2016 GAME GUIDE CHICAGO FIRE v COLUMBUS CREW ......CHICAGO FIRE v COLUMBUS CREW SC (March 19, Toyota...

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWCHI 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-1CLB 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 0-2-0

CHICAGO FIRE COLUMBUS CREW SC Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 10/03/2015 CHI 3, NE 1 (2) 10/25/2015 CLB 5, DC 0 (1)Road win 7/12/2014 CHI 1, NE 0 (26) 10/17/2015 CLB 2, TOR 0 (1)Home loss 3/06/2016 CHI 3, NYC 4 (0) 3/12/2016 CLB 1, PHI 2 (0)Road loss 10/18/2015 CHI 0, DC 4 (1) 3/06/2016 CLB 1, POR 2 (0)Tie game 3/11/2016 CHI 1, ORL 1 (0) 8/19/2015 CLB 2, NYC 2 (11)Shutout for 8/02/2015 CHI 2, DAL 0 (15) 10/25/2015 CLB 5, DC 0 (2)Shutout vs. 10/18/2015 CHI 0, DC 4 (3) 9/06/2015 CLB 0, DAL 3 (8)

Fire LTCrew SC LL

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCHI 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 2.00CLB 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1.00

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCHI 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 2.50CLB 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 2.00

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CHI 4 1 1 0 1 1 0CLB 2 0 0 0 0 1 1

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CHI 5 2 1 1 0 1 0CLB 4 0 1 1 0 1 1

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

FIREG: 2 AccamA: 1 3 players tiedSHT: 10 AccamSOG: 6 AccamFC: 4 Joao MeiraFS: 5 AccamOF: 3 Accam C: 2 Meira/PolsterE: 1 Harrington

CREW SC G: 1 Higuain/KamaraA: 1 Finlay/SaeidSHT: 11 KamaraSOG: 3 KamaraFC: 5 SauroFS: 4 Higuain/TchaniOF: 1 AffulC: 1 Sauro/TrappE: 0

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Fire 2 0-1-1 1 4 5at home 1 0-1-0 0 3 4

Crew SC 2 0-2-0 0 2 4on road 1 0-1-0 0 1 2

2016 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME (55 meetings): Fire 24 wins (1 shootout), 81 goals … Crew SC 16 wins (0 shootout), 82 goals … Ties 15

AT CHICAGO (28 meetings): Fire 14 wins (0 shootout), 44 goals … Crew SC 6 wins (0 shootout), 34 goals … Ties 8

LAST YEAR (MLS)5/22: CLB 2, CHI 2 (Kamara 8, 55 – Accam 58; J. Johnson 94+)7/15: CHI 0, CLB 1 (Kamara 41)7/19: CLB 3, CHI 1 (Higuain 2; Kamara 17; Finlay 83 – Accam 9)

CHICAGO FIRE2 Matt Polster (MF)3 Brandon Vincent (DF)4 Johan Kappelhof (DF)5 Michael Harrington (DF)6 Eric Gehrig (DF)7 John Goossens (MF)9 Gilberto (FW)11 David Accam (FW)12 Arturo Alvarez (MF)13 Rodrigo Ramos (DF)15 Joey Calistri (MF)16 Jonathan Campbell (DF)17 Collin Fernandez (MF)18 Drew Conner (MF)21 Nick LaBrocca (MF)22 Patrick Doody (DF)23 Patrick McLain (GK)25 Sean Johnson (GK)26 Michael Stephens (MF)28 Matt Lampson (GK)29 Alex Morrell (FW)30 Razvan Cocis (MF)66 Joao Meira (DF)77 Kennedy Igboananike (FW)

COLUMBUS CREW SC1 Steve Clark (GK)2 Tyson Wahl (DF)3 Corey Ashe (MF)4 Michael Parkhurst (DF)6 Tony Tchani (MF)7 Emil Larsen (MF)8 Mohammed Saeid (MF)9 Justin Meram (MF)10 Federico Higuain (MF)11 Cedrick Mabwati (MF)13 Ethan Finlay (MF)14 Waylon Francis (DF)16 Hector Jimenez (MF)17 Ola Kamara (FW)19 Rodrigo Saravia (MF)20 Wil Trapp (MF)21 Chad Barson (DF)22 Gaston Sauro (DF)23 Kei Kamara (FW)25 Harrison Afful (DF)26 Ben Swanson (MF)27 Conor Casey (FW)29 Marshall Hollingsworth (MF)30 Matt Pacifici (GK)33 Amro Tarek (DF)41 Brad Stuver (GK)

ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS

REFEREE: Robert Sibiga.AR1 (bench): Craig Lowry; AR2 (opposite): Anthony Vasoli;

4th: Jorge Gonzalez

FIRESat. Apr. 2 PhiladelphiaSun. Apr. 10 at NYCFCSat. Apr. 16 Montreal

Sat. Apr. 30 D.C. United

UPCOMING MATCHES

CHICAGO FIRE v COLUMBUS CREW SC(March 19, Toyota Park, 4 p.m. CT)

CREW SCSat. Apr. 2 at FC DallasSat. Apr. 9 at MontrealSat. Apr. 16 NYCFCSat. Apr. 23 Houston

GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL

RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS

OTHER

OPEN PLAYCROSS

CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES

DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)

OWN GOALS

INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA

OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

F A 2 4 90 45

1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 1 2 2 0 1

F A 4 5 45 36

4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 4 3 0 1

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

FIRE CREW SC

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE

INTERNATIONAL DUTY

none

none

CHI: Michael Harrington (through March 20)

2Polster

11Accam

3Vincent

4Kappelhof

77Igboananike

66Meira

16Campbell

28Lampson

15Calistri

7Goossens

12Alvarez

1Clark

4Parkhurst

23K Kamara

14Francis

25Afful22

Sauro

13Finlay

16Jimenez

10Higuain

20Trapp

6Tchani

2016 GAME GUIDE

CHICAGO FIRE v COLUMBUS CREW SC(March 19, Toyota Park, 4 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 22)

2016 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A2 Matt Polster MF 6-0 170 06/08/1993 Milwaukee, WI 2 2 0 0 32 29 0 03 Brandon Vincent DF 5-11 175 05/01/1994 Los Angeles, CA 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 04 Johan Kappelhof DF 5-11 165 08/05/1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 05 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 2 2 0 0 223 198 5 186 Eric Gehrig DF 6-1 175 12/25/1987 Harvey, IL 0 0 0 0 71 57 0 27 John Goossens MF 5-9 170 07/25/1988 Heemstede, Netherlands 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 19 Gilberto FW 5-10 160 06/05/1989 Piranhas, Brazil 1 1 0 0 39 30 12 711 David Accam FW 5-9 174 09/28/1990 Accra, Ghana 2 2 2 1 26 23 12 312 Arturo Alvarez MF 5-9 170 06/28/1985 Houston, TX 2 2 0 1 184 111 24 2013 Rodrigo Ramos DF 5-10 170 05/24/1995 Juazeiro, Brazil 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 015 Joey Calistri MF 5-10 160 11/20/1993 Deerfield, IL 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 016 Jonathan Campbell DF 6-2 190 06/27/1993 Greensboro, NC 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 017 Collin Fernandez MF 5-8 140 02/13/1997 Downers Grove, IL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 018 Drew Conner MF 5-11 165 02/18/1994 Cary, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 021 Nick LaBrocca MF 5-10 165 12/04/1984 Staten Island, NY 0 0 0 0 220 192 18 1822 Patrick Doody DF 6-0 180 04/22/1992 Naperville, IL 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 123 Patrick McLain GK 6-3 205 08/22/1988 Eau Claire, WI 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 025 Sean Johnson GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Atlanta, GA 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 126 Michael Stephens MF 5-9 155 04/03/1989 Hinsdale, IL 0 0 0 0 114 63 2 1628 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 190 09/06/1989 Cleveland, TN 2 2 0 0 18 16 0 029 Alex Morrell FW 5-7 135 05/11/1994 Lakeland, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 Razvan Cocis MF 5-11 161 02/19/1983 Slatina, Romania 2 1 1 0 38 31 3 366 Joao Meira DF 6-1 170 04/30/1987 Setubal, Portugal 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 077 Kennedy Igboananike FW 5-9 154 02/26/1989 Nir-Igbo, Nigeria 2 2 1 0 33 22 8 3

HEAD COACH : Veljko Paunovic 08/21/1977 W0 L1 T1

CHICAGO FIRE

2016 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Steve Clark GK 6-2 192 04/14/1986 Mason, MI 2 2 0 0 70 70 0 12 Tyson Wahl DF 6-2 185 02/23/1984 Newport Beach, CA 0 0 0 0 147 127 1 73 Corey Ashe MF 5-5 154 03/14/1986 Orange County, CA 0 0 0 0 220 163 1 214 Michael Parkhurst DF 5-11 165 01/24/1984 Providence, RI 2 2 0 0 183 182 1 26 Tony Tchani MF 6-4 185 04/13/1989 Dovala, Cameroon 2 2 0 0 153 125 9 187 Emil Larsen MF 5-11 172 06/22/1991 Lyngby, Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08 Mohammed Saeid MF 5-7 141 12/24/1990 Orebro, Sweden 1 0 0 1 26 18 0 29 Justin Meram MF 6-1 165 12/04/1988 Shelby Township, MI 2 0 0 0 123 71 19 1310 Federico Higuain MF 5-8 165 10/25/1984 Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 2 1 0 105 102 36 3211 Cedrick Mabwati MF 5-6 145 03/08/1992 Kinshasa, Zaire 2 0 0 0 11 1 1 013 Ethan Finlay MF 5-9 165 08/06/1990 Duluth, MN 2 2 0 1 99 63 23 2114 Waylon Francis DF 5-9 160 09/20/1990 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 54 54 0 1316 Hector Jimenez MF 5-9 145 11/03/1988 Huntington Park, CA 2 2 0 0 92 61 5 1517 Ola Kamara FW 6-0 181 10/15/1989 Oslo, Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 Rodrigo Saravia MF 5-11 170 02/22/1993 Guatemala City, Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 020 Wil Trapp MF 5-8 150 01/15/1993 Columbus, OH 2 2 0 0 65 63 1 821 Chad Barson DF 5-10 170 02/25/1991 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 43 30 0 222 Gaston Sauro DF 6-3 190 02/23/1990 Rosario, Argentina 2 2 0 0 6 6 0 023 Kei Kamara FW 6-3 190 09/01/1984 Kenema, Sierra Leone 2 2 1 0 227 180 75 3125 Harrison Afful DF 5-6 135 07/24/1986 Tema, Ghana 2 2 0 0 11 11 0 226 Ben Swanson MF 5-6 150 07/18/1997 Grove City, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 027 Conor Casey FW 6-1 190 07/25/1981 Dover, NH 1 0 0 0 192 146 71 2429 Marshall Hollingsworth MF 5-8 160 08/06/1993 Libertyville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 Matt Pacifici GK 6-2 180 08/31/1993 Charlotte, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 033 Amro Tarek DF 6-3 200 05/17/1992 Los Angeles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 041 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 180 04/16/1991 Mayfield, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chase Minter MF 5-9 150 08/19/1992 Rowlett, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HEAD COACH : Gregg Berhalter 08/01/1973 W29 L23 T18

COLUMBUS CREW SC

MLS GAME INFORMATION

CHICAGO FIRE vs COLUMBUS CREW SC TOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview, Ill.

