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Columbus Crew SC
2020 season
Investor-operatorsDee and Jimmy Haslam
JW and Whitney Johnson
Dr. Pete Edwards
Head coachCaleb Porter
Major League SoccerConference: 1st
Overall: 1st
2020 Visit Tucson Sun CupChampions
MLS is Back TournamentRound of 16
Average home league attendance17,473
Biggest win4–0
(July 11 vs. Cincinnati)
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 Columbus Crew SC season is the club's twenty-fifth season of existence and their twenty-fifth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus will also compete in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covers the period from November 11, 2019 to the start of the 2021 Major League Soccer season.

Roster

As of match played March 1, 2020[1]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Previous club Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Eloy Room Curaçao GK (1989-02-06)February 6, 1989 (aged 30) 2019 Netherlands PSV 12 0
13 Andrew Tarbell United States GK (1993-10-07)October 7, 1993 (aged 26) 2020 United States San Jose Earthquakes 0 0
28 Matt Lampson United States GK (1989-09-06)September 6, 1989 (aged 30) 2020 United States LA Galaxy 16 0
Defenders
2 Chris Cadden Scotland DF (1996-09-19)September 19, 1996 (aged 23) 2019 Scotland Motherwell 0 0
3 Josh Williams United States CB, RB, LB (1988-04-18)April 18, 1988 (aged 31) 2017 Canada Toronto FC 142 9
4 Jonathan Mensah Ghana CB (1990-07-13)July 13, 1990 (aged 29) 2017 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala 85 3
5 Vito Wormgoor Netherlands DF (1988-11-16)November 16, 1988 (aged 31) 2020 Norway SK Brann 0 0
14 Waylon Francis Costa Rica LB (1990-09-20)September 20, 1990 (aged 29) 2019 United States Seattle Sounders FC 111 0
19 Milton Valenzuela Argentina DF (1998-08-13)August 13, 1998 (aged 21) 2019 Argentina Newell's Old Boys 34 1
25 Harrison Afful Ghana RB (1986-07-24)July 24, 1986 (aged 33) 2015 Tunisia ES Tunis 132 6
30 Aboubacar Keita United States CB, LB (2000-04-06)April 6, 2000 (aged 19) 2019 United States Virginia Cavaliers 10 0
Midfielders
6 Darlington Nagbe United States CM (1990-07-19)July 19, 1990 (aged 29) 2019 United States Atlanta United FC 0 0
7 Pedro Santos Portugal RM, LM, AM, RW, LW, LB (1988-04-22)April 22, 1988 (aged 31) 2017 Portugal Braga 82 12
8 Artur Brazil DM, AM, CM (1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 23) 2018 Brazil São Paulo 95 1
10 Lucas Zelarayán Argentina CM (1992-06-20)June 20, 1992 (aged 27) 2020 Mexico UANL Tigres 0 0
12 Luis Díaz Costa Rica RM, LM, RW (1998-12-06)December 6, 1998 (aged 21) 2019 Costa Rica Herediano 13 2
16 Hector Jiménez United States RM, LM, RB, LB (1988-11-03)November 3, 1988 (aged 31) 2014 United States LA Galaxy 141 2
18 Sebastian Berhalter United States MF (2001-05-10)May 10, 2001 (aged 18) 2020 United States North Carolina 0 0
21 Aidan Morris United States MF (2001-11-16)November 16, 2001 (aged 18) 2020 United States Indiana 0 0
34 Youness Mokhtar Morocco LM, RM, LW (1991-08-29)August 29, 1991 (aged 28) 2019 Norway Stabæk 8 1
Forwards
9 Fanendo Adi Nigeria ST (1990-10-10)October 10, 1990 (aged 29) 2020 United States FC Cincinnati 0 0
11 Gyasi Zardes United States ST (1991-09-02)September 2, 1991 (aged 28) 2018 United States LA Galaxy 64 33
17 Jordan Hamilton Canada ST (1996-03-17)March 17, 1996 (aged 23) 2019 Canada Toronto FC 4 0
Out on loan
24 Jon Kempin United States GK (1993-04-08)April 8, 1993 (aged 26) 2018 United States LA Galaxy 10 0
44 Axel Sjoberg Sweden DF (1991-03-08)March 8, 1991 (aged 28) 2020 United States Colorado Rapids 0 0

