2006 Columbus Crew season

Columbus Crew
2006 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	Sigi Schmid
Stadium	Columbus Crew Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 6th; Overall: 12th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth Round
MLS Reserve League	11th Place
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jason Garey (5); Joseph Ngwenya (5); All: ; Jason Garey (5); Joseph Ngwenya (5)
Highest home attendance	20,818 (4/14 v. CHI)
Lowest home attendance	8,920 (5/12 v. COL)
Average home league attendance	13,294 (
Biggest win	CLB 3–0 NE (9/2); CHI 1-4 CLB (10/7)
Biggest defeat	DC 1-5 CLB (5/31); KC 4-0 CLB (8/12)
Home colors	Away colors
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Last updated August 16, 2025

The 2006 Columbus Crew season was the club's 11th season of existence and their 11th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. The first match of the season was on April 1 against Kansas City Wizards. It was the first season under head coach Sigi Schmid.

Roster

As of September 2, 2006^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Jon Busch
2	DF	USA	Frankie Hejduk (captain)
3	DF	USA	Ritchie Kotschau
4	DF	USA	Rusty Pierce
5	MF	USA	Brandon Moss
6	DF	CHI	Marcos González
7	MF	USA	Jacob Thomas
8	DF	NZL	Duncan Oughton
9	FW	USA	Jason Garey
10	FW	ZIM	Joseph Ngwenya
11	MF	USA	Ned Grabavoy
12	MF	USA	Eddie Gaven
13	FW	USA	Marc Burch
14	DF	USA	Chad Marshall
15	MF	MEX	José Retiz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	SLE	Kei Kamara
17	MF	USA	Danny Szetela
18	FW	USA	Knox Cameron
19	FW	MEX	Ivan Becerra
20	DF	USA	Tim Ward
22	FW	CHI	Sebastián Rozental
23	DF	VIN	Ezra Hendrickson
24	DF	USA	Jed Zayner
25	DF	BRA	Ricardo Virtuoso
28	GK	USA	Andy Gruenebaum
29	GK	USA	Noah Palmer
30	MF	USA	Eric Vasquez
31	GK	PUR	Bill Gaudette
33	DF	USA	Chris Leitch
88	GK	USA	Jonny Walker
99	FW	USA	Ryan Coiner

Technical Staff

Position	Staff
President/General Manager	Mark McCullers
Head Coach	Sigi Schmid
Assistant Coach	Robert Warzycha
Assistant Coach	Mike Lapper
Assistant Coach	Eduardo Carvacho
Head Trainer	Rick Guter
Team Manager	Tucker Walther
Equipment Manager	Omar Espinal

Source: ^[2]

Non-competitive

Preseason

The Crew started preseason in Columbus and played games in Florida, Cyprus, Louisiana and California before returning to Ohio.

The Crew brought in the following trialists during training camp: Adam Frye, Brent Rahim, Edwin Miranda, Aleksey Korol, Chris Corcoran, Clint Baumstark and Piotr Świerczewski, Yaniv Abargil and Leonard Bisaku.^[3]

Unsigned draft picks Brandon Moss, Dayton O'Brien, Duke Hashimoto, Andy Gruenebaum and Ivan Becerra also joined the team for preseason.

February 10 Friendly	Columbus Crew	0-2	NY/NJ MetroStars	Bradenton, FL
10:00 AM EST		Report	Magee pen.',	Stadium: IMG Academy
Note: Played three 30-minute periods

February 10 Friendly	Columbus Crew	3-1	USASA Amateur Select Team	Bradenton, FL
4:00 PM EST	Wolyniec 17' Kamara 64' Storey 78'	Report	28'	Stadium: IMG Academy
Note: Played three 30-minute periods

February 12 Tom Fitzgerald Memorial Soccer Festival	Columbus Crew	1-0	Real Salt Lake	Tampa, FL
6:30 PM EST	Marshall 57'	Report		Stadium: Pepin Stadium

February 14 Friendly	Columbus Crew	0-0	Kansas City Wizards	Tampa, FL
11:00 AM EST		Report		Stadium: University of South Florida

February 15 Friendly	South Florida Bulls	2-5	Columbus Crew	Tampa, FL
11:00 AM EST		Report	Moss 22' Corcoran 32' 52' (o.g.) Rozental 65' González 70'	Stadium: University of South Florida

February 16 Friendly	Columbus Crew	1-3	Chicago Fire	Bradenton, FL
10:00 AM EST	Cameron 62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: IMG Academy

February 25 Friendly	Columbus Crew	3-1	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
8:30 AM EST	Martino Zayner Cameron	Report

February 27 Friendly	Columbus Crew	1-1	Zagłębie Lubin	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
12:00 PM EST	Marshall	Report

February 28 Friendly	Columbus Crew	3-1	FC Mordovia Saransk	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
8:00 AM EST	Becerra , Sutton	Report

March 1 Friendly	Columbus Crew	0-1	Enosis Neon Paralimni FC	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
8:00 AM EST		Report

March 2 Friendly	Columbus Crew	2-1	Panas	Ayia Napa, Cyprus
12:00 PM EST	O'Brien 25' Wolyniec 35' (pen.)	Report	85' (pen.)

