The 2013 Columbus Crew season was the club's 18th season of existence and their 18th consecutive season in

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, the top flight of soccer in the

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and

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. The first match of the season was on March 10 against

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. It was the fifth season under head coach

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who was fired on September 2.

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took over as interim head coach through the rest of the season.

Background

Roster

Technical Staff

Non-competitive

Preseason

The Crew started preseason in

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and played games in

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and

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before returning to

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. The Crew brought in the following trialists during training camp: Tony Halterman, Sean Teepen,

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, Hami Kara, Nate Bascom,

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, Konrad Warzycha, Samir Badr,

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and

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. Unsigned draft picks Drew Beckie, Reed Matte, Daniel Withrow and Shawn Sloan also joined the team for preseason.

Midseason

Lucky Mkosana was a guest player against

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Postseason

Luckner Horat was a guest player again

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Competitive

Overview

MLS

Standings

= Eastern Conference

= Overall table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

The Columbus Crew failed to qualify for the playoffs in this season.

U.S. Open Cup

Reserve League

Match Results

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. , - , colspan=12 align=center, ''Players who left Columbus during the season:'' , -

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

Reserve League 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.

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

MLS Draft picks

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:

Awards

MLS Player of the Week

MLS Goal of the Week

MLS Player of the Month

MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Month

Crew Team Awards

* Most Valuable Player –

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* Comeback Player of the Year – Bernardo Añor * Defender of the Year –

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* Goal of the Year –

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* Kirk Urso Heart Award – Eric Gehrig * Breakout Performance of the Year –

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* Humanitarian of the Year –

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* Academy U15/U16 Player of the Year – Mike McCloseky * Academy U17/U18 Player of the Year – Tyler Kidwell * Academy U19/U20 Player of the Year – Connor Klekota * Jim Nelson Fan of the Year – Tom Chiatalas

References

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Columbus Crew The Columbus Crew are an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. The team began play in 1996 as one of the 10 cha ...