March 19, 2016 (WEEK 3, MLS Game #22) 5 p.m. ET (CSN-Chi+; TWC-OH / FOX-28)

A pair of Eastern Conference clubs looking for their first victories of the season meet when the Chicago Fire play host to Columbus Crew SC on Saturday afternoon at Toyota Park. The Fire came away with a point from their first road trip of the season last weekend, reaching a 1-1 draw at Orlando City SC. Crew SC have opened their season with back-to-back losses, following a 2-1 home defeat by Philadelphia Union last weekend. REFEREE: Robert Sibiga. AR1 (bench): Craig Lowry; AR2 (opposite): Anthony Vasoli; 4th: Jorge Gonzalez MLS Career: 3 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 2.7; R: 1; pens: 1 SUSPENDED: CHI: Michael Harrington (through March 20) DISABLED LIST: none INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (55 meetings): Fire 24 wins (1 shootout), 81 goals … Crew SC 16 wins (0 shootout), 82 goals … Ties 15 AT CHICAGO (28 meetings): Fire 14 wins (0 shootout), 44 goals … Crew SC 6 wins (0 shootout), 34 goals … Ties 8 RETURN MATCHES: 10/1: Columbus Crew SC vs. Chicago Fire, 7:30 p.m. ET; 10/13: Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew SC, 7:30 p.m. CT LAST YEAR (MLS) 5/22: CLB 2, CHI 2 (Kamara 8, 55 – Accam 58; J. Johnson 94+) 7/15: CHI 0, CLB 1 (Kamara 41) 7/19: CLB 3, CHI 1 (Higuain 2; Kamara 17; Finlay 83 – Accam 9)

The teams met three times in 2016. They reached a 2-2 draw May 22 in Columbus, then Crew SC defeated the Fire twice in a span of five days – a 1-0 win July 15 at Toyota Park, then a 3-1 win July 19 at Mapfre Stadium.

Crew SC haven’t lost to the Fire in the last six meetings in the series. The last Fire victory was a 2-1 win in Columbus, June 22, 2013.

Crew SC have come away with points in the last four home encounters with the Fire, winning three. The Crew SC victory last year at Toyota Park was their first in Bridgeview since the 2006 season. The Fire had gone 8-0-5 in the 13 meetings in between.

Coaches record: Veljko Paunovic vs. CLB: first game … Gregg Berhalter vs. CHI: P5 W3 L0 T2 CHICAGO FIRE The Chicago Fire gained their first standings point of the season in their first road match, playing to a 1-1 draw with Orlando City SC on Friday evening at the Citrus Bowl. The Fire are in a tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference with 1 point from 2 games. LAST MATCH

Orlando City SC took the lead after just four minutes when Cyle Larin pulled in a Kevin Molino feed, side-stepped a defender at the top of the box and fired past Fire goalkeeper Matt Lampson.

The Fire answered back 10 minutes later when David Accam hit home, streaking behind the defense to collect a long ball from John Goossens and beat Orlando ‘keeper Joe Bendik.

The home side played a man up for the final hour after Chicago defender Michael Harrington was sent off for a reckless tackle on Brek Shea in the 32nd minute.

Fire manager Veljko Paunovic made two changes to the team that fell 4-3 to New York City FC at Toyota Park. Jonathan Campbell and John Goossens came into the team, replacing Razvan Cocis and Gilberto.

CHICAGO FIRE (3-4-1-2): Matt Lampson - Joao Meira, Jonathan Campbell, Johan Kappelhof - Michael Harrington (ejected 32), Matt Polster, John Goossens (Razvan Cocis 73), Brandon Vincent - Arturo Alvarez (Rodrigo Ramos 87) - Kennedy Igboananike (Joey Calistri 84), David Accam.

TEAM NEWS The Fire saw their overall road winless streak extended to 26 games, dating back to July 2014, now the

second-longest in MLS history and one game away from the all-time league record (New York Red Bulls, 2008-09).

“We need to work hard and that’s what we did. Every ball I had to chase, I did. It paid off. It means a lot because it was our first away game of the season and even when we were a man down, we still believe that we


can still get points,” said Fire striker David Accam. “I think this year we have more quality. I believe we can beat anyone in this league.”

Accam scored for a second consecutive match, and has scored the last two Fire goals. Accam has been involved in three of the Fire’s four goals this season (with one assist).

“I think David always brings that,” Fire head coach Veljko Paunovic said. “He has great talent and amazing speed and ability. Today was one of those when he showed us a lot. He has the ability to change a game and always gives his best for the team.”

Dutch midfielder John Goossens made his Fire and MLS debut, starting in a deeper central midfield role. He recorded his first MLS assist on the lone Chicago goal.

Rookie Jonathan Campbell made his first career start, playing in the center of a three-man backline. Campbell made his full professional debut in the season opener, coming on at halftime.

There will be a forced change in the Fire team in the Columbus match after Michael Harrington was sent off just after the half-hour, making his second start for the club after coming from Portland in the offseason.

“It’s never easy but we adapted well. There were moments of confusion, who’s going to play where. … It’s not easy to communicate but it was still enough time to adjust,” said Paunovic. “The guys did very well to adapt to the new system, 4-4-1, to defend and try to play on counter. Especially Kennedy Igboananike who did very well on the left side. We had to stick together and stick to our team spirit and work as a team.”

The Fire conceded the opening goal after just four minutes, the second consecutive week they’ve allowed a goal in the opening quarter-hour. The two goals in the opening 15 minutes are tied for most in MLS this season.

“It is definitely something that we should really work on – coming out defensively strong early. It’s not easy to come back from a goal early, but the team showed resilience and we did everything that we could to stay in the game to get a result away from home, down a man for close to 70 minutes,” said goalkeeper Matt Lampson. “That shows the heart of this team and how hard we work for each other, and that’s the reason we got a result today.”

COLUMBUS CREW SC Columbus Crew SC suffered a second consecutive loss to start the new season, falling 2-1 to Philadelphia Union on Saturday evening at Mapfre Stadium. Crew SC are in a tie for ninth place in the Eastern Conference with 0 points from 2 games. LAST MATCH

Union opened the scoring in first half stoppage time when Chris Pontius slotted home a long throw-in that was nicked before reaching him at the top of the box.

Pontius then doubled the Philadelphia lead in the 71st minute with a left-footed strike that settled inside Steve Clark's left-hand post.

Kei Kamara pulled Columbus within a goal when his 87th-minute header from a corner kick found the back of the net, but the hosts were unable to beat the stellar Andre Blake between the posts again.

Crew SC head coach Gregg Berhalter made no changes to the team that falling 2-1 to the Portland Timbers in the season opener at Providence Park.

COLUMBUS CREW SC (4-2-3-1): Steve Clark - Harrison Afful, Michael Parkhurst, Gaston Sauro, Waylon Francis (Mohammed Saeid 74) - Wil Trapp, Tony Tchani - Ethan Finlay (Justin Meram 74), Federico Higuain, Hector Jimenez (Cedrick Mabwati 59) - Kei Kamara.

TEAM NEWS Crew SC suffered a second consecutive defeat to open the season, the first time since 2006 the club has lost

its opening two games. “This is a tough league, and you guys see the results today, and you see what’s happening with this league,”

said Crew SC head coach Gregg Berhalter. “You can’t predict any results right now. Part of our job is to play our game and what’s most disappointing is that in the second half we didn’t do that, at all. You’re down a goal, but you stick to the program. You keep the ball moving fast, you focus on your spacing and we will get chances. Unfortunately, it went haywire a little bit in the second half.”

The two-game losing streak matches the longest stretch of defeats for Crew SC last season, which occurred twice. The second – Sept. 26-Oct. 3 – also started with a defeat by the Portland Timbers.

“It’s two losses in a row and that’s not good. In these two games there was some good football, we played over 180 minutes,” said Berhalter. “But, by and large, we came up short in these two games. We’re going to look to improve and get better, to raise individual levels, and focus on our performance.”

Crew SC have taken an MLS-best 38 attempts at goal through the opening two matches. Eleven of those have been on target, tied for sixth-most in the league. Kei Kamara netted his first goal of the season, heading home in the 87th minute.

“I think it just starts with us wanting to compete and that comes from within and that’s where it has to start. We obviously all know what our responsibilities are and our job, but first and foremost we have to be willing to do the work,” said midfielder Ethan Finlay. “And like Gregg [Berhalter] said, movement off the ball is work that you


don’t always get recognized for, but I think throughout the game, as the game went on in the second half before they scored their second [goal] it got a little stagnant. That’s something that we usually pride ourselves in, is our movement off the ball and our ball movement, and that just wasn’t there.”

Mohammed Saeid made his season debut, coming on for the final 16 minutes. He recorded his second career MLS assist – his first coming in his last league appearance (last Oct. 25 vs. D.C. United).

The match at Toyota Park begins a stretch of three away matches for Crew SC, with trips to FC Dallas and Montréal Impact following.

“We don’t view three upcoming road games as, ‘We’re in a real bad spot,’” Michael Parkhurst said. “We think we’re capable of winning every game that we play, so I’m fully confident we’ll turn things around.”

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

11 F David Accam 2 2 180 2 1 10 6 2 5 3 8 1 077 F Kennedy Igboananike 2 2 174 1 0 5 2 3 3 1 0 0 030 M Razvan Cocis 2 1 98 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 012 M Arturo Alvarez 2 2 177 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 7 0 07 M John Goossens 1 1 73 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 03 D Brandon Vincent 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 09 F Gilberto 1 1 45 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 066 D Joao Meira 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 015 M Joey Calistri 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04 D Johan Kappelhof 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 016 D Jonathan Campbell 2 1 135 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 028 G Matt Lampson 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02 M Matt Polster 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 05 D Michael Harrington 2 2 98 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 113 D Rodrigo Ramos 2 0 27 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 0Opponent totals 2 2 180 5 4 33 15 30 20 1 7 5 0Team totals 2 2 180 4 3 27 11 20 30 7 15 5 1

2016 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (0-1-1, 1 pts.)

CHICAGO FIRE GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

28 G Matt Lampson 2 2 180 15 10 5 2.5 0 0 0 1 1 0Team totals 2 2 180 15 10 5 2.5 0 0 0 1 1 0Opponent totals 2 2 180 11 7 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: NoneGAME-WINNING ASSISTS: NonePENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: David Accam 1-1

2016 COLUMBUS CREW SC STATISTICS (0-2-0, 0 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

10 M Federico Higuain 2 2 180 1 0 10 1 1 4 0 12 0 023 F Kei Kamara 2 2 180 1 0 11 3 0 2 0 0 0 013 M Ethan Finlay 2 2 155 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 08 M Mohammed Saeid 1 0 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 011 M Cedrick Mabwati 2 0 40 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 027 F Conor Casey 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 022 D Gaston Sauro 2 2 180 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 1 025 D Harrison Afful 2 2 180 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 016 M Hector Jimenez 2 2 126 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 09 M Justin Meram 2 0 39 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 04 D Michael Parkhurst 2 2 175 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 01 G Steve Clark 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06 M Tony Tchani 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 014 D Waylon Francis 2 2 164 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 020 M Wil Trapp 2 2 180 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0

Own-goals received 0Opponent totals 2 2 180 4 0 28 12 22 18 1 9 5 0Team totals 2 2 180 2 2 38 11 18 22 1 16 2 0

COLUMBUS CREW SC GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

1 G Steve Clark 2 2 180 12 8 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0Team totals 2 2 180 12 8 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0Opponent totals 2 2 180 11 9 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: NoneGAME-WINNING ASSISTS: NonePENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None

DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Sun. Mar. 6 New York City FC

L 3-4 17768 0-1-0 6 0 CHI: Cocis (19) Igboananike (49) Accam (72); NYC: McNamara (10) Taylor (29) Shelton (36) Diskerud (63)

Fri. Mar. 11 at Orlando City SC

T 1-1 29041 0-1-1 6 1 CHI: Accam (14); ORL: Larin (4)

Sat. Mar. 19 ColumbusSat. Apr. 2 PhiladelphiaSun. Apr. 10 at New York

City FCSat. Apr. 16 MontrealSat. Apr. 30 D.C. UnitedWed. May 11 at VancouverSat. May 14 at New EnglandWed. May 18 at New YorkSat. May 21 HoustonSat. May 28 PortlandSat. June 18 at ColoradoWed. June 22 at PhiladelphiaFri. July 1 San JoseSat. July 9 at Toronto FCWed. July 13 Sporting KCSat. July 16 at FC DallasSat. July 23 at New EnglandSun. July 31 New YorkSat. Aug. 6 at Real Salt

LakeSun. Aug. 14 Orlando City SCSat. Aug. 20 at MontrealWed. Aug. 24 Los AngelesSat. Aug. 27 at D.C. UnitedSat. Sep. 3 PhiladelphiaSat. Sep. 10 Toronto FCFri. Sep. 16 D.C. UnitedFri. Sep. 23 at New York

City FCWed. Sep. 28 at SeattleSat. Oct. 1 at ColumbusThu. Oct. 13 ColumbusSun. Oct. 16 New EnglandSun. Oct. 23 at Toronto FC

