Jirgin Columbus

Columbus Crew kungiya ce ta ƙwararrun yan kwallon kafa ta Amurka da ke zaune a Columbus, Ohio . Kungiyar ta fafata a cikin Major League Soccer (MLS) a matsayin memba na Taron Gabas. Kungiyar ta fara wasa a 1996 a matsayin daya daga cikin kungiyoyi 10 na league.  A halin yanzu ƙungiyar masu mallakar da ke ƙarƙashin jagorancin iyalin Haslam (kuma masu mallakar Cleveland Browns da Pilot Corporation) da tsohon likitan ƙungiyar Pete Edwards. Kungiyar Haslam / Edwards ita ce ta uku a tarihin kulob din.

An kafa ikon mallakar ne a shekarar 1994. Filin wasa shine Lower.com Field, wanda aka buɗe a cikin 2021. Daga 1999 zuwa 2021, Crew ta buga wasannin gida a filin wasa na Historic Crew (tsohon filin wasa na Mapfre da Columbus Crew), filin wasa na farko na ƙwallon ƙafa da aka gina don ƙungiyar MLS, tare da damar zama na 19,968 a kakar 2015. Daga 1996 zuwa 1998, Crew ta buga wasanninta na gida a Filin wasa na Ohio a harabar Jami'ar Jihar Ohio .  A cikin 2023, ƙungiyar ta kafa rikodin halartar kulob din don mafi yawan halartar da mafi yawan sayarwa.

Kungiyar ta lashe manyan kyaututtuka takwas: Kofin MLS a 2008, 2020 da 2023; Garkuwar Magoya baya a 2004, 2008, da 2009; Kofin US Open na 2002; da Kofin Leagues a 2024. Kungiyar ta cancanci gasar cin kofin CONCACAF (ko wanda ya riga ta, CONCAC AF Champions League) sau shida, ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe a lokuta biyar. A cikin 2021, kulob din ya lashe kofin nahiyar ta farko ta hanyar lashe Kofin Zakarun Turai, kuma a cikin 2024, Crew ta ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe na Kofin Zarakun Turai na farko.

## Tarihi

### Farawa (1994-1998)

A ranar 15 ga Yuni, 1994, Major League Soccer ta ba da sanarwar cewa Columbus, Ohio, za ta kasance gida ga ɗaya daga cikin mambobi goma da suka kafa sabuwar babbar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Arewacin Amurka. Columbus ya yi alkawarin gina takamaiman filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa kuma ya sayar da tikitin kakar sama da 12,000. An kira kungiyar Columbus Eclipse a aikace-aikacen da ta yi a gasar, yayin da Hasken rana ya wuce birnin bayan ya kai mafi ƙarancin ajiya 10,000 na gasar. Kafin farkon kakar MLS, an kirkiro gasar jama'a don yanke shawarar sunan tawagar. An zaɓi sunan "The Crew", daga cikin masu shiga 2,500 da kuma shawarwarin laƙabi 650. Mutumin da ya ci nasara ya haɗa shi da sunan birnin na Christopher Columbus, Tafiye-tafiye, da ma'aikatan da suka bi shi a binciken da ya yi. A lokacin da ƙungiyar ta fara ƙirƙirar hotuna da alamomi ga ƙungiyar, an fahimci cewa haɗin da mai binciken zai iya zama mai kawo rigima. Don haka, ikon mallakar ya zaɓi a maimakon haka ya jaddada wani nau'in ma'aikata yayin da yake riƙe da sunan, tare da alamar farko ta ƙungiyar da ke nuna maza uku masu inuwa a cikin hular wuya da ke wakiltar ma'aikatan gine-gine da ɗabi'ar aiki ta Midwestern.

Mai saka hannun jari na MLS Lamar Hunt, da ɗansa Clark sun zama masu mallakar duka Columbus Crew da Kansas City Wizards a cikin 1996. 'Yan wasa na farko na Crew sun kasance tsohon dan wasan Afirka ta Kudu Doctor Khumalo, ta hanyar aiki, da Brian McBride. An zaɓi McBride a matsayin na farko da aka zaɓa a cikin rubutun farko na MLS a shekarar 1996.  Tsohon kocin tawagar kwallon kafa ta Amurka Timo Liekoski zai zama babban kocin tawayen a kakar wasa ta farko.

Kungiyar ta buga wasan farko a ranar 13 ga Afrilu, 1996, a gaban taron gida na 25,266 a Filin wasa na Ohio da DC United kuma ta ci 4-0. Columbus zai yi gwagwarmaya, duk da haka, ya lashe 5 kawai daga cikin wasanni 21 na gaba. Bayan farawa 6-16, Tom Fitzgerald ya maye gurbin kocin Liekoski. Kungiyar, a karkashin Fitzgerald, ta lashe wasanni 9 daga cikin wasanni 10 da suka gabata don kammala ta huɗu a Taron Gabas. Sun ci gaba da rasa a wasan kusa da na karshe na taron.  