Non-competitive

Preseason

January 24 Friendly Ventura County Fusion 1 – 5 Columbus Crew SC Chula Vista, California
Report
Report		 Santos
Berry
Etienne
Griffin
JJ Williams
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods.
January 28 Friendly Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 – 1 Columbus Crew SC Chula Vista, California
Raposo 51' (Nerwinski) Report Santos 40'
February 1 Friendly Orlando City SC v Columbus Crew SC Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Report Stadium: Pure Mareazul Riviera Maya
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather and field conditions.
February 3 Friendly San Jose Earthquakes 1 – 4 Columbus Crew SC Cancun, Mexico
Skahan 7'
Calvillo Yellow card 25'
Haji Yellow card 32'		 Report Adi 30'
Santos 36' (pen.)
Hamilton 63'
Etienne 117'		 Stadium: Universidad La Salle
Note: Played in four 30-minute periods.
February 12 Friendly Sporting Kansas City 0 – 2 Columbus Crew SC Casa Grande, Arizona
Report
Report		 Zardes 1'
Santos 43' (pen.)		 Stadium: Grande Sports World
February 15 2020 Visit Tucson Sun Cup Phoenix Rising FC 0 – 1 Columbus Crew SC Tempe, Arizona
9:00 PM EST Lambert Yellow card 36'
Cochran Yellow card 41'		 Report Zardes 73' Stadium: Casino Arizona Field
February 19 2020 Visit Tucson Sun Cup New York Red Bulls 1 - 1 Columbus Crew SC Tempe, Arizona
8:30 PM EST White 68' COL Report Etienne 1' Stadium: Kino North Stadium
February 22 2020 Visit Tucson Sun Cup Houston Dynamo 1 - 4 Columbus Crew SC Tempe, Arizona
7:00 PM EST McNamara 52' COL Report Zardes 1', 23'
Mensah 4'
Zelarayán 15'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium

Midseason

March 2 Friendly Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Columbus, Ohio
37'
47'
54'		 Stadium: Obetz Training Center

Competitive

MLS

Main article: 2020 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Eastern Conference
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 Philadelphia Union 23 14 4 5 44 20 +24 47 2.04 Qualification for the playoffs first round and CONCACAF Champions League[a]
2 Toronto FC[b] 23 13 5 5 33 26 +7 44 1.91 Qualification for the playoffs first round and CONCACAF Champions League[c]
3 Columbus Crew SC (C) 23 12 6 5 36 21 +15 41 1.78 Qualification for the playoffs first round and CONCACAF Champions League[d]
4 Orlando City SC 23 11 4 8 40 25 +15 41 1.78 Qualification for the playoffs first round and Leagues Cup
5 New York City FC 23 12 8 3 37 25 +12 39 1.70
Source: MLS[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) total wins per match played; 3) total goal differential per match played; 4) total goals scored per match played; 5) fewest disciplinary points per match played; 6) away goal differential per away match played; 7) away goals scored per away match played; 8) home goal differential per home match played; 9) home goals scored per home match played; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ As Supporters' Shield winners
  2. ^ Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
  3. ^ As 2020 Canadian Championship finalists (awarded by Canada Soccer)
  4. ^ As MLS Cup 2020 champions
Overall table
2020 MLS overall standings
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
2 Toronto FC (V) 23 13 5 5 33 26 +7 44 1.91 2021 CONCACAF Champions League[a]
3 Sporting Kansas City 21 12 6 3 38 25 +13 39 1.86 2021 Leagues Cup[b]
4 Columbus Crew SC (C) 23 12 6 5 36 21 +15 41 1.78 2021 CONCACAF Champions League[c]
5 Orlando City SC 23 11 4 8 40 25 +15 41 1.78 2021 Leagues Cup[d]
6 Seattle Sounders FC 22 11 5 6 44 23 +21 39 1.77 2021 Leagues Cup[e]
Source: MLS[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) total wins per match played; 3) total goal differential per match played; 4) total goals scored per match played; 5) fewest disciplinary points per match played; 6) away goal differential per away match played; 7) away goals scored per away match played; 8) home goal differential per home match played; 9) home goals scored per home match played; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (V) Canadian Championship finalists
Notes:
  1. ^ As 2020 Canadian Championship finalists (awarded by Canada Soccer) (CAN1)
  2. ^ As 1st, Western Conference (MLS1)
  3. ^ As MLS Cup 2020 champions (USA1)
  4. ^ As 4th, Eastern Conference (MLS2)
  5. ^ As 2nd, Western Conference (MLS3)

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
2 4 1 0 1 2 1  +1 1 0 0 1 0  +1 0 0 1 1 1  0

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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHANNNHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAAAHHAHHAA
ResultWDWWW
Source: Columbus schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

On December 5, 2019, the league announced the home openers for every club. Columbus will make their season debut at Mapfre Stadium on the second day of the regular season, playing host to New York City FC. Columbus will not take part in the home-opening match for any other club this season.