CHICAGO FIRE 2016 SCHEDULE

DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Sun. Mar. 6 at Portland L 1-2 21144 0-1-0 7 0 CLB: Higuain (68); POR: Valeri (23) Adi (79)

Sat. Mar. 12 Philadelphia L 1-2 17015 0-2-0 9 0 CLB: Kamara (87); PHI: Pontius (46+,71)Sat. Mar. 19 at ChicagoSat. Apr. 2 at FC DallasSat. Apr. 9 at MontrealSat. Apr. 16 New York City

FCSat. Apr. 23 HoustonSat. Apr. 30 at SeattleSat. May 7 MontrealSat. May 14 ColoradoSat. May 21 at Toronto FCSat. May 28 Real Salt LakeWed. June 1 at PhiladelphiaSat. June 18 Montreal

Sat. June 25 New YorkSun. July 3 at Sporting KCSat. July 9 at New EnglandWed. July 13 Toronto FCSat. July 16 D.C. UnitedSat. July 23 Orlando City SCSun. July 31 at Toronto FCSat. Aug. 13 New York City

FCSat. Aug. 20 at New EnglandWed. Aug. 24 PhiladelphiaSat. Aug. 27 San JoseSat. Sep. 3 at Los AngelesSat. Sep. 10 Vancouver

Sat. Sep. 17 at Orlando City SC

Sun. Sep. 25 New EnglandWed. Sep. 28 at D.C. UnitedSat. Oct. 1 ChicagoThu. Oct. 13 at ChicagoSun. Oct. 16 at New YorkSun. Oct. 23 at New York

City FC

COLUMBUS CREW SC 2016 SCHEDULE

FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)Goals

1 4 times 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Assists

1 David Accam 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-41 Arturo Alvarez 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-41 John Goossens 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1Shots

7 David Accam 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Shots on Goal

5 David Accam 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Fouls Committed

2 7 times 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Fouls Suffered

4 Matt Polster 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1Offside

3 David Accam 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Saves

6 Matt Lampson 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Shots Faced

10 Matt Lampson 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Goals Allowed

4 Matt Lampson 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016)Shots

10 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1Shots on Goal

2 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1Fouls Committed

8 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1Fouls Suffered

9 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Corner Kicks

3 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1Offside

0 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1Saves

4 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1Shots Faced

5 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)Goals

3 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Assists

2 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Shots

17 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Shots on Goal

9 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Fouls Committed

12 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Fouls Suffered

21 03/11/2016 vs ORL T 1-1Corner Kicks

12 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Offside

7 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Saves

6 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Shots Faced

10 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4Goals Allowed

4 03/06/2016 vs NYC L 3-4

CREW SC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2016)Goals

1 Federico Higuain 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-21 Kei Kamara 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Assists

1 Ethan Finlay 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-21 Mohammed Saeid 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Shots

7 Federico Higuain 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Shots on Goal

2 Kei Kamara 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-22 Justin Meram 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Fouls Committed

3 Gaston Sauro 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Fouls Suffered

4 Federico Higuain 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Offside

1 Harrison Afful 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Saves

6 Steve Clark 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Shots Faced

8 Steve Clark 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Goals Allowed

2 Steve Clark 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-22 Steve Clark 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2016)Shots

19 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-219 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Shots on Goal

4 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Fouls Committed

8 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Fouls Suffered

9 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Corner Kicks

8 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-28 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Offside

0 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Saves

2 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Shots Faced

4 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2016)Goals

1 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-21 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Assists

1 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-21 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Shots

19 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-219 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Shots on Goal

7 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Fouls Committed

10 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Fouls Suffered

13 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Corner Kicks

8 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-28 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2Offside

1 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Saves

6 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Shots Faced

8 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-2Goals Allowed

2 03/06/2016 at POR L 1-22 03/12/2016 at PHI L 1-2

Fire 24 wins, 82 goals

Crew SC 16 wins, 82 goals15 ties

6/6/1998 CHI 2 vs CLB 0 (SF)7/9/1998 CLB 3 vs CHI 0 (OH)9/23/1999 CLB 2 at CHI 1 (SF)10/10/1999 CHI 3 at CLB 2 CHI SOW (CC)4/1/2000 CHI 2 at CLB 0 (CC)7/8/2000 CHI 3 vs CLB 1 (SF)9/6/2000 CHI 3 vs CLB 1 (SF)9/9/2000 CHI 3 at CLB 2 (CC)4/7/2001 CLB 1 vs CHI 1 (2OT) (CC)6/9/2001 CHI 1 vs CLB 0 (SF)8/1/2001 CLB 3 vs CHI 0 (CC)8/29/2001 CHI 2 vs CLB 1 (SF)3/23/2002 CHI 2 at CLB 0 (CC)6/2/2002 CHI 5 vs CLB 4 (NC)9/14/2002 CLB 2 vs CHI 0 (CC)9/22/2002 CHI 2 vs CLB 1 (NC)8/13/2003 CLB 2 vs CHI 2 (2OT) (CC)9/6/2003 CHI 1 vs CLB 1 (2OT) (NC)10/10/2003 CHI 2 vs CLB 0 (SF)10/26/2003 CLB 6 vs CHI 2 (CC)5/23/2004 CLB 3 at CHI 1 (SF)7/3/2004 CLB 2 vs CHI 0 (CC)10/2/2004 CLB 3 vs CHI 3 (CC)10/6/2004 CLB 1 at CHI 0 (SF)4/30/2005 CHI 2 at CLB 0 (CC)7/16/2005 CHI 1 vs CLB 1 (SF)9/17/2005 CHI 2 at CLB 1 (CC)10/8/2005 CLB 2 at CHI 1 (SF)4/15/2006 CLB 1 vs CHI 1 (CC)7/29/2006 CHI 0 vs CLB 0 (TP)9/9/2006 CHI 2 at CLB 1 (CC)10/7/2006 CLB 4 at CHI 1 (TP)6/3/2007 CHI 3 vs CLB 2 (TP)8/4/2007 CHI 0 vs CLB 0 (TP)9/8/2007 CHI 1 at CLB 0 (CC)7/5/2008 CLB 2 vs CHI 2 (CC)10/12/2008 CHI 2 vs CLB 2 (TP)11/13/2008 CLB 2 vs CHI 1 (CC)4/25/2009 CLB 2 vs CHI 2 (CC)7/11/2009 CHI 0 vs CLB 0 (TP)9/20/2009 CHI 2 vs CLB 2 (TP)7/3/2010 CLB 2 vs CHI 1 (CC)10/8/2010 CHI 2 vs CLB 0 (TP)6/12/2011 CHI 1 at CLB 0 (CC)10/22/2011 CHI 3 vs CLB 2 (TP)5/26/2012 CLB 2 vs CHI 1 (CC)6/23/2012 CHI 2 vs CLB 1 (TP)9/22/2012 CHI 2 vs CLB 1 (TP)4/20/2013 CHI 1 vs CLB 0 (TP)6/22/2013 CHI 2 at CLB 1 (CC)9/21/2013 CLB 3 vs CHI 0 (CC)5/24/2014 CLB 2 vs CHI 0 (CC)8/2/2014 CHI 1 vs CLB 1 (TP)5/22/2015 CLB 2 vs CHI 2 (CC)7/15/2015 CLB 1 at CHI 0 (TP)7/19/2015 CLB 3 vs CHI 1 (CC)

CREW SC VS FIRE

ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total

CHI 17 12 12 13 11 16 0 81CLB 11 9 14 20 13 15 0 82

Crew SC Fire

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 37 45 0 82 42 39 0 81Shots 302 408 1 711 359 416 2 777Shots on Goal 124 171 0 295 139 161 2 302Fouls 397 434 3 834 381 431 5 817Offsides 63 67 0 130 69 44 0 113Corner Kicks 121 125 0 246 132 127 0 259

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Gregg Berhalter

vs. CHI 3-0-2 (2.2 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Fire Crew SC

Goals 11 Ante Razov 13 Jeff CunninghamAssists 6 Armas/Nowak 5 Jeff CunninghamShots 92 Ante Razov 56 Jeff CunninghamShots on Goal 45 Ante Razov 33 Jeff CunninghamFouls Committed 46 Armas/Brown 32 Frankie HejdukFouls Suffered 51 DaMarcus Beasley 61 Jeff CunninghamWins 12 Zach Thornton 5 Jon BuschLosses 5 Sean Johnson 6 Mark DoughertyShutouts 6 Zach Thornton 3 Jon BuschSaves 79 Zach Thornton 49 Jon BuschGoals Allowed 22 Zach Thornton 16 Busch/Dougherty

Chicago Fire Columbus Crew SCW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 0-0-0 2 Ws (08/02/2015) 0-0-0 4 Ws (09/12/2015)Tied 0-0-1 1 Ts (03/11/2016) 0-0-0 1 Ls (09/26/2015)Trailing 0-1-0 3 Ls (10/18/2015) 0-2-0 4 Ls (09/06/2015)

First Goal:Allowed 0-1-1 1 Ts (03/11/2016) 0-2-0 4 Ls (09/06/2015)Scored 0-0-0 2 Ls (09/11/2015) 0-0-0 2 Ws (10/17/2015)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-0-0 10 Ls (03/06/2015) 0-0-0 5 Ls (05/02/2015)1 goals 0-0-1 1 Ts (03/11/2016) 0-2-0 4 Ls (09/26/2015)2 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (09/11/2015) 0-0-0 4 Ws (08/29/2015)3 goals 0-1-0 1 Ls (03/06/2016) 0-0-0 1 Ws (08/22/2015)4 goals 0-0-0 0 - - 0-0-0 2 Ws (04/25/2015)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 0-0-0 5 Ws (03/29/2015) 0-0-0 4 Ws (04/18/2015)1 goals 0-0-1 1 Ts (03/11/2016) 0-0-0 7 Ws (06/24/2015)2 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (09/23/2015) 0-2-0 4 Ls (09/26/2015)3 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (09/11/2015) 0-0-0 1 Ls (09/06/2015)4 goals 0-1-0 3 Ls (09/05/2015) 0-0-0 1 Ls (08/01/2015)

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Fire Crew SC

Goals 2 9 players tied 2 7 players tiedAssists 2 5 players tied 2 9 players tiedShots 9 Ante Razov (07/08/00) 8 3 players tiedShots on Goal 7 Ante Razov (08/13/03) 5 McBride/HiguainFouls Committed 6 3 players tied 8 Brian Maisonneuve

(08/01/01)Fouls Suffered 12 Cuauhtemoc Blanco

(08/04/07)9 Brian McBride (04/01/00)

Shutouts 1 13 players tied 1 11 players tiedSaves 8 6 players tied 11 Busch/HesmerGoals Allowed 6 Curtis Spiteri

