	Cory Elenio
30	GK	Andy Gruenebaum
32	FW	Steven Lenhart

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Technical Director	Brian Bliss
Manager	Robert Warzycha
Assistant manager	Mike Lapper
Assistant manager	Vadim Kirillov
Assistant manager	Ricardo Iribarren
Head athletic trainer	Jason Mathews (soccer)
Assistant athletic trainer	Skylar Richards
Equipment manager	Rusty Wummel

Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: Columbus Crew

Other information

Chairman	Clark Hunt
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Columbus Crew Stadium (20,555 / N/A)

Source: Columbus Crew

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match
MLS		—		March 21, 2009
USOC	Third Round	—	Third Round	June 30, 2009
CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10	Group Stage	—		August 18, 2009

Last updated: October 18, 2008
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD

1	Columbus Crew	49	30	13	7	10	41	31	+10
2	Chicago Fire	45	30	11	7	12	39	34	+5
3	New England Revolution	42	30	11	10	9	33	37	−4
4	D.C. United	40	30	9	8	13	43	44	−1
5	Toronto FC	39	30	10	11	9	37	46	−9
6	Kansas City Wizards	33	30	8	14	9	33	42	−9
7	New York Red Bulls	21	30	5	19	6	27	47	−20


	2009 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2009 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card)

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD

1	Columbus Crew (E1)	49	30	13	7	10	41	31	+10
2	Los Angeles Galaxy² (W1)	48	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5
3	Houston Dynamo³ (W2)	48	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10
4	Seattle Sounders FC²	47	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9
5	Chicago Fire³ (E2)	45	30	11	7	12	39	34	+5
6	Chivas USA³	45	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3
7	New England Revolution³	42	30	11	10	9	33	37	−4
8	Real Salt Lake²	40	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8
9	Colorado Rapids	40	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4
10	D.C. United	40	30	9	8	13	43	44	−1
11	FC Dallas	39	30	11	13	6	50	47	+4
12	Toronto FC¹	39	30	10	11	9	37	46	−9
13	Kansas City Wizards	33	30	8	13	9	33	42	−9
14	San Jose Earthquakes	30	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14
15	New York Red Bulls	21	30	5	19	6	27	47	−20


	MLS Supporters' Shield, 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2010 U.S. Open Cup, 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League²
	2009 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2010 U.S. Open Cup
	2009 MLS Cup Playoffs

^Note 1 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, as it is a Canadian-based team. If they qualify for an automatic berth into the U.S. Open Cup, the next highest placed team not already qualified will be given a berth. Similarly, they cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS. Rather, they can qualify through the Canadian Soccer Championship. If they qualify for the Champions League through MLS, then the highest placed team not already qualified will qualify.

^Note 2 - The winner of the 2009 MLS Supporters' Shield (Columbus Crew) and the winner of MLS Cup 2009 (Real Salt Lake) qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. The runner-up of MLS Cup 2009 (Los Angeles Galaxy) and the winner of the 2009 U.S. Open Cup (Seattle Sounders) qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

^Note 3 - SuperLiga 2010 berths are awarded to the top 4 finishing teams from MLS who do not qualify for Champions League (Houston, Chicago, Chivas USA, and New England).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	49	13	7	10	41	31	+10	9	2	4	25	13	+12	4	5	6	16	18	−2

Last updated: October 25, 2009
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round	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	30
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	T	T	L	L	T	T	T	W	T	W	T	W	W	L	W	T	T	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	T	W	L	W	L	L

Last updated: October 25, 2009.
Source: Columbus Crew
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Tie Loss

MLS regular season

March 21, 2009	Houston Dynamo	1 – 1	Columbus Crew	Houston, Texas, USA
	Cameron 43' Ching 53' Barrett 59'	Report	Schelotto 81' Gaven 62' Hejduk 75'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,053 Referee: Tim Weyland

March 28, 2009	Columbus Crew	1 – 1	Toronto FC	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Schelotto 30'	Report	Padula 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,686 Referee: Michael Kennedy

April 2, 2009	Real Salt Lake	4 – 1	Columbus Crew	Sandy, Utah USA
	Findley 2' Findley 29' Borchers 40' Beckerman 45' Findley 62' Beckerman 67'	Report	Garey 22' Ekpo 48+' Rogers 58'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,806 Referee: Alex Prus

