2001 Columbus Crew season

Columbus Crew
2001 season
Investor-operators	Lamar Hunt; Clark Hunt; Lamar Hunt Jr.; Ron Pizzuti and a group of local investors
Head coach	Tom Fitzgerald; (until May 17); Greg Andrulis (interim); (from May 17)
Stadium	Columbus Crew Stadium
Major League Soccer	Division: 2nd; Overall: 4th
MLS Cup playoffs	Quarterfinal
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinal
CONCACAF Giants Cup	Quarterfinal
MLS Spring Training	7th place
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jeff Cunningham (10); All: ; Jeff Cunningham (14)
Highest home attendance	24,033 (9/1 v. NE)
Lowest home attendance	4,316 (7/11 v. MIA)
Average home league attendance	17,752 (78.7%)
Biggest win	CLB 4–1 NEW (7/12); CLB 6–1 TAM (6/16)
Biggest defeat	DAL 4-0 CLB (5/12)
	← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 Columbus Crew season was the club's sixth season of existence and their sixth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. The first match of the season was on April 7 against Chicago Fire. It was the sixth season under head coach Tom Fitzgerald. Tom Fitzgerald was replaced as interim head coach by Greg Andrulis on May 17.^[1] The Crew's USL A-League affiliates this season were Cincinnati Riverhawks, Indiana Blast, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Rochester Raging Rhinos and Reading Rage.^[2]

Roster

As of September 8, 2001^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Mark Dougherty
2	DF	USA	Mike Lapper
3	DF	USA	Mike Clark (captain)
4	DF	CRC	Daniel Torres
6	MF	USA	Todd Yeagley
7	MF	USA	John Harkes
8	DF	NZL	Duncan Oughton
9	FW	USA	Dante Washington
10	MF	USA	Brian Maisonneuve
11	FW	USA	Jeff Cunningham
12	FW	USA	Edson Buddle


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	TRI	Ancil Elcock
14	MF	COL	John Wilmar Pérez
15	DF	USA	Mike Duhaney
17	FW	USA	Brian West
19	MF	POL	Robert Warzycha
20	FW	USA	Brian McBride
21	MF	USA	Mario Longo
22	GK	USA	Tom Presthus
25	MF	USA	Scott Powers
29	DF	TRI	Kevin Adams
30	DF	UGA	Tenywa Bonseu

Position	Staff
General Manager	Jim Smith
Head Coach	Tom Fitzgerald until May 17 Greg Andrulis after May 17
Assistant Coach	Greg Andrulis until May 17
Assistant Coach	Oscar Pisano
Assistant Coach	Nick Roberts until May 17
Head Trainer	Amy Baer
Team Manager	Tucker Walther

Source: ^[4]

Non-competitive

Preseason

The Crew started their preseason in the Columbus area on January 8^[5] before going to Germany from February 14-24 for a series of exhibition matches.^[6] They brought some non-roster invitees to Germany that included Cheikh Sidy Ba,^[7] Arne Tammen,^[7] Richard Ackon,^[7] Mike Mucino^[8] and Eben Dugbatey.^[8] The Crew returned to Columbus for a couple more exhibition matches before heading to Fort Lauderdale for MLS Spring Training 2001. They brought more non-roster invitees to participate that included Marcus Stergiopoulos^[9] and Julian Martinez.^[9]

February 17 Friendly	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	3-2	Columbus Crew	Schweinfurt, Germany
8:00 AM EST		Report	Warzycha 40' Yeagley 73'	Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion

February 18 Friendly	TSV 1860 Munich	1-0	Columbus Crew	Munich, Germany
8:30 AM EST		Report		Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion

February 20 Friendly	SpVgg SV Weiden	1-2	Columbus Crew	Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany
12:45 PM EST	Staeller 7'	Report	Mucino 82' Longo 88'	Stadium: Weiden Stadium

February 21 Friendly	SpVgg Unterhaching	3-1	Columbus Crew	Munich, Germany
9:00 AM EST	Ahanfouf 32' (pen.) Bugera 37' Garcia 39'	Report	Karn 69'	Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching

February 24 Friendly	Franconian All-Stars	0-3	Columbus Crew	Pegnitz, Germany
8:30 AM EST		Report		Stadium: FC Pegnitz Stadium

