2008 Columbus Crew season

Columbus Crew

2008 season

Owner

Clark Hunt

Head Coach

Sigi Schmid

Major League Soccer

Conference: 1st
Overall: 1st

MLS Cup

Champions

U.S. Open Cup

DNQ

Trillium Cup

Winners (3 - 1)

Highest home attendance

22,685 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy
(4 October 2008, Major League Soccer)

Lowest home attendance

5,621 vs. New England Revolution
(24 May 2008, Major League Soccer)

Average home league attendance

14,622 ^[1]

Home colors

Away colors

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2009 →

Review

The Crew's rebuilding under Sigi Schmid paid immense dividends in 2008, as the team won the Supporters Shield and their first MLS Cup championship. Argentine midfielder Guillermo Barros Schelotto won the league MVP award, capping an incredible season with his three-assist performance in the championship game.

Competitions

MLS

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Eastern Conference
1	Columbus Crew	57	30	17	7	6	50	36	+14
2	Chicago Fire	46	30	13	10	7	44	33	+11
3	New England Revolution	43	30	12	11	7	40	43	–3
4	Kansas City Wizards	42	30	11	10	9	37	39	–2
5	New York Red Bulls	39	30	10	11	9	42	48	–6
6	D.C. United	37	30	11	15	4	43	51	–8
7	Toronto FC	35	30	9	13	8	34	43	–9


	2008 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2008 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card)

Overall table


Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	Columbus Crew !Columbus Crew (SS) (E1)	57	30	17	7	6	50	36	+14	2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ²
2	Houston Dynamo !Houston Dynamo (W1)	51	30	13	5	12	45	32	+13	2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ²
3	Chicago Fire !Chicago Fire	46	30	13	10	7	44	33	+11	2009 North American SuperLiga ⁴
4	New England Revolution !New England Revolution	43	30	12	11	7	40	43	−3
5	Chivas USA !Chivas USA	43	30	12	11	7	40	41	−1
6	Kansas City Wizards !Kansas City Wizards	42	30	11	10	9	37	39	−2
7	Real Salt Lake !Real Salt Lake	40	30	10	10	10	40	39	+1	2008 MLS Cup Playoffs
8	New York Red Bulls !New York Red Bulls	39	30	10	11	9	42	48	−6	2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ³
9	Colorado Rapids !Colorado Rapids	38	30	11	14	5	44	45	−1
10	D.C. United !D.C. United	37	30	11	15	4	43	51	−8	2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ³
11	FC Dallas !FC Dallas	36	30	8	10	12	45	41	+4
12	Toronto FC !Toronto FC	35	30	9	13	8	34	43	−9
13	LA Galaxy !LA Galaxy	33	30	8	13	9	55	62	−7
14	San Jose Earthquakes !San Jose Earthquakes	33	30	8	13	9	32	38	−6

^Note 1 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, as it is a Canadian-based team.
If they had qualified for an automatic berth into the U.S. Open Cup, the next highest placed team not already qualified would have qualified.

^Note 2 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS. Rather, they can qualify through the Canadian Soccer Championship.
If they had qualified for the Champions League through MLS, then the highest placed team not already qualified would have qualified.

^Note 3 - The winner of the 2008 MLS Supporters' Shield (Columbus Crew) qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. As they also won MLS 2008, the 2008 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up (Houston Dynamo) also entered the Group Stage. The runner-up of MLS Cup 2008 (New York Red Bulls) and the winner of the 2008 U.S. Open Cup (D.C. United) qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

^Note 4 - SuperLiga 2009 berths are awarded to the top 4 finishing teams from MLS who do not qualify for Champions League (Chicago, New England, Chivas USA and Kansas City).

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	57	17	7	6	50	36	+14	11	2	2	30	15	+15	6	5	4	20	21	−1

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	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	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	T	L	L	L	W	T	W	T	L	T	W	L	W	W	W	W	T	W	W	W	T	L	W

Last updated: Dec 2015.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match Results

Main article: 2008 Major League Soccer season

Win Tie Loss

March 29 1	Columbus Crew	2 - 0	Toronto FC	Columbus, Ohio
	Frankie Hejduk 10' Adam Moffat 26' Alejandro Moreno 76'		Maurice Edu 55'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,843 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April 5 2	New York Red Bulls	2 - 0	Columbus Crew	East Rutherford, New Jersey
7:30 PM EST	van den Bergh 1' Goldthwaite 8'			Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 17,119 Referee: Alex Prus

April 12 3	Columbus Crew	4 - 3	Chivas USA	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 6,733

April 17 4	D.C. United	1 - 2	Columbus Crew	Washington D.C.
				Stadium: RFK Stadium

April 26 5	Columbus Crew	1 - 0	Houston Dynamo	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 15,271

May 3 6	Columbus Crew	2 - 1	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 10,447