April 5, 2009	Chivas USA	2 – 1	Columbus Crew	Carson, California USA
	Harris 25' Lillingston 38' Lillingston 50' Kljestan 67' Talley 84'	Report	Iro 37' Iro 67'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,827 Referee: Kevin Stott

April 11, 2009	Columbus Crew	1 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Ekpo 29' Schelotto 41'	Report	Gibbs 26' Palguta 68' Casey 82' Burpo 94+'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 7,465 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

April 25, 2009	Columbus Crew	2 – 2	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Marshall 25' Moreno 34' Padula 57' Zayner 80'	Report	Pappa 32' Ward 64' Thorrington 72' McBride 86' Segares 88'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,628 Referee: Jair Marrufo

May 2, 2009	Toronto FC	1 – 1	Columbus Crew	Toronto, Ontario CAN
	Brennan 40' Barrett 52' Barrett 64'	Report	Schelotto 10' Ekpo 54' O'Rourke 57' Gaven 83'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 19,998 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 9, 2009	Columbus Crew	3 – 2	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Ekpo 38' Schelotto 55' Hejduk 68' Gaven 78' Gruenebaum 91+'	Report	Watson 47' López 51' Espinoza 67' Besler 73' Wolff 79'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,271 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

May 17, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 1	Columbus Crew	Carson, California USA
	Lewis 32' Jordan 46' Lewis 91+'	Report	Rogers 58' Moreno 62' Schelotto 70' O'Rourke 86', 89'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,649 Referee: Alex Prus

May 27, 2009	Columbus Crew	2 – 1	San Jose Earthquakes	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Gaven 29' Schelotto 46'	Report	Amarikwa 13' Johnson 23' Convey 36' Corrales 63'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 8,793 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

May 30, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	1 – 1	Columbus Crew	Seattle, Washington USA
19:30 PST	Vagenas 37' Jaqua 58' Hurtado 68' Ljungberg 89' Marshall 92+'	Report	Moreno 12' Schelotto 73'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 29,126 Referee: Michael Kennedy

June 6, 2009	Kansas City Wizards	0 – 2	Columbus Crew	Kansas City, Kansas USA
	Arnaud 35' López 42'	Report	Schelotto 14' O'Rourke 17' Marshall 51' Schelotto 64' (pen.) Gruenebaum 91'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 10,385 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

June 14, 2009	Columbus Crew	2 – 1	Chivas USA	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Carroll 30' Schelotto 61' Schelotto 87'	Report	Nagamura 19' Lillingston 39' Galindo 57' Talley 68'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,658 Referee: Steven DePiero

June 20, 2009	FC Dallas	2 – 1	Columbus Crew	Frisco, Texas USA
	Moor 32' Avila 80' Cooper 87' (pen.)	Report	Ricchetti 14' (o.g.) Padula 41' Schelotto 68' Marshall 86'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 8,041 Referee: Terry Vaughn

June 27, 2009	Columbus Crew	1 – 0	New York Red Bulls	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Carroll 34' Marshall 45' Schelotto 79'	^[3]	Stammler 76'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 15,575 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

July 4, 2009	Columbus Crew	1 – 1	D.C. United	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Moreno 12' Moreno 59' Ekpo 74' Lenhart 92+'	Report	Gomez 33' Olsen 60' N'Silu 80'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,370 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

July 11, 2009	Chicago Fire	0 – 0	Columbus Crew	Bridgeview, Illinois USA
	Ward 52'	Report	Ekpo 33' Carroll 54' Gaven 85' Hejduk 88'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,123 Referee: Michael Kennedy

July 18, 2009	Columbus Crew	3 – 1	Real Salt Lake	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Lenhart 23' Garey 31' Garey 52' O'Rourke 72'	Report	Grabavoy 34' Beltran 46+' Russell 65' Cox 76'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,922 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

July 25, 2009	Columbus Crew	3 – 2	Toronto FC	Columbus, Ohio, USA
	Carroll 29' Gaven 32' Padula 39' Lenhart 76' Garey 90+2'	Report	Robinson 27' De Rosario 35' Gerba 49'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,775 Referee: Alex Prus

