2015 Columbus Crew SC season

Columbus Crew SC
2015 season
Owner	Precourt Sports Ventures LLC
Head coach	Gregg Berhalter
Major League Soccer	Conference: 2nd; Overall: 4th
MLS Cup	Runner-up
U.S. Open Cup	Fifth round
Trillium Cup	Winners (7–3)
Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup	Runners-Up (0–3)
IMG SunCoast Pro Classic	Third place
Top goalscorer	Kei Kamara (22)
Highest home attendance	22,719; (September 26 vs. Portland)
Lowest home attendance	10,302; (March 22 vs. NYRB)
Average home league attendance	16,985
Home colors	Away colors
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Last updated July 01, 2024

The 2015 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's twentieth season of existence, and their twentieth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer.

Background

Review

In coach Berhalter's second season, he led the club to an MLS Cup appearance that resulted in a loss to the Portland Timbers. This season also saw returning striker Kei Kamara contend for the league's golden boot.

Roster

Major League Soccer teams are limited to eight players without US citizenship, a permanent resident (green card holder), or other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status). These international roster slots can be traded. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.Squad correct as of January 30, 2015.^[2]


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Steve Clark	United States
2	DF	Tyson Wahl	United States
3	DF	Chris Klute	United States
4	DF	Michael Parkhurst (Captain)	United States
5	DF	Emanuel Pogatetz	Austria
6	MF	Tony Tchani	Cameroon
7	MF	Kristinn Steindórsson	Iceland
8	MF	Mohammed Saeid	Sweden
9	FW	Justin Meram	Iraq
10	FW	Federico Higuaín (DP)	Argentina
11	MF	Cedrick Mabwati	DR Congo
12	MF	Kevan George	Trinidad and Tobago
13	MF	Ethan Finlay	United States
14	DF	Waylon Francis	Costa Rica
16	DF	Hector Jiménez	United States
17	FW	Ben Speas (HGP)	United States
18	FW	Aaron Schoenfeld	United States
19	MF	Romain Gall	United States
20	MF	Wil Trapp (HGP)	United States
21	DF	Chad Barson (HGP)	United States
22	DF	Gastón Sauro	Argentina
23	FW	Kei Kamara	Sierra Leone
24	DF	Sergio Campbell	Jamaica
25	DF	Harrison Afful	Ghana
26	MF	Ben Swanson (HGP)	United States
28	GK	Matt Lampson (HGP)	United States
30	FW	Jack McInerney	United States
41	GK	Brad Stuver	United States

Competitions

Preseason

February 13, 2015ATX Pro Challenge	FC Dallas	3–1	Columbus Crew SC	Austin, Texas
1:00PM	Perez 30' Hollingshead 38' Harris 43' Hollingshead 44' Toja 72'	Report	Kamara 29' Parkhurst 45' Tchani 60' Steindórsson 65'	Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium Referee: Ismail Elfath

February 15, 2015ATX Pro Challenge	Austin Aztex	0–1	Columbus Crew SC	Austin, Texas
1:00PM	Guaraci 34' Mulamba 55'	Report	Trapp 38' Barson 81'	Stadium: Mike A. Myers Stadium Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Note: Third-place match

February 18, 2015IMG Suncoast Pro Classic	Columbus Crew SC	7–0	London United	Bradenton, Florida
	Kamara 3 ', 31' Finlay 19' Grana 21 ', 36' Klute 45' Lev-Ari 84'	Report		Stadium: IMG Academy Stadium
Note: London United are composed of players who are currently out of contract and are searching for professional clubs. They replace Congolese side TP Mazembe in the tournament.

February 21, 2015IMG Suncoast Pro Classic	Columbus Crew SC	2–0	Costa Rica U-23	Bradenton, Florida
5:00PM	Kamara 16' Higuaín 18'	Report	Clark 5' 39'	Stadium: IMG Academy Stadium Referee: Kris Tencil

February 25, 2015IMG Suncoast Pro Classic	Columbus Crew SC	1–1 (3–5 p)	Philadelphia Union	Bradenton, Florida
5:00PM	Steindórsson 39' Meram 68'	Report	Aristeguieta 27' Williams 39'	Stadium: IMG Academy Stadium Referee: Fotis Bazakos
	Penalties
	Wahl Schoenfeld Meram Speas		Fabinho Fred Carroll Casey Lahoud

February 28, 2015IMG Suncoast Pro Classic	Columbus Crew SC	4–1	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Bradenton, Florida
5:00PM	Steindórsson 32' Finlay 34' Higuaín 65' Kamara 87'	Report	Gonzalez 78'	Stadium: IMG Academy Stadium
Note: Third-place match

Friendlies

March 20, 2015	Columbus Crew SC	6–1	Akron Zips	Columbus, Ohio
	8' 17' 41' 44' 56' 84'		Holthusen 30'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

March 29, 2015	Columbus Crew SC	1–2	Louisville Cardinals	Columbus, Ohio
	Jiménez pen.'	Report	pen.'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium

April 19, 2015	Columbus Crew SC	4–0	Bowling Green Falcons	Columbus, Ohio
		Report

May 27, 2015	Columbus Crew SC	0–1	Valencia CF	Columbus, Ohio
7:30p.m. ET	Pogatetz 85'	Report	Cancelo 21' Augusto 28' Negredo 33'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Note: International friendly

U.S. Open Cup

June 17, 2015 Fourth round	Richmond Kickers	1–3	Columbus Crew SC	Richmond, Virginia
7:00PM	Sekyere 23'	Recap	Bedell 17 ', 63' Tchani 35' Finlay 42'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,040 Referee: Kevin Terry

June 30, 2015 Fifth round	Orlando City SC	2–0	Columbus Crew SC	Orlando, Florida
7:30PM	Higuita 12' Hines 14' Kaká 21' Rivas 35'	Report	George 24' Schoenfeld 39' Pogatetz 53'	Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Attendance: 13,684 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

MLS

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	34	18	10	6	62	43	+19	60	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Columbus Crew	34	15	11	8	58	53	+5	53	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
3	Montreal Impact	34	15	13	6	48	44	+4	51	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	D.C. United	34	15	13	6	43	45	−2	51
5	New England Revolution	34	14	12	8	48	47	+1	50

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	FC Dallas	34	18	10	6	52	39	+13	60	CONCACAF Champions League
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	16	13	5	45	36	+9	53	CONCACAF Champions League
4	Columbus Crew	34	15	11	8	58	53	+5	53
5	Portland Timbers (C)	34	15	11	8	41	39	+2	53	CONCACAF Champions League
6	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	13	6	44	36	+8	51

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion

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
34	53	15	11	8	58	53	+5	9	4	4	38	25	+13	6	7	4	20	28	−8

Last updated: 18 Nov 2015
Source: Columbus Crew
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	33	34
Stadium	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2015. Source: columbuscrewsc.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

March 71	Houston Dynamo	1–0	Columbus Crew SC	Houston, Texas
8:30PM	Barnes 66'	Report	Pogatetz 28' Tchani 78'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,351 Referee: Allen Chapman

March 142	Columbus Crew SC	2–0	Toronto FC	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Meram 57' Kamara 61' George 85'	Report	Morrow 45+1'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,826 Referee: David Gantar

March 283	Columbus Crew SC	1–2	New York Red Bulls	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Higuaín 39' 83' Tchani 58'	Report	Perrinelle 17' Wright-Phillips 49' (pen.) Grella 67' Duvall 90+4'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 10,302 Referee: Sorin Stoica

April 84	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–2	Columbus Crew SC	Vancouver, British Columbia
10:00PM	Waston 17' Rivero 31' Mattocks 64'	Report	Kamara 24 ', 50' Jiménez 54' Wahl 72'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 18,083 Referee: Drew Fischer

April 115	New England Revolution	0–0	Columbus Crew SC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
3:00PM	Jones 12' Agudelo 55' Dorman 68'	Report	Tchani 62' Higuaín 65' Saeid 87'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 13,092 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

April 186	Columbus Crew SC	3–0	Orlando City SC	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Higuaín 32' Grana 34' Meram 55' Kamara 60'	Report	Ramos 34' Okugo 58'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,655 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

April 257	Columbus Crew SC	4–1	Philadelphia Union	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Kamara 21' Finlay 32 ', 73' Meram 44'	Report	Edu 24' Lahoud 46' Ayuk 64'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,553 Referee: Chris Penso

May 28	D.C. United	2–0	Columbus Crew SC	Washington, D.C.
7:00PM	Espindola 15', 71' Franklin 41', 90'	Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 13,107 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

May 99	Columbus Crew SC	3–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Kamara 10 ', 58', 77' Pogatetz 44' Higuaín 49' Schoenfeld 90+1'	Report	Dempsey 24 ', 75' Pineda 77'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 16,714 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

May 1610	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Columbus Crew SC	San Jose, California
10:30PM	Goodson 40' García 45+2' Wondolowski 55' Salinas 60'	Report	Saeid 14' 33' George 90+1'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 2211	Columbus Crew SC	2–2	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Kamara 8 ', 55' George 21' Meram 90+2'	Report	Gehrig 42' Accam 58' Johnson 90+4'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 13,118 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

May 3012	Orlando City SC	2–2	Columbus Crew SC	Orlando, Florida
7:30PM	Kaká 17' (pen.) Rivas 45+2' Ribeiro 89'	Report	Tchani 6' Parkhurst 16' Meram 32' Jiménez 40' Kamara 61' Saeid 90' Francis 90+1' Klute 90+1'	Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 31,430 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

June 313	Philadelphia Union	3–0	Columbus Crew SC	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00PM	Sapong 41' Nogueira 52' Le Toux 58' Ayuk 86'	Report	Jiménez 85'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 15,374 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

June 614	Columbus Crew SC	1–2	Montreal Impact	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Higuaín 90+1'	Report	Tissot 55' Donadel 75' Romero 78',79' Toia 87' McInerney 90+3'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 12,265 Referee: Ted Unkel

June 1315	Columbus Crew SC	1–1	LA Galaxy	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Higuaín 66'	Report	Lletget 14' Gonzalez 70' Rogers 87'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 21,051 Referee: Robert Sibiga

June 2416	Columbus Crew SC	2–1	New England Revolution	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Kamara 4 ', 50', 95' Parkhurst 63' Pogatetz 79' Francis 86' Steindórsson 90'	Report	Nguyen 1' Shuttleworth 50' Dorman 93'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 11,435 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

June 2717	Real Salt Lake	2–2	Columbus Crew SC	Sandy, Utah
10:00PM	García 36' Jaime 46' Beltran 47' Mulholland 59' Sandoval 70' Maund 76' Allen 77'	Report	Tchani 42' Finlay 62' Francis 73' Kamara 82'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,171 Referee: Ismail Elfath

July 418	Columbus Crew SC	2–1	New York Red Bulls	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Tchani 30' Finlay 33 ', 74'	Report	Abang 8' Perrinelle 55' Felipe 90+4'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 14,429 Referee: Juan Guzman

July 1119	Montreal Impact	3–0	Columbus Crew SC	Montreal, Quebec
8:00PM	Oduro 5 ', 80' Donadel 8' Duka 24' Oyongo 66' Soumaré 86'	Report	Saeid 25' Meram 55'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 15,304 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

July 1520	Chicago Fire	0–1	Columbus Crew SC	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30PM	Ritter 46' Gehrig 63' Accam 90+5'	Report	Kamara 41' Barson 77' Clark 90+3'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,092 Referee: Ted Unkel

July 1921	Columbus Crew SC	3–1	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
5:30PM	Higuaín 2' Kamara 17' Finlay 83' Tchani 53' Higuaín 65'	Report	Accam 9' Johnson 35' 50' Adailton 45+1'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,455 Referee: Chris Penso

July 2522	Columbus Crew SC	3–3	Toronto FC	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Kamara 17', 69' Tchani 36' Finlay 47' Francis 88'	Report	Perquis 20' Giovinco 50', 85' Warner 55', 76' Altidore 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 21,324 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

August 123	Orlando City SC	5–2	Columbus Crew SC	Orlando, Florida
7:30PM	Larin 18 ', 53' Cerén 38' Collin 77' Higuita 84' Hines 63'	Report	Higuaín 5' Francis 74' Saeid 82' Collin 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 26,586 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

August 824	Colorado Rapids	1–2	Columbus Crew SC	Commerce City, Colorado
9:00PM	Doyle 7' Watts 30' Burling 42' Sjöberg 50' 90' Burch 61'	Report	Kamara 52 ', 64' Klute 67' Barson 73' Higuaín 90+2'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,676 Referee: Alan Kelly

August 1925	Columbus Crew SC	2–2	New York City FC	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Kamara 24' Cedrick 72'	Report	Villa 51' Poku 57 ', 66' Saunders 90+3' Iraola 90+4'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,514 Referee: Allen Chapman

August 2226	Columbus Crew SC	3–2	Sporting Kansas City	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Finlay 35' Tchani 80' McInerney 88', 90+2'	Report	de Jong 14' Dwyer 33' Medranda 39' Zusi 62' Lopez 79'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 20,018 Referee: Chris Penso

August 2927	New York City FC	1–2	Columbus Crew SC	New York City, New York
4:00PM	Higuaín 10' Tchani 59' Kamara 82' Meram 83'	Report	Jacobson 29'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 30,018 Referee: Juan Guzman

September 628	Columbus Crew SC	0–3	FC Dallas	Columbus, Ohio
7:00PM		Report	Harris 27' Gonzalez 63' Barrios 69' Texeira 71'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 20,217 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

September 1229	Philadelphia Union	1–2	Columbus Crew SC	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30PM	Sapong 66' Vitória 86'	Report	Kamara 21' Kamara 26' Clark 90'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 17,283 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

September 1930	D.C. United	1–2	Columbus Crew SC	Washington, D.C.
7:00PM	Birnbaum 51' Kitchen 62' Rolfe 68' Kemp 90+2'	Report	Finlay 27' Kamara 49' Klute 72'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 19,033 Referee: Ted Unkel

September 2631	Columbus Crew SC	1–2	Portland Timbers	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM	Kamara 43' Higuaín 88'	Report	Adi 28' Chara 45+1' Adi 50' Fochive 90+2' Adam Larsen Kwarasey 90+5'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 22,719 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

October 332	New York Red Bulls	2–1	Columbus Crew SC	Harrison, New Jersey
7:00PM	Sam 12' Perrinelle 15' Robles 78' Wright-Phillips 21'	Report	Meram 9' Sauro 79'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 21,715 Referee: Alan Kelly

October 1733	Toronto FC	0–2	Columbus Crew SC	Toronto, Ontario
2:00PM	Bradley 42' Cheyrou 73'	Report	Higuaín 31' Finlay 40' Kamara 63' Sauro 85' Parkhurst 87' Higuaín 90+1'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 24,253 Referee: Chris Penso

October 2534	Columbus Crew SC	5–0	D.C. United	Columbus, Ohio
5:00PM	McInerney 25' Meram 54' McInerney 59' Finlay 66' Finlay 67' Schoenfeld 80'	Report	Kemp 58'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 19,121 Referee: Ismail Elfath

MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

November 1Leg 1	Montreal Impact	2–1	Columbus Crew SC	Montreal, Quebec
7:00 PM EST	Bernier 37' Cabrera 45+2' Oyongo 51' Venegas 77' Drogba 87'	Report	Higuaín 33' Sauro 52' Afful 90+3'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 17,655 Referee: Chris Penso

November 8Leg 2	Columbus Crew SC	3–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.)	Montreal Impact	Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM EST	Kamara 4', 111' Sauro 30' Finlay 77'	Report	Duka 40' Donadel 85' Camara 90+5' Reo-Coker 104'	Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium Attendance: 19,026 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Conference Finals

November 22Leg 1	Columbus Crew SC	2–0	New York Red Bulls	Columbus, Ohio
5:00 PM EST	Meram 1' Wahl 46' Kamara 85'	Report		Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium Attendance: 21,617 Referee: Allen Chapman

November 29Leg 2	New York Red Bulls	1–0 (1–2 agg.)	Columbus Crew SC	Harrison, New Jersey
7:30PM EST	Felipe 28' Zizzo 85' Abang 90+3'	Report	Sauro 67'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,219 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

MLS Cup Final

December 6	Columbus Crew SC	1–2	Portland Timbers	Columbus, Ohio
4:00PM EST	Kamara 18' Afful 34'	Report	Valeri 1' Wallace 7' Powell 65' Valeri 90+3' Asprilla 90+3'	Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium Attendance: 21,747 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Statistics

Appearances

Numbers outside parentheses denote appearances as starter.

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

As of match played June 17, 2015^[3]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Apps	Apps
1	GK		Steve Clark	15	0	15
4	DF		Michael Parkhurst	14	0	14
5	DF		Emanuel Pogatetz	13 (1)	1	14 (1)
6	MF		Tony Tchani	32	1	14
8	MF		Mohammed Saeid	12 (1)	0 (1)	12 (2)
9	FW		Justin Meram	12 (1)	0 (1)	12 (2)
10	FW		Federico Higuaín	14	0	14
13	FW		Ethan Finlay	15	1	16
14	FW		Waylon Francis	12	0	12
20	FW		Wil Trapp	3	0	3
23	FW		Kei Kamara	14 (1)	0	14 (1)
27	FW		Hernán Grana	7	0	7
2	DF		Tyson Wahl	3 (2)	1	4 (2)
3	DF		Chris Klute	4 (3)	0	4 (3)
7	DF		Kristinn Steindórsson	3 (10)	1	4 (10)
12	DF		Kevan George	2 (2)	1	3 (2)
16	DF		Hector Jiménez	6 (6)	1	7 (6)
17	MF		Ben Speas	1 (6)	1	2 (6)
18	FW		Aaron Schoenfeld	1 (9)	0 (1)	1 (10)
21	DF		Chad Barson	1 (2)	1	2 (2)
29	FW		Adam Bedell	0	1	1
41	GK		Brad Stuver	0	1	1

Goals and assists

As of match played December 6, 2015^[3]

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		U.S. Open Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists
1	GK	Steve Clark	0	1	0	0	0	1
2	DF	Tyson Wahl	0	2	0	0	0	2
5	DF	Emanuel Pogatetz	0	1	0	0	0	1
6	MF	Tony Tchani	5	6	0	1	5	7
9	FW	Justin Meram	6	5	0	0	6	5
10	MF	Federico Higuaín	8	9	0	0	8	9
11	MF	Cedrick Mabwati	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF	Kevan George	0	1	0	0	0	1
13	MF	Ethan Finlay	12	13	1	0	13	13
14	DF	Waylon Francis	0	7	0	0	0	7
16	MF	Hector Jiménez	0	4	0	1	0	5
17	MF	Ben Speas	0	0	0	1	0	1
20	MF	Wil Trapp	0	2	0	0	0	2
21	DF	Chad Barson	0	1	0	0	0	1
23	FW	Kei Kamara	22	8	0	0	22	8
25	D	Harrison Afful	0	2	0	0	0	2
29	FW	Adam Bedell	0	0	2	0	2	0
30	FW	Jack McInerney	2	1	0	0	2	1
18	FW	Aaron Schoenfeld	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			56	63	3	3	59	66

Disciplinary record

As of match played June 17, 2015^[3]

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		U.S. Open Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
2	DF	Tyson Wahl	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Chris Klute	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	Michael Parkhurst	0	1	0	0	0	1
5	DF	Emanuel Pogatetz	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	MF	Tony Tchani	2	0	1	0	3	0
8	MF	Mohammed Saeid	3	1	0	0	3	1
9	FW	Justin Meram	2	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF	Federico Higuaín	2	1	0	0	2	1
12	MF	Kevan George	3	0	0	0	3	0
14	FW	Waylon Francis	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Hector Jiménez	3	0	0	0	3	0
18	FW	Aaron Schoenfeld	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW	Kei Kamara	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	Hernán Grana	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			23	3	1	0	24	3

Additional suspensions

Transfers

In

Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
FW	Kei Kamara	Free Agent	Acquired via MLS allocation ranking	Oct 7, 2014	^[4]
MF	Ben Swanson		Homegrown signing	Oct 16, 2014
MF	Mohammed Saeid	Free Agent		Oct 29, 2014	^[5]
MF	Kristinn Steindorsson	Free Agent		Dec 11, 2014	^[6]
DF	Chris Klute	Colorado Rapids	Trade from Colorado Rapids	Dec 16, 2014	^[7]
DF	Hernan Grana	Free Agent		Jan 23, 2015	^[8]
MF	Cedrick Mabwati	Real Betis	Transfer from Real Betis	Jan 30, 2015	^[9]
DF	Sergio Campbell	Connecticut Huskies	Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the 19th pick	Mar 2, 2015	^[10]
DF	Kalen Ryden	Midwestern State Mustangs Midland/Odessa Sockers	Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the 35th pick	Mar 2, 2015	^[10]
FW	Sagi Lev-Ari	Cal State Northridge Matadors	Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the 35th pick	Mar 2, 2015	^[10]
DF	Harrison Afful	ES Tunis	Sign	Jul 30, 2015	^[11]
FW	Jack McInerney	Montreal Impact	Acquired in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.	Aug 4, 2015	^[12]
DF	Gastón Sauro	FC Basel	Sign	Aug 6, 2015	^[13]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Matt Walker		Option declined	Nov. 18, 2014	^[14]
MF	Agustín Viana	Danubio	Option declined	Nov. 18, 2014	^[14]
MF	Daniel Paladini		Option declined	Nov. 18, 2014	^[14]
MF	Fifi Baiden		Option declined	Nov. 18, 2014	^[14]
DF	Matt Wiet		Option declined	Nov. 18, 2014	^[14]
DF	Ross Friedman		Option declined	Nov. 18, 2014	^[14]
DF	Josh Williams	New York City FC	Crew SC acquires allocation money from NYCFC in exchange for the defender.	Dec. 8, 2014	^[15]
MF	Bernardo Añor	Sporting Kansas City	Crew SC acquires allocation money from Sporting Kansas City in exchange for the midfielder.	Dec. 8, 2014	^[16]
FW	Jairo Arrieta	Orlando City SC	Option declined Nov 18, 2014. Selected by Orlando City SC in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft.	Dec 10, 2014	^[14] ^[17]
DF	Eric Gehrig	Orlando City SC	Selected by Orlando City SC in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft.	Dec. 10, 2014	^[17]
DF	Ben Sweat		Waived	Feb. 9, 2015	^[18]
FW	Sagi Lev-Ari		Waived	Mar. 16, 2015	^[19]
DF	Hernán Grana		Grana and Crew SC mutually agreed to part ways.	May 12, 2015	^[20]
DF	Kalen Ryden		Waived	Aug. 6, 2015	^[21]
FW	Adam Bedell	Orlando City SC	Crew SC acquires a second-round selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.	Aug. 6, 2015	^[22]

Recognition

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Link
Week 8	Ethan Finlay	Philadelphia Union	Report Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
Week 12	Kei Kamara	Chicago Fire	Report Archived 2015-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
Week 23	Kei Kamara	Colorado Rapids	Report Archived 2015-08-13 at the Wayback Machine

MLS Save of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Link
Week 11	Steve Clark	San Jose Earthquakes	Report Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Link
Week 2	Hernán Grana	Toronto FC	Report Archived 2015-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
Week 2	Justin Meram	Toronto FC	Report Archived 2015-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
Week 7	Federico Higuaín	Orlando City SC	Report Archived 2015-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
Week 7	Kei Kamara	Orlando City SC	Report Archived 2015-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
Week 8	Ethan Finlay	Philadelphia Union	Report Archived 2015-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
	Waylon Francis
	Kei Kamara
Week 10	Federico Higuaín	Seattle Sounders FC	Report Archived 2015-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
	Kei Kamara
	Emanuel Pogatetz
Week 12	Kei Kamara	Chicago Fire	Report Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
Week 15	Tony Tchani	LA Galaxy	Report Archived 2015-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
Week 17	Ethan Finlay	New England Revolution & Real Salt Lake	Report Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
Week 17	Kei Kamara	New England Revolution & Real Salt Lake	Report Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
Week 18	Ethan Finlay	New York Red Bulls	Report Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
Week 18	Kei Kamara	New York Red Bulls	Report Archived 2015-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
Week 20	Ethan Finlay	Chicago Fire	Report Archived 2015-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
	Waylon Francis
	Kei Kamara
Week 23	Kei Kamara	Colorado Rapids	Report Archived 2015-08-12 at the Wayback Machine

Kits

Home

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Yellow	Yellow	Yellow	Week 1 against Houston Dynamo
Away	Black	Black	Black	Week 2 against Toronto FC

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[SuperDraft-10] 1 2 3 "Columbus Crew SC signs three 2015 MLS SuperDraft selections". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.

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[RosterMoves-14] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Core of 2014 MLS Cup Playoff team to return as Crew SC exercises options on contracts of 16 players". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

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[ExpansionDraft-17] 1 2 "Two Crew SC players selected by Orlando City SC in the 2015 MLS Expansion Draft". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

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