The schedule for the remainder of the season was released by the league on December 19, 2019. Crew SC will play twice against every Eastern Conference opponent. They will also play once against every Western Conference team, with the exception of the LA Galaxy, Los Angeles FC and San Jose Earthquakes.[4]

March 1 1 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York City FC Columbus, OH
12:30 PM EST Wormgoor Yellow card 10'
Santos Yellow card 30'
Artur Yellow card 53'
Zelarayán 56'
Afful Yellow card 77'		 Report Chanot Red card 3'
Héber Yellow card 31'		 Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 17,473
Referee: Ramy Touchan
March 7 2 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC Seattle, WA
10:00 PM EST Jones Yellow card 36'
Ruidíaz 79' (pen.)
João Paulo Yellow card 85'		 Boxscore Zardes 33'
Díaz Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Century Link Field
Attendance: 33,080
Referee: Jair Marrufo
August 20 3 Columbus Crew SC v Chicago Fire FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Match will be played without spectators. [5]
August 24 4 New York City FC v Columbus Crew SC New York City, NY
7:00 PM EST Stadium: Yankee Stadium
August 29 5 FC Cincinnati v Columbus Crew SC Cincinnati, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Nippert Stadium
September 2 6 Columbus Crew SC v Philadelphia Union Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
September 6 7 Columbus Crew SC v FC Cincinnati Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
September 12 8 Chicago Fire FC v Columbus Crew SC Chicago, IL
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Soldier Field
March, 14 Columbus Crew SC P–P Real Salt Lake Columbus, OH
5:00 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to coronavirus impact. [6]
March 21 Nashville SC P–P Columbus Crew SC Nashville, TN
2:00 PM EST Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to coronavirus impact. [6]
April 4 Columbus Crew SC P–P Toronto FC Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to coronavirus impact. [6]
April 11 Columbus Crew SC P–P Orlando City SC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[7]
April 19 Chicago Fire FC P–P Columbus Crew SC Chicago, IL
2:00 PM EST Stadium: Soldier Field
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[7]
April 25 Columbus Crew SC P–P Philadelphia Union Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[7]
April 29 Columbus Crew SC P–P Minnesota United FC Columbus, OH
7:00 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[7]
May 2 New York Red Bulls P–P Columbus Crew SC Harrison, NJ
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[7]
May 9 Columbus Crew SC P–P Montreal Impact Columbus, OH
1:00 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Extension of original suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[7]
May 16 New England Revolution P–P Columbus Crew SC Foxborough, MA
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
May 23 Orlando City SC P–P Columbus Crew SC Orlando, FL
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
May 27 Columbus Crew SC P–P Vancouver Whitecaps Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
May 30 Philadelphia Union P–P Columbus Crew SC Philadelphia, PA
TBD EST Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
June 13 Columbus Crew SC P–P Chicago Fire FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
June 17 FC Dallas P–P Columbus Crew SC Dallas, TX
8:30 PM EST Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
June 20 Columbus Crew SC P–P D.C. United Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Further extension of suspension due to coronavirus pandemic[8]
June 27 Columbus Crew SC P–P Atlanta United FC Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Training for 2020 MLS is Back Tournament.
July 1 Portland Timbers P–P Columbus Crew SC Portland, OR
10:30 PM EST Stadium: Providence Park
Note: Training for 2020 MLS is Back Tournament.
July 5 Columbus Crew SC P–P Inter Miami CF Columbus, OH
6:00 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Training for 2020 MLS is Back Tournament.
July 11 Montreal Impact P–P Columbus Crew SC Montreal, QC
7:00 PM EST Stadium: Stade Saputo
Note: Group stage for 2020 MLS is Back Tournament.
July 19 FC Cincinnati P–P Columbus Crew SC Cincinnati, OH
8:00 PM EST Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Note: Group stage for 2020 MLS is Back Tournament.
July 25 Columbus Crew SC P–P Colorado Rapids Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: Knockout stage for 2020 MLS is Back Tournament.
August 1 D.C. United P–P Columbus Crew SC Washington D.C.
8:00 PM EST Stadium: Audi Field
Note: Knockout stage for 2020 MLS is Back Tournament.
August 8 Toronto FC P–P Columbus Crew SC Toronto, ON
7:30 PM EST Stadium: BMO Field
Note: Knockout stage for 2020 MLS is Back Tournament.
August 12 New York City FC P-P Columbus Crew SC New York City, NY
7:00 PM EST Stadium: Yankee Stadium
August 15 Columbus Crew SC P-P New England Revolution Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
August 22 Columbus Crew SC P-P FC Cincinnati Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
August 29 Sporting Kansas City P-P Columbus Crew SC Kansas City, KS
8:30 PM EST Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
September 12 Columbus Crew SC P-P Houston Dynamo Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
September 19 32 Columbus Crew SC v New York Red Bulls Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
September 26 33 Atlanta United FC v Columbus Crew SC Atlanta, GA
6:00 PM EST Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
October 4 34 Inter Miami CF v Columbus Crew SC Fort Lauderdale, FL
4:30 PM EST Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium

MLS is Back Tournament

Main article: MLS is Back Tournament
Group E results
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Columbus Crew SC 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advanced to knockout stage
2 FC Cincinnati 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
3 New York Red Bulls 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4 Atlanta United 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0
Source: MLS[9]
July 11 Group E FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC Bay Lake, Florida
10:30 PM EDT Amaya Yellow card 44'
Alashe Yellow card 82'		 Report Zelarayán 27'
Zardes 30', 49'
Mokhtar 60'
Mensah Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Referee: Ismail Elfath
Note: Group stage matches will count toward the MLS regular season standings.[10]
July 16 Group E Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls Bay Lake, Florida
10:30 PM EDT Zardes 22'
Zelarayán 47'
Room Yellow card 89'
Mokhtar Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Tarek Yellow card 61'
Duncan Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Note: Group stage matches will count toward the MLS regular season standings.[10]
July 21 Group E Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC Bay Lake, Florida
8:00 PM EDT Escobar Yellow card 45+4'
Robinson Yellow card 73'		 Report Mokhtar 18'
Valenzuela Yellow card 25'
Santos Yellow card 60'
Jiménez Yellow card 85'
Díaz Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Referee: Timothy Ford
Note: Group stage matches will count toward the MLS regular season standings.[10]
July 28 Round of 16 Columbus Crew SC 1–1
(3–5 p)		 Minnesota United FC Bay Lake, Florida
8:00 PM EDT Zardes 79'
Mensah Yellow card 84'		 Report Lod 18' Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Referee: Allen Chapman
Penalties
Adi soccer ball with check mark
Santos soccer ball with check mark
Cadden soccer ball with red X
Zelarayán soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Alonso
soccer ball with check mark Greguš
soccer ball with check mark Schoenfeld
soccer ball with check mark Edwards
soccer ball with check mark Gasper

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup


Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Curaçao CUW Eloy Room 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Chris Cadden 2 0 2 0 0 0
3 DF United States USA Josh Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Ghana GHA Jonathan Mensah 2 0 2 0 0 0
5 DF Netherlands NED Vito Wormgoor 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 MF United States USA Darlington Nagbe 2 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF Portugal POR Pedro Santos 2 0 2 0 0 0
8 MF Brazil BRA Artur 2 0 2 0 0 0
9 MF Nigeria NGA Fanendo Adi 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Zelarayán 2 1 2 1 0 0
11 FW United States USA Gyasi Zardes 2 1 2 1 0 0
12 MF Costa Rica CRC Luis Díaz 2 0 2 0 0 0
13 GK United States USA Andrew Tarbell 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Costa Rica CRC Waylon Francis 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF United States USA Hector Jiménez 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Canada CAN Jordan Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF United States USA Sebastian Berhalter 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Argentina ARG Milton Valenzuela 2 0 2 0 0 0
21 MF United States USA Aidan Morris 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF United States USA Derrick Etienne 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK United States USA Jon Kempin 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Ghana GHA Harrison Afful 2 0 2 0 0 0
27 FW United States USA Miguel Barry 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK United States USA Matt Lampson 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF United States USA Aboubacar Keita 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Netherlands NED Youness Mokhtar 2 0 2 0 0 0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
44 DF Sweden SWE Axel Sjoberg 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Columbus stats

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
5 DF Netherlands Vito Wormgoor 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF Portugal Pedro Santos 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Brazil Artur 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 MF Costa Rica Luis Díaz 1 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF Ghana Harrison Afful 1 0 0 0 1 0