August 1, 2009	Colorado Rapids	0 – 1	Columbus Crew	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Ihemelu 60', 84'	Report	Marshall 39' Garey 47+'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,851 Referee: Yader Reyes

August 8, 2008	San Jose Earthquakes	0 – 3	Columbus Crew	San Francisco, California USA
	Salinas 55'	Report	Lenhart 53' Carroll 67' Moreno 69' Rogers 73' Moffat 86'	Stadium: Candlestick Park Referee: Jeff Gontarek

August 15, 2008	Columbus Crew	2 – 0	FC Dallas	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Marshall 10' O'Rourke 66' Gaven 87'	Report	Benitez 52'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 19,115 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

August 30, 2009	New York Red Bulls	1 – 0	Columbus Crew	East Rutherford, New Jersey USA
	Borman 46+' Ubiparipovic 53' Richards 63' Johnson 72'	Report	Ekpo 37' Hejduk 63' Brunner 83'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 10,323 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

September 13, 2009	Columbus Crew	2 – 1	Houston Dynamo	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Hejduk 34' Moffat 82' Gaven 91+' (pen.)	Report	Weaver 80' Clark 82' Ching 87'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,306 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

September 20, 2009	Chicago Fire	2 – 2	Columbus Crew	Bridgeview, Illinois USA
	Lowry 6' Lowry 35' Mapp 70'	Report	Padula 7' Schelotto 55' Schelotto 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,549 Referee: Mark Geiger

September 26, 2009	Columbus Crew	2 – 0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Hejduk 28' Gaven 33' Lenhart 59' Brunner 62' Moreno 69' Lenhart 75'	Report	Kirovski 56' Birchall 71' Berhalter 73' Gordon 93+'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 20,966 Referee: Terry Vaughn

October 3, 2009	Columbus Crew	0 – 1	Seattle Sounders FC	Columbus, Ohio USA
19:30 EST	Moreno 55' O'Rourke 65' Lenhart 95+'	Report	Levesque 36' Marshall 84'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,372 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

October 10, 2009	New England Revolution	0 – 1	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, Massachusetts USA
	Osei 7' Joseph 38' Dube 45'	Report	Padula 36' Burns 46+' Brunner 50' Ekpo 65' Zayner 93+'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 13,297 Referee: Paul Ward

October 17, 2009	D.C. United	1 – 0	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C. USA
	McTavish 6' Emilio 17'	Report	Renteria 83'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 16,274 Referee: Alex Prus

October 25, 2009	Columbus Crew	0 – 1	New England Revolution	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Iro 60' Zayner 63' Padula 81' Moffat 88'	Report	Heaps 55' Larentowicz 79'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,797 Referee: Kevin Stott

MLS playoffs

Conf. Semifinals October 31, 2009	Real Salt Lake	1 – 0	Columbus Crew	Sandy, Utah USA
16:30 MDT	Beckerman 38' Findley 88'	Report	Carroll 19'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,499 Referee: Mark Geiger

Conf. Semifinals November 5, 2009	Columbus Crew	2 – 3	Real Salt Lake	Columbus, Ohio USA
20:00 CST	Schelotto 19' Schelotto 35' O'Rourke 48' Moreno 59'	[ Report]	Morales 37' Findley 47+' (pen.) Williams 74' Olave 68'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 10,109 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

CONCACAF Champions League

Group Stage August 18, 2009	Columbus Crew	2 – 0	Puerto Rico Islanders	Columbus, Ohio USA
20:00	Lenhart 58' Rogers 79'	Report		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 6,161 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Group Stage August 26, 2009	Cruz Azul	5 – 0	Columbus Crew	Mexico City
22:00	Lozano 4', 82' (pen.), 87' Núñez 9' Marshall 47' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Azul Attendance: 2,669 Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

Group Stage September 16, 2009	Saprissa	0 – 1	Columbus Crew	San José, Costa Rica
22:00		Report	Gaven 5'	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Roberto Garcia (Mexico)

Group Stage September 23, 2009	Columbus Crew	0 – 2	Cruz Azul	Columbus, Ohio USA
20:00		Report	Zeballos 14' Vela 39'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 7,921 Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