March 3 Friendly	Columbus Crew	6-0	Indiana Blast	Obetz, OH
	Pérez Cunningham Buddle , Vargas-Aguilera Mucino	Report		Stadium: Crew Training Facility

March 7 Friendly	Columbus Crew	5-1	West Virginia Mountaineers	Obetz, OH
	Karn , , West Cunningham	Report		Stadium: Crew Training Facility

March 15 MLS Spring Training	Columbus Crew	1-1 (a.e.t.)	NY/NJ MetroStars	Fort Lauderdale, FL
6:00 PM EST	West 23' Cunningham 87'	Report	Hernández 90'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Referee: Richard Heron

March 19 MLS Spring Training	Columbus Crew	3-1	D.C. United	Fort Lauderdale, FL
6:00 PM EST	West 25' Brian McBride 52', 67'	Report	Albright 4' Mulraine 69'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

March 23 MLS Spring Training	Colorado Rapids	1-0 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew	Fort Lauderdale, FL
6:00 PM EST	Aunger 34' Key 37' Agogo 64' Bravo 99'	Report	Clark 25' Pérez 98'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Referee: Michael Kennedy
Note: Columbus finished 7th place in Spring Training^[10]

March 28 Friendly	Columbus Crew	Cancelled	Miami Fusion F.C.	Strongsville, OH
7:00 PM EST		Report		Stadium: Ehrnfelt Soccer Complex

Midseason

The Crew played an international friendly against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. For this game, they called up from Pittsburgh Riverhounds, former players Mario Gori and Ricardo Iribarren.^[11]

May 2 Keith Evans Memorial Match	Columbus Crew	1-0	Ohio State Buckeyes	Obetz, OH
7:30 p.m. EDT	Washington	^[12]		Stadium: Crew Training Facility

May 29 Friendly	Columbus Crew	4-3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Columbus, OH
	McBride 39', 45+1' Pérez 76' Elcock 77' Cunningham 81' Clark 85'	Report	Brdaric 55', 77' Ponte 70' Hejduk 85'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 9,389 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Competitive

MLS

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chicago Fire	27	16	6	5	50	30	+20	53	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Columbus Crew	26	13	7	6	49	36	+13	45
3	Dallas Burn	26	10	11	5	48	47	+1	35
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	27	4	21	2	32	68	−36	14

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
2	Chicago Fire	27	16	6	5	50	30	+20	53	1.96
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	26	14	7	5	52	36	+16	47	1.81
4	Columbus Crew	26	13	7	6	49	36	+13	45	1.73
5	San Jose Earthquakes (C)	26	13	7	6	47	29	+18	45	1.73	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
6	MetroStars	26	13	10	3	38	35	+3	42	1.62

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) total goal differential per match played; 3) total goals scored per match played; 4) away record; 5) away goal differential; 6) total goals scored in away matches; 7) home record; 8) home goal differential; 9) total goals scored in home matches; 10) fewest disciplinary points per match played; 6) away goal differential per away match played; 11) coin toss or drawing of lots.
(C) Champion

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
26	45	13	7	6	49	36	+13	7	1	5	29	15	+14	6	6	1	20	21	−1

Source: MLS standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

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
Stadium	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	T	W	L	T	L	L	W	T	T	L	W	W	L	W	T	W	W	W	W	T	W	W	L	L	W	W

Source: schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Match results

April 7 1	Columbus Crew	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Chicago Fire	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Clark 14' Elcock 66' Washington 69' Vargas-Aguilera 85'	Report	Wolyniec 16', 18' Marsch 63' Lewis 89' Gutiérrez 94'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 17,947 Referee: Kevin Terry

April 14 2	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1-2	Columbus Crew	Tampa, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Kotschau 30' Demmin 43' Ralston 67'	Report	Clark 7' West 12' Pérez 62' Bonseu 85' Elcock 90'	Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 16,823 Referee: Tim Weyland

April 21 3	Columbus Crew	0-3	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT		Report	Gomez 9' Brown 53' McKeon 56'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,488 Referee: Richard Heron

May 5 4	Columbus Crew	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Miami Fusion F.C.	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EDT	Lapper 59'	Report	Serna 51' Marshall 93'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,975 Referee: Michael Kennedy

