2001 Columbus Crew season explained

The 2001 Columbus Crew season was the club's sixth season of existence and their sixth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. The first match of the season was on April 7 against Chicago Fire. It was the sixth season under head coach Tom Fitzgerald. Tom Fitzgerald was replaced as interim head coach by Greg Andrulis on May 17.^[1] The Crew's USL A-League affiliates this season were Cincinnati Riverhawks, Indiana Blast, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Rochester Raging Rhinos and Reading Rage.^[2]

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

Roster

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Non-competitive

Preseason

The Crew started their preseason in the Columbus area on January 8^[4] before going to Germany from February 14–24 for a series of exhibition matches.^[5] They brought some non-roster invitees to Germany that included Cheikh Sidy Ba,^[6] Arne Tammen,^[6] Richard Ackon,^[6] Mike Mucino^[7] and Eben Dugbatey.^[7] The Crew returned to Columbus for a couple more exhibition matches before heading to Fort Lauderdale for MLS Spring Training 2001. They brought more non-roster invitees to participate that included Marcus Stergiopoulos^[8] and Julian Martinez.^[8]

Midseason

The Crew played an international friendly against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. For this game, they called up from Pittsburgh Riverhounds, former players Mario Gori and Ricardo Iribarren.^[9]

Competitive

MLS

See main article: 2001 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Overall table

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2001 U.S. Open Cup.

CONCACAF Giants Cup

See main article: CONCACAF Giants Cup.

Quarterfinals

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.

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Disciplinary record

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

Clean sheets

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

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Tenywa Bonseu	Chicago Fire	Allocated by Major League Soccer	February 4, 2001	[10]
GK	Tom Presthus	D.C. United		February 5, 2001	[11]
DF	Duncan Oughton	Cal State Fullerton Titans	Drafted in round 1 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001
FW	Edson Buddle	Long Island Rough Riders	Drafted in round 3 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001
DF	Kevin Adams	Joe Public F.C.	Drafted in round 3 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001
FW	McKinley Tennyson	UCLA Bruins	Drafted in round 4 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001
MF	Scott Powers	Brown Bears	Drafted in round 5 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001
FW	Phil Karn	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Drafted in round 6 of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft	February 5, 2001
FW	Mike Mucino	UC Irvine Anteaters		February, 2001
MF	Ian Woan	Swindon Town	Signed via discovery	May 8, 2001	[12]
MF	John Harkes	New England Revolution	Traded for Roland Vargas-Aguilera and a fourth round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft	May 11, 2001	[13]
DF	Daniel Torres	Deportivo Saprissa	Signed via discovery	September 7, 2001	[14]

Loan in

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

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Mario Gori	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Placed on waivers	February 4, 2001
FW	Phil Karn	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Placed on waivers	March 19, 2001	[15]
DF	Matt Chulis	Chicago Fire	Placed on waivers	March 19, 2001
MF	Miles Joseph	Dallas Burn	Traded for a fourth round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft	March 20, 2001
FW	Mike Mucino	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Released after preseason and the CONCACAF Giants Cup	April, 2001
GK	Matt Napoleon	Portland Timbers	Placed on waivers	April 13, 2001	[16]
MF	John DeBrito	Dallas Burn	Placed on waivers	May 8, 2001
MF	Roland Vargas-Aguilera	New England Revolution	Traded with a fourth round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft for John Harkes	May 11, 2001
FW	McKinley Tennyson	Los Angeles Galaxy	Rights traded for third round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft	August 16, 2001	[17]
MF	Ian Woan	Miami Fusion F.C.	Traded for a fourth round draft pick in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft	August 16, 2001
DF	Kevin Adams	Tobago United F.C.	Placed on waivers	November 17, 2001	[18]
MF	Mario Longo	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Placed on waivers	November 17, 2001
DF	Mike Duhaney	1. FSV Mainz 05	Contract expired	December 31, 2001

Loans out

Pos.	Player	Loanee club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
DF	Kevin Adams	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements			[19]
MF	Mario Longo	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements
DF	Duncan Oughton	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Short term agreement
MF	Ian Woan	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements
FW	Jeff Cunningham	Bayer 04 Leverkusen		October 9, 2001	March, 2002	[20]

