The 2022 Columbus Crew season was the club's 27th season of existence and their 27th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States and Canada. The first match of the season was on February 26 against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It was the fourth and final season under head coach Caleb Porter. This was the first season since 2017 without striker Gyasi Zardes, who departed to the Colorado Rapids
Roster
Out on loan
(on loan to FC Rapid București)
Technical Staff
Non-competitive
Preseason
Competitive Overview
MLS
Standings
Eastern Conference
Overall table
Results summary
Results by round
Match results On November 22, 2021 the league announced the home openers for every club, with Columbus playing Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Lower.com Field. The full 2022 season was released on December 15, 2021.
MLS Cup Playoffs
The Columbus Crew failed to qualify for the playoffs in this season.
U.S. Open Cup
On July 20, 2021 US Soccer announced that the tournament would be cancelled for 2021 and would resume in 2022. The Crew was one of 17 MLS teams entering in the Third round of the tournament.
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 No. Pos. Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total 1 GK Eloy Room100010 2 MF Perry Kitchen000000 3 DF Josh Williams200020 4 DF Jonathan Mensah700070 5 DF Miloš Degenek300030 6 MF Darlington Nagbe400040 7 MF Pedro Santos600060 8 MF Artur700070 9 FW Cucho Hernández300030 10 MF Lucas Zelarayán300030 12 MF Luis Díaz610061 13 FW Kevin Molino000000 14 MF Yaw Yeboah100010 16 MF Isaiah Parente001010 17 DF Marlon Hairston000000 18 MF Sebastian Berhalter000000 19 FW Erik Hurtado200020 20 MF Alexandru Mățan000000 21 MF Aidan Morris300030 22 MF Derrick Etienne Jr.500050 23 DF Jalil Anibaba200020 24 GK Evan Bush000000 25 MF Sean Zawadzki000000 26 MF James Igbekeme200020 28 GK Patrick Schulte000000 30 MF Will Sands101020 31 DF Steven Moreira600060 32 GK Brady Scott000000 33 DF Jake Morris000000 39 FW Jacen Russell-Rowe100010 41 DF Mohamed Farsi000000Players who left Columbus during the season: 11 FW Gyasi Zardes000000 27 FW Miguel Berry001010 36 MF Isaac Angking000000 37 DF Philip Quinton000000 38 FW Noah Fuson000000
Clean sheets
No. Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total Games Played 1 Eloy Room90934 24 Evan Bush0001 28 Patrick Schulte0000 32 Brady Scott0000
Transfers
In Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource MF Yaw Yeboah Wisla Krakow Utilizing Targeted Allocation Money, contract will run through the 2024 season with an option for 2025. January 6, 2022 GK Evan Bush Columbus Crew Contract will run through the 2022 season with an option for 2023. January 6, 2022 GK Patrick Schulte Columbus Crew Selected in round 1 of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft as a Generation Adidas signing. January 11, 2022 MF Sean Zawadzki Georgetown University Contract as a Homegrown Player through the 2023 season with options through 2025. January 13, 2022 GK Brady Scott Austin FC Contract for 2022 with options for 2023 and 2024. Selected in Stage 2 of the 2021 MLS Re-Entry Draft. January 13, 2022 DF Jalil Anibaba Nashville SC Signed via free Agency for the 2022 season with an option for 2023 January 14, 2022 DF Jake Morris Campbell University Signed as a Homegrown Player through the 2023 season with options in 2024 and 2025. The Crew traded $50,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) for 2022 to Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for Morris’ MLS Homegrown Priority. January 14, 2022 DF Will Sands Georgetown University Signed as a Homegrown Player through the 2023 season with options in 2024 and 2025. The Crew traded $50,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) for 2022 to New York City FC in exchange for Sands’ MLS Homegrown Priority. January 21, 2022 DF Milos Degenek Red Star Belgrade Signed through the 2023 season with options for 2024 and 2025. January 24, 2022 FW Erik Hurtado Columbus Crew Contract will run through the 2022 season with an option for 2023. February 3, 2022FW Jacen Russell-Rowe Columbus Crew 2Signed as a Homegrown Player through the 2024 season with options in 2025 and 2026. The Crew traded $50,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) for 2022 to Toronto FC in exchange for Russell-Rowe's MLS Homegrown Priority.June 29, 2022FW Cucho Hernández Watford F.C.Signed as a Young Designated Player through 2025 via a $10 million transfer fee.July 7, 2022FW Mohamed Farsi Columbus Crew 2Signed through the 2023 season with options in 2024 and 2025.July 22, 2022 DF Jimmy Medranda Seattle Sounders FC Free agent, contract runs through 2023 with an option for 2024 December 23, 2022
Loan in Pos.PlayerParent clubLength/NotesBeginningEndSource MF James Igbekeme Real Zaragoza Loaned through the 2022 MLS season with an option to exercise a permanent transfer. January 26, 2022 December 31, 2022 DF Philip Quinton Columbus Crew 2 Short term agreement April 19, 2022 April 19, 2022 MF Isaac Angking Columbus Crew 2 Short term agreement April 19, 2022 April 19, 2022 FW Noah Fuson Columbus Crew 2 Short term agreement April 23, 2022 April 23, 2022DF Mohamed Farsi Columbus Crew 2Short term agreements June 18, 2022 June 18, 2022 June 25, 2016 June 25, 2016FW Jacen Russell-Rowe Columbus Crew 2Short term agreements May 28, 2022 May 28, 2022 June 18, 2016 June 18, 2016 June 25, 2016 June 25, 2016
Out Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource DF Aboubacar Keita Colorado Rapids $300,000 in General Allocation Money and up to $150,000 in conditional GAM. January 5, 2022 DF Sebastian Berhalter Vancouver Whitecaps FC $50,000 in GAM for 2022 and up to $50,000 in conditional GAM if certain performance incentives are met. February 4, 2022 FW Gyasi Zardes Colorado Rapids $1.4 million in 2022 GAM received, allocated as a guaranteed $300,000 and up to an additional $1.1M if multiple performance metrics are met while with the Rapids. April 22, 2022 FW Miguel Berry D.C. United Guaranteed $125,000 in GAM from D.C. United in 2022, $100,000 in GAM in 2023, and up to an additional $100,000 in GAM if certain performance incentives are met. July 20, 2022 DF Jalil Anibaba Retired Option declined October 26, 2022 FW Erik Hurtado San Antonio FC Option declined October 26, 2022 DF Pedro Santos D.C. United Option declined October 26, 2022 MF Derrick Etienne Jr. Atlanta United FC Contract expired October 26, 2022 DF Marlon Hairston Hartford Athletic Contract expired October 26, 2022 DF Perry Kitchen Retired October 26, 2022 MF Artur Houston Dynamo FC Traded for $300,000 in General Allocation Money, and potentially an additional $50,000 if certain performance metrics are met November 22, 2022
Loans out Pos.PlayerLoanee clubLength/NotesBeginningEndSource GK Brady Scott Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate March 26, 2022 October 8, 2022 MF Sean Zawadzki Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 3, 2022 October 8, 2022 GK Patrick Schulte Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 3, 2022 October 8, 2022 DF Jake Morris Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 3, 2022 October 8, 2022 DF Will Sands Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 10, 2022 August 7, 2022https://x.com/ColumbusCrew2/status/1513251147326308359 DF Josh Williams Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 10, 2022 April 10, 2022 MF Alexandru Mățan Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 10, 2022 July 10, 2022 MF Aidan Morris Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 10, 2022 May 21, 2022 FW Erik Hurtado Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 15, 2022 April 15, 2022 MF Isaiah Parente Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate April 15, 2022 October 8, 2022 FW Jacen Russell-Rowe Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate July 16, 2022 October 8, 2022 DF Mohamed Farsi Columbus Crew 2 First team loan to affiliate July 31, 2022 October 2, 2022MF Alexandru Mățan Rapid București Loaned through the remainder of the 2022 MLS season with an option to exercise a permanent transfer. August 9, 2022 December 31, 2022
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 Columbus Crew are listed below: Round Pick Player Position College 112 Patrick SchulteGKSaint Louis125 Philip QuintonDFNotre Dame240 Jacob ErlandsonDFBowling Green368 Chris DonovanDFDrexel
Awards +MLS Team of the WeekWeekStartersBenchOpponent(s)Link 1 Lucas Zelarayán Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 Lucas Zelarayán San Jose Earthquakes 3 Lucas Zelarayán Derrick Etienne Jr. Toronto FC 4 Darlington Nagbe New York Red Bulls 9 Pedro Santos Darlington Nagbe D.C. United 10 Derrick Etienne Jr. New England Revolution 14 Eloy Room Jonathan Mensah Atlanta United FC 15 Aidan Morris Charlotte FC 17 Eloy Room Jacen Russell-Rowe Real Salt Lake Toronto FC 19 Derrick Etienne Jr. Cucho Hernández Chicago Fire FC 20 Cucho Hernández D.C. United 21 Lucas Zelarayán Cucho Hernández FC Cincinnati 24 Lucas Zelarayán CF Montréal New York City FC 26 Cucho Hernández Atlanta United FC 27 Steven Moreira FC Cincinnati 28 Miloš Degenek Steven Moreira Inter Miami CF Chicago Fire FC 33 Derrick Etienne Jr. New York Red Bulls
MLS Player of the Month MonthPlayerStatsLink February/March Lucas Zelarayán 4 goals, 1 assist
2022 MLS All-Star Game Starters MF Darlington Nagbe
2022 MLS Next All-Star Game GK Stanislav Lapkes MF Gio De Libera
Postseason MLS Next Pro Executive of the Year Corey Wray
Crew Team Awards Most Valuable Player – Darlington Nagbe Golden Boot Winner – Lucas Zelarayán Defender of the Year – Eloy Room Kirk Urso Heart Award – Aidan Morris Humanitarian of the Year – Josh Williams Columbus Crew 2 Player of the Year – Jacen Russell-Rowe Academy Player of the Year – Gio De Libera
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