March 11 Friendly	Columbus Crew	1-1	Real Salt Lake	Lafayette, LA
8:00 PM EST	Kamara 55'	Report	Harris 20'	Stadium: Lafayette Soccer Complex

March 15 Friendly	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos	0-0	Columbus Crew	Santa Barbara, CA
10:30 PM EST		Report		Stadium: Harder Stadium

March 17 Friendly	UC Irvine Anteaters	6-0	Columbus Crew	Irvine, CA
10:00 PM EST		Report	Kamara , , Cameron , Martino	Stadium: Anteater Stadium

March 22 Friendly	Columbus Crew	Cancelled	Chivas USA	San Diego, CA
10:00 PM EST		^[4]		Stadium: San Ysidro High School

March 23 Friendly	San Diego Toreros	0-3	Columbus Crew	San Diego, CA
	Buddle Wolyniec Kamara	^[5]		Stadium: Torero Stadium

Midseason

Eberson was a guest player against Everton FC.

April 19Connor Senn Memorial Game	Ohio State Buckeyes	1-1	Columbus Crew	Columbus, OH
7:00 PM EDT	Edwards 52'	Report	Moss 55'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,747

April 30 Friendly	Columbus Crew	8-1	Maryland Terrapins	Columbus, OH
11:00 AM EDT	O'Brien Cameron pen.', , Wolyniec , , Warzycha	^[6]	Kadotani	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

May 23Keith Evans Memorial Match	Columbus Crew	3-1	Cincinnati Kings	Obetz, OH
7:00 PM EDT		^[7]		Stadium: Crew Training Center

July 26 Friendly	Columbus Crew	1-1	Everton FC	Columbus, OH
7:00 PM EDT	Rozental 14'	Report	Anichebe 35'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium

Postseason

November 8 Friendly	Columbus Crew	2-0	C.S.D. Municipal	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EST	Ward 24' Grabavoy 34' Kamara 47' Thomas 80' Burch 87'	Report	Melgar 24' Ponciano 73' Guevara 77'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 5,704 Referee: Hilario Grajeda Assistant referees: Mikael Lundqvist Michael Salyers Fourth official: Dion Telting

Competitive

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	April 1, 2006	October 14, 2006	Matchday 1	12th	32	8	9	15	30	42	−12	025.00
U.S. Open Cup	July 12, 2006	August 1, 2006	Third Round	Fourth Round	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
Total					34	9	9	16	35	44	−9	026.47

Source: Competitions

MLS

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	New England Revolution	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48	MLS Cup Playoffs
3	Chicago Fire	32	13	11	8	43	41	+2	47
4	New York Red Bulls	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
5	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	−2	38
6	Columbus Crew	32	8	15	9	30	42	−12	33

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	New York Red Bulls	32	9	11	12	41	41	0	39
9	Los Angeles Galaxy	32	11	15	6	37	37	0	39	North American SuperLiga
10	Real Salt Lake	32	10	13	9	45	49	−4	39
11	Kansas City Wizards	32	10	14	8	43	45	−2	38
12	Columbus Crew	32	8	15	9	30	42	−12	33

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored

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
32	33	8	15	9	30	42	−12	4	6	6	16	16	0	4	9	3	14	26	−12

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Stadium	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	L	L	T	W	L	W	W	T	L	W	L	L	T	T	T	T	L	L	L	T	T	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	T	W	W	L

Source: schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Match results

April 11	Kansas City Wizards	3-1	Columbus Crew	Kansas City, MO
8:30 PM EDT	Arnaud 21' Jewsbury 25' Thomas 58' Johnson 61', 61'	Report	Kamara 33' Pierce 64'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 18,143 Referee: Mark Geiger Assistant referees: Fabio Tovar Rob Fereday Fourth official: Marcel Yonan

April 82	Colorado Rapids	3-1	Columbus Crew	Denver, CO
9:00 PM EDT	Kirovski 35' Beckerman 50', 59' Noël 67' Freeman 73' Gargan 81'	Report	Marshall 10' Hejduk 54' Retiz 83'	Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High Attendance: 12,124 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: Emiliano Monje Paul Scott Fourth official: Colin Tait

April 153	Columbus Crew	1-1	Chicago Fire	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EDT	Rozental 55' (pen.) Moss 62' Kitamirike 72'	Report	Rolfe 49' Gutiérrez 81'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 20,818 Referee: Erich Simmons Assistant referees: Thomas Supple George Vergara Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

April 224	Los Angeles Galaxy	0-1	Columbus Crew	Carson, CA
10:30 PM EDT	Roberts 18' Glen 77' Gómez 90'	Report	González 12' Hejduk 82' Martino 90+6'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,666 Referee: Mauricio Navarro Assistant referees: Steven Davidson Amato DeLuca Fourth official: Silviu Petrescu

April 295	Columbus Crew	0-1	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Rozental 34' Moss 43' Martino 58' Retiz 76'	Report	Arnaud 69' Jewsbury 80' Wolff 74'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,399 Referee: Andrew Chapin Assistant referees: Rob Fereday Adam Wienckowski Fourth official: Jozef Batko

May 66	Real Salt Lake	0-1	Columbus Crew	Salt Lake City, UT
9:00 PM EDT	Garey 70' Retiz 85'	Report	Cunningham 62' Harris 69' Talley 79' Ballouchy 90'	Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium Attendance: 15,804 Referee: Ben Jones Assistant referees: Jose Corro Corey Rockwell Fourth official: Ramon Hernandez

May 137	Columbus Crew	1-0	Colorado Rapids	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Leitch 7' Grabavoy 74'	Report	Beckerman 22' Mathis 89'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 8,920 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez Assistant referees: Greg Barkey Anthony Vasoli Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

May 208	Columbus Crew	1-1	D.C. United	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Ngwenya 23'	Report	Gómez 29' Namoff 53'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,646 Referee: Richard Heron Assistant referees: Richard Eddy C.J. Morgante Fourth official: Mikael Lundqvist

