| 2016 season | |||
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| Owner | Precourt Sports Ventures LLC | ||
| Head coach | Gregg Berhalter | ||
| Major League Soccer | Conference: 9th Overall: 18th | ||
| MLS Cup Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Round of 16 (knocked out by Chicago Fire) | ||
| Trillium Cup | Runners-up (1–4) | ||
| Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup | Champions (1–1)[nb 1] | ||
| Desert Diamond Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ola Kamara (16) All: Ola Kamara (16) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 20,389 (June 25 vs. NYRB) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,064 (June 15 vs. Tampa Bay, USOC) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 17,125 | ||
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The 2016 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's twenty-first season of existence and their twenty-first consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus also competed in the U.S. Open Cup and took part in the Desert Diamond Cup during preseason. The season covered the period from December 7, 2015 to the start of the 2017 Major League Soccer season.
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