MLS Draft picks

See main article: 2001 MLS SuperDraft. 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:

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

Awards

2001 MLS All-Star Game

Starters

• MF John Wilmar Pérez^[21]
• FW Brian McBride

Reserves

• DF Mike Clark

Postseason

MLS Executive of the Year ^[22]

• Jim Smith

Crew Team Awards

• Most Valuable Player – John Wilmar Pérez^[23]
• Defensive Player of the Year – Tom Presthus
• Scoring Champion – Jeff Cunningham
• Man of the Year – Brian Maisonneuve
• Coach's Award – Robert Warzycha
• Goal of the Year – Brian Maisonneuve
• Humanitarian of the Year – Todd Yeagley
• Hardest Working Man of the Year – Tom Presthus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: Fitzgerald Terminated As Crew Coach. February 19, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020219105611/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010517_fitz.shtml . February 19, 2002 .
2. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: DESCRIBE THIS PAGE. April 26, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010426101424/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010129_elcock.shtml . April 26, 2001 .
3. Web site: TheCrew.com: Current Roster. October 6, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011006165858/http://www.thecrew.com/club/players/roster.shtml . October 6, 2001 .
4. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: CREW RESUMES FORMAL OFFSEASON TRAINING, WHICH INCLUDES TWO-A-DAYS. February 14, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020214082832/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010108_training.shtml . February 14, 2002 .
5. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: CREW TO TAKE FIRST PRESEASON TRIP WITH 12-DAY EXCURSION TO GERMANY IN FEBRUARY. May 14, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020514120622/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010124_germany.shtml . May 14, 2002 .
6. Web site: TheCrew.com: Match Results: German Tour, Game One. August 20, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010820071016/http://www.thecrew.com/history/010217_germany.shtml . August 20, 2001 .
7. Web site: TheCrew.com: Match Results: German Tour, Game Three. August 20, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010820074259/http://www.thecrew.com/history/010221_germany.shtml . August 20, 2001 .
8. Web site: MLS Spring Training 2001. June 7, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010607225316/http://www.mlsnet.com/special/spring01/0315metclb.html . June 7, 2001 .
9. Web site: TheCrew.com: History: 2001: Crew 4 : 3 Bayer Leverkusen. August 20, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010820091848/http://www.thecrew.com/history/010529_leverkusen.shtml . August 20, 2001 .
10. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: Ugandan Bonseu Allocated to Columbus. https://web.archive.org/web/20010426135100/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010204_bonseu.shtml . April 26, 2001 .
11. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: SuperDraft Profiles. February 11, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010211130416/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010205_superdraft.shtml . February 11, 2001 .
12. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: Crew Takes To The Road For Match With Dallas. August 20, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010820111350/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010508_woan.shtml . August 20, 2001 .
13. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: Crew Acquires Five-Time MLS All-Star John Harkes. https://web.archive.org/web/20010820111632/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010511_harkes.shtml . August 20, 2001 .
14. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: Crew Signs Costa Rican Daniel Torres. December 21, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011221234832/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010907_torres.shtml . December 21, 2001 .
15. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: CREW WAIVES DEFENDER MATT CHULIS AND FORWARD PHIL KARN. https://web.archive.org/web/20010409170052/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010319_waive.shtml . April 9, 2001 .
16. Web site: 2001-04-18 . MLS Team Notes . old.socceramerica.com.
17. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: Crew Deals For Picks. https://web.archive.org/web/20011222062041/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010816_trade.shtml . December 22, 2001 .
18. Web site: 2001-11-17 . MLS: Diaz Arce is Among 26 Players Waived . old.socceramerica.com.
19. Web site: 2001 Cincinnati Riverhawks Division II and III soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
20. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: Cunningham Loaned To Bayer Leverkusen. https://web.archive.org/web/20011222002925/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010928_leverkusen.shtml . December 22, 2001 .
21. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: Clark, Perez Named To East All-Stars. December 22, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011222023859/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010724_allstars.shtml . December 22, 2001 .
22. Web site: 2005 media guide – Columbus Crew. SportsArchive.
23. Web site: Columbus Crew: TheCrew.com: 2001 Crew Team Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20011222001639/http://www.thecrew.com/news/010923_awards.shtml . December 22, 2001 .