May 319	D.C. United	5-1	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT	Moreno 8' Hendrickson 48' (pen.) Gros 58' Eskandarian 71' Filomeno 78'	Report	Popik 7' Ngwenya 21', 45'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 11,725 Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistant referees: Nate Clement George Vergara Fourth official: Mark Geiger

June 310	FC Dallas	1-2	Columbus Crew	Frisco, TX
8:30 PM EDT	Moor 73' Vanney 84' Ruíz 90+1'	Report	Bisaku 75' Ngwenya 84' Kotschau 89'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 11,085 Referee: Baldomero Toledo Assistant referees: Kermit Quisenberry Paul Scott Fourth official: Adam Garner

June 1011	Columbus Crew	0-1	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Retiz 40' Grabavoy 55'	Report	Watson 5' Zavagnin 64' Burciaga 89'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 11,754 Referee: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Steve Taylor Jorge De La Bandera Fourth official: Mikael Lundqvist

June 1812	Chivas USA	2-0	Columbus Crew	Carson, CA
10:00 PM EDT	Razov 5' Hernandez 45' García 85'	Report	Kotschau 34'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,293 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Assistant referees: Steven Davidson Fabio Tovar Fourth official: Kari Seitz

June 2113	Columbus Crew	1-1	New England Revolution	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Kamara 86' González 90'	Report	Dorman 66' Twellman 70'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 9,491 Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistant referees: George Gansner Joe Ellis Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

June 2414	Columbus Crew	1-1	Chivas USA	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Retiz 12' González 33' Kotschau 43'	Report	Kljestan 26' Razov 37' Regan 41' García 54'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,095 Referee: Abbey Okulaja Assistant referees: Kermit Quisenberry Michael Salyers Fourth official: Jeffrey Mellen

June 2815	New York Red Bulls	0-0	Columbus Crew	East Rutherford, NJ
7:30 PM EDT	Philippe 22' Mendes 37'	Report	Ward 66' González 90'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 7,783 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: Nate Clement Jorge De La Bandera Fourth official: Jorge Gonzalez

July 416	Houston Dynamo	1-1	Columbus Crew	Houston, TX
8:30 PM EDT	Ching 5' Clark 39' Robinson 73'	Report	Kotschau 27' Gaven 66' (pen.) Ngwenya 72' Bisaku 73'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 8,497 Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistant referees: Adam Wienckowski George Vergara Fourth official: Colin Tait

July 817	Columbus Crew	0-1	D.C. United	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	González 21' Retiz 41' Bisaku 45'	Report	Olsen 21' Eskandarian 42', 65' Boswell 47'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,134 Referee: Mauricio Navarro Assistant referees: Greg Barkey Sean Hurd Fourth official: Rizal Milliken

July 1518	D.C. United	3-2	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT	Gómez 16' Carroll 26', 49' Olsen 64'	Report	Kamara 35', 45+1' Vasquez 72'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 20,227 Referee: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: Steve Taylor Bill Dittmar Fourth official: Alex Prus

July 1919	Columbus Crew	0-2	New York Red Bulls	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Retiz 73'	Report	O'Rourke 34' Henderson 50' Laventure 90'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,942 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Assistant referees: Kermit Quisenberry C.J. Morgante Fourth official: Mikael Lundqvist

July 2220	Columbus Crew	1-1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EDT	Gaven 9'	Report	Vagenas 14'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 11,262 Referee: Richard Heron Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Adam Wienckowski Fourth official: Elias Bazakos

July 2921	Chicago Fire	0-0	Columbus Crew	Bridgeview, IL
8:30 PM EDT	Gutiérrez 61'	Report	Thomas 31' Retiz 43'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 9,145 Referee: Elias Bazakos Assistant referees: Nate Clement George Vergara Fourth official: Michael Kennedy

August 1222	Kansas City Wizards	4-0	Columbus Crew	Kansas City, MO
8:30 PM EDT	Arnaud 4' Sealy 17' Thomas 32' Sealy 51' Victorine 78' Pore 89'	Report	Leitch 37' Retiz 47' Gaudette 51' Marshall 69'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 14,618 Referee: Mark Geiger Assistant referees: Bill Dittmar George Gansner Fourth official: Colin Tait

August 1623	Columbus Crew	1-2	Real Salt Lake	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Rozental 23' (pen.) Kotschau 70'	Report	Pope 8' Klein 75' Talley 90' Garlick 90'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 20,149 Referee: Baldomero Toledo Assistant referees: Greg Barkey Michael Salyers Fourth official: Mikael Lundqvist

August 1924	Columbus Crew	1-0	New York Red Bulls	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Gaven 50' Ngwenya 82' Pierce 86'	Report	Kovalenko 29' Stammler 90'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,112 Referee: Colin Tait Assistant referees: Rob Fereday Richard Eddy Fourth official: Marcel Yonan

August 2725	New England Revolution	1-0	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, MA
7:00 PM EDT	Joseph 12' Twellman 33' Larentowicz 34' Dorman 63' Smith 72' Riley 87'	Report	Gaven 25' Garey 39' Hendrickson 53' Ngwenya 63' Gaudette 63'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 11,341 Referee: Shane Moody Assistant referees: George Gansner Bill Dittmar Fourth official: Andrew Chapin
Note: Originally scheduled for August 26

September 226	Columbus Crew	3-0	New England Revolution	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Garey 3' Oughton 21' Gaven 39' Gaven 58' Pierce 59' Hendrickson 82'	Report	Franchino 28'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 10,472 Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistant referees: C.J. Morgante Michael Salyers Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