May 12 5	Dallas Burn	4-0	Columbus Crew	Dallas, TX
8:30 PM EDT	Pareja 32' Rodríguez 45+1' (pen.) Kreis 58' Rhine 64' Farrer 77' Graziani 82'	Report	Elcock 41' Clark 48' Lapper 52'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 14,087 Referee: Brian Hall

May 16 6	New England Revolution	2-1	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, MA
7:00 PM EDT	Cloutier 24' Catê 69', 83' (pen.)	Report	Buddle 74' Pérez 90+2'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 7,864 Referee: Alex Prus
Note: Originally scheduled for April 28

May 19 7	Columbus Crew	2-1 (a.e.t.)	D.C. United	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	McBride 25' Elcock 59' Bonseu 67' Cunningham 99'	Report	Etcheverry 39' Talley 40' Convey 65' Quaranta 69', 90'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 18,491 Referee: Rich Grady

May 26 8	Columbus Crew	3-3 (a.e.t.)	Colorado Rapids	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Maisonneuve 4' Pérez 58' West 82'	Report	Balboa 21' Spencer 28' Baba 34' Paule 48'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,630 Referee: Paul Tamberino

June 2 9	Columbus Crew	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EDT	Lapper 45' Pérez 49'	Report	Vanney 36' Quijano 48'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 15,174 Referee: Richard Heron

June 9 10	Chicago Fire	1-0	Columbus Crew	Chicago, IL
8:00 PM EDT	Beasley 37'	Report	Bonseu 71'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 15,233 Referee: Andrew Barnes

June 16 11	Columbus Crew	6-1	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Harkes 12' Washington 29', 73', 85' Duhaney 39' Cunningham 68', 76'	Report	Valderrama 12' Demmin 45+3'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 19,128 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

June 23 12	Dallas Burn	1-2	Columbus Crew	Dallas, TX
8:00 PM EDT	Graziani 19' Broome 88'	Report	Lapper 30', 90+1' Cunningham 44' West 54'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 10,940 Referee: Michael Kennedy

June 30 13	Miami Fusion F.C.	4-3	Columbus Crew	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT	Bilyk 13' Preki 29' Rooney 36' Serna 42' Chacón 49' Alavanja 60'	Report	Washington 28' Buddle 55' Maisonneuve 89'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 14,856 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

July 4 14	Los Angeles Galaxy	0-2	Columbus Crew	Pasadena, CA
10:00 PM EDT	Hendrickson 20' Vanney 48' Hernández 84'	Report	Harkes 35' West 67', 78' Presthus 84' Clark 87'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 52,634 Referee: Kevin Terry

July 7 15	Columbus Crew	2-2 (a.e.t.)	Dallas Burn	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EDT	Pérez 71', 81' Cunningham 76' Buddle 90'	Report	Graziani 43' Deering 61', 75' Pareja 71' Kreis 82'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 18,937 Referee: Brian Hall

July 18 16	Columbus Crew	2-1	NY/NJ MetroStars	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	West 30' Chung 62' (o.g.) Washington 84'	Report	Hernández 75' Lapper 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 15,855 Referee: Kevin Stott

July 21 17	Columbus Crew	2-1	San Jose Earthquakes	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Pérez 11' Elcock 48'	Report	Agoos 44' Corrales 51' Donovan 83'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 20,273 Referee: Andrew Barnes

August 1 18	Columbus Crew	3-0	Chicago Fire	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Clark 59' Cunningham 65' Pérez 69' West 71' Maisonneuve 83'	Report	Whitfield 53' Stoichkov 58' Beasley 80' Armas 90'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 17,705 Referee: Gerry Corrie

August 4 19	Kansas City Wizards	1-3	Columbus Crew	Kansas City, MO
8:30 PM EDT	Garcia 51' McKeon 67' Lowe 81'	Report	Pérez 35' Cunningham 45+1' Duhaney 68' Bonseu 79' Maisonneuve 90+2'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 9,292 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

August 11 20	San Jose Earthquakes	2-2 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew	San Jose, CA
10:00 PM EDT	Cerritos 15', 39' Russell 33' Barrett 71'	Report	Cunningham 18' Maisonneuve 21' Clark 26' Warzycha 52'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 8,119 Referee: Peter Kokolski