Black & Gold sun gama 15-17 a duka 1997 da 1998, wanda ya sanya su a matsayi na uku da na huɗu, bi da bi, a Taron Gabas. Kowace kakar ta ƙare tare da asarar a wasan karshe na taron zuwa DC United. A shekara ta 1998, Crew ta kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin US Open . Koyaya, an jinkirta wasan saboda guguwa  kuma an sake komawa daga Virginia Beach zuwa Soldier Field a Birnin Chicago, gidan Chicago Fire.  Wutar za ta ci gaba da lashe wasan 2-1 bayan karin lokaci. Stern John, a farkon lokutan sa biyu tare da Columbus, shi ne zakaran zakarun 1998, ya tara kwallaye 26 da kuma taimakon 5.

### Sabuwar gida (1999-2003)
Lokacin Columbus na 1999 ya fara ne tare da bude Filin wasa na Columbus Crew, filin wasa na farko na ƙwallon ƙafa a Amurka. Columbus ya lashe wasan farko a filin wasa, 2-0, a kan New England Revolution a gaban taron da aka sayar da 24,741.  Columbus zai gama a matsayi na biyu a 19-13, amma zai rasa a wasan karshe na taron ga DC United a karo na uku a jere. Shekarar 1999 ita ce ta karshe ga Stern John wanda ya zira kwallaye 52 a wasanni 65 ga kulob din. Kungiyar ta sami mafi ƙarancin burin da aka yi da matsakaici a Taron Gabas,  kuma Mark Dougherty ya zama mai tsaron gida na farko a tarihin league don yin rikodin nasarori 50, tare da nasarar 4-2 a kan MetroStars a ranar 18 ga Agusta, 1999, a filin wasa na Giants . 

Kungiyar ta dauki bakuncin wasan MLS All-Star na 2000, tare da Mike Clark, Brian McBride, da Dante Washington suna wakiltar Columbus a wasan. Wanda aka ambata a sama Dante Washington an samo shi ne daga Dallas Burn don maye gurbin Stern John, amma burinsa 13 a cikin 2000 bai isa ya tura Crew zuwa wasan kwaikwayo ba. A karo na farko, Columbus ya kasa isa postseason. Columbus ya fara farawa a hankali 1-3-2 a shekara ta 2001, wanda ya haifar da maye gurbin kocin Tom Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, wanda ya horar da 161 daga cikin wasannin MLS na farko 183 na Crew a wasu sassan yanayi shida tsakanin 1996 da 2001, Greg Andrulis ya maye gurbinsa. Andrulis zai jagoranci Black & Gold zuwa matsayi na 2 a shekara ta 2001 amma an fitar da tawagar daga wasan kwaikwayo a wasan kusa da na karshe.

A shekara ta 2002, Columbus zai lashe gasar cin Kofin U.S. Open a karo na farko a tarihin kungiyar. Sun ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe ta hanyar doke Richmond Kickers, MetroStars, da Kansas City Wizards. A wasan karshe, sun doke LA Galaxy, wanda ya lashe Kofin MLS a farkon makon. Freddy García ya zira kwallaye guda daya kuma mai tsaron gida Jon Busch ya buga shutout a nasarar da Columbus ya samu 1-0. Wannan shi ne gasar zakarun farko a tarihin tawagar. Kungiyar ta gama 11-12-5 a kakar wasa ta yau da kullun kuma ta gama a raga don wuri na farko. Sun yi rashin nasara a wasan kusa da na karshe a New England. Kyle Martino ya lashe kyautar rookie na shekara a shekara ta 2002, na farko ga Crew. Ta hanyar lashe gasar cin kofin US Open ta 2002, Columbus ta sami tayin yin wasa a gasar cin kofen CONCACAF ta 2003. Sun ci gaba zuwa zagaye na biyu ta hanyar doke Arabe Unido 4-2 a jimillar a zagaye na farko kafin su rasa Monarcas Morelia, 6-2. McBride zai buga kakar wasa ta karshe tare da Columbus a 2003 kafin ya shiga Fulham na Premier League.

### Canje-canje (2004-2006)
Tare da tashiwar Brian McBride, Columbus ya kara Robin Fraser da Simon Elliott zuwa kulob din. Wadannan kari sun kasance masu mahimmanci yayin da Fraser ya ci gaba da lashe kyautar Defender of the Year a shekara ta 2004. Kungiyar ta lashe kyautar magoya bayan ta kafa rikodin kyauta don maki, 49, ta hanyar zuwa 12-5-13, godiya a wani bangare ga wasanni 18 da ba a ci nasara ba (8-0-10) don kawo karshen kakar. Duk da lashe kyautar Supporters' Shield don mafi kyawun rikodin a gasar, za a kawar da kulob din daga Kofin MLS a wasan kusa da na karshe na Gabas. A kakar wasa ta karshe ta Black & Gold, Jeff Cunningham ya zira kwallaye na 62, wanda ya ɗaure shi da McBride don rikodin kyauta.

A cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, Columbus ya yi yaƙi da raunin da ya samu ga 'yan wasa da yawa kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya lashe wasanni da yawa. Duk da lashe lambar yabo ta MLS Coach of the Year a shekara ta 2004,  Robert Warzycha ya maye gurbin Andrulis a wani lokaci a tsakiyar kakar 2005.  Bayan ya rasa wasan kwaikwayo a kakar 2005, kulob din zai hayar tsohon kocin LA Galaxy da UCLA Sigi Schmid. Schmid ya lashe kofin MLS da US Open Championship a cikin shekaru shida da ya yi tare da Galaxy. Warzycha ya kasance a cikin ma'aikata a ƙarƙashin Schmid. A shekara ta 2006, Crew ta ci gaba da wasanni 13 ba tare da nasara ba (0-7-6) tsakanin Yuni 10 da Agusta 19. Lokacin ya ƙare a cikin mummunan bayanin lokacin da wanda ya kafa kungiyar kuma mai shi Lamar Hunt ya mutu a ranar 14 ga Disamba, 2006.   

A wannan lokacin, magoya bayan Columbus Crew sun fara amfani da kalmar "Massive" don bayyana kulob din da birni, da farko da ba'a, amma a matsayin lokacin alfahari da ƙauna na kulob din wanda ke ci gaba da fada da rashin daidaituwa.

### Lokacin Barros Schelotto (2007-2010)

Shekarar 2007 a cikin Major League Soccer ta fara ne da labarai cewa gunkin duniya David Beckham ya sanya hannu tare da LA Galaxy .  Kungiyar ta biyo bayan sanya hannu kan Guillermo Barros Schelotto a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 2007.  Columbus kuma ya sanya hannu kan dan wasan gaba Alejandro Moreno don karfafa harin. Ko da tare da waɗannan sabbin 'yan wasa, Crew har yanzu sun rasa wasan kwaikwayo a shekara ta 2007.

A shekara ta 2008, Crew ta ƙarshe lambar yabo ta farko ta Gabas ta Gabas, kuma daga baya, Kofin MLS na farko. A karkashin jagorancin Barros Schelotto, wanda ya zira kwallaye bakwai kuma yana da taimakon 19 kuma ya lashe lambar yabo ta MLS Most Valuable Player Award,  kungiyar ta kuma lashe lambar yabo na biyu na magoya baya. Bayan tafi 17-7-6 a kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, Black & Gold sun lashe wasannin playoff a kan Kansas City da Chicago Fire kafin su doke New York Red Bulls 3-1 a wasan karshe. Chadi Marshall ya lashe lambar yabo ta MLS Defender of the Year, kuma Sigi Schmid ya lashe Kocin Shekara.

Bayan kakar 2008, Sigi Schmid ya ki amincewa da tayin kwangila daga Columbus kuma ya zama kocin Seattle Sounders FC. Masu mallakar Crew sun yi imanin cewa Schmid ya kasance yana hulɗa da Sounders duk da cewa an hana shi izinin yin magana da wasu kungiyoyi a lokacin kakar. An kuma yi zargin cewa ya raba bayanan sirri tare da Seattle bayan kwangilarsa tare da Crew ta ƙare. Babban Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta yanke hukuncin cewa babu wani rikici da ya faru, amma ta umarci Seattle da ta biya ma'aikatan kudi. Columbus zai kira tsohon dan wasa kuma mataimakin kocin Robert Warzycha. A shekara ta 2009, an ba Barros Schelotto lada tare da girmamawa na zama dan wasan da aka zaba na farko. Kungiyar ta tafi 13-7-10 a kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, mai kyau ga maki 49 da kuma na biyu a jere na magoya bayansu. Real Salt Lake ta kawar da ma'aikatan a wasan kusa da na karshe na Kungiyar Gabas ta Gabas, 4-2 a jimillar. Chad Marshall ya lashe lambar yabo ta biyu a jere ta MLS Defender of the Year . 

Columbus ya fara kakar 2010 a Gasar Zakarun Turai ta CONCACAF . Sun kai wasan kusa da na karshe amma sun sha kashi a hannun Toluca a watan Maris. Kungiyar ta gama kakar 14-8-8 amma ta fadi a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin MLS zuwa Colorado Rapids. Kungiyar ta rasa 2-1 a gasar cin kofin US Open ta 2010 a Qwest Field, gidan Seattle Sounders . 

### Sake ginawa da shekarun karshe na Warzycha (2011-2013)

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