Columbus Crew SC
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Full name
Columbus Crew Soccer Club
Nicknames
Crew SC
CCSC
The Black & Gold
The Crew
Founded
May 10, 1994
Stadium
Mapfre Stadium
Columbus, Ohio
Capacity
20,145
Owner
Precourt Sports Ventures LLC
Head Coach
Gregg Berhalter
League
Major League Soccer
2014
Eastern Conference: 3rd
Overall: 7th
Playoffs: Conference Semifinals
Columbus Crew SC is a professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio, United States, which competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference of the league.
It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception.
Crew SC is owned by Anthony Precourt and Precourt Sports Ventures LLC.
Precourt became the second owner in the history of the club on July 30, 2013.
The club's head coach is Gregg Berhalter, a former player of the United States men's national soccer team.
The franchise was founded in 1994 and originally known as the Columbus Crew, without any markers of its membership as a soccer club, until late 2014, when the club revealed a new logo and the addition of 'SC' to its moniker.
The "SC" in the team moniker stands for Soccer Club, but the team name is officially "Columbus Crew SC".
Crew SC currently plays its home games at Mapfre Stadium (known as Columbus Crew Stadium until 2015), the first soccer-specific stadium ever built for a MLS team, with a seating capacity of 19,968 as of the 2014 season.
From 1996 to 1998, Crew SC played its home games at Ohio Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University.
In 2014, the club's 19th season at Crew Stadium, the Black & Gold set attendance records for both most cumulative attendance and most sellouts.
Crew SC has won five major trophies: MLS Cup 2008, the 2004, 2008, and 2009 Supporters' Shields, and the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Crew SC has qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League (or its predecessor, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup) three times, reaching the quarterfinals each time.
Players
Ghana striker David Accam has signed for Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire on a long-term contract.
The French-born 28-year-old impressed during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil where Algeria reached the last 16.
The African side were beaten 2:1 by Germany after extra-time but Mbolhi was named man of the match following a series of fine saves.
We’ve got a few young players coming through and that gives us optimism looking ahead to the future of American football and the national team. “It was a phenomenal tournament for us,” Klinsmann continued.
Jermaine Junior Jones, born 3 November 1981, is a German-American footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Turkish club Beşiktaş. He has previously played for Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen, Blackburn Rovers and Schalke 04. He was born in Germany and represented them at U21 and senior level.
LAST SIXTEEN
1st July 2014
Belgium vs USA 2:1
Teams who have reached the round of the last sixteen
USA vs Germany 0:1
USA vs Portugal 2:2
Ghana vs USA 1:2
Ghana lost their opening match against USA. Now it's getting tough for the Black Stars to reach the knockout-phase.
Thierry Daniel Henry, born 17 August 1977, is a French footballer who plays as a striker for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer. In July 2008, Arsenal fans voted him as Arsenal's greatest player ever in Arsenal.com's Gunners' Greatest 50 Players poll. At Barcelona, Henry was given the number 14 jersey, the same as he had worn at Arsenal.
