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Crew SC and the New York Red Bulls have met 60 times in regular-season play, but have also faced-off twice in the MLS Cup Playoffs. The Black & Gold met the then- MetroStars in the 1998 Eastern Conference Semifinals, which Crew SC took two matches to zero. Additionally, the sides also met in Los Angeles in MLS Cup 2008, where a 3-1 victory gave the Black & Gold their first MLS Cup championship.
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Midfielder Wil Trapp completed 87 passes against Toronto FC in Crew SC’s Opening Match, setting an individual high for any MLS player this season for most passes completed in a single match. Trapp’s 87-pass effort featured 17 more passes than the second-best performance this season, Orlando City SC’s Darwin Ceren’s 70-pass match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The Gahanna native’s 98 passes attempted were also a single-game League high, exceeding Ceren’s 82 passes attempted against the Whitecaps.
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With their goals against Toronto FC two weekends ago in the Opening Match, Justin Meram and Kei Kamara became the 21st and 22nd players in club history to record a goal during a Black & Gold home opener. The full list, in chronological order of the player’s first goal in a Columbus home opener: Brian McBride, Pete Marino, Mike Lapper, Jeff Cunningham, Stern John, Brian West, Robert Warzycha, Dante Washington, Edson Buddle, Frankie Hejduk, Ante Razov, Sebastian Rozental, Adam Moffat, Alejandro Moreno, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Andy Iro, Milovan Mirosevic, Olman Vargas, Glauber, Bernardo Anor, Meram and Kamara.