May 10 7	San Jose Earthquakes	2 - 3	Columbus Crew	Santa Clara, California
				Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium

May 17 8	Toronto FC	0 - 0	Columbus Crew	Toronto, Ontario
				Stadium: BMO Field

May 24 9	Columbus Crew	0 - 1	New England Revolution	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 5,621

May 31 10	Chivas USA	2 - 0	Columbus Crew	Carson, California
				Stadium: StubHub Center

June 7 11	Columbus Crew	0 - 2	San Jose Earthquakes	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 11,704

June 14 12	Kansas City Wizards	0 - 3	Columbus Crew	Kansas City, Kansas
				Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark

June 21 13	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 - 3	Columbus Crew	Carson, California
				Stadium: StubHub Center

June 28 14	Columbus Crew	2 - 1	Colorado Rapids	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,254

July 5 15	Columbus Crew	2 - 2	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 17,172

July 12 16	Real Salt Lake	2 - 0	Columbus Crew	Sandy, Utah
				Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium

July 17 17	Columbus Crew	3 - 3	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,117

July 27 18	Colorado Rapids	0 - 2	Columbus Crew	Commerce City, Colorado
				Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park

August 2 19	Houston Dynamo	2 - 0	Columbus Crew	Houston, Texas
				Stadium: Robertson Stadium

August 16 20	Columbus Crew	2 - 1	FC Dallas	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 17,647

August 23 21	Columbus Crew	3 - 0	Real Salt Lake	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,448

August 30 22	FC Dallas	1 - 2	Columbus Crew	Frisco, Texas
				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

September 6 23	Columbus Crew	4 - 0	New England Revolution	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,918

September 13 24	Toronto FC	1 - 1	Columbus Crew	Toronto, Ontario
				Stadium: BMO Field

September 18 25	Columbus Crew	3 - 1	New York Red Bulls	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 10,881

September 27 26	New England Revolution	0 - 1	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, Massachusetts
				Stadium: Gillette Stadium

October 4 27	Columbus Crew	1 - 0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 22,685

October 12 28	Chicago Fire	2 - 2	Columbus Crew	Bridgeview, Illinois
				Stadium: Toyota Park

October 18 29	New York Red Bulls	3 - 1	Columbus Crew	Harrison, New Jersey
				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

October 26 30	Columbus Crew	1 - 0	D.C. United	Columbus, Ohio
				Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 19,591

MLS Playoffs

Main article: 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

November 1 Leg 1	Kansas City Wizards	1 – 1	Columbus Crew	Kansas City, Kansas
8:00 PM EST	Jewsbury 40' Arnaud 53' Gomez 75'	Report	Padula 84' Lenhart 90+2' Carroll 90+3'	Stadium: Community America Ballpark Attendance: 10,385 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

November 8 Leg 2	Columbus Crew	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM EST	Evans 7' 63' Rogers 57' 66' Hejduk 87' Ekpo 90'	Report	Arnaud 39' Wahl 49'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 11,153 Referee: Ricardo Salzar

Columbus Crew win 3–1 on aggregate

Conference Finals

November 13, 2008	Columbus Crew SC	2 – 1	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM EST	Marshall 49' Gaven 55' O'Rourke 57' Hesmer 90+2'	Report	Soumare 22' McBride 29' Segares 48' Prideaux 67'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,688 Referee: Terry Vaughn

MLS Cup Final

November 23	New York Red Bulls	1 - 3	Columbus Crew	Carson, California
3:30PM EST	Leitch 4' Wolyniec 51'	Report	Moreno 31' Marshall 53' Padula 68' Hejduk 82'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

References

↑ http://www.columbuscrewsc.com/media/all-time-attendance

Major League Soccer

Future teams

Former teams

Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001)
Miami Fusion (1998–2001)
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Competition

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Columbus, Ohio

The Club	History Seasons Records Players All articles

Stadiums	Ohio Stadium (1996–1998) Mapfre Stadium (1999–present)

Affiliated clubs	Pittsburgh Riverhounds USL

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

Rivalries	Chicago Fire Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup Trillium Cup

Key personnel	Owner Anthony Precourt President of Business Operations Andy Loughnane Head Coach & Sporting Director Gregg Berhalter

Major honors (5)

MLS Cup (1)	2008

Supporters' Shield (3)	2004 2008 2009

U.S. Open Cup (1)	2002

Major League Soccer

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2008 MLS season by team

SuperDraft All-Star Game Playoffs MLS Cup Transfers

Eastern	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew D.C. United Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Toronto FC

Western	Chivas USA Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Los Angeles Galaxy Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes

2008 in American soccer

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Leagues

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

Women	W-League Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL)

Cups

Other

MLS All-Star Game
MLS transfers

International

Club competitions

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

National teams

Men	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 Summer Olympics (qualification)

Women	Algarve Cup 2008 Summer Olympics FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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