(10/26/03)5 Tom Presthus (06/02/02)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTAnte Razov 19 18 1565 11 2 92Chris Rolfe 20 16 1402 8 3 40Peter Nowak 13 13 1030 4 6 21Brian McBride 6 6 536 4 1 18Peter Lowry 2 2 177 3 0 4Damani Ralph 5 5 470 3 0 19Dema Kovalenko 11 9 860 2 3 13Jesse Marsch 24 22 1988 2 3 16Justin Mapp 16 13 1109 2 2 29Jalil Anibaba 8 8 720 2 1 6Carlos Bocanegra 13 12 1099 2 1 7Andy Herron 5 3 283 2 1 7Nate Jaqua 10 6 550 2 1 16Mike Magee 4 4 360 2 1 9David Accam 3 2 179 2 0 7Amos Magee 1 1 62 2 0 2Tom Soehn 4 3 274 2 0 2Hristo Stoichkov 5 4 364 1 4 14C.J. Brown 35 35 3140 1 3 11Chad Barrett 8 4 370 1 2 15Gonzalo Segares 21 21 1782 1 2 8Austin Berry 6 6 540 1 1 5Willian Oliveira 1 1 73 1 1 1Josh Wolff 4 4 346 1 1 10Jamar Beasley 2 1 103 1 0 6Calen Carr 10 4 357 1 0 10Diego Chaves 2 2 166 1 0 7Jeff Curtin 1 1 68 1 0 2Dilly Duka 4 3 229 1 0 11Jason Johnson 3 1 105 1 0 8Roman Kosecki 3 3 245 1 0 7Ritchie Kotschau 2 2 163 1 0 3Jeff Larentowicz 6 5 514 1 0 9Cristian Nazarit 1 0 11 1 0 1Dominic Oduro 5 3 310 1 0 14Marco Pappa 8 8 640 1 0 22Dipsy Selolwane 4 1 104 1 0 3Mike Sorber 3 2 195 1 0 3Paulo Wanchope 2 1 104 1 0 7John Wolyniec 2 1 106 1 0 3Eric Wynalda 3 2 203 1 0 6Chris Armas 24 24 2190 0 6 21Diego Gutierrez 18 16 1323 0 5 7Patrick Nyarko 16 10 964 0 4 18DaMarcus Beasley 15 14 1335 0 3 18Wilman Conde 6 6 540 0 2 1Joel Lindpere 3 2 162 0 2 3Andy Williams 5 3 312 0 2 5Cuauhtemoc Blanco 7 7 592 0 1 13Jonathan Bolanos 1 1 90 0 1 2Scott Buete 3 3 225 0 1 0Jim Curtin 20 15 1479 0 1 6Justin Evans 2 1 114 0 1 0Eric Gehrig 3 3 270 0 1 1Cory Gibbs 2 2 180 0 1 1Sebastian Grazzini 1 1 59 0 1 2Ivan Guerrero 7 7 593 0 1 7Steven Kinney 2 2 180 0 1 1Frank Klopas 3 1 130 0 1 4Lubos Kubik 4 4 360 0 1 10Freddie Ljungberg 1 1 90 0 1 1Sherjill MacDonald 2 2 156 0 1 4Daniel Paladini 6 1 142 0 1 3Pavel Pardo 3 3 270 0 1 1Logan Pause 26 23 1988 0 1 1Jerzy Podbrozny 4 4 261 0 1 10Brandon Prideaux 3 3 258 0 1 0Tim Ward 2 2 180 0 1 1Team totals 55 55 4950 82 83 781Opponent totals 55 55 4950 82 84 714

FIRE CAREER SCORING VS. CREW SC (24-16-15)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGChris Snitko 1 90 6 6 0.00 0Andrew Dykstra 2 180 7 4 1.00 0Zach Thornton 22 1965 103 79 1.01 1Matt Pickens 5 450 36 29 1.40 1Sean Johnson 12 1080 60 42 1.42 3Jon Busch 6 540 35 25 1.67 1David Mahoney 1 90 3 1 2.00 1Henry Ring 5 450 31 18 2.60 2Scott Coufal 1 90 5 2 3.00 0Curtis Spiteri 1 44 10 4 12.2

70

Team totals 55 4950 296 210 1.48 9Opponent totals 55 4950 302 219 1.46 7

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTJeff Cunningham 25 19 1830 13 5 56Edson Buddle 15 12 1094 7 4 46Brian McBride 14 14 1249 4 4 33Federico Higuain 9 9 807 4 3 23Kei Kamara 7 4 421 4 0 18Guillermo Barros Schelotto

10 10 795 3 4 25

Eddie Gaven 19 17 1497 3 4 22Kyle Martino 14 10 906 3 4 14Ethan Finlay 7 5 461 2 3 9Jairo Arrieta 5 4 351 2 1 13Jason Garey 8 4 318 2 1 11Stern John 3 3 270 2 0 8Chad Marshall 24 23 2100 2 0 20Emilio Renteria 6 4 350 2 0 14Sebastian Rozental 3 2 176 2 0 7Eric Vasquez 4 4 315 2 0 5Dante Washington 11 5 518 2 0 18Robert Warzycha 11 8 796 1 4 20Simon Elliott 8 8 720 1 3 9Freddy Garcia 5 2 296 1 3 11Duncan Oughton 18 16 1415 1 3 14Eric Denton 8 8 740 1 2 2Joseph Ngwenya 2 1 119 1 2 2Brian West 18 15 1308 1 2 14Mike Duhaney 6 6 467 1 1 7Ansil Elcock 8 6 567 1 1 4Alejandro Moreno 6 6 540 1 1 11John Wilmar Perez 9 9 738 1 1 6Tony Tchani 9 8 706 1 1 11Bernardo Anor 3 3 269 1 0 4Knox Cameron 2 1 102 1 0 2Dilly Duka 2 2 156 1 0 7Emmanuel Ekpo 8 6 522 1 0 13Steven Lenhart 7 0 96 1 0 3Brian Maisonneuve 13 11 865 1 0 9Adam Moffat 3 3 177 1 0 2Dominic Oduro 4 3 273 1 0 10Michael Ritch 2 0 66 1 0 4Rob Smith 3 2 191 1 0 4Ricardo Virtuoso 3 1 221 1 0 11Mike Clark 19 19 1727 0 3 10David Testo 5 1 157 0 3 1Shaun Francis 1 1 50 0 2 1Ross Paule 5 5 442 0 2 4Robbie Rogers 8 6 603 0 2 10Jake Traeger 2 0 15 0 2 1Chad Barson 5 4 364 0 1 1Chris Birchall 2 1 114 0 1 1Jason Farrell 5 4 377 0 1 3Waylon Francis 4 4 360 0 1 3Kevan George 4 3 278 0 1 1Ned Grabavoy 3 3 268 0 1 4Andrew Gregor 2 0 52 0 1 1Justin Meram 10 6 473 0 1 10Danny O'Rourke 12 11 998 0 1 3Alex Pineda Chacon 3 2 174 0 1 2Tom Presthus 6 6 550 0 1 0Andy Williams 1 1 83 0 1 1Todd Yeagley 8 8 638 0 1 0Team totals 55 55 4950 82 84 714Opponent totals 55 55 4950 82 83 781

CREW SC CAREER SCORING VS. FIRE (16-24-15)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGMatt Lampson 1 90 6 6 0.00 0Juergen Sommer 1 90 7 7 0.00 0Steve Clark 5 450 17 13 0.80 1Bill Gaudette 2 180 7 5 1.00 0Matt Jordan 1 90 8 7 1.00 0Jon Busch 12 1100 66 49 1.31 3William Hesmer 10 900 54 41 1.40 0Jonny Walker 2 180 12 9 1.50 0Andy Gruenebaum 8 720 42 27 1.75 0Tom Presthus 6 550 38 27 1.80 1Mark Dougherty 7 630 45 28 2.29 2Team totals 55 4950 302 219 1.46 7Opponent totals 55 4950 296 210 1.48 9

CURRENT FIRE VS. CREW SC (24-16-15)

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTArturo Alvarez 12 4 459 3 0 17Nick LaBrocca 11 9 793 2 1 10David Accam 3 2 179 2 0 7Gilberto 3 2 204 1 1 6Michael Stephens 5 4 335 1 1 4Eric Gehrig 3 3 270 0 1 1Razvan Cocis 4 3 278 0 0 3Patrick Doody 2 2 180 0 0 0Collin Fernandez 1 0 6 0 0 0Michael Harrington 13 11 1002 0 0 4Kennedy Igboananike 3 2 160 0 0 6Sean Johnson 12 12 1080 0 0 0Matt Polster 3 3 270 0 0 2Team totals 55 55 4950 82 83 781Opponent totals 55 55 4950 82 84 714

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PGSean Johnson 12 1080 60 42 1.42 3Team totals 55 4950 296 210 1.48 9Opponent totals 55 4950 302 219 1.46 7

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTKei Kamara 19 15 1362 7 4 56Federico Higuain 9 9 807 4 3 23Ethan Finlay 7 5 461 2 3 9Conor Casey 10 8 718 2 1 15Tony Tchani 12 10 877 1 1 13Corey Ashe 12 11 902 0 2 1Chad Barson 5 4 364 0 1 1Waylon Francis 4 4 360 0 1 3Justin Meram 10 6 473 0 1 10Tyson Wahl 14 14 1241 0 1 7Steve Clark 5 5 450 0 0 0Hector Jimenez 2 2 150 0 0 1Michael Parkhurst 17 16 1442 0 0 0Mohammed Saeid 1 0 35 0 0 1Wil Trapp 5 5 450 0 0 2Team totals 55 55 4950 82 84 714Opponent totals 55 55 4950 82 83 781

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGSteve Clark 5 450 17 13 0.80 1Team totals 55 4950 302 219 1.46 7Opponent totals 55 4950 296 210 1.48 9

CURRENT CREW SC VS. FIRE (16-24-15)

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Chicago Fire (0-1-1, 1 point) vs. Columbus Crew SC (0-2-0, 0 points) MLS Regular Season | Fire Game #3 | Home Game #2

Saturday, March 16 | Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Ill. | 4 p.m. CT | TV: CSN+ | Radio: 97.5 FM Poder TV: Fred Huebner, Frank Klopas, Paul Tenorio | Radio: Rodrigo Arana, Raquel Ortiz

FIRE FLASHES 2016 Record/Home/Away………………………………….0-1-1/0-1-0/0-0-1 2015 Record/Home/Away……………………………….8-20-6/8-8-1/0-12-5 vs. Eastern Conference/2015…………………………………...0-1-1/6-13-5 vs. Western Conference/2015…………….………………………0-0-0/2-7-1 Current Streak……………………………….……………………………….1 T Last Five………………………………………………………………………..T All-Time Record……………………………….………………….230-201-136 All-Time Home Record……………………….……………………..144-70-70 All-Time Away Record……………………………………………...86-131-66 Last Regular Season Win……………………..…………3-1, vs. NE, 10/3/15 Last Regular Season Loss…………………….………..4-3, vs. NYC, 3/6/16 Last Shutout by Fire……………………………..……….2-0, vs. FCD, 8/2/15 Last Shutout by Opponent………………………..……..4-0, at DC, 10/19/15 March Record 2016/2015..........................................................0-1-1/1-3-0 April Record 2016/2015…………………………………………...0-0-0/2-0-0 May Record 2016/2015………………………….………………...0-0-0/1-2-2 June Record 2016/2015………………………….………………..0-0-0/0-4-0 July Record 2016/2015………….…………………………..…….0-0-0/1-2-2 August Record 2016/2015….…………………….……….………0-0-0/2-2-2 September Record 2016/2015…………………….….….……….0-0-0/0-5-0 October Record 2016/2015…………………………..….………..0-0-0/1-2-0 Pre All-Star 2016/2015…………………………….….….………0-1-1/5-11-4 Post All-Star 2016/2015…………………..…….……....…………0-0-0/3-9-2 Record After 2 Games 2016/2015…..………...….…….….…….0-1-1/0-2-0 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime………….…………..…….0-0-0/0-1-0/0-0-1 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’……………….……………..…...0-0-0/0-1-0/0-0-1 Scoring First Goal/Home/Away………………………...….0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Conceding First Goal/Home/Away……………….….….…0-1-1/0-1-0/0-0-1 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied…...………..0-0-0/0-1-1/0-0-0 Day/Night…………………………………………....……………...0-1-0/0-0-1 Grass/Turf………………………………….............……………...0-1-0/0-0-1 Wearing Primary Kit……………………….…………………….………..0-2-0 Wearing Secondary Kit……………….………………....……….……….0-0-0 Wearing Third Kit……………………………………….…….…………...0-0-0 One Goal Games/Home/Away…………………………….0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Two Goal Games/Home/Away………………………….…0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-1 Three Goal Games/Home/Away……………………..……0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Four Goal Games/Home/Away……………………....……0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Five Goal Games/Home/Away…………………….………0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Six Goal Games/Home/Away…………….…………..……0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Seven Goal Games/Home/Away………….………………0-1-0/0-1-0/0-0-0 On Wednesdays/Home/Away………………...……….......0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 On Fridays/Home/Away………………………………….…0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-1 On Saturdays/Home/Away…………………………………0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 On Sundays/Home/Away…………………………..………0-1-0/0-1-0/0-0-0 On UniMas/Home/Away………………………………....…0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-1 On UDN/Home/Away………………….……………………0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 On FOX Sports/Home/Away…………………………….…0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 On CSN Chicago/Home/Away………….……………….…0-1-0/0-1-0/0-0-0 On ESPN/Home/Away…………………….…………..……0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 Temperature 75 & up…………………………………...…..0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-1 Temperature 75 and below………………………...………0-1-0/0-1-0/0-0-0 With zero subs……………………………………..………..0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 With one sub………………………………………….......…0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 With two subs………………………………………..………0-0-0/0-0-0/0-0-0 With three subs……………………………….……………..0-1-1/0-1-0/0-0-1

A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire entered their 19th season of MLS play after a busy offseason. With new leadership in general manager Nelson Rodriguez and head coach Veljko Paunovic at the helm, the Men in Red made a slew of changes, shoring up the roster with defensive-minded signings Johan Kappelhof and João Meira, and adding exciting young talent Brandon Vincent and Jonathan Campbell in the MLS SuperDraft. Rodriguez and Paunovic supplemented the veteran presence of Razvan Cocis and Sean Johnson by adding experienced league players Nick LaBrocca and Michael Harrington. The Fire continue to have a distinct local flavor with the addition of Homegrown signings Joey Calistri and Drew Conner. NOVACARE INJURY REPORT – As of March 16, 2016 OUT Patrick McLain – Right knee sprain QUESTIONABLE Gilberto – Right knee sprain PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT 11/30/2015 – Decline options for Adailton, Jon Busch, Razvan Cocis, Greg Cochrane, Jason Johnson, Alec Kann, Jeff Larentowicz, Lovel Palmer and Chris Ritter. 11/30/2015 – Announce that the loan deal for Daneil Cyrus expires and Ty Harden, Mike Magee and Matthew Watson are out of contract. 1/6/16 – Trade midfielder Patrick Nyarko to D.C. United 1/14/16 – Trade midfielder Jack Harrison to NYCFC 1/14/16 – Trade defender Joevin Jones to the Seattle Sounders 2/13/16 – Trade Homegrown midfielder Harry Shipp to the Montreal Impact 3/2/16 – Waive midfielder Kingsley Bryce IN 12/17/15 – Sign Joey Calistri and Drew Conner as Homegrown players 1/14/16 – Select Jack Harrison, Brandon Vincent, Jonathan Campbell and Alex Morrell in 2016 MLS SuperDraft 1/18/16 – Sign Michael Harrington as a free agent 1/18/16 – Sign goalkeeper Patrick McLain 1/23/16 – Sign defender Joao Meira and re-sign Razvan Cocis 1/27/16 – Sign midfielder Nick LaBrocca 2/2/16 – Sign defender Johan Kappelhof 2/3/16 – Acquire defender Rodrigo Ramos on loan 2/26/16 – Sign goalkeeper Matt Lampson 2/29/16 – Sign midfielder John Goossens 3/3/2016 – Sign midfielder Arturo Alvarez 3/11/16 – Sign midfielder Alex Morrell

- Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew SC – March 19, 2016

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455 – 708.496.6726

CHICAGO FIRE vs. COLUMBUS CREW SC The Fire are 24-16-15 all-time in regular season matches against Crew SC. The Men in Red are 14-6-8 in matches played at home. Though the Fire hold the advantage in the series, the Men in Red trail Crew SC in goals scored, with 81 to Columbus’ 82. Goals Scored in 15-Minute Intervals: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 Total CHI 17 13 12 12 12 15 81 CLB 12 8 17 16 14 15 82 All-Time Regular-Season Series Leaders: Fire Crew SC Goals 11 Ante Razov 13 Jeff Cunningham Assists 6 Armas/Nowak 5 Jeff Cunningham Shots 92 Ante Razov 56 Jeff Cunningham Shots on Goal 45 Ante Razov 33 Jeff Cunningham Fouls Committed 46 Armas/Brown 32 Frankie Hejduk Fouls Suffered 51 DaMarcus Beasley 61 Jeff Cunningham Wins 12 Zach Thornton 5 Jon Busch Losses 5 Sean Johnson 6 Mark Dougherty Shutouts 6 Zach Thornton 3 Jon Busch Saves 79 Zach Thornton 49 Jon Busch Goals Allowed 22 Zach Thornton 16 Busch/Dougherty All-Time Regular-Season Series Game Highs: Fire Crew SC Goals 2 9 players tied 2 7 players tied Assists 2 5 players tied 2 9 players tied Shots 9 Ante Razov (7/8/00) 8 3 players tied Shots on Goal 7 Ante Razov (8/13/03) 5 McBride/Higuain Fouls Committed 6 3 players tied 8 Brian Maisonneuve (8/1/01) Fouls Suffered 12 C. Blanco (8/4/07) 9 Brian McBride (4/1/00) Saves 8 6 players tied 11 Busch/Hesmer Goals Allowed 6 Curtis Spiteri (10/26/03) 5 Tom Presthus (6/2/02) BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVALRY Fire defender Eric Gehrig and goalkeeper Matt Lampson both began their professional careers with Crew SC. In four seasons with the Black & Gold, Gehrig appeared in 46 regular season and two post season matches. Lampson appeared in 16 matches over the course of four seasons. Since 1998, a total of 19 players have appeared in at least one MLS regular season match for both the Fire and Crew SC:

Player Fire Appearances* Crew SC Appearances* Tenywa Bonseu 2 24 Jon Busch 75 84 Matt Chulis 1 10 Dilly Duka 37 45 Shaun Francis 1 28 Eric Gehrig 25 46 Andy Herron 61 18 Richie Kotschau 28 26 Manny Lagos 10 23 Matt Lampson 2 16 Brian McBride 59 161 Dominic Oduro 66 45 Daniel Paladini 58 4 Ante Razov 155 7 Jorge Salcedo 11 28 Tony Sanneh 31 6 Tim Ward 25 17 Andy Williams 45 33 John Wolyniec 21 18

*MLS Regular Season appearances



Building The Fire

Year MLS SuperDraft Trades Signings Homegrown Loans 2010 Johnson – Fourth Round (51st)

2014 Gehrig (OCSC) – Dec. 10 Cocis – July 14 Igboananike – Dec. 2 Stephens – Dec. 9 Accam – Dec. 19

Fernandez – Aug. 28 Doody – Dec. 22

2015 Polster – First Round (7th) Gilberto – July 27 Calistri – Dec. 17 Conner – Dec. 17

2015 Vincent – First Round (4th) Campbell – First Round (12th) Morrell – Second Round (22nd)

Harrington – Jan. 18 McLain – Jan. 18 Meira – Jan. 23 LaBrocca – Jan. 27 Kappelhof – Feb. 2 Lampson – Feb. 26 Goossens – Feb. 29 Alvarez – March 3

Ramos – Feb. 3

LAST TIME THESE TWO MET… Match: Chicago Fire at Columbus Crew SC Date: July 19, 2015 Competition: MLS Regular Season Venue: MAPFRE Stadium – Columbus, Ohio Scoring Summary: CLB – Federico Higuain (penalty kick) 2’ CHI – David Accam (unassisted) 9’ CLB – Kei Kamara (Waylon Francis) 17’ CLB – Ethan Finlay (Chad Barson) 83’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Jason Johnson (caution) 35’ CHI – Adailton (caution) 45 +1’ CHI – Jason Johnson (caution, ejection) 50’ CLB – Tony Tchani (caution) 53’ CLB – Federico Higuain (caution) 65’ Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Matt Polster, Eric Gehrig, Adailton, Patrick Doody; Patrick Nyarko (Guly do Prado 70’), Matthew Watson, Razvan Cocis ©, David Accam (Kennedy Igboananike 71’); Harry Shipp (Collin Fernandez 84’), Jason Johnson Subs not used: Jon Busch, Michael Stephens, Kingsley Bryce, Greg Cochrane Shots: 9; Shots On Goal: 2; Saves: 3; Fouls: 7; Corner Kicks: 0; Offsides: 3. Columbus Crew SC: Steve Clark; Tyson Wahl, Michael Parkhurst ©, Waylon Francis, Chris Klute (Chad Barson 72’), Ethan Finlay, Wil Trapp, Justin Meram (Kristinn Steindorsson 81’), Tony Tchani (Mohammed Saeid 55’), Federico Higuain, Kei Kamara Subs not used: Aaron Schoenfeld, Cedrick, Emanuel Pogatetz, Brad Stuver Shots: 13; Shots On Goal: 6; Saves: 3; Fouls: 23; Corner Kicks: 3; Offsides: 6.



CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birth date Hometown College Status 11 David Accam FWD 5-9 154 09/28/1990 Accra, Ghana Hartpury College Int. 12 Arturo Alvarez MID 5-0 170 06/28/1985 Houston, TX -- 15 Joey Calistri MID 5-10 160 11/20/1993 Deerfield, IL Northwestern Univ. HG 16 Jonathan Campbell DEF 6-1 190 06/27/1993 Greensboro, NC UNC 30 Razvan Cocis MID 5-11 161 02/19/1983 Slatina, Romania -- GC 18 Drew Conner MID 5-11 165 02/18/1994 Cary, IL Wisconsin HG 22 Patrick Doody DEF 6-0 180 04/22/1992 Naperville, IL Indiana University HG 17 Collin Fernandez MID 5-8 140 2/13/1997 Downers Grove, IL -- HG 6 Eric Gehrig DEF 6-1 175 12/25/1987 Crown Point, IN Loyola University Chicago 9 Gilberto FWD 5-10 155 06/05/1989 Piranhas, Brazil -- Int. 7 John Goossens MID 5-9 160 07/25/1988 Heemstede, Netherlands -- 5 Michael Harrington DEF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC UNC 77 Kennedy Igboananike FWD 5-9 154 2/26/1989 Nri-Igbo, Nigeria -- Int. 25 Sean Johnson GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Lilburn, GA Univ. of Central Florida 4 Johan Kappelhof DEF 5-11 165 08/05/1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Int. 21 Nick LaBrocca MID 5-10 165 12/04/1984 Howell, NJ Rutgers 28 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 200 09/06/1989 Hilliard, OH Ohio State 23 Patrick McLain GK 6-3 205 08/22/1988 Eau Claire, WI Cal Poly 66 João Meira DEF 6-1 170 04/30/1987 Setubal, Portugal -- Int. 29 Alex Morrell MID 5-7 135 05/11/1994 Lakeland, FL Univ. Of North Florida 2 Matt Polster DEF 6-0 170 06/08/1993 Las Vegas, NV SIU Edwardsville 13 Rodrigo Ramos DEF 5-10 170 05/24/1995 Brazil -- Int. 26 Michael Stephens MID 5-9 155 04/03/1989 Naperville, IL UCLA 3 Brandon Vincent DEF 5-11 175 05/01/1994 Valencia, CA Stanford

CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Player Pos. Pronunciation Place of Birth Last Team 2 Matt Polster DEF Milwaukee, WI SIU Edwardsville 3 Brandon Vincent DEF Los Angeles, CA Stanford 4 Johan Kappelhof DEF Amsterdam, Netherlands FC Groningen 5 Michael Harrington DEF Greenville, NC Colorado Rapids 6 Eric Gehrig DEF Harvey, IL Columbus Crew 7 John Goossens MID GOO-sens Heemstede, Netherlands Voluntari (Romania) 9 Gilberto FWD jil-BEAR-toe Piranhas, Brazil Vasco de Gama (BRA) 11 David Accam FWD ah-KAHM Accra, Ghana Helsingborgs IF (Sweden) 12 Arturo Alvarez MID Houston, TX Videoton FC (HUN) 13 Rodrigo Ramos DEF Brazil Coritiba FC 15 Joey Calistri MID kuh-LEE-stree Deerfield, IL Northwestern Univ. 16 Jonathan Campbell DEF Greensboro, NC UNC 17 Collin Fernandez MID Downers Grove, IL Chicago Fire Academy 18 Drew Conner MID Cary, IL Univ. of Wisconsin 21 Nick LaBrocca MID la-BRAH-kah Staten Island, NY Colorado Rapids 22 Patrick Doody DEF Naperville, IL Indiana University 23 Patrick McLain GK Eau Claire, WI Sacramento Republic (USL) 25 Sean Johnson GK Lilburn, GA Univ. of Central Florida 26 Michael Stephens MID Naperville, IL Stabaek (Norway) 28 Matt Lampson GK Cleveland, TN Columbus Crew 29 Alex Morrell MID more-ell Lakeland, FL Univ. of North Florida 30 Razvan Cocis MID koh-chish Slatina, Romania FC Hoverla Uzhhorod (UKR) 66 Joao Meira DEF mah-EEY-rah Setubal, Portugal Belenenses (POR) 77 Kennedy Igboananike FWD ig-bo-ah-na-knee-kay Nri-Igbo, Nigeria AIK (Sweden) General Manager: Nelson Rodriguez Head Athletic Trainer: Mario Cruz Head Coach: Veljko Paunovic Assistant Athletic Trainer: Steven Purcell Assistant Coach: Marko Mitrovic Equipment Manager: Brian Sauer Assistant Coach: Logan Pause Assistant Equipment Manager: Juan Arreola Goalkeeper Coach: Aleksandar Saric Manager of Team and Soccer Operations: Alex Boler Director of Scouting: Matt Pearson Licensed Massage Therapist: Jake Bronowski Strength and Conditioning: Jordan Webb



2016 Schedule/Results

DATE OPPONENT VENUE Time/Result MLS Record Sunday, March 6 New York City FC Toyota Park 4-3 L 0-1-0 Friday, March 11 Orlando City SC Orlando Citrus Bowl 1-1 T 0-1-1 Saturday, March 19 Columbus Crew SC Toyota Park 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2 Philadelphia Union Toyota Park 4:00 p.m. Sunday, April 10 New York City FC Yankee Stadium 6:00 p.m. Saturday, April 16 Montreal Impact Toyota Park 4:00 p.m. Saturday, April 30 D.C. United Toyota Park 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place 9:00 p.m. Saturday, May 14 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18 New York Red Bulls Red Bull Arena 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21 Houston Dynamo Toyota Park 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 28 Portland Timbers Toyota Park 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18 Colorado Rapids Dick's Sporting Goods Park 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 22 Philadelphia Union Philadelphia 6:00 p.m. Friday, July 1 San Jose Earthquakes Toyota Park 7:00 p.m. Saturday, July 9 Toronto FC BMO Field 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 13 Sporting Kansas City Toyota Park 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 16 FC Dallas Toyota Stadium 8:00 p.m. Saturday, July 23 New England Revolution Gillette Stadium 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 31 New York Red Bulls Toyota Park 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 Real Salt Lake Rio Tinto Stadium 9:00 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14 Orlando City SC Toyota Park 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 Montreal Impact Stade Saputo 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24 LA Galaxy Toyota Park 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 D.C. United RFK Stadium 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 Philadelphia Union Toyota Park 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 Toronto FC Toyota Park 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 D.C. United Toyota Park 7:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 New York City FC Yankee Stadium 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 Seattle Sounders FC CenturyLink Field 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 Columbus Crew SC MAPFRE Stadium 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 Columbus Crew SC Toyota Park 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 New England Revolution Toyota Park 4:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 Toronto FC BMO Field 3:00 p.m.



2016 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season Statistics (through March 11, 2016) Player GP GS MIN G A C E GWG GWA David Accam 2 2 180 2 1 1 0 0 0 Arturo Alvarez 2 2 177 0 1 0 0 0 0 Joey Calistri 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jonathan Campbell 2 1 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 Razvan Cocis 2 1 98 1 0 0 0 0 0 Drew Conner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patrick Doody 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collin Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Gehrig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gilberto 1 1 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Goossens 1 1 73 0 1 0 0 0 0 Michael Harrington 2 2 98 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kennedy Igboananike 2 2 174 1 0 0 0 0 0 Johan Kappelhof 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nick LaBrocca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joao Meira 2 2 180 0 0 2 0 0 0 Alex Morrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Polster 2 2 180 0 0 2 0 0 0 Rodrigo Ramos 2 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 Michael Stephens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon Vincent 2 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalkeeping Statistics Player GP GS MIN SHT SVS GA GAA PG PA W L T SO Sean Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Lampson 2 2 180 15 10 5 2.50 0 0 0 1 1 0 Patrick McLain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



#11 David Accam – 2016: 2 GP/2 GS, 2G, 1A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC LAST MLS GOAL: 3/11/16 at OCSC (14’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 3/6/16 vs. NYCFC (Igboananike 49’) - Signed with the Fire on Dec. 19, 2014 as a Designated Player - Was a member of the Ghana side that reached the final match in the 2015 African Cup of Nations. - Earned his first cap for Ghana on Jan. 19, 2015 in their first group match against Senegal. - Scored his first international goal against Mauritius in an AFCON qualifier on June 14, 2015. - Has five caps as of March 3, 2016 #12 Arturo Alvarez – 2016: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 1A in 177 min LAST MLS MATCH: 87 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC LAST MLS GOAL: 7/10/10 at PHI (91+’) (SJ) LAST MLS ASSIST: 3/6/16 vs. NYCFC (Cocis 19’) - Houston-born, has represented San Jose, FC Dallas, and Real Salt Lake in MLS play - Joined Portuguese Primeira Liga side Pacos de Ferreira in 2012 and Hungarian side Videoton FC in 2013 - U.S. youth international, made the switch to his parents’ native El Salvador in 2009. - Has earned 43 caps as of March 3, 2016 #15 Joey Calistri – 2016: 2 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 15 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 6 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC - A native of Deerfield, IL, signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 17, 2015. - Four-year starter for Northwestern, finished second on the team’s all-time goal scoring chart. - Fire Academy and PDL product. - Became the sixth Homegrown player in Fire history to appear in a first team match on March 6, 2016. #16 Jonathan Campbell – 2016: 2 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 135 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC - Selected in the first round (12th overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft - Four-year starter at UNC - NSCAA First Team All-American as a senior - The Greensboro, NC native is a Carolina Dynamo PDL and North Carolina Fusion Academy alum #30 Razvan Cocis – 2016: 2 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 98 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 17 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC LAST MLS GOAL: 3/6/16 vs. NYCFC (19’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/29/15 at ORL (Accam 30’) - Signed with the Fire on July 14, 2014 - Has 50 caps for the Romanian National Team #18 Drew Conner – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match - Cary, IL native, signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 17, 2015 - Four-year starter and senior captain at Wisconsin -. Fire PDL and Academy product, member of the 2010 U-16 championship side #22 Patrick Doody – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/25/15 in 2-1 loss vs. NYRB LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/25/15 vs. NYRB (Gilberto 78’) - A Native of Naperville, Ill., Doody signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 22, 2014 - Led Indiana University to the 2012 College Cup - A Product of the Chicago Fire Academy - Made his first team debut when he started against SEA on July 11, 2015

#17 Collin Fernandez – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 6 min. 07/19/15 in 3-1 loss vs. CLB - Fire Academy product, originally from Downers Grove, IL - Signed his first professional contract at age 17 - A U.S. youth international, is currently a member of the U-20 MNT #6 Eric Gehrig – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 9/5/2015 in 4-3 loss at MTL LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/22/15 vs. CLB (Johnson 94’) - Born in Harvey, IL. - Played collegiately at Loyola University Chicago - Spent the first four seasons of his professional career with the Columbus Crew. - Joined the Fire via trade with Orlando City SC on Dec. 10, 2014 after he was selected in the Expansion Draft. #9 Gilberto – 2016: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 45 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 45 min. 3/6/16 in 4-3 loss to NYCFC LAST MLS GOAL: 10/25/15 vs. NYRB (78’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/26/15 vs. NYRB (Nyarko 41’) - Joined the Fire on July 27, 2015 - Joined Vasco de Gama on loan in Feb. 2015, scored nine goals - Signed by Toronto FC on Dec. 12, 2013. Scored seven goals and added five assists in 28 matches. #7 John Goossens – 2016: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 1A in 73 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 73 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC LAST MLS ASSIST: 3/11/16 at OCSC (Accam 14’) - Ajax academy product, played professionally in Holland with NEC and Feyenoord. Also had stints in India with Pune City and Romania with Voluntari. - Dutch youth international, scored four goals and added two assists in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup as Holland finished third. #5 Michael Harrington – 2016: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 98 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 32 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC LAST MLS GOAL: 10/5/08 vs. CHI (48’) (SKC) LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/2/15 vs. LA (Torres 40’) (COL) - Signed as a free agent on Jan. 18, 2016 - Member of the U.S. Soccer U-17 Residency program - Selected third in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City after a collegiate career at UNC - Spent six season in KC (2007-12) before joining the Timbers for 2013 and 2014, then the Rapids in 2015 #77 Kennedy Igboananike – 2016: 2 GP/2 GS, 1G, 0A in 174 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 84 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC LAST MLS GOAL: 9/5/15 at MTL (59’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/5/15 at MTL (Gilberto 44’) - Joined the Fire as a Designated Player on Dec. 2, 2014 from Swedish Allsvenskan side AIK - Holds dual Nigerian and Swedish citizenship - Began his professional career with Djurgarden IF in Sweden on June 19, 2007 #25 Sean Johnson – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 9/11/15 in 3-2 loss at NYRB LAST MLS WIN: 8/2/15 vs. DAL, 2-0 W LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 8/2/15 vs. DAL, 2-0 W LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/12/12 at PHI (Rolfe 56’) - Has five appearances for the senior U.S. Men’s National Team, helped the U.S. win the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup - Earned his first international start Jan. 29, 2013 and earned the shutout in a 0-0 draw with Canada at BBVA Compass Stadium - At age 21, was the youngest player to appear in goal for the Chicago Fire after making his debut on August 1, 2010



#4 Johann Kappehof – 2016: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: 90 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC - Joined the Fire on Feb. 2, 2016 - Ajax Academy product, signed with FC Groningen in 2011. - Scored three goals in 123 games for FC Groningen over five seasons - Appeared in five matches for the Dutch U-21 side. #21 Nick LaBrocca – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 3 min. 10/21/15 in 2-0 win at SKC (COL) LAST MLS GOAL: 4/24/15 vs. FCD (79’) (COL) LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/26/14 at SEA (Serna 62’) (COL) - Signed as a free agent on Jan. 27, 2016 - Started every game during his four-year career at Rutgers. - Selected with the 35th overall pick by the Rapids in the 2007 SuperDraft. #28 Matt Lampson – 2016: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC LAST MLS WIN: 9/21/13 vs. CHI in 3-0 win (CLB) LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 9/21/13 vs. CHI in 3-0 win (CLB) - Signed with the Fire on Feb. 26, 2016 - Signed as a Crew SC Homegrown on Dec. 15, 2011. Appeared in 16 games for a 9-6-0 record. - In 2015 was loaned to USL sides Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Charlotte Independence appearing in a total of seven matches. #23 Patrick McLain – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 5/12/13 vs. POR (CHV) - Signed with the Fire on Jan. 18, 2016 - Made his professional debut for Chivas USA in 2013. - In 2014 appeared in 15 matches for Orange County Blues FC, recording 66 saves in USL play. - Appeared in 29 matches for Sacramento Republic FC in 2015 across all competitions. Recorded six shutouts in USL play. #66 Joao Meira – 2016: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: 90 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC - Signed with the Fire on Jan. 23, 2016 - Native of Setubal, Portugal, has played professionally in his native country representing Vitoria Setubal, CD Cova Piedade, CD Mafra, Atletico CP and Belenenses. #29 Alex Morrell – 2016: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match - Selected in the second round (22nd overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft, becoming the first player in University of North Florida history to be drafted by a MLS team. - A Lakeland, Fla. native, Morrell was a 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Tournament Team and First Team All-Atlantic Sun Conference honoree. -Scored 10 goals and tallied 19 assists in 63 games across four collegiate seasons.

#2 Matt Polster – 2016: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC - Was selected in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft - Played at SIU Edwardsville for four years - Was a member of the Chicago Fire PDL in 2014 - Made his professional debut on 3/6/15 against the LA Galaxy. - A member of the U.S. U-23 MNT, was called in for the annual January camp in 2016 with the senior side. #13 Rodrigo Ramos – 2016: 2 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 27 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 3 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC - Joined the Fire on loan from Brazilian side Coritiba FC on Feb. 3, 2016 - A Brazilian youth international, made two appearances in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Brazil reached the final. #26 Michael Stephens – 2016: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 10/18/15 in 4-0 loss at DC LAST MLS GOAL: 9/14/13 at NE (81’) (LA) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/11/15 at NYRB (Accam 26’) - Naperville, IL native, spent time with the U.S. Soccer Residency Program in Bradenton - Graduated from UCLA with a degree in history - Selected in the first round (16th overall) by the LA Galaxy in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft - Won back-to-back MLS Cups with the Galaxy in 2011 & 2012 - Spent the 2014 season in Norway at Stabaek - Part of the Chicago Fire Super-20 championship side in 2008 #3 Brandon Vincent – 2016: 2 GP/2 GS, 0G, 0A in 180 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 3/11/16 in 1-1 draw with OCSC - Select in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft - Four-year starter at Stanford, led his side to the 2015 College Cup title. - Was named 2015 College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. - Got his first senior cap for the U.S. MNT on Feb. 5, 2016 when he entered in the second half of a 1-0 win over Canada.



Chicago Fire vs. New York City FC

Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | March 6, 2016 Attendance: 17,768

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Michael Harrington (Rodrigo Ramos 66’), Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Matt Polster, Razvan Cocis © (Joey Calistri 81’), Kennedy Igboananike, Arturo Alvarez, David Accam, Gilberto (Jonathan Campbell 46’). Subs not used: Sean Johnson, Michael Stephens, Nick LaBrocca, Collin Fernandez New York City FC: Josh Saunders, Ethan White, Frederic Brillant, Jason Hernandez, Ronald Matarrita, Andrea Pirlo, Mix Diskerud, Thomas McNamara, David Villa, Khiry Shelton (Federic Bravo 89’), Tony Taylor (Mikey Lopez 69’).

Stats CHI NYC Shots 17 20 Shots (on goal) 9 10 Saves 6 6 Fouls 12 9 Offside 7 1 Corner Kicks 12 1

Scoring Summary: NYC – Thomas McNamara (Khiry Shelton) 10’ CHI – Razvan Cocis (Arturo Alvarez) 19’ NYC – Tony Taylor (unassisted) 29’ NYC – Khiry Shelton (Mix Diskerud) 36’ CHI – Kennedy Igboananike (David Accam) 49’ NYC – Mix Diskerud (Thomas McNamara) 63’ CHI – David Accam (penalty kick) 72’ Misconduct Summary: NYC – Frederic Brillant (caution) 14’ CHI – Joao Meira (caution) 32’ NYC – Tony Taylor (caution) 59’ CHI – Michael Harrington (caution) 62’

Chicago Fire at Orlando City SC

Citrus Bowl – Orlando, FL | MLS Regular Season | March 11, 2016 Attendance: 29,041

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Jonathan Campbell, Michael Harrington, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, David Accam, Arturo Alvarez (Rodrigo Ramos 87’), John Goossens (Razvan Cocis 73’), Matt Polster, Brandon Vincent, Kennedy Igboananike (Joey Calistri 84’) Subs not used: Sean Johnson, Nick LaBrocca, Michael Stephens, Alex Morrell Orlando City SC: Joe Bendik, Rafael Ramos, Tommy Redding, Seb Hines, Brek Shea, Servando Carrasco, Cristian Higuita (Hadji Berry 73’), Antonio Nocerino (Pedro Ribeiro 63’), Adrian Winter, Kevin Molino, Cyle Larin Subs not used: Earl Edwards, Kevin Alston, Luke Boden, Aurelien Collin, Harrison Heath

Stats CHI OCSC Shots 10 13 Shots (on goal) 2 5 Saves 4 1 Fouls 8 21 Offside 0 0 Corner Kicks 2 6

Scoring Summary: ORL - Cyle Larin (Kevin Molino) 3’ CHI - David Accam (John Goossens) 14’ Misconduct Summary: CHI - Matt Polster (Yellow Card) 28’ CHI - Michael Harrington (Red Card) 32’ ORL - Cristian Higuita (Yellow Card) 62’ CHI - Joao Meira (Yellow Card) 71’ ORL - Servando Carrasco (Yellow Card) 75’ CHI - David Accam (Yellow Card) 83’ ORL - Brek Shea (Yellow Card) 90’



3-6-16 vs. NYCFC, 4-3 L GK Lampson D Harrington (Ramos 66’) D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M Polster M Cocis © (Calistri 81’) M Igboananike M Alvarez M Accam F Gilberto (Campbell 46’)

3-11-16 at OCSC, 1-1 T GK Lampson D Campbell D Harrington D Kappelhof D Meira M Accam M Alvarez (Ramos 87’) M Goossens (Cocis 73’) M Polster © M Vincent F Igboananike (Calistri 84’)

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2 Matt Polster 90M 90M

3 Brandon Vincent 90D 90M

4 Johan Kappelhof 90D 90D

5 Michael Harrington 66D 32M

6 Eric Gehrig

7 John Goossens 73M

9 Gilberto 45F

11 David Accam 90M 90F

12 Arturo Alvarez 90M 87M

13 Rodrigo Ramos 24 3

15 Joey Calistri 9 6

16 Jonathan Campbell 45 90D

17 Collin Fernandez

18 Drew Conner

21 Nick LaBrocca

22 Patrick Doody

23 Patrick McLain

25 Sean Johnson

26 Michael Stephens

28 Matt Lampson 90G 90G

29 Alex Morrell

30 Razvan Cocis 81M 17

66 Joao Meira 90D 90D

77 Kennedy Igboananike 90M 84F

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Game log:

Game #1 03/06/2016 CHI 3 vs NYC 4 L Cocis 1 (Alvarez 1) 19; Igboananike 1 (Accam 1) 49; Accam 1 (penalty kick) 72

Game #2 03/11/2016 CHI 1 at ORL 1 T Accam 2 (Goossens 1) 14

2016 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Date: Saturday, March 19, 2016Kickoff: 5:00 p.m. ETLocation: Toyota Park (Bridgeview, Illinois) FOX-28/Time Warner Cable SportsChannel/CD102.5 FM: Neil Sika (play-by-play), Dwight Burgess (analyst)La Mega 103.1 FM: Juan Valladares (play-by-play)English radio stream also available on ColumbusCrewSC.comInternational: Abu Dhabi Sports, BeIN Sports Australia, Eurosport

Columbus Crew SC Communications Contacts: Tim Miller (O: 614-447-4176) (C: 847-828-2003), [email protected] Schwepfinger (O: 614-447-4203) (C: 610-751-7067), [email protected]

Chicago Fire Communications Contacts: Doug Hicks (O: 708-496-6724), [email protected] Stranzl (O: 708-496-6795) (C: 707-696-1931), [email protected] Kim (O: 708-496-6726) (C: 770-634-7636), [email protected]

OVERALL: 0-2-0 HOME: 0-1-0 AWAY: 0-1-0

Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result TVSun., March 6 at Portland Timbers L, 1-2 ESPNSat., March 12 PHILADELPHIA UNION L, 1-2 CW, TWCSCSat., March 19 at Chicago Fire 5:00 p.m. FOX-28, TWCSCSat., April 2 at FC Dallas 9:00 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., April 9 at Montreal Impact 4:00 p.m. FOX-28, TWCSCSat., April 16 NEW YORK CITY FC 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., April 23 HOUSTON DYNAMO 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., April 30 at Seattle Sounders FC 4:00 p.m. ABC-6, TWCSCSat., May 7 MONTREAL IMPACT 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., May 14 COLORADO RAPIDS 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., May 21 at Toronto FC 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., May 28 REAL SALT LAKE 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCWed., June 1 at Philadelphia Union 7:00 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., June 18 MONTREAL IMPACT 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., June 25 NEW YORK RED BULLS 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSun., July 3 at Sporting Kansas City 7:00 p.m. FS1Sat., July 9 at New England Revolution 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCWed., July 13 TORONTO FC 7:00 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., July 16 D.C. UNITED 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., July 23 ORLANDO CITY SC 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSun., July 31 at Toronto FC 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., Aug. 13 NEW YORK CITY FC 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., Aug. 20 at New England Revolution 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCWed., Aug. 24 PHILADELPHIA UNION 7:30 p.m. MyTV, TWCSCSat., Aug. 27 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., Sep. 3 at LA Galaxy 10:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., Sep. 10 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 6:00 p.m. CW, TWCSCSat., Sep. 17 at Orlando City SC 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCSun., Sep. 25 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 7:00 p.m. FS1Wed., Sep. 28 at D.C. United 7:30 p.m. MyTV, TWCSCSat., Oct. 1 CHICAGO FIRE 7:30 p.m. CW, TWCSCThurs., Oct. 13 at Chicago Fire 8:30 p.m. MyTV, TWCSCSun., Oct. 16 at New York Red Bulls 5:00 p.m. CW, TWCSCSun., Oct. 23 at New York City FC 4:00 p.m. CW, TWCSC

PRONUNCIATIONS # Player Pos. Pronunciation 2 Tyson Wahl D WALL 3 Corey Ashe D ASH 6 Tony Tchani M CHA-knee 7 Emil Larsen M E-meal 8 Mohammed Saeid M mo-HAHM-ed SIGH-eed 9 Justin Meram M MAIR-ahm 10 Federico Higuain (Nickname “Pipa”) M FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) 11 Cedrick Mabwati M SEHD-rick ma-BWAH-ti 13 Ethan Finlay M Fin-LEE 14 Waylon Francis D WAY-lin 16 Hector Jimenez M hee-MEH-nes 17 Ola Kamara F O-lah kuh-MAR-uh 19 Rodrigo Saravia M suh-RAH-vee-ah 22 Gaston Sauro D GAS-tone sOW-roh 23 Kei Kamara F KYE kuh-MAR-uh 25 Harrison Afful D AH-full (like Waffle) 30 Matt Pacifici GK puh-CHIFF-uh-chee 33 Amro Tarek D AHM-roh TAHR-eck 41 Brad Stuver GK STEW-vur

For an audio guide with every Crew SC player pronouncing his own name, please see www.columbuscrewsc.com/media/pronounce. Technical staff pronunciations on page two.

COLUMBUSCREW SC

(0-2-0, 0 pts.)

CHICAGOFIRE

(0-1-1, 1 pt.)

CREW SC MEDIA WEBSITE: COLUMBUSCREWSC.COM/MEDIA

14 FRANCIS2 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A

16 JIMENEZ2 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A

10 HIGUAIN2 GP, 2 GS, 1 G, 0 A

6 TCHANI2 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A

1 CLARK2 GP, 2 GS, 2.00 GAA, 0 CS

4 PARKHURST2 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A

20 TRAPP2 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A

25 AFFUL2 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A

POSSIBLE STARTING XI23 K. KAMARA

2 GP, 2 GS, 1 G, 0 A

13 FINLAY2 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 1 A

22 SAURO2 GP, 2 GS, 0 G, 0 A

CREW SC INJURY REPORT FOR UPCOMING MATCHQUESTIONABLE: Conor Casey (Concussion) Ola Kamara (R Thigh Strain)

MLS MATCH 3: COLUMBUS CREW SC AT CHICAGO FIRE

No . Name Pos. Ht. Wt. DOB Hometown College 1 Steve Clark GK 6-2 192 04-14-86 Mason, MI Oakland University 2 Tyson Wahl D 6-2 185 02-23-84 Newport Beach, CA University of California-Berkeley 3 Corey Ashe D 5-5 154 03-14-86 Virginia Beach, VA University of North Carolina 4 Michael Parkhurst D 5-11 165 01-24-84 Providence, RI Wake Forest University 6 Tony Tchani M 6-4 185 04-13-89 Douala, Cameroon University of Virginia 7 Emil Larsen M 5-11 172 06-22-91 Lyngby, Denmark 8 Mohammed Saeid M 5-7 141 12-24-90 Örebro, Sweden 9 Justin Meram M 6-1 165 12-04-88 Shelby Township, MI University of Michigan 10 Federico Higuaín M 5-8 165 10-25-84 Buenos Aires, Argentina 11 Cedrick Mabwati M 5-6 145 03-08-92 Kinshasa, DR Congo 13 Ethan Finlay M 5-9 165 08-06-90 Marshfield, WI Creighton University 14 Waylon Francis D 5-9 160 09-20-90 Puerto Limón, Costa Rica 16 Hector Jimenez M 5-9 145 11-03-88 Bell Gardens, CA University of California-Berkeley 17 Ola Kamara F 6-0 181 10-15-89 Oslo, Norway 19 Rodrigo Saravia M 5-11 170 02-22-93 Guatemala City, Guatemala Florida Gulf Coast University 20 Wil Trapp M 5-8 150 01-15-93 Gahanna, OH University of Akron 21 Chad Barson D 5-10 170 02-25-91 Lewis Center, OH University of Akron 22 Gaston Sauro D 6-3 190 02-23-90 Rosario, Argentina 23 Kei Kamara F 6-3 190 09-01-84 Kenema, Sierra Leone California State University-Dominguez Hills 25 Harrison Afful D 5-6 135 07-24-86 Senya Breku, Ghana 26 Ben Swanson M 5-6 150 07-18-97 Grove City, OH 27 Conor Casey F 6-1 190 07-25-81 Denver, CO University of Portland 29 Marshall Hollingsworth M 5-8 160 08-06-93 Libertyville, IL Wheaton College 30 Matt Pacifici GK 6-2 180 08-31-93 Charlotte, NC Davidson College 33 Amro Tarek D 6-3 200 05-17-92 Asyut, Egypt 41 Brad Stuver GK 6-3 180 04-16-91 Twinsburg, OH Cleveland State University