September 927	Columbus Crew	1-2	Chicago Fire	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Pierce 38' Rozental 72' (pen.)	Report	Segares 15' Jaqua 40' Brown 45+2' Carr 63'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 11,141 Referee: Ramon Hernandez Assistant referees: Greg Barkey Kyle Borne Fourth official: Jozef Batko

September 1628	New York Red Bulls	1-0	Columbus Crew	East Rutherford, NJ
7:30 PM EDT	Mendes 35' Magee 64' Altidore 83'	Report	Ngwenya 20' Garey 68' González 71'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 11,878 Referee: Baldomero Toledo Assistant referees: Bill Dittmar Jorge De La Bandera Fourth official: Andrew Chapin

September 2329	Columbus Crew	1-1	Houston Dynamo	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Virtuoso 17' Garey 80'	Report	De Rosario 54'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,505 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: C.J. Morgante Michael Salyers Fourth official: Mikael Lundqvist

September 3030	Columbus Crew	3-1	FC Dallas	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Ngwenya 22', 69' Thomas 66' Moss 67' 81' Garey 76'	Report	Rhine 5' Moor 10' Ruíz 90+1'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 20,054 Referee: Elias Bazakos Assistant referees: Rob Fereday Anthony Vasoli Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

October 731	Chicago Fire	1-4	Columbus Crew	Bridgeview, IL
8:30 PM EDT	Rolfe 4'	Report	Gaven 26' Garey 45+3' Virtuoso 77' Ngwenya 82'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 19,166 Referee: Richard Heron Assistant referees: Thomas Supple Adam Wienckowski Fourth official: Ricardo Salazar

October 1432	New England Revolution	1-0	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, MA
7:30 PM EDT	Larentowicz 40' Dempsey 68' John 76' Smith 88'	Report	Ngwenya 50' Pierce 82'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,537 Referee: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: Rob Fereday C.J. Morgante Fourth official: Erich Simmons

MLS Cup Playoffs

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

U.S. Open Cup

July 12Third Round	Michigan Bucks (PDL)	1-4	Columbus Crew (MLS)	Rochester Hills, MI
	Rice 22'	Report	Cameron 17' Becerra 60' Thomas 86' Nelson 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stoney Creek High School Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

August 1Fourth Round	D.C. United (MLS)	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew (MLS)	Germantown, MD
	Moreno 22' Boswell 75' Walker 93'	Report	González 75' Marshall 18' Moss 30'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,774 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: Jeff GontareckJason Cullum Fourth official: Ben Jones

Reserve League

Overall table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colorado Rapids Reserves (C)	12	9	3	0	24	14	+10	27
2	Kansas City Wizards Reserves	12	7	3	2	25	16	+9	23
3	Houston Dynamo Reserves	12	7	5	0	24	17	+7	21
3	Real Salt Lake Reserves	12	6	3	3	23	20	+3	21
5	D.C. United Reserves	12	6	5	1	22	11	+11	19
6	FC Dallas Reserves	12	4	3	5	20	13	+7	17
7	New York Red Bulls Reserves	12	5	6	1	15	25	−10	16
8	Chivas USA Reserves	12	4	5	3	18	23	−5	15
9	Los Angeles Galaxy Reserves	12	4	6	2	20	19	+1	14
9	Chicago Fire Reserves	11	4	5	2	16	18	−2	14
11	Columbus Crew Reserves	12	3	8	1	14	23	−9	10
12	New England Revolution Reserves	11	0	7	4	9	31	−22	4

Match results

April 91	Colorado Rapids	4-0	Columbus Crew	Westminster, CO
1:00 PM EDT	Gotsmanov 26' King 28' Gonzalez 34' (pen.) Gargan 89'	Report	Kitamirike 41' 75'	Stadium: Rapids Training Facility

April 232	Los Angeles Galaxy	3-0	Columbus Crew	Carson, CA
	Veris 15' Gonzalez 33' Ngwenya 34' Burch 49' Gardner 65'	Report	Kotschau 28'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

May 73	Real Salt Lake	2-0	Columbus Crew	Salt Lake City, UT
	Williams 6' Besagno 45' Watson 50' Cabrera 65'	Report	Cameron 34'	Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium Referee: Ramon Hernandez Assistant referees: Corey Rockwell Jeff Young Fourth official: Feliciano Palomino

May 144	Columbus Crew	2-3	Colorado Rapids	Obetz, OH
	Cameron 6' Vasquez 29' Kamara	Report	Noel 42' Martins 49', 55' Keel	Stadium: Crew Training Center

June 45	FC Dallas	3-0	Columbus Crew	Frisco, TX
	Charras 16' Yi 36' Pitchkolan 39', 66' Alvarez 82'	Report	Bisaku 59'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Referee: Adam Garner Assistant referees: Harold Zavalney Luis Guardia Fourth official: Blackwell

July 96	Columbus Crew	0-1	D.C. United	Obetz, OH
		Report	Nickell 8' Jeff Carroll 12'	Stadium: Crew Training Center

August 207	Columbus Crew	3-1	New York Red Bulls	Obetz, OH
	Coiner 33' Kamara 53' Cameron 86' Moss Ward Burch	Report	Camp 24' O'Rourke	Stadium: Crew Training Center

September 38	Columbus Crew	3-1	New England Revolution	Obetz, OH
	Coiner 2', 51' Cameron 31'	Report	Wynn 42' Smith 86'	Stadium: Crew Training Center

September 109	Columbus Crew	2-3	Chicago Fire	Obetz, OH
	Burch 23', 72' Kamara 68'	Report	Griffin 36' Franks 40', 59' Torres 70'	Stadium: Crew Training Center