Group Stage September 29, 2009	Columbus Crew	1 – 1	Saprissa	Columbus, Ohio USA
20:00	Rogers 26' (pen.)	Report	Robinson 90+2'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 5,715 Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

Group Stage October 20, 2009	Puerto Rico Islanders	1 – 1	Columbus Crew	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
20:00	Delgado 34'		Rentería 74'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

U.S. Open Cup

References

^ "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance?league=usa.1&year=2009&seasontype=1&cc=3888. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
^ "Columbus Crew: Players: Main". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. http://web.mlsnet.com/players/index.jsp?club=t102. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
^ "Major League Soccer: Scoreboard: Week ending 0628". Archived from the original on 2009-07-25. http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?year=2009&week=0628. Retrieved 2009-07-19.

External links

2009 Schedule

Major League Soccer

Former teams

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League articles

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The Club	History • Seasons • Records • Players • All articles

Stadiums	Ohio Stadium (1996–1998) • Columbus Crew Stadium (1999–present)

Culture	Nordecke • Crew Supporters Union • Hudson Street Hooligans • Turbina Amarilla • Crew Cat

Rivalries	Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup • Trillium Cup

Key Personnel	Owner: Clark Hunt • General Manager: Mark McCullers • Head Coach: Robert Warzycha

Major Honors (5)

MLS Cup (1)	2008

Supporters' Shield (3)	2004 • 2008 • 2009

U.S. Open Cup (1)	2002

Major League Soccer

Seasons (16)	1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

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Leagues

Men	Major League Soccer · United Soccer Leagues (First Division · Second Division) · Premier Development League · Major Indoor Soccer League (2008–09 · 2009–10) · Professional Arena Soccer League (2008–09 · 2009–10) · National Premier Soccer League

Women	Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) · W-League · Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL)

Cups

U.S. Open Cup (qualification, final) · MLS Cup (Playoffs) · College Cup

Other

MLS All-Star Game · MLS transfers · WPS All-Star Game

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League (2008–09 · 2009–10) · SuperLiga · Pan-Pacific Championship

National teams

Men	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF Fourth Round) · FIFA Confederations Cup · CONCACAF Gold Cup · FIFA U-20 World Cup · CONCACAF U-20 Championship · FIFA U-17 World Cup · CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Women	Algarve Cup

Team seasons

MLS

Chicago Fire · Chivas USA · Colorado Rapids · Columbus Crew · D.C. United · FC Dallas · Houston Dynamo · Kansas City Wizards · Los Angeles Galaxy · New England Revolution · New York Red Bulls · Real Salt Lake · San Jose Earthquakes · Seattle Sounders FC · Toronto FC

USL-1

Austin Aztex · Carolina RailHawks · Charleston Battery · Cleveland City Stars · Miami FC · Minnesota Thunder · Montreal Impact · Portland Timbers · Puerto Rico Islanders · Rochester Rhinos · Vancouver Whitecaps

USL-2

Bermuda Hogges · Charlotte Eagles · Crystal Palace Baltimore · Harrisburg City Islanders · Pittsburgh Riverhounds · Real Maryland Monarchs · Richmond Kickers · Western Mass Pioneers · Wilmington Hammerheads

WPS

Boston Breakers · Chicago Red Stars · FC Gold Pride · Los Angeles Sol · Saint Louis Athletica · Sky Blue FC · Washington Freedom

Third Round June 30, 2009	Columbus Crew	1 – 1 (a.e.t) (3 – 5 pen)	Rochester Rhinos (USL-1)	Rochester, New York USA
7:00 PM EDT	Grendi 30', 55' Oughton 37' Elenio 85'	Report	Harden 31' Ambersley 34' Menyongar 48' Nurse 103'	Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: 6,098 Referee: Shane Moody
		Penalties
	Ekpo Moreno Oughton Garey		Kenton Salles Gregor Bertz Heins

2009 Columbus Crew season

Contents

Squad

First-team squad

Club

Management

Other information

Competitions

Overall

Major League Soccer

Standings

Results summary

Matches

MLS regular season

MLS playoffs

CONCACAF Champions League

U.S. Open Cup

References

External links