No. Name Age Pronunciation Birthplace Previous Club 25 Harrison Afful 29 AH-full (like Waffle) Tema, Ghana Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) 3 Corey Ashe 30 ASH Orange County, CA Orlando City SC 21 Chad Barson 25 Columbus, OH University of Akron (NCAA) 27 Conor Casey 34 Dover, NH Philadelphia Union 1 Steve Clark 29 Mason, MI Honefoss BK (Norway) 13 Ethan Finlay 25 fin-LEE Duluth, MN Creighton University (NCAA) 14 Waylon Francis 25 WAY-lin Puerto Limón, Costa Rica CS Herediano (Costa Rica) 10 Federico Higuaín (“Pipa”) 31 FED-er-EE-co EE-gwa-EEN (“PEA-pa”) Buenos Aires, Argentina Colón de Santa Fe (Argentina) 29 Marshall Hollingsworth 22 Libertyville, IL Wheaton College (NCAA) 16 Hector Jimenez 27 hee-MEH-nes Huntington Park, CA LA Galaxy 23 Kei Kamara 31 KYE kuh-MAR-uh Kenema, Sierra Leone Middlesbrough FC (England) 17 Ola Kamara 26 O-lah kuh-MAR-uh Oslo, Norway Molde FK (Norway) 7 Emil Larsen 24 E-meal Lyngby, Denmark Odense Boldklub (Denmark) 11 Cedrick Mabwati 24 SEHD-rick Ma-BWAH-ti Kinshasa, DR Congo Osasuna (Spain) 9 Justin Meram 27 MAIR-ahm Shelby Township, MI University of Michigan (NCAA) 30 Matt Pacifici 22 puh-CHIFF-uh-chee Charlotte, NC Davidson College (NCAA) 4 Michael Parkhurst 32 Providence, RI FC Augsburg (Germany) 8 Mohammed Saeid 25 mo-HAHM-ed SIGH-eed Örebro, Sweden Örebro SK (Sweden) 19 Rodrigo Saravia 23 suh-RAH-vee-ah Guatemala City, Guatemala Florida Gulf Coast University (NCAA) 22 Gaston Sauro 26 GAS-tone sOW-roh Rosario, Argentina Calcio Catania (Italy) 41 Brad Stuver 24 STEW-vur Mayfield, OH Cleveland State University (NCAA) 26 Ben Swanson 18 Grove City, OH Crew SC Academy 33 Amro Tarek 23 AHM-roh TAHR-eck Los Angeles, CA El Gouna FC (Egypt) 6 Tony Tchani 26 CHA-knee Bafang, Cameroon Toronto FC 20 Wil Trapp 23 Columbus, OH University of Akron (NCAA) 2 Tyson Wahl 32 WALL Newport Beach, CA Colorado Rapids

2016 NUMERICAL ROSTER

2016 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Sporting Director and Head Coach: Gregg BerhalterAssistant Coaches: Sixten Boström, Pat Onstad, Josh WolffDirector of Soccer Operations: Asher MendelsohnHigh Performance Director: Steve Tashjian

Technical Staff Pronunciations:Gregg Berhalter (BUR-hall-ter)Sixten Boström (SIX-tin BO-strum)Asher Mendelsohn (MEN-dell-son)Steve Tashjian (TASH-jin)

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Brook HamiltonHead Athletic Trainer: Craig DevineAssistant Athletic Trainer: Jon MacGregorDirector of Team Operations: Zach Crusse Head Equipment Manager: David Brauzer Team Operations Assistant: Ron MeadorsPerformance Analyst: Adin Osmanbasic


2016 MLS RESULTS

MLS Regular Season

Date Opponent Result Score Attend. Record Place Pts. Goal Scorers Sun., March 6 at Portland Timbers L 1-2 21,144 0-1-0 7 0 CLB: Higuain (68’); POR: Valeri (23’), Adi (79’) Sat., March 12 PHILADELPHIA UNION L 1-2 17,015 0-2-0 9 0 CLB: K. Kamara (87'); PHI: Pontius (45'+1', 71') Sat., March 19 at Chicago Fire Sat., April 2 at FC Dallas Sat., April 9 at Montreal Impact Sat. April 16 NEW YORK CITY FC Sat., April 23 HOUSTON DYNAMO Sat. April 30 at Seattle Sounders FC Sat., May 7 MONTREAL IMPACT Sat., May 14 COLORADO RAPIDS Sat., May 21 at Toronto FC Sat., May 28 REAL SALT LAKE Wed., June 1 at Philadelphia Union Sat., June 18 MONTREAL IMPACT Sat., June 25 NEW YORK RED BULLS Sun. July 3 at Sporting Kansas City Sat., July 9 at New England Revolution Wed., July 13 TORONTO FC Sat., July 16 D.C. UNITED Sat., July 23 ORLANDO CITY SC Sun., July 31 at Toronto FC Sat., Aug. 13 NEW YORK CITY FC Sat., Aug. 20 at New England Revolution Wed., Aug. 24 PHILADELPHIA UNION Sat., Aug. 27 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES Sat., Sep. 3 at LA Galaxy Sat., Sep. 10 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Sat., Sep. 17 at Orlando City SC Sun. Sep. 25 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION Wed., Sep. 28 at D.C. United Sat. Oct. 1 CHICAGO FIRE Thurs., Oct. 13 at Chicago Fire Sun. Oct. 16 at New York Red Bulls Sun., Oct. 23 at New York City FC


Columbus Crew SC regular-season record: 16-24-15Home games: 10-10-7 (48 GF, 37 GA)Road games: 6-14-8 (34 GF, 44 GA) LAST THREE REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGS05/22/2015 CLB 2 vs. CHI 2 D MAPFRE Stadium07/15/2015 CLB 1 at CHI 0 W Toyota Park07/19/2015 CLB 3 vs. CHI 1 W MAPFRE Stadium

CREW SC TRAVELS TO TOYOTA PARK TO BEGIN THREE-MATCH MLS ROAD SWINGOn Saturday, March 19, Columbus Crew SC plays its third 2016 MLS regular-season contest and its second on the road by traveling to Bridgeview, Illinois to meet the Chicago Fire. This is set to be the 56th all-time regular-season meeting between both clubs.

LAST REGULAR-SEASON MEETINGOn July 19, 2015, Crew SC closed a home-and-home regular-season series with a 3-1 win over Chicago at MAPFRE Stadium. Federico Higuain, Kei Kamara and Ethan Finlay all scored for the Black & Gold.

COACHESGregg Berhalter (29-23-18, Columbus Crew SC: ‘14 - Present) vs. Veljko Paunovic (0-1-1, Chicago Fire: ‘16 - Present)

WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN Saturday’s 5:00 p.m. ET start is available via regional television on both FOX-28 and Time Warner Cable SportsChannel ... Neil Sika (play-by-play) and Dwight Burgess (analyst) are set to have the call of the match ... on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel, “Crew SC Matchday,” the exclusive pre-match show, starts at 4:30 p.m. ET with Chris Doran, and “Crew SC Post-Match” immediately follows the action only on TWCSC ... the FOX-28 broadcast begins at 5:00 p.m. ET ... locally, the contest is available via the radio in English on CD102.5 FM and in Spanish on La Mega 103.1 FM ... the English radio broadcast also is set to stream live on ColumbusCrewSC.com ... a com-plete list of places to catch the Black & Gold on TV is available at Colum-busCrewSC.com in the drop-down item “Crew SC Bars” under the “Sup-porters” tab ... for complete regional television listings, please visit http://bit.ly/2016CrewSCBroadcast ... the game can be watched internationally via the following: Abu Dhabi Sports, BeIN Sports Australia, Eurosport.

CREW SC LOOKING TO EXTEND UNBEATEN STREAK AGAINST CHICAGO The Black & Gold enter this match against the Fire holding a six-match unbeaten streak against Chicago ... Crew SC is 4-0-2 against the Fire over their last six meetings, dating back to September 21, 2013 when Columbus won 3-0 over Chicago at MAPFRE Stadium ... the streak contains a win and a draw at Toyota Park, including last season's 1-0 Crew SC victory in Brid-geview on July 15, 2015 ... that match began a series that saw Columbus and Chicago play twice in five days, with both matches won by the Black & Gold, including a return 3-1 victory at MAPFRE Stadium on July 19.

ROAD SWING BEGINS FOR CREW SC Crew SC begins a three-match Major League Soccer regular-season road swing with this clash at Chicago ... following this contest, Columbus plays at FC Dallas on April 2 and at Montreal on April 9 ... this is tied for the longest such road series of Crew SC's regular season, as the Black & Gold will conclude the 2016 campaign with three road contests, also beginning that stretch with a match at Chicago ... Crew SC finishes the 2016 regular season at Chicago (October 13), at the New York Red Bulls (October 16) and at New York City FC (October 23).

FAMILIAR FACES Former Black & Gold Homegrown goalkeeper Matt Lampson has started each of Chicago's first two matches in goal for the Fire ... Lampson made 16 appearances (14 starts) over his four seasons with Crew SC ... Chicago's roster also includes former Columbus defender Eric Gehrig, who made 46 appearances (32 starts) over four years with the Black & Gold.

BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVALRY There are 19 players in MLS history to have played at least one regular-season contest for both Columbus and Chicago: Tenywa Bonseu, Jon Busch, Matt Chulis, Dilly Duka, Shaun Francis, Eric Gehrig, Andy Herron, Richie Kotschau, Manny Lagos, Matt Lampson, Brian McBride, Dominic Oduro, Daniel Paladini, Ante Razov, Jorge Salcedo, Tony Sanneh, Tim Ward, Andy Williams and John Wolyniec.

MISCELLANEOUS TEAM NOTES

CLUB SNAPSHOTS

CREW SC HOSTS OPENING MATCH PRESENTED BY MAPFRE INSURANCE AGAINST PHILADELPHIA UNIONOn Saturday, March 12, 2016, Columbus Crew SC hosted its first home contest of the 2016 Major League Soccer regular season by playing the Philadelphia Union in the Opening Match, presented by MAPFRE Insur-ance. Kei Kamara scored for the Black & Gold, but Philadelphia was able to win the clash by a 2-1 final score with two goals by Chris Pontius. Kamara's six shots led all players, and his tally was his 75th career goal, becoming just the second active player to reach that total.

MLS Regular Season: 0-2-0 MLS Regular Season: 0-1-1Points: 0 Points: 1Eastern Conference: Ninth Eastern Conference: SeventhHome: 0-1-0 Home: 0-1-0 Away: 0-1-0 Away: 0-0-1Goals For: 2 Goals For: 4Goals Against: 4 Goals Against: 5+/-: -2 +/-: -1

Club Leaders

Goals: Higuain, K. Kamara (1) Goals: Accam (2)Assists: Finlay, Saeid (1) Assists: Accam, Alvarez, Goossens (1)Shots: K. Kamara (11) Shots: Accam (10)Shots on Goal: K. Kamara (3) Shots on Goal: Accam (6)G-W Goals: N/A G-W Goals: N/AG-W Assists: N/A G-W Assists: N/AFouls Suffered: Higuain, Tchani (4) Fouls Suffered: Accam (5)Fouls Committed: Sauro (5) Fouls Committed: Meira (4)Yellow Cards Issued: Sauro, Trapp (1) Yellow Cards Issued: Meira, Polster (2)Saves Leader: Clark (8) Saves Leader: Lampson (10)GAA Leader: Clark (2.00) GAA Leader: Lampson (2.50)Wins: N/A Wins: N/A

CREW SC AND CHICAGO AT A GLANCE

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