September 1710	New York Red Bulls	2-1	Columbus Crew	East Rutherford, NJ
	Vide 42' Magee 42' Camp 89'	Report	Grabavoy 10' Burch 48'	Stadium: Giants Stadium

October 111	Columbus Crew	0-0	FC Dallas	Columbus, OH
		Report	Oduro 58'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Referee: Hilario Grajeda Assistant referees: Michael Szymanski Michael Kinder Fourth official: Michelle Cowman

October 812	Chicago Fire	0-3	Columbus Crew	Elmhurst, IL
	Thiago 3' Curtin 69'	Report	Vasquez 5' Rozental 57' Weaver 59', 69'	Stadium: Langhorst Field Referee: Ricardo Salazar Assistant referees: Peter Manikowski Peter Balciunas Fourth official: Jose Gesundheit

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.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Jon Busch	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Frankie Hejduk	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	USA	Ritchie Kotschau	28	1	23+3	1	1+1	0
4	DF	USA	Rusty Pierce	18	0	18+0	0	0+0	0
5	MF	USA	Brandon Moss	22	0	17+3	0	2+0	0
6	DF	CHI	Marcos González	23	0	20+1	0	2+0	0
7	MF	USA	Jacob Thomas	20	2	13+6	1	0+1	1
8	DF	NZL	Duncan Oughton	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	USA	Jason Garey	26	5	18+7	5	1+0	0
10	FW	ZIM	Joseph Ngwenya	20	5	17+3	5	0+0	0
11	MF	USA	Ned Grabavoy	10	1	3+7	1	0+0	0
12	MF	USA	Eddie Gaven	32	4	30+0	4	2+0	0
13	FW	USA	Marc Burch	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0
14	DF	USA	Chad Marshall	28	2	25+1	1	1+1	1
15	MF	MEX	José Retiz	23	1	21+1	1	0+1	0
16	FW	SLE	Kei Kamara	20	3	9+10	3	0+1	0
17	MF	USA	Danny Szetela	5	0	3+1	0	0+1	0
18	FW	USA	Knox Cameron	11	1	3+7	0	1+0	1
19	FW	MEX	Ivan Becerra	1	1	0+0	0	1+0	1
20	DF	USA	Tim Ward	13	0	6+5	0	2+0	0
22	FW	CHI	Sebastián Rozental	22	3	15+5	3	2+0	0
23	FW	VIN	Ezra Hendrickson	26	1	20+4	1	2+0	0
24	DF	USA	Jed Zayner	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	BRA	Ricardo Virtuoso	10	1	7+3	1	0+0	0
28	GK	USA	Andy Gruenebaum	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
29	GK	USA	Noah Palmer	11	0	10+0	0	1+0	0
30	MF	USA	Eric Vasquez	14	1	4+8	1	2+0	0
31	GK	PUR	Bill Gaudette	12	0	11+0	0	1+0	0
33	DF	USA	Chris Leitch	26	0	18+6	0	1+1	0
88	GK	USA	Jonny Walker	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
99	FW	USA	Ryan Coiner	7	0	4+2	0	0+1	0
			Own Goal	0	1	-	0	-	1
Players who left Columbus during the season:
10	MF	USA	Kyle Martino	6	1	4+2	1	0+0	0
11	FW	USA	John Wolyniec	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
13	MF	USA	Dayton O'Brien	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	CRO	Leonard Bisaku	7	1	4+3	1	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Joel Kitamirike	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
27	GK	USA	Dan Popik	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
27	GK	USA	Dominik Jakubek	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	USA	Duke Hashimoto	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source:

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		U.S. Open Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Jon Busch	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Frankie Hejduk	2	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	Ritchie Kotschau	4	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	Rusty Pierce	5	0	0	0	5	0
5	MF	Brandon Moss	5	1	1	0	6	1
6	DF	Marcos González	5	1	1	0	6	1
7	MF	Jacob Thomas	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	DF	Duncan Oughton	1	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	Jason Garey	2	0	0	0	2	0
10	FW	Joseph Ngwenya	5	2	0	0	5	2
11	MF	Ned Grabavoy	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF	Eddie Gaven	3	0	0	0	3	0
13	FW	Marc Burch	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Chad Marshall	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	José Retiz	7	1	0	0	7	1
16	FW	Kei Kamara	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	Danny Szetela	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Knox Cameron	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Ivan Becerra	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	Tim Ward	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	Sebastián Rozental	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW	Ezra Hendrickson	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	Jed Zayner	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Ricardo Virtuoso	1	0	0	0	1	0
28	GK	Andy Gruenebaum	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	Noah Palmer	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Eric Vasquez	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Bill Gaudette	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Chris Leitch	2	0	0	0	2	0
88	GK	Jonny Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Ryan Coiner	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
10	MF	Kyle Martino	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW	John Wolyniec	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Dayton O'Brien	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Leonard Bisaku	2	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF	Joel Kitamirike	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	GK	Dan Popik	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	GK	Dominik Jakubek	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Duke Hashimoto	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:

Clean sheets

No.	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Total	Games Played
1	Jon Busch	3	0	3	8
28	Andy Gruenebaum	0	0	0	3
29	Noah Palmer	1	0	1	11
31	Bill Gaudette	3	0	3	12
88	Jonny Walker	0	0	0	0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
27	Dan Popik	0	0	0	1
27	Dominik Jakubek	0	0	0	0

Source:

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.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS Reserve League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
-	MF	USA	Trey Alexander	2	0	0+2	0
19	FW	MEX	Ivan Becerra	11	0	11+0	0
21	MF	CRO	Leonard Bisaku	2	0	2+0	0
-	MF	USA	Milton Blanco	4	0	3+1	0
-	MF	BUL	Lubomir Bogdanov	1	0	0+1	0
-	FW	SLE	Sallieu Bundu	1	0	0+1	0
13	FW	USA	Marc Burch	5	1	5+0	1
18	FW	USA	Knox Cameron	11	3	8+3	3
99	FW	USA	Ryan Coiner	6	3	6+0	3
-	DF	USA	Rene Corona	1	0	0+1	0
-	FW	USA	Brian Cvilikas	2	0	0+2	0
-	GK	USA	Peter Dzubay	0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	USA	Jason Garey	2	0	1+1	0
31	GK	USA	Bill Gaudette	2	0	1+1	0
12	MF	USA	Eddie Gaven	1	0	0+1	0
6	DF	CHI	Marcos González	1	0	1+0	0
11	MF	USA	Ned Grabavoy	6	1	6+0	1
28	GK	USA	Andy Gruenebaum	9	0	8+1	0
29	FW	USA	Duke Hashimoto	4	0	1+3	0
23	DF	USA	Ezra Hendrickson	2	0	2+0	0
27	GK	USA	Dominik Jakubek	2	0	2+0	0
-	GK	USA	Jordan James	0	0	0+0	0
-	MF	KUW	Nowaf Jaman	1	0	0+1	0
16	FW	SLE	Kei Kamara	10	2	8+2	2
-	FW	USA	Gus Kartes	1	0	0+1	0
26	DF	ENG	Joel Kitamirike	1	0	1+0	0
3	DF	USA	Ritchie Kotschau	5	0	5+0	0
-	DF	PUR	John Krause	3	0	0+3	0
33	DF	USA	Chris Leitch	5	0	5+0	0
-	MF	USA	Ahmad Manning	2	0	2+0	0
14	DF	USA	Chad Marshall	1	0	1+0	0
-	FW	USA	Brett McNabb	1	0	1+0	0
-	MF	KOR	Seung Meang	1	0	0+1	0
-	FW	JAM	Machel Millwood	1	0	0+1	0
5	MF	USA	Brandon Moss	7	0	7+0	0
-	DF	ZIM	Thulani Ncube	2	0	2+0	0
10	FW	ZIM	Joseph Ngwenya	3	0	1+2	0
-	FW	USA	Kevin Nugent	3	0	0+3	0
13	FW	USA	Dayton O'Brien	5	0	5+0	0
8	DF	NZL	Duncan Oughton	2	0	2+0	0
29	GK	USA	Noah Palmer	3	0	1+2	0
-	MF	USA	Jeremy Parkins	1	0	0+1	0
-	DF	USA	Anthony Peters	1	0	0+1	0
27	GK	USA	Dan Popik	0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	MEX	José Retiz	4	0	4+0	0
22	FW	CHI	Sebastián Rozental	2	1	2+0	1
-	DF	USA	Matt Schmidt	1	0	0+1	0
7	MF	USA	Jacob Thomas	1	0	1+0	0
-	DF	USA	Jake Traeger	3	0	0+3	0
30	MF	USA	Eric Vasquez	12	2	10+2	2
25	MF	BRA	Ricardo Virtuoso	2	0	2+0	0
20	DF	USA	Tim Ward	8	0	8+0	0
-	FW	USA	Cam Weaver	1	1	0+1	1
-	MF	USA	Kyle Widder	1	0	0+1	0
11	FW	USA	John Wolyniec	3	0	3+0	0
			Own Goal	0	0	-	0

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS Reserve League		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
-	MF	Trey Alexander	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Ivan Becerra	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Leonard Bisaku	1	0	1	0
-	MF	Milton Blanco	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Lubomir Bogdanov	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Sallieu Bundu	0	0	0	0
13	FW	Marc Burch	3	0	3	0
18	FW	Knox Cameron	1	0	1	0
99	FW	Ryan Coiner	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Rene Corona	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Brian Cvilikas	0	0	0	0
-	GK	Peter Dzubay	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Jason Garey	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Bill Gaudette	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Eddie Gaven	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Marcos González	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Ned Grabavoy	0	0	0	0
28	GK	Andy Gruenebaum	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Duke Hashimoto	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Ezra Hendrickson	0	0	0	0
27	GK	Dominik Jakubek	0	0	0	0
-	GK	Jordan James	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Nowaf Jaman	0	0	0	0
16	FW	Kei Kamara	1	0	1	0
-	FW	Gus Kartes	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Joel Kitamirike	2	1	2	1
3	DF	Ritchie Kotschau	1	0	1	0
-	DF	John Krause	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Chris Leitch	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Ahmad Manning	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Chad Marshall	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Brett McNabb	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Seung Meang	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Machel Millwood	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Brandon Moss	1	0	1	0
-	DF	Thulani Ncube	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Joseph Ngwenya	0	0	0	0
-	FW	Kevin Nugent	0	0	0	0
13	FW	Dayton O'Brien	0	0	0	0
8	DF	Duncan Oughton	0	0	0	0
29	GK	Noah Palmer	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Jeremy Parkins	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Anthony Peters	0	0	0	0
27	GK	Dan Popik	0	0	0	0
15	MF	José Retiz	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Sebastián Rozental	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Matt Schmidt	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Jacob Thomas	0	0	0	0
-	DF	Jake Traeger	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Eric Vasquez	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Ricardo Virtuoso	0	0	0	0
20	DF	Tim Ward	1	0	1	0
-	FW	Cam Weaver	1	0	1	0
-	MF	Kyle Widder	0	0	0	0
11	FW	John Wolyniec	0	0	0	0

