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Wil Trapp steals the ball at the 18, takes it to mid field and sends a perfect pass to Hector Jimenez leading to the game tying goal vs DCU in the 90th minute. Columbus was down to 10 men and this video doesn't even show how Trapp had to run down the DC player from about midfield. Spectacular play that I was very happy to see in person. Sequence starts at about 5:28 in the video.

http://www.thecrew.com/news/2014/04/highlights-crew-1-dc-united-1

EDIT: "That was a real play," Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter said of Trapp's effort. "That’s why [Trapp] is who he is. That’s amazing. First, he recovers off of [Fabian] Espíndola, then he takes the ball from him, then he drives I don’t know how long, then he makes a pass. That’s a real play by a real player." http://www.thecrew.com/news/2014/04/black-golds-character-tested-draw-united

Edit2: Columbus Crew hail Wil Trapp's game-changing play vs DC United: "That's why he is who he is" http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/04/19/columbus-crew-wowed-wil-trapps-game-changing-play-vs-dc-united-thats-why-he-?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=News&utm_campaign=Unpaid

Trapp said the Crew Stadium crowd powered him through at a time when he might otherwise have been too tired to make the play.

"Honestly, the fans, I heard them start to roar a little bit after the tackle, and that got me excited," he said. "You get a little adrenaline rush when stuff like that happens, and you don't really notice the tiredness in your legs when something like that occurs."

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Dillon Serna and Wil Trapp invited to first ever US men's U-21 camp which begins preparations for build up to 2016 Olympics.

http://soccer.si.com/2014/04/18/us-under-21-national-team-camp-ramos-klinsmann-gil-trapp-oneill/?sct=obinsite

EDIT (4/21/14): Trapp unable to attend this week’s U.S. Under-21 camp; Crew Vice Captain sustains minor knock against United

http://www.thecrew.com/news/2014/04/trapp-unable-attend-week%E2%80%99s-us-under-21-camp

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@fknbuflobo, I found this a week or so ago and forgot to mention it at the Spring match vs Louisville. It answers your question about why the Crew didn't sign Eric Stevenson as a homegrown.

http://www.soccerwire.com/news/pro/akron-senior-eric-stevenson-overcomes-chronic-injuries-to-play-in-mls-combine/

"After the season, he was in talks with the Crew to sign a Homegrown Player contract, but the league deemed that Stevenson had not trained enough hours with the first team the past two years. ...

His lack of training hours in Columbus stemmed from playing for the Seattle Sounders FC Under-23s in the Premier Development League in summer 2013."

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Sacramento Republic FC set a new USL PRO regular-season attendance record, but the Harrisburg City Islanders claimed all three points as they took a 2-1 victory at Hughes Stadium in front of 20,231 fans on Saturday night. Robbie Derschang and Morgan Langley both scored for the Islanders, who took their first win of the season.

http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/804761.html

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Dillon Serna scored his first MLS goