2003 Columbus Crew season

Columbus Crew
2003 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	Greg Andrulis
Stadium	Columbus Crew Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 5th; Overall: 8th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth Round
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Brian McBride (12); All: ; Edson Buddle (16)
Highest home attendance	22,058 (4/5 v. LA)
Lowest home attendance	3,358 (4/16 v. MON)
Average home league attendance	16,250 (72%)
Biggest win	CLB 6–2 CHI (6/2)
Biggest defeat	MON 6-0 CLB (4/9)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2003 Columbus Crew season was the club's eighth season of existence and their eighth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. The first match of the season was on April 5 against Los Angeles Galaxy. It was the third season under head coach Greg Andrulis.

Roster

As of October 18, 2003^[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
3	DF	USA	Mike Clark (captain)
4	DF	NIR	Mark Williams
5	DF	USA	Chad McCarty
6	DF	USA	Eric Denton
7	MF	BRA	Diego Walsh
8	DF	NZL	Duncan Oughton
10	MF	USA	Brian Maisonneuve
11	FW	USA	Jeff Cunningham
12	FW	USA	Edson Buddle
15	MF	GUA	Freddy Garcia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	USA	Ross Paule
17	FW	USA	Brian West
18	DF	USA	Nelson Akwari
20	FW	USA	Brian McBride
21	MF	USA	Kyle Martino
22	GK	USA	Tom Presthus
23	DF	HON	Alex Pineda Chacon
24	MF	USA	Jeff Matteo
25	MF	USA	Michael Ritch
27	MF	ECU	Andres Murriagui
28	DF	USA	Jake Traeger
31	GK	USA	Michael Ueltschey

Technical staff

Position	Staff
President/General Manager	Jim Smith
Head Coach	Greg Andrulis
Assistant Coach	Jim Launder
Assistant Coach	Robert Warzycha
Head Trainer	Craig Devine
Team Manager	Tucker Walther

Source: ^[2]

Non-competitive

Preseason

For the preseason match against Cincinnati Riverhawks, the Crew brought in non-roster invitees Shane Curran, Gary Berry and Bret Jones from the Columbus Shooting Stars.^[3] The Crew spent a portion of preseason in Portugal where they played a series of friendlies against local teams. They brought in Michael Thomas as a non-roster invitee on this trip.^[4] After returning from Portugal, the Crew went to Florida to continue training. They played another series of friendly matches. Omar Belbey joined the team as a non-roster invitee on this leg of preseason.^[5]

February 12 Friendly	Columbus Crew	9-0	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Mason, OH
	Gonzalez 18', 41' Buddle 25', 57' Martino 37' Walsh 68' (pen.) Curran 83' Berry 88' Jones 89'	Report		Stadium: Wall2Wall Soccer Facility

February 18 Friendly	C.D. Fátima	1-1	Columbus Crew	Fátima, Portugal
	35'	Report	Martino 9'

February 20 Friendly	Sporting CP	2-1	Columbus Crew	Lisbon, Portugal
	Prates 43' Niculae 53'	Report	Cunningham 16'	Stadium: Lisbon Training Center Attendance: 400

February 23 Friendly	S.C. Lourinhanense	0-1	Columbus Crew	Lourinhã, Portugal
		Report	Cunningham

February 26 Friendly	U.D. Leiria	2-1	Columbus Crew	Leiria, Portugal
		Report

March 4 Friendly	San Jose Earthquakes	2-1	Columbus Crew	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:00 PM EST	Lagos 36' Wegerle 66' Corrales 79'	Report	Walsh 6' Clark 29' McCarty 83'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

March 6 Friendly	Columbus Crew	1-1	U.S. U-23 National Team	Fort Lauderdale, FL
	Dante Washington	Report

March 6 Friendly	Columbus Crew	7-1	Lynn Fighting Knights	Fort Lauderdale, FL
		Report

March 8 Copa Carnaval	Columbus Crew	4-2	D.C. United	Miami, FL
5:00 PM EST	McCarty 5' Clark 19' Buddle 33', 45' Cunningham 42'	Report	Ivanov 18' 27' Etcheverry 56', 74' (pen.) Stewart 60'	Stadium: Miami Orange Bowl

March 10 Friendly	NY/NJ MetroStars	2-2	Columbus Crew	Boca Raton, FL
2:00 PM EST	Pope 35' Droze 90'	Report	Matteo 1' García 61'	Stadium: Lynn University

March 25 Friendly	Columbus Crew	4-0	Dayton Flyers	Obetz, OH
4:00 PM EST	Traeger Maisonneuve Washington West			Stadium: Crew Training Center

March 29 Friendly	Kansas City Wizards	1-2	Columbus Crew	Edmond, OK
8:00 PM EST	Walsh 10' Washington 83' Maisonneuve 90+1'	Report	Fabbro 9' Preki 14' Wolff 51'	Stadium: Wantland Stadium Attendance: 9,223 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: Paul Scott Brent Hall

April 1 Keith Evans Memorial Match	Columbus Crew	5-0	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Obetz, OH
7:00 PM EST	Paule , , McBride Cunningham			Stadium: Crew Training Center

Midseason

The Crew played a midseason friendly against Santos Laguna in Kansas City as a double header with Kansas City Wizards vs. Dallas Burn which was the first time all three Clark owned MLS teams played in the same stadium on the same day. The Crew who came into the game with many injuries called up Taly Goode, Kevin Friedland, and Taylor Graham from Kansas City Wizards.^[6]

April 23 Connor Senn Memorial Match	Ohio State Buckeyes	1-3	Columbus Crew	Columbus, OH
	Nugent 6'	Report	Cunningham 30' West 59' Oughton 69'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 439

July 12 Friendly	Santos Laguna	0-1	Columbus Crew	Kansas City, MO
5:15 PM EDT		^[7]	West 41'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium

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 5, 2003	October 26, 2003	Matchday 1	8th	30	10	8	12	44	44	+0	033.33
U.S. Open Cup	August 6, 2003	August 6, 2003	Fourth Round	Fourth Round	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	March 16, 2003	April 16, 2003	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	050.00
Total					35	12	8	15	53	55	−2	034.29

Source: Competitions

MLS

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chicago Fire	30	15	7	8	53	43	+10	53	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	New England Revolution	30	12	9	9	55	47	+8	45
3	MetroStars	30	11	10	9	40	40	0	42
4	D.C. United	30	10	11	9	38	36	+2	39
5	Columbus Crew	30	10	12	8	44	44	0	38

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Colorado Rapids	30	11	12	7	40	45	−5	40
7	D.C. United	30	10	11	9	38	36	+2	39
8	Columbus Crew	30	10	12	8	44	44	0	38
9	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	9	12	9	35	35	0	36
10	Dallas Burn	30	6	19	5	35	64	−29	23

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
30	38	10	12	8	44	44	0	6	3	6	24	15	+9	4	9	2	20	29	−9

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
Stadium	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	T	W	W	L	T	W	L	L	T	W	L	L	W	T	L	T	L	L	T	L	W	W	T	W	L	L	T	L	W	W

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

Match results

April 5 1	Columbus Crew	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EST	Buddle 35' Oughton 94'	Report	Myung-bo 37' Ruíz 63' Marshall 75'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 22,058 Referee: Kevin Terry Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Richard Eddy Fourth official: Ricardo Salazar

April 12 2	NY/NJ MetroStars	0-1	Columbus Crew	East Rutherford, NJ
7:30 PM EDT	Maisonneuve 18' Cunningham 90'	Report	Clark 81'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 23,786 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Assistant referees: Rob Fereday Steven Davidson Fourth official: Steve Karaduzovic

April 19 3	New England Revolution	1-2	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, MA
4:00 PM EDT	Kanté 64' Franchino 81' Ralston 86'	Report	Denton 12' McBride 53'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 15,827 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Greg Barkey Thomas Supple Fourth official: Erich Simmons

April 26 4	Columbus Crew	0-1	NY/NJ MetroStars	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EDT	Maisonneuve 31'	Report	Williams 10' Magee 59'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,165 Referee: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: Richard Eddy Bahij Salman Fourth official: Elias Bazakos

May 3 5	Kansas City Wizards	2-2 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew	Kansas City, MO
8:00 PM EDT	Zavagnin 14' Preki 45+2' (pen.) Armstrong 69' Quill 89' Fabbro 94'	Report	Oughton 42' Paule 47' McBride 49', 90' Martino 55' Busch 58' Cunningham 60'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 16,006 Referee: Marcel Yonan Assistant referees: Steven Davidson Jose Andrade Fourth official: Bronson Broockerd

May 10 6	Columbus Crew	2-0	Colorado Rapids	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Cunningham 25' (pen.) McBride 43' Maisonneuve 74'	Report	Mastroeni 56' Hart 60' Herdsman 85'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,555 Referee: Abbey Okulaja Assistant referees: Rob Fereday Steven Davidson Fourth official: Ricardo Salazar

May 17 7	San Jose Earthquakes	4-3	Columbus Crew	San Jose, CA
10:00 PM EDT	Mulrooney 10' Mullan 30' Ching 49' Agoos 67' Donovan 87'	Report	McBride 38' (pen.) Cunningham 61' Clark 69' Paule 90'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 7,180 Referee: Ali Saheli Assistant referees: Emiliano Monje Gibby Widner Fourth official: Cory Dean

May 24 8	Columbus Crew	2-3	New England Revolution	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Paule 40' Dunseth 76'	Report	Kamler 36', 70' Twellman 89'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,186 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Greg Barkey David Bragg Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

May 31 9	Columbus Crew	1-1 (a.e.t.)	NY/NJ MetroStars	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Cunningham 34' McBride 84' Busch 90' McCarty 97'	Report	Lisi 13' Mathis 64' (pen.) Jolley 65'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 12,518 Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistant referees: Francisco Sanchez Bill Dittmar Fourth official: Mikael Lundqvist

June 7 10	Columbus Crew	1-0	San Jose Earthquakes	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Walsh 53' 78' McBride 85'	Report	Mullan 14'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,481 Referee: Gus St. Silva Assistant referees: Thomas Supple Chip Reed Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

June 14 11	D.C. United	3-0	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT	Petke 27', 43' Eskandarian 79', 85'	Report	Torres 21'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 13,907 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: George Gansner Bill Dittmar Fourth official: David Simon

June 21 12	San Jose Earthquakes	2-1	Columbus Crew	San Jose, CA
10:00 PM EDT	Mullan 43' Lagos 57' Ekelund 59' Walker 77'	Report	Dunseth 27' McBride 55' Clark 57' Paule 66'	Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 8,058 Referee: Marcel Yonan Assistant referees: David Bragg Dinesh Singh Fourth official: Yader Reyes

June 28 13	Columbus Crew	3-0	D.C. United	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	West 8' Dunseth 18' McBride 25' Walsh 60' Hejduk 62'	Report	Convey 37'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,489 Referee: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Craig Lowry Paul Scott Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

July 5 14	Columbus Crew	0-0 (a.e.t.)	Dallas Burn	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	West 50'	Report		Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,412 Referee: Ricardo Salazar Assistant referees: Rob Fereday Thomas Supple Fourth official: Abbey Okulaja

July 19 15	Columbus Crew	0-1	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Clark 46' Dunseth 62' Denton 68' McCarty 90'	Report	Zavagnin 38' Simutenkov 58'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,472 Referee: Michael Kennedy Assistant referees: Greg Watson Hilario Grajeda Fourth official: Elias Bazakos

July 23 16	Columbus Crew	1-1 (a.e.t.)	New England Revolution	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Matteo 33'	Report	Joseph 35' Noonan 55' Llamosa 77'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 14,632 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: George Vergara Jose Corro Fourth official: Ricardo Salazar

July 30 17	Los Angeles Galaxy	2-1	Columbus Crew	Carson, CA
10:30 PM EDT	Ruiz 11' Martínez 44' Lalas 52'	Report	Hejduk 11' Dunseth 20' Oughton 45+2' Clark 57' Maisonneuve 79'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 21,806 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: Nate Clement Richard Eddy Fourth official: Hector Tobon
Note: Originally scheduled on September 3

August 9 18	Los Angeles Galaxy	3-1	Columbus Crew	Carson, CA
10:00 PM EDT	Ruiz 68', 86' Serna 89'	Report	Clark 22' Dunseth 28' McCarty 44' Hejduk 45+1' Buddle 74'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 22,063 Referee: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Kermit Quisenberry Francisco Sanchez Fourth official: Ramon Hernandez

August 13 19	Columbus Crew	2-2 (a.e.t.)	Chicago Fire	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Denton 37' Buddle 47' West 52' Busch 68' Cunningham 74' McCarty 80'	Report	Razov 34' (pen.) Ralph 90' Bocanegra 98' 100+1'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 17,193 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Fabio Tovar Bahij Salman Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

August 16 20	Colorado Rapids	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew	Denver, CO
9:00 PM EDT	Spencer 57', 65' Chung 91'	Report	McCarty 9' Buddle 72' Denton 78' Oughton 89'	Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High Attendance: 11,671 Referee: Jesse Johnson Assistant referees: Greg Barkey David Bragg Fourth official: Kevin Stott

August 23 21	Dallas Burn	1-2	Columbus Crew	Southlake, TX
9:00 PM EDT	Deering 9' 28' Gbandi 31' Rhine 75'	Report	Denton 35' Hejduk 37' Buddle 43' Paule 62'	Stadium: Dragon Stadium Attendance: 7,950 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: George Vergara Jose Andrade Fourth official: Hector Tobon

August 31 22	Columbus Crew	1-0	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	West 37' Oughton 55'	Report	Quill 4'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 18,147 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: Jorge De La Bandera Chip Reed Fourth official: Mikael Lundqvist
Note: Originally scheduled on August 30

September 6 23	Chicago Fire	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew	Naperville, IL
9:00 PM EDT	Marsch 52' Bocanegra 66' Curtin 94'	Report	Buddle 37', 53' Oughton 49' West 89'	Stadium: Cardinal Stadium Attendance: 15,136 Referee: Gus St. Silva Assistant referees: Richard Eddy Bill Dittmar Fourth official: Cien Asoera
Note: Originally scheduled on September 7

September 13 24	Columbus Crew	3-2	Dallas Burn	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Buddle 28', 81' McBride 39'	Report	Dunseth 15' Stone 49' 86' Johnson 52' Pareja 90+2'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 16,049 Referee: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Kermit Quisenberry Gibby Widner Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

September 20 25	NY/NJ MetroStars	1-0 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew	East Rutherford, NJ
7:30 PM EDT	Lisi 32' Williams 33' Wolyniec 100+1'	Report	Williams 5' Oughton 70'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 16,507 Referee: Noel Kenny Assistant referees: Rob Fereday Thomas Supple Fourth official: Ricardo Salazar

September 28 26	New England Revolution	3-2 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, MA
6:00 PM EDT	Llamosa 50' Joseph 65', 81' Moore 78' Franchino 97'	Report	Williams 22' Hejduk 27' McBride 30' Martino 41', 67' Denton 72', 80' Matteo 96'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 8,594 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: George Vergara Jorge De La Bandera Fourth official: Gus St. Silva
Note: Originally scheduled on September 27

October 4 27	Columbus Crew	1-1 (a.e.t.)	D.C. United	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Paule 19' Denton 36' Maisonneuve 39' Williams 72'	Report	Nelsen 44' Stewart 51' Etcheverry 59' (pen.), 61'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 17,995 Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela Assistant referees: Nate Clement George Gansner Fourth official: Marcel Yonan

October 10 28	Chicago Fire	2-0	Columbus Crew	Chicago, IL
9:00 PM EDT	Jaqua 11', 67' Razov 49' Beasley 57'	Report	Hejduk 54' Akwari 88' Clark 89'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 30,845 Referee: Brian Hall Assistant referees: Chris Strickland Jose Corro Fourth official: Michael Kennedy
Note: Originally scheduled on October 11

October 19 29	D.C. United	2-3 (a.e.t.)	Columbus Crew	Washington, D.C.
4:00 PM EDT	Stoichkov 22', 37' (pen.) Martins 72' Kovalenko 73' Petke 90+6' Eskandarian 92' 93'	Report	Denton 20' West 26' Maisonneuve 38' Williams 44' McBride 90' (pen.), 100' Walsh 98'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 14,368 Referee: Abbey Okulaja Assistant referees: Thomas Supple Gibby Widner Fourth official: Erich Simmons

October 26 30	Columbus Crew	6-2	Chicago Fire	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EST	Williams 45+1' McBride 49', 67' Cunningham 54' Buddle 74' 85' García 90'	Report	Selolwane 3' Marsch 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 19,404 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Chip Reed Bahij Salman Fourth official: Marcel Yonan

MLS Cup Playoffs

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

U.S. Open Cup

August 6 Fourth Round	Columbus Crew (MLS)	3-4	NY/NJ MetroStars (MLS)	Columbus, OH
7:30 PM EDT	Buddle 10', 11', 73' Denton 21' Maisonneuve 43' West 68'	Report	Maisonneuve 24' (o.g.) Jolley 54' Lisi 70' Pope 77', 86'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 5,590 Referee: Kevin Stott Assistant referees: Hilario Grajeda Mikael Lundqvist Fourth official: Jason Krnac

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Round of 16

March 16 Leg 1	C.D. Árabe Unido	1-2	Columbus Crew	Colon, Panama
2:00 PM EST	7' 65'	Report	Busch 6' Cunningham 56' Martino 63'	Stadium: Estadio Armando Dely Valdés Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Neftali Recinos (El Salvador)

March 23 Leg 2	Columbus Crew	3-0 (3-2 agg.)	C.D. Árabe Unido	Columbus, OH
4:00 PM EST	Hejduk 37' 71' Buddle 42', 59' Martino 55', 70'	Report	20' 29' 59' 62'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 6,443 Referee: Jorge Casso (Mexico) Assistant referees: Craig Lowry (United States) Nathan Clement (United States) Fourth official: Michael Kennedy (United States)

Quarterfinals

April 9 Leg 1	Monarcas Morelia	6-0	Columbus Crew	Morelia, Mexico
9:00 PM EDT	Palacios 38' Íñiguez 42', 69' Bautista 49', 54' 48' Navia 65'	Report	Clark 11' McCarty 82'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

April 16 Leg 2	Columbus Crew	2-0 (2-6 agg.)	Monarcas Morelia	Columbus, OH
7:00 PM EDT	Denton 13' 31' Buddle 15' Cunningham 28', 43' Hejduk 62' Oughton 78' Walsh 88'	Report	27' 64' 86'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 3,358 Referee: Jean-Francois Corrivault (Canada) Assistant referees: George Vargara (United States) Robert Fereday (United States) Fourth official: Ali Saheli (United States)

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		CONCACAF Champions' Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Jon Busch	27	0	24+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
2	DF	USA	Frankie Hejduk	27	0	23+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF	USA	Mike Clark	33	0	29+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
4	DF	NIR	Mark Williams	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	USA	Chad McCarty	23	0	14+5	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
6	DF	USA	Eric Denton	30	2	25+1	2	1+0	0	3+0	0
7	MF	BRA	Diego Walsh	17	1	6+8	1	1+0	0	1+1	0
8	DF	NZL	Duncan Oughton	27	0	18+5	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
10	MF	USA	Brian Maisonneuve	28	2	20+3	1	1+0	1	2+2	0
11	FW	USA	Jeff Cunningham	25	6	13+8	5	1+0	0	2+1	1
12	FW	USA	Edson Buddle	26	16	16+5	10	1+0	2	4+0	4
15	MF	GUA	Freddy Garcia	26	1	12+10	1	0+0	0	4+0	0
16	MF	USA	Ross Paule	30	4	25+0	4	0+1	0	2+2	0
17	FW	USA	Brian West	28	4	17+7	4	0+1	0	2+1	0
18	DF	USA	Nelson Akwari	14	0	5+6	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
20	FW	USA	Brian McBride	27	12	23+1	12	0+0	0	2+1	0
21	MF	USA	Kyle Martino	24	3	20+2	2	0+0	0	2+0	1
22	GK	USA	Tom Presthus	9	0	6+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
23	FW	HON	Alex Pineda Chacon	9	0	3+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
24	MF	USA	Jeff Matteo	7	1	3+3	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	USA	Michael Ritch	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	ECU	Andres Murriagui	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF	USA	Jake Traeger	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
31	GK	USA	Michael Ueltschey	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
			Own Goal	0	0	-	0	-	0	-	0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
4	DF	CRC	Daniel Torres	9	0	6+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
13	DF	USA	Brian Dunseth	22	1	17+2	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
26	MF	USA	Trevor Perea	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
-	MF	USA	Ryan Mack	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
-	GK	USA	Clint Baumstark	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source: [1]

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		U.S. Open Cup		CONCACAF Champions' Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Jon Busch	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
2	DF	Frankie Hejduk	6	0	0	0	3	1	9	1
3	DF	Mike Clark	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
4	DF	Mark Williams	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5	DF	Chad McCarty	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
6	DF	Eric Denton	7	0	1	0	2	1	10	1
7	MF	Diego Walsh	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
8	DF	Duncan Oughton	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
10	MF	Brian Maisonneuve	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
11	FW	Jeff Cunningham	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
12	FW	Edson Buddle	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
15	MF	Freddy Garcia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Ross Paule	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW	Brian West	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
18	DF	Nelson Akwari	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW	Brian McBride	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21	MF	Kyle Martino	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
22	GK	Tom Presthus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Alex Pineda Chacon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Jeff Matteo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	FW	Michael Ritch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Andres Murriagui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Jake Traeger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Michael Ueltschey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
4	DF	Daniel Torres	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	Brian Dunseth	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
26	MF	Trevor Perea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Ryan Mack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	GK	Clint Baumstark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: [2]

Clean sheets

No.	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Total	Games Played
1	Jon Busch	4	0	0	0	27
22	Tom Presthus	2	0	1	0	9
31	Michael Ueltschey	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Columbus during the season:
-	Clint Baumstark	0	0	0	0	0

Source: [3]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Diego Walsh	SMU Mustangs	Drafted in round 1 of the 2003 MLS SuperDraft	January 17, 2003	^[8]
DF	Nelson Akwari	NY/NJ MetroStars	Traded for a second round draft pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft	January 17, 2003	^[8]
FW	Michael Ritch	Auburn Tigers	Drafted in round 4 of the 2003 MLS SuperDraft	January 17, 2003	^[8]
DF	Jake Traeger	Ohio State Buckeyes	Drafted in round 6 of the 2003 MLS SuperDraft	January 17, 2003	^[8]
DF	Frankie Hejduk	Bayer Leverkusen		March 8, 2003	^[9]
MF	Ross Paule	NY/NJ MetroStars	Traded for Chris Leitch and Jeff Matteo	March 13, 2003	^[10]
MF	Trevor Perea	Duke Blue Devils	Signed to a developmental contract	March, 2003
GK	Michael Ueltschey	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Signed to a developmental contract	March, 2003
MF	Ryan Mack	Chicago Fire	Signed to a developmental contract	April, 2003
MF	Jeff Matteo	NY/NJ MetroStars	Claimed off waivers	May 23, 2003	^[11]
MF	Alex Pineda Chacon	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded for a third round draft pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft	July 31, 2003	^[10]
DF	Mark Williams	Stoke City F.C.	Signed via discovery	August 21, 2003	^[12]
MF	Andres Murriagui	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Signed to a developmental contract	August 23, 2003	^[13]

Loan in

Pos.	Player	Parent club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
GK	Clint Baumstark	MLS Pool	Short term agreement	July 30, 2003	July 30, 2003	^[14]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Chris Leitch	NY/NJ MetroStars	Traded with Jeff Matteo for Ross Paule	March 13, 2003	^[10]
MF	Jeff Matteo	NY/NJ MetroStars	Traded with Chris Leitch for Ross Paule	March 13, 2003	^[10]
FW	Dante Washington	Virginia Beach Mariners	Contract expired	March 23, 2003	^[15]
MF	Ryan Mack	Syracuse Salty Dogs	Placed on waivers	May 23, 2003
DF	Daniel Torres	Deportivo Saprissa	Transfer, terms undisclosed	July 2, 2003	^[16]
MF	Trevor Perea	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Placed on waivers	August 20, 2003	^[17]
DF	Brian Dunseth	Dallas Burn	Traded for a fifth round draft pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft	August 21, 2003	^[12]
DF	Chad McCarty	Retired	Placed on waivers	December 31, 2003	^[11]
MF	Jeff Matteo	Minnesota Thunder	Contract expired	December 31, 2003	^[11]
DF	Mark Williams	Wimbledon F.C.	Contract expired	December 31, 2003	^[11]
MF	Alex Pineda Chacon	Atlanta Silverbacks	Contract expired	December 31, 2003	^[11]
MF	Brian West	Fredrikstad FK	Contract expired	December 31, 2003	^[11]
GK	Michael Ueltschey	Puerto Rico Islanders	Contract expired	December 31, 2003	^[11]
MF	Andres Murriagui	Atlanta Silverbacks	Contract expired	December 31, 2003	^[11]

Loans out

Pos.	Player	Loanee club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
FW	Brian McBride	Everton F.C.		January 10, 2003	March 21, 2003	^[18]
MF	Trevor Perea	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements	April, 2003	August 20, 2003	^[19]
DF	Nelson Akwari	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements	April, 2003	End of Season	^[19]
DF	Jake Traeger	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements	April, 2003	End of Season	^[19]
FW	Michael Ritch	Syracuse Salty Dogs	Multiple short term agreements	April, 2003	End of Season	^[20]
GK	Michael Ueltschey	Montreal Impact	Multiple short term agreements	April 16, 2003	End of Season	^[21]
MF	Andres Murriagui	Cincinnati Riverhawks	Multiple short term agreements	August, 2003	End of Season	^[19]

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
2003 Columbus Crew SuperDraft Picks^[22]
1	7	Diego Walsh	DF	SMU
4	37	Michael Ritch	FW	Auburn
5	47	Guy Abrahamson	MF	Rutgers
6	58	Jake Traeger	DF	Ohio State

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Team
2003 Columbus Crew Supplemental Draft Picks^[23]
1	7	Ian Joy	DF	Kidderminster Harriers F.C.

Awards

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Link
1	Edson Buddle	Los Angeles Galaxy	[4]
3	Brian McBride	New England Revolution	[5]

2003 MLS All-Star Game

Starters

DF Frankie Hejduk^[11]

Reserves

MF Kyle Martino

Postseason

MLS Fair Play Award^[11]

FW Brian McBride

Crew Team Awards

Most Valuable Player – Ross Paule^[11]
Defensive Player of the Year – Eric Denton
Scoring Champion – Brian McBride
Man of the Year – Brian McBride
Coach's Award – Brian Maisonneuve
Goal of the Year – Brian McBride & Diego Walsh
Humanitarian of the Year – Mike Clark
Hardest Working Man of the Year – Frankie Hejduk
Comeback Player of the Year – Edson Buddle

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[1] "2003 Columbus Crew Players". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2003.

[2] "COLUMBUS CREW AND CREW STADIUM". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2003.

[3] "Crew Downs Riverhawks 9-0". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[4] "Notes On Crew Happenings". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[5] "Buddle Buries DC in First Half". www.matchnight.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[6] "Goode starts in goal for Crew". The Kansas City Star. July 13, 2003.

[7] "Columbus tops Mexican club team". The Kansas City Star. July 13, 2003.

[SuperDraft-8] "Crew SuperDraft Picks". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[9] "Crew Acquires U.S. World Cup Veteran Frankie Hejduk". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[Paule-10] "Crew Acquires Ross Paule's Rights From Metrostars". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[2005_Media_Guide-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "2005 media guide – Columbus Crew".

[Williams-12] "Crew Signs N. Ireland International Mark Williams, Trades Dunseth to Dallas". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2004. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[13] "27 - Murriagui, Andres". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[14] "Baumstark, Clint". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[15] "Farewell, Dante..." www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2003. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[16] "Torres To Transfer Back To Saprissa". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2004. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[17] "26 - Perea, Trevor". www.thecrew.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2004. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[18] "Error Occurred While Processing Request". Archived from the original on August 19, 2003.

[Riverhawks-19] "2003 Cincinnati Riverhawks Division II and III soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[20] "2003 Syracuse Salty Dogs Division II and III soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[21] "A-LEAGUE PREVIEW: Eastern Conference". old.socceramerica.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

[22] "2003 MLS SuperDraft". www.mlssoccer.com.

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