Clean sheets

No.	Name	MLS Reserve League	Total	Games Played
-	Peter Dzubay	0	0	0
31	Bill Gaudette	1	1	2
28	Andy Gruenebaum	1	1	9
27	Dominik Jakubek	0	0	2
-	Jordan James	0	0	0
29	Noah Palmer	0	0	3
27	Dan Popik	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Marcos González	Club Deportivo Palestino		January 11, 2006	^[8]
DF	Joel Kitamirike	Dundee F.C.		January 11, 2006	^[8]
DF	Tim Ward	NY/NJ MetroStars	Traded for Chris Henderson. Signed to a developmental contract.	January 12, 2006	^[9]
FW	Sebastián Rozental	Puerto Rico Islanders		January 13, 2006	^[10]
FW	Jason Garey	Maryland Terrapins	Drafted in round 1 of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft	January 20, 2006	^[11]
FW	Kei Kamara	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	Drafted in round 1 of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Signed to a developmental contract.	January 20, 2006	^[11]
DF	Jed Zayner	Indiana Hoosiers	Drafted in round 2 of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Signed to a developmental contract.	January 20, 2006	^[11]
MF	Brandon Moss	New Mexico Lobos	Drafted in round 3 of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Signed to a developmental contract.	January 20, 2006	^[11]
FW	Dayton O'Brien	Memphis Tigers	Drafted in round 3 of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft	January 20, 2006	^[11]
FW	Duke Hashimoto	SMU Mustangs	Drafted in round 4 of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft	January 20, 2006	^[11]
GK	Andy Gruenebaum	Kentucky Wildcats	Drafted in round 1 of the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft. Signed to a developmental contract.	January 26, 2006	^[12]
FW	Ivan Becerra	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos	Drafted in round 3 of the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft	January 26, 2006	^[12]
DF	Rusty Pierce	Real Salt Lake	Traded for a third round draft pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft	February 22, 2006	^[13]
MF	José Retiz	Club Puebla		March 21, 2006	^[14]
MF	Eddie Gaven	NY/NJ MetroStars	Traded with the rights for Chris Leitch for Edson Buddle	March 28, 2006	^[15]
MF	Jacob Thomas	VfB Lübeck		March 28, 2006	^[16]
MF	Leonard Bisaku	HŠK Posušje		April 4, 2006	^[17]
DF	Ezra Hendrickson	Chivas USA	Traded for a third round draft pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft	April 28, 2006	^[18]
DF	Chris Leitch	NY/NJ MetroStars		April 28, 2006	^[19]
FW	Joseph Ngwenya	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded with Ned Grabavoy for Kyle Martino and John Wolyniec	May 12, 2006	^[20]
MF	Ned Grabavoy	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded with Joseph Ngwenya for Kyle Martino and John Wolyniec. Signed to a developmental contract.	May 12, 2006	^[20]
GK	Noah Palmer	Real Salt Lake	Traded for a first round draft pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft and the rights to Duke Hashimoto	May 24, 2006	^[21]
MF	Ricardo Virtuoso	FC Chiasso		May 28, 2006	^[22]
FW	Marc Burch	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded for a second round draft pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft. Signed to a developmental contract.	July 11, 2006	^[23]
FW	Ryan Coiner	Holstein Kiel		July 13, 2006	^[24]
DF	Duncan Oughton	Columbus Crew		August 18, 2006	^[25]
DF	Danny O'Rourke	Toronto FC	Traded with William Hesmer for a partial allocation	November 17, 2006	^[26]
GK	William Hesmer	Toronto FC	Traded with Danny O'Rourke for a partial allocation	November 17, 2006	^[26]

Loan in

Pos.	Player	Parent club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
GK	Dan Popik	MLS Pool	Short term agreement	May 31, 2006	June 10, 2006	^[27]^[28]^[29]
GK	Dominik Jakubek	MLS Pool	Short term agreement	June 18, 2006	July 9, 2006	^[30]^[31]^[32]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Simon Elliott	Fulham F.C.	The Crew retains his MLS rights	January 6, 2006	^[33]
MF	Chris Henderson	NY/NJ MetroStars	Traded for Tim Ward	January 12, 2006	^[9]
DF	Chris Wingert	Colorado Rapids	Traded for a fourth round draft pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft	January 20, 2006	^[11]
GK	Matt Jordan	Colorado Rapids	Traded for a third round draft pick in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft	January 20, 2006	^[11]
MF	Marcus Storey	Houston Dynamo	Traded for a second round draft pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft	February 16, 2006	^[34]
FW	David Testo	Vancouver Whitecaps	Placed on waivers	March 3, 2006	^[35]
FW	Jamal Sutton	Seattle Sounders	Placed on waivers	March 3, 2006	^[35]
MF	Luis Gallardo	A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón	Placed on waivers	March 3, 2006	^[35]
DF	Stephen Herdsman	Retired	Placed on waivers	March 3, 2006	^[35]
MF	Domenic Mediate	D.C. United	Traded for a fourth round draft pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft	March 14, 2006	^[36]
FW	Edson Buddle	New York Red Bulls	Traded for the rights to Chris Leitch and Eddie Gaven	March 28, 2006	^[15]
DF	Joel Kitamirike	Fisher Athletic F.C.	Placed on waivers	April 27, 2006	^[37]
MF	Kyle Martino	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded with John Wolyniec for Ned Grabavoy and Joseph Ngwenya	May 12, 2006	^[20]
FW	John Wolyniec	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded with Kyle Martino for Ned Grabavoy and Joseph Ngwenya	May 12, 2006	^[20]
DF	Duncan Oughton	Columbus Crew	Placed on waivers	May 12, 2006	^[35]
FW	Duke Hashimoto	Real Salt Lake	Rights traded with a first round draft pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft for Noah Palmer	May 24, 2006	^[21]
MF	Dayton O'Brien	Atlanta Silverbacks	Placed on waivers	July 11, 2006	^[23]
MF	Leonard Bisaku	Retired		August 18, 2006	^[25]
DF	Ritchie Kotschau	Toronto FC	Selected ninth in the 2006 MLS Expansion Draft	November 17, 2006	^[38]
GK	Noah Palmer	Retired	Placed on waivers	November, 2006
MF	Eric Vasquez	Miami FC	Placed on waivers	November, 2006
FW	Knox Cameron	Canton Celtic	Contract expired	December 31, 2006
FW	Sebastián Rozental	Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.	Contract expired	December 31, 2006