Source: Columbus stats

Clean sheets

No. Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total Games Played
1 Curaçao Eloy Room 3 0 3 4
2 United States Andrew Tarbell 1 0 1 1

Source: Columbus stats

Transfers

See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2020

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Date Source
MF United States Darlington Nagbe United States Atlanta United Atlanta receives $700,000 in Targeted Allocation money (TAM), $150,000 in GAM and an international roster spot for the 2020 MLS season, as well as $200,000 in TAM for the 2021 MLS season. Nov 13, 2019 [11]
MF Sweden Axel Sjöberg United States Colorado Rapids Claimed off waivers. Dec 4, 2019 [12]
GK United States Matt Lampson United States LA Galaxy Signed as free agent. Dec 12, 2019 [13]
DF Netherlands Vito Wormgoor Norway SK Brann Signed as free agent. Dec 18, 2019 [14]
MF Argentina Lucas Zelarayán Mexico Tigres UANL Reported $7,000,000 transfer fee. Acquired as a designated player. Dec 19, 2019 [15]
MF United States Aidan Morris United States Indiana Signed to Homegrown Player deal. Jan 14, 2020 [16]
MF United States Sebastian Berhalter United States North Carolina Signed to Homegrown Player deal. Jan 17, 2020 [17]
FW Nigeria Fanendo Adi United States FC Cincinnati Selected off Major League Soccer's Waiver List. Jan 27, 2020 [18]
MF Haiti Derrick Etienne United States New York Red Bulls Signed as a free agent. Feb 4, 2020 [19]
GK United States Andrew Tarbell United States San Jose Earthquakes San Jose receives $75,000 in GAM. Feb 19, 2020 [20]
FW Spain Miguel Berry United States San Diego Selected in the First Round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft (7th overall). Feb 27, 2020 [21]
MF Ghana Emmanuel Boateng United States DC United DC United receives defender Axel Sjoberg. Aug 14, 2020 [22]
DF United States Grant Lillard United States Inter Miami CF Inter Miami CF receives a Third Round Pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. Aug 14, 2020 [23]
DF United States Fatai Alashe United States FC Cincinnati FC Cincinnati receives a Second Round Pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. FC Cincinnati will instead receive $50,000 of General Allocation Money (GAM) for the 2021 MLS season should Alashe meet certain performance conditions. Aug 17, 2020 [24]


SuperDraft

See also: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

The following players were selected by Columbus in the MLS SuperDraft, but did not sign a contract with the club.

Pos. Player College Notes Date Source
FW Spain Miguel Berry United States San Diego Selected in the First Round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Jan 9, 2020 [25]
GK United States Remi Prieur United States St. Mary's Selected in the Second Round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Jan 9, 2020 [25]
MF United States Danny Griffin United States Providence Selected in the Second Round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Jan 9, 2020 [25]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/Notes Date Source
GK United States Ben Lundgaard United States Atlanta United 2 Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [26]
CB United States Alex Crognale United States Birmingham Legion Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [26]
DM Costa Rica David Guzman Costa Rica Saprissa Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [26]
MF Ghana Edward Opoku Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [26]
MF Venezuela Eduardo Sosa United States Fort Lauderdale CF Option Declined. Oct 21, 2019 [26]
MF United States Ricardo Clark N/A Retired. Oct 21, 2019 [26]
MF Argentina Federico Higuain United States D.C. United Out of Contract. Oct 21, 2019 [26]
MF United States Luis Argudo United States Inter Miami CF Selected by Inter Miami CF in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft. Nov 19, 2019 [27]
DF Ghana Lalas Abubakar United States Colorado Rapids Columbus receives $400,000 in 2020 General Allocation Money (GAM) and a 2020 international roster spot. Nov 20, 2019 [28]
MF United States Connor Maloney Option Declined. Nov 21, 2020
FW Jamaica Romario Williams United States Miami FC Free Transfer Jan 1, 2020
MF United States Wil Trapp United States Inter Miami CF Columbus receives $100,000 in General Allocation Money and a 2020 international roster spot. Jan 31, 2020 [29]
FW United States JJ Williams United States Birmingham Legion Waived Feb 20, 2020 [30]
MF Sweden Axel Sjöberg United States DC United Columbus receives midfielder Emmanuel Boateng. Aug 14, 2020 [31]

Loan out

Pos. Player Loanee club Length/Notes Beginning End Source

Awards

MLS Team of the Week
Week Starters Bench Opponent(s) Link

Kits

Home
Away
Specialty
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Record
Home
Away
Specialty

See also

References

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