August 15 21	Columbus Crew	3-0	Dallas Burn	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Maisonneuve 18' Duhaney 54' Washington 75' Pérez 90+1'	Report	Martínez 83'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 19,008 Referee: Kevin Stott

August 19 22	NY/NJ MetroStars	0-1	Columbus Crew	East Rutherford, NJ
3:30 PM EDT	Paule 81'	Report	Maisonneuve 6' Warzycha 45+3'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 16,229 Referee: Peter Kokolski

August 25 23	D.C. United	2-1	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C.
3:00 PM EDT	Conteh 54', 80' Etcheverry 58' Armstrong 69' Pope 76'	Report	Clark 14' Cunningham 25', 41' Oughton 52'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 13,855 Referee: Kevin Stott

August 29 24	Chicago Fire	2-1	Columbus Crew	Chicago, IL
8:30 PM EDT	Gutiérrez 47' Wynalda 50' Razov 57' Brown 62' Nowak 65'	Report	Warzycha 7', 48' Oughton 46' Cunningham 65'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 12,733 Referee: Alex Prus

September 1 25	Columbus Crew	4-1	New England Revolution	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Lapper 12' Warzycha 43', 90+2' Bonseu 54' Maisonneuve 55' Cunningham 65', 80' (pen.) Oughton 78' Longo 86' Adams 90'	Report	Okoh 15' Heaps 29' Pierce 30' Allnutt 38' Álvarez 45' Downing 87'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 24,033 Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela

September 9 26	Tampa Bay Mutiny	1-2	Columbus Crew	Tampa, FL
4:00 PM EDT	Barclay 23'	Report	Bonseu 11' Pérez 16' Maisonneuve 29' Cunningham 40'	Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 9,932 Referee: Kevin Terry

September 12 27	Colorado Rapids	Cancelled	Columbus Crew	Denver, CO
9:00 PM EDT		Report		Stadium: Mile High Stadium

September 15 28	Columbus Crew	Cancelled	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT		Report		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

MLS Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals

September 22 Game 1	Columbus Crew	1-3	San Jose Earthquakes	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Clark 24' Warzycha 54' (pen.)	Report	Donovan 5', 45+1' Barrett 19' Lagos 31'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 20,883 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

September 26 Game 2	San Jose Earthquakes	3-0	Columbus Crew	San Jose, CA
10:00 PM EDT	Lagos 9' Cerritos 68' Donovan 76'	Report	Warzycha 30' Lapper 61' Clark 90+1'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 10,419 Referee: Kevin Stott
Note: San Jose wins series 2-0, advances to Semifinals.

September 29 Game 3	Columbus Crew	If Neccessary	San Jose Earthquakes	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

June 27 Second Round	Columbus Crew (MLS)	5-1	Carolina Dynamo (PDL)	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Washington 33', 44' Cunningham 52', 88' Pérez 79'	Report	Benjamin 82'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 9,339 Referee: Elias Bazakos

July 11 Third Round	Columbus Crew (MLS)	2-1	Miami Fusion F.C. (MLS)	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Cunningham 52', 89'	Report	Rooney 24'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 4,316 Referee: Noel Kenny

July 24 Quarterfinals	New England Revolution (MLS)	2-1	Columbus Crew (MLS)	Foxborough, MA
7:30 PM EDT	Catê 50' Sunsing 62'	Report	Pérez 85'	Stadium: Foxboro Stadium Attendance: 5,695 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

CONCACAF Giants Cup

Quarterfinals

April 4 Leg 1	Deportivo Saprissa	2-0	Columbus Crew	San José, Costa Rica
10:00 PM EDT	Centeno 68' Lapper 90' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

April 11 Leg 2	Columbus Crew	1-1 (1-3 agg.)	Deportivo Saprissa	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Elcock 35' Maisonneuve 45' Mucino 81' 90'	Report	Robinson 16' Campos 31' Drummond 81'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Referee: Jose Farias Martinez