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:

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2006 Columbus Crew SuperDraft Picks^[39]
1	3	Jason Garey	FW	Maryland
1	9	Kei Kamara	FW	Cal State Dominguez Hills
2	13	Jed Zayner	DF	Indiana
3	27	Brandon Moss	MF	New Mexico
3	33	Dayton O'Brien	FW	Memphis
4	38	Duke Hashimoto	FW	SMU

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2006 Columbus Crew Supplemental Draft Picks^[40]
1	3	Andy Gruenebaum	GK	Kentucky
2	15	David Chun	MF	SMU
3	27	Ivan Becerra	FW	UC Santa Barbara

Awards

Postseason

MLS Athletic Trainer of the Year

Rick Guter ^[41]

Crew Team Awards

Most Valuable Player – Marcos González ^[42]
Defensive Player of the Year – Marcos González
Scoring Champion – Jason Garey & Joseph Ngwenya
Man of the Year – Ritchie Kotschau
Coach's Award – Ezra Hendrickson
Newcomer of the Year – Jason Garey
Goal of the Year – Joseph Ngwenya
Humanitarian of the Year – Jed Zayner
Hardest Working Man of the Year – Jacob Thomas
Comeback Player of the Year – Duncan Oughton
Fan of the Year – Kelly Brooks

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[1] "Columbus Crew - Roster - Main". September 2, 2006. Archived from the original on September 2, 2006.

[2] ttp://columbus.crew.mlsnet.com/MLS/players/roster.jsp?club=cocc ^{[ bare URL ]}

[Preseason-3] "Crew preseason results and lineups | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.

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[5] "Schmid left wanting after 3-0 exhibition win". The Columbus Dispatch. March 24, 2006.

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v t e Columbus Crew
Columbus, Ohio
Club	Coaches Players Records and statistics Seasons
Stadiums	Ohio Stadium (1996–1998) Historic Crew Stadium (1999–2021) Lower.com Field (2021–present) EAS Training Center
Affiliated clubs	Columbus Crew 2 (MLS Next Pro) Columbus Crew Academy (MLS Next)
Culture	Hudson Street Hooligans
Rivalries	Hell Is Real Derby (FC Cincinnati) Trillium Cup (Toronto FC)
Key personnel	Owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam President Issa Tall Technical director Marc Nicholls Head coach Wilfried Nancy
Championships	MLS Cup 2008 MLS Cup 2020 MLS Cup 2023 2002 U.S. Open Cup 2021 Campeones Cup 2024 Leagues Cup
Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Crew 2 Seasons	2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Major League Soccer
Seasons 2025 season Records and statistics 400 or more appearances 100 or more goals Hat-tricks Players Association Rivalry cups History Timeline Expansion U.S. Soccer Canada Soccer
Eastern Conference	Atlanta United FC Charlotte FC Chicago Fire FC FC Cincinnati Columbus Crew D.C. United Inter Miami CF CF Montréal Nashville SC New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC
Western Conference	Austin FC Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo FC LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Diego FC San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City St. Louis City SC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Former teams	Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001) Miami Fusion (1998–2001) Chivas USA (2005–2014)
Personnel	Foreign players National team players International slots Designated Players Homegrown Players Generation Adidas Cup Current season transfers Coaches Owners Professional Referee Organization Professional Soccer Referees Association
Competition	MLS Cup Playoffs Finals Trophy Supporters' Shield SuperDraft Stadiums Attendance Television Broadcasters All-Star Game MLS Cup
Associated competitions	All-Star Game MLS Next CONCACAF Champions Cup Campeones Cup Leagues Cup U.S. Open Cup Canadian Championship Reserve League eMLS Cup MLS is Back Tournament MLS Next MLS Next Pro
Other	Generation Adidas Performance in Champions Cup Hall of Fame Valuations Central Division (2000–2001) Fraser v. Major League Soccer (2002)
Category Portal Multimedia

v t e 2006 MLS season by team
SuperDraft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Playoffs MLS Cup Transfers
Eastern	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew D.C. United New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Kansas City Wizards
Western	Chivas USA Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Los Angeles Galaxy Real Salt Lake

2006 Columbus Crew season

Contents

Roster

Technical Staff

Non-competitive

Preseason

Midseason

Postseason

Competitive

Overview

MLS

Standings

Overall table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

Reserve League

Overall table

Match results

Statistics

Appearances and goals

In

Loan in

Out

MLS Draft picks

Awards

Postseason

Crew Team Awards

References