2020 Columbus Crew SC season

Preseason The Crew started preseason in Columbus. They then played games in California, Mexico and Arizona as part of the 2020 Visit Tucson Sun Cup before returning to Ohio. The Crew brought in the following trialists during training camp: Derrick Etienne. Unsigned draft picks Miguel Berry, Remi Prieur and Danny Griffin also joined the team for preseason. Midseason ==Competitive==

Overview MLS Standings =====Eastern Conference===== Overall table Results summary Results by round Match results On December 5, 2019, the league announced the home openers for every club, with Columbus playing New York City FC at MAPFRE Stadium. The schedule for the remainder of the season was released by the league on December 19, 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the original schedule had to be shortened and was released in installments. The remainder of the regular season schedule was announced on September 22, 2020. ;Original Schedule ;Restarted Schedule MLS is Back Tournament MLS Cup Playoffs First Round Conference Semifinals Conference Finals MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup The 2020 edition of the U.S. Open Cup was canceled on August 17 due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. ==Statistics==

Appearances and goals Under "Apps" for each section, the first number represents the number of starts, and the second number represents appearances as a substitute. Disciplinary record Clean sheets ==Transfers==

In Out Loan out MLS Draft picks Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. The picks for Columbus Crew SC are listed below: ==Awards==

MLS Player of the Week MLS Goal of the Week Postseason ;MLS Newcomer of the Year Award • MF Lucas Zelarayán ;MLS Goal of the Year Award • MF Darlington Nagbe ;MLS Save of the Year Award • GK Eloy Room ;MLS Best XI • DF Jonathan Mensah Crew SC Team Awards • Most Valuable Player – Lucas Zelarayán • Golden Boot Winner – Gyasi Zardes • Defender of the Year – Jonathan Mensah • Kirk Urso Heart Award – Darlington Nagbe • Humanitarian of the Year – Black Players for Change (Jonathan Mensah and Darlington Nagbe accepting on behalf of the organization) • Academy Player of the Year – TJ Presthus ==Kits==