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Under "Apps" for each section, the first number represents the number of starts, and the second number represents appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		CONCACAF Giants Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Mark Dougherty	4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Mike Lapper	30	1	21+3	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	USA	Mike Clark	31	0	25+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	CRC	Daniel Torres	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	USA	Todd Yeagley	7	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF	USA	John Harkes	23	0	16+2	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
8	DF	NZL	Duncan Oughton	23	0	12+8	0	0+0	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
9	FW	USA	Dante Washington	24	9	13+8	7	1+0	0	1+0	2	1+0	0
10	MF	USA	Brian Maisonneuve	32	9	25+0	8	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	1
11	FW	USA	Jeff Cunningham	29	14	20+2	10	2+0	0	3+0	4	0+2	0
12	FW	USA	Edson Buddle	22	3	5+12	3	0+2	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
13	DF	TRI	Ancil Elcock	20	1	6+9	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
14	MF	COL	John Wilmar Pérez	31	10	23+2	8	2+0	0	3+0	2	1+0	0
15	DF	USA	Mike Duhaney	32	1	25+0	1	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+1	0
17	FW	USA	Brian West	28	5	19+2	5	1+1	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
19	MF	POL	Robert Warzycha	15	4	9+2	3	1+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
20	FW	USA	Brian McBride	17	1	14+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	USA	Mario Longo	5	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
22	GK	USA	Tom Presthus	30	0	25+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
25	MF	USA	Scott Powers	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	DF	TRI	Kevin Adams	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	UGA	Tenywa Bonseu	31	0	24+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
4	MF	BOL	Roland Vargas-Aguilera	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	USA	Jeremy Aldrich	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	FW	USA	Matt Fundenberger	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	USA	John Jones	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	FW	USA	Mike Mucino	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Ian Woan	4	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
18	GK	USA	Matt Napoleon	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	USA	John DeBrito	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source: [1]

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		CONCACAF Giants Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Mark Dougherty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Mike Lapper	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
3	DF	Mike Clark	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
4	DF	Daniel Torres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Todd Yeagley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	John Harkes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	DF	Duncan Oughton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	FW	Dante Washington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Brian Maisonneuve	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW	Jeff Cunningham	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
12	FW	Edson Buddle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Ancil Elcock	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
14	MF	John Wilmar Pérez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	DF	Mike Duhaney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF	Steve Armas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Brian West	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF	Robert Warzycha	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
20	FW	Brian McBride	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Mario Longo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK	Tom Presthus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF	Scott Powers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Kevin Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	DF	Tenywa Bonseu	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Players who left Columbus during the season:
4	MF	Roland Vargas-Aguilera	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	DF	Jeremy Aldrich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	FW	Matt Fundenberger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	John Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Mike Mucino	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
16	MF	Ian Woan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Matt Napoleon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	John DeBrito	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: [2]

Clean sheets

No.	Name	MLS	Total	Games Played
1	Mark Dougherty	0	0	4
18	Matt Napoleon	0	0	0
22	Tom Presthus	5	5	30

Source: [3]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Tenywa Bonseu	Chicago Fire	Allocated by Major League Soccer	February 4, 2001	^[13]
GK	Tom Presthus	D.C. United	Traded for a first round draft pick in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	^[14]
DF	Duncan Oughton	Cal State Fullerton Titans	Drafted in round 1 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	^[14]
FW	Edson Buddle	Cal State Fullerton Titans	Drafted in round 3 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	^[14]
DF	Kevin Adams	Joe Public F.C.	Drafted in round 3 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	^[14]
FW	McKinley Tennyson	UCLA Bruins	Drafted in round 4 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	^[14]
MF	Scott Powers	Brown Bears	Drafted in round 5 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	^[14]
FW	Phil Karn	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Drafted in round 6 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	^[14]
FW	Mike Mucino	UC Irvine Anteaters		February, 2001
MF	Ian Woan	Swindon Town	Signed via discovery	May 8, 2001	^[15]
MF	John Harkes	New England Revolution	Traded for Roland Vargas-Aguilera and a fourth round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft	May 11, 2001	^[16]
DF	Daniel Torres	Deportivo Saprissa	Signed via discovery	September 7, 2001	^[17]

Loan in

Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Length/Notes
DF	Jeremy Aldrich	Indiana Blast	Short term agreement
FW	Matt Fundenberger	Indiana Blast	Short term agreement
MF	John Jones	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Short term agreement

