Columbus Crew SC
# Name Years Signed from MLS Playoffs Open Cup Continental Total
1 Chad Marshall 2004-2013 Stanford Cardinal 253 11 8 5 277
2 Mike Clark 1996-2003 Richmond Kickers 221 22 18 4 265
3 Jeff Cunningham 1998-2004 2011 South Florida Bulls FC Dallas 203 17 17 6 243
4 Eddie Gaven 2006-2013 MetroStars 209 9 10 13 241
5 Justin Meram 2011-2017 2018-2019 Michigan Wolverines Orlando City 206 15 11 2 234
6 Federico Higuaín 2012-2019 Colón 193 14 3 0 210
7 Brian Maisonneuve 1996-2004 Indiana Hoosiers 172 17 13 6 208
8 Wil Trapp 2013-2020 Akron Zips 185 15 5 0 205
9 Brian McBride 1996-2003 VfL Wolfsburg 161 22 13 3 199
10 Robert Warzycha 1996-2002 Honvéd 160 17 8 2 187
Player records -- Appearances
As of October 6 , 2019 [ 86 ]
Columbus Crew Soccer Club is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference and began play in 1996 as one of the ten charter clubs of the league. The team is currently being operated by an ownership group led by the Haslam family and former team doctor Pete Edwards. The Haslam/Edwards group is the third owner in club history. The franchise was founded in 1994 as simply the Columbus Crew. Since 1999, the Crew has played home games at Mapfre Stadium, the first soccer-specific stadium ever built for an MLS team, with a seating capacity of 19,968 as of the 2015 season. From 1996 to 1998, the Crew played its home games at Ohio Stadium on the campus of the Ohio State University. In 2014, the team set club attendance records for both most cumulative attendance and most sellouts. Crew SC has won five major trophies: MLS Cup 2008, the Supporters' Shield in 2004, 2008, and 2009, and the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Crew have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League (or its predecessor, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup) three times, reaching the quarterfinals each time.