2018 Columbus Crew SC Statistics
Major League Soccer (MLS)
Team Record: 14-11-9 - 51 points
Finishing 5th in MLS's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-1
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Gregg Berhalter (14-11-9)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 211,603, Avg. 12,447 in 17 home dates
2018 Columbus Crew SC RosterTeam Record: 14-11-9 - 51 points
Finishing 5th in MLS's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-1
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Gregg Berhalter (14-11-9)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 211,603, Avg. 12,447 in 17 home dates
The Columbus Crew SC of Major League Soccer ended the 2018 season with a record of 14 wins and 11 losses and 9 ties for 51 points finishing fifth in MLS's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
The Crew SC scored 43 goals and yielded 45. Gyasi Zardes netted 19 goals for Columbus, and Federico Higuain contributed five or more also. Zack Steffen topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 0.85 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Gregg Berhalter coached the team. The 2018 Columbus Crew SC lost in the Conference Semifinal.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | G | A | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | Shts | S% | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyasi Zardes | F | 33 | 33 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 89 | 21.3 | 40 | 47.5 |
| Federico Higuain | M | 30 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 52 | 11.5 | 17 | 35.3 |
| Harrison Afful | D | 32 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 56 | 3.6 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Niko Hansen | M | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 9.1 | 8 | 37.5 |
| Pedro Santos | M | 30 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 1.4 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Milton Valenzuela | D | 30 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5.9 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Justin Meram | M | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 6.7 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Patrick Mullins | F | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11.1 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Eduardo Sosa | M | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Mike Grella | M | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Ricardo Clark | M | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Wil Trapp | M | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Alex Crognale | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Lalas Abubakar | D | 23 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Jonathan Mensah | D | 27 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5.3 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Cristian Martinez | M | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Artur de Lima Junior | M | 32 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Connor Maloney | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Jimenez | D | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mohammed Abu | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jon Kempin | GK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Opoku | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Gaston Sauro | D | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Jahn | F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Luis Argudo | M | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Josh Williams | D | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Zack Steffen | GK | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 471 | 340 | 41 | 43 | 365 | 344 | 48 | 3 | 82 | 498 | 8.2 | 155 | 26.5 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | SHO | GA | GAA | PKG | PKA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Steffen | 29 | 29 | 2610:00 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 1.28 | 4 | 4 | 103 | 66 | .641 |
| Jon Kempin | 5 | 5 | 450:00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.60 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | .556 |
| Totals | 34 | 34 | 3060:00 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 1.32 | 5 | 5 | 121 | 76 | .628 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | G | A | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | Shts | S% | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyasi Zardes | F | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14.3 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Federico Higuain | M | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | 3 | 66.7 |
| Harrison Afful | D | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Niko Hansen | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Pedro Santos | M | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Milton Valenzuela | D | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Justin Meram | M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Mullins | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Wil Trapp | M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Lalas Abubakar | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jonathan Mensah | D | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Cristian Martinez | M | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Artur de Lima Junior | M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Hector Jimenez | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaston Sauro | D | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Luis Argudo | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Josh Williams | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 8.8 | 12 | 25.0 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | SHO | GA | GAA | PKG | PKA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Steffen | 3 | 3 | 300:00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .444 |
| Totals | 3 | 3 | 300:00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .444 |