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Mario Gori	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Placed on waivers	February 4, 2001	^[13]
FW	Phil Karn	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Placed on waivers	March 19, 2001	^[18]
DF	Matt Chulis	Chicago Fire	Placed on waivers	March 19, 2001	^[18]
MF	Miles Joseph	Dallas Burn	Traded for a fourth round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft	March 20, 2001	^[18]
FW	Mike Mucino	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Released after preseason and the CONCACAF Giants Cup	April, 2001
GK	Matt Napoleon	Portland Timbers	Placed on waivers	April 13, 2001	^[19]
MF	John DeBrito	Dallas Burn	Placed on waivers	May 8, 2001	^[15]
MF	Roland Vargas-Aguilera	New England Revolution	Traded with a fourth round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft for John Harkes	May 11, 2001	^[16]
FW	McKinley Tennyson	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rights traded for third round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft	August 16, 2001	^[20]
MF	Ian Woan	Miami Fusion F.C.	Traded for a fourth round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft	August 16, 2001	^[20]
DF	Kevin Adams	Tobago United F.C.	Placed on waivers	November 17, 2001	^[21]
MF	Mario Longo	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Placed on waivers	November 17, 2001	^[21]
DF	Mike Duhaney	1. FSV Mainz 05	Contract expired	December 31, 2001	^[22]

Loans out

Pos.	Player	Loanee club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
DF	Kevin Adams	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements			^[23]
MF	Mario Longo	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements			^[23]
DF	Duncan Oughton	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Short term agreement			^[23]
MF	Ian Woan	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements			^[23]
FW	Jeff Cunningham	Bayer 04 Leverkusen		October 9, 2001	March, 2002	^[24]

Awards

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Link
11	Dante Washington	Tampa Bay Mutiny	[4]

MLS Player of the Month

Month	Player	Stats	Link
August	Brian Maisonneuve	4 goals, 2 assists	[5]

2001 MLS All-Star Game

Starters

MF John Wilmar Pérez^[25]
FW Brian McBride

Reserves

DF Mike Clark

Postseason

MLS Executive of the Year ^[22]

Jim Smith

Crew Team Awards

Most Valuable Player – John Wilmar Pérez ^[26]
Defensive Player of the Year – Tom Presthus
Scoring Champion – Jeff Cunningham
Man of the Year – Brian Maisonneuve
Coach's Award – Robert Warzycha
Goal of the Year – Brian Maisonneuve
Humanitarian of the Year – Todd Yeagley
Hardest Working Man of the Year – Tom Presthus

References

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20020219105611/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010517_fitz.shtml

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010426101424/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010129_elcock.shtml

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20011006165858/http://www.thecrew.com/club/players/roster.shtml

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20011031151244/http://www.thecrew.com/club/staff/index.shtml

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20020214082832/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010108_training.shtml

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20020514120622/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010124_germany.shtml

[Schweinfurt-7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010820071016/http://www.thecrew.com/history/010217_germany.shtml

[Unterhaching-8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010820074259/http://www.thecrew.com/history/010221_germany.shtml

[Spring_Training-9] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010607225316/http://www.mlsnet.com/special/spring01/0315metclb.html

[10] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010813130634/http://www.mlsnet.com/special/spring01/index.html

[11] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010820091848/http://www.thecrew.com/history/010529_leverkusen.shtml

[12] "Crew Report". The Star-Ledger. May 5, 2001.

[Bonseu-13] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010426135100/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010204_bonseu.shtml

[SuperDraft-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g https://web.archive.org/web/20010211130416/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010205_superdraft.shtml

[Woan-15] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010820111350/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010508_woan.shtml

[Harkes-16] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010820111632/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010511_harkes.shtml

[17] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20011221234832/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010907_torres.shtml

[March_19-18] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20010409170052/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010319_waive.shtml

[19] ttps://old.socceramerica.com/publications/article/10574/mls-team-notes.html

[Trade_Deadline-20] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20011222062041/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010816_trade.shtml

[Nov_Waivers-21] <https://old.socceramerica.com/publications/article/11753/mls-diaz-arce-is-among-26-players-waived.html

[2005_Media_Guide-22] ttps://www.sportsarchive.net/documents/9215#page/n1/mode/2up

[Riverhawks-23] ttps://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/stats/t-CINRH/y-2001

[24] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20011222002925/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010928_leverkusen.shtml

[25] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20011222023859/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010724_allstars.shtml

[26] Guide">https://web.archive.org/web/20011222001639/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010923_awards.shtml

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