Columbus Crew

2001 season
Investor-operators	Lamar Hunt Clark Hunt Dan Hunt Lamar Hunt Jr. Sharron Hunt Munson 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	Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
CONCACAF Giants Cup	Quarterfinals
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	CLB4–1NEW (7/12) CLB6–1TAM (6/16)
Biggest defeat	DAL4-0CLB (5/12)
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The2001 Columbus Crew season wasthe club's sixth season of existence and their sixth consecutive season inMajor League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. The first match of the season was on April 7 againstChicago Fire. It was the sixth season under head coachTom Fitzgerald.Tom Fitzgerald was replaced as interim head coach byGreg Andrulis on May 17.^[1]The Crew'sUSL A-League affiliates this season wereCincinnati Riverhawks,Indiana Blast,Pittsburgh Riverhounds,Rochester Raging Rhinos andReading Rage.^[2]

Due to the events ofSeptember 11, the Crew's last two matches were cancelled, along with all other MLS clubs'.

As of September 8, 2001^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA 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

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 includedCheikh Sidy Ba,^[7] Arne Tammen,^[7]Richard Ackon,^[7] Mike Mucino^[8] andEben Dugbatey.^[8] The Crew returned to Columbus for a couple more exhibition matches before heading toFort Lauderdale for MLS Spring Training 2001. They brought more non-roster invitees to participate that includedMarcus Stergiopoulos^[9] and Julian Martinez.^[9]

TSV 1860 Munich vColumbus Crew

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

The Crew played an international friendly againstBayer 04 Leverkusen. For this game, they called up fromPittsburgh Riverhounds, former playersMario Gori andRicardo Iribarren.^[11]

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

Columbus Crew (MLS) vCarolina Dynamo (PDL)

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

Columbus Crew (MLS) vMiami Fusion F.C. (MLS)

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

New England Revolution (MLS) vColumbus Crew (MLS)

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

Deportivo Saprissa vColumbus Crew

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

Columbus Crew vDeportivo Saprissa

April 11Leg 2	Columbus Crew	1-1 (1-3agg.)	Deportivo Saprissa	Columbus, OH
7:30 PMEDT	Elcock 35' Maisonneuve 45' Mucino 81'  90'	Report	Robinson 16' Campos 31' Drummond 81'	Stadium:Columbus Crew Stadium Referee: Jose Farias Martinez (Canada) Assistant referees: Greg Barkey (United States) Nate Clement (United States) Fourth official:Kevin Terry (United States)

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
				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
			Own goal	0	1	1	0	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

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		CONCACAF Giants Cup		Total
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	MF	John DeBrito	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

No.	Name	MLS	MLS Cup Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	CONCACAF Giants Cup	Total	Games Played
1	Mark Dougherty	0	0	0	0	0	4
22	Tom Presthus	5	0	0	0	5	30
Players who left Columbus during the season:
18	Matt Napoleon	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Tenywa Bonseu	Chicago Fire	Allocated byMajor League Soccer	February 4, 2001	[13]
GK	Tom Presthus	D.C. United	Traded for a first round draft pick in the2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	[14]
DF	Duncan Oughton	Cal State Fullerton Titans	Drafted in round 1 of the2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	[14]
FW	Edson Buddle	Long Island Rough Riders	Drafted in round 3 of the2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	[14]
DF	Kevin Adams	Joe Public F.C.	Drafted in round 3 of the2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	[14]
FW	McKinley Tennyson	UCLA Bruins	Drafted in round 4 of the2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	[14]
MF	Scott Powers	Brown Bears	Drafted in round 5 of the2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001	[14]
FW	Phil Karn	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Drafted in round 6 of the2001 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 forRoland Vargas-Aguilera and a fourth round draft pick in the2002 MLS SuperDraft	May 11, 2001	[16]
DF	Daniel Torres	Deportivo Saprissa	Signed via discovery	September 7, 2001	[17]

Pos.	Player	Parent club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
DF	Jeremy Aldrich	Indiana Blast	Short term agreement
FW	Matt Fundenberger	Indiana Blast	Short term agreement
MF	John Jones	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Short term agreement

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 the2002 MLS SuperDraft	March 20, 2001	[18]
FW	Mike Mucino	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Released after preseason and theCONCACAF 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 the2002 MLS SuperDraft forJohn Harkes	May 11, 2001	[16]
FW	McKinley Tennyson	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rights traded for third round draft pick in the2002 MLS SuperDraft	August 16, 2001	[20]
MF	Ian Woan	Miami Fusion F.C.	Traded for a fourth round draft pick in the2002 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]

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]

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. The picks for the Columbus Crew are listed below:

2001 Columbus Crew SuperDraft Picks[25]
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1	10	Duncan Oughton	DF	Cal State Fullerton
3	27	Edson Buddle	FW	State Fair Community College
3	30	Kevin Adams	DF	Joe Public F.C.
4	39	McKinley Tennyson	FW	UCLA
5	51	Scott Powers	MF	Brown
6	63	Phil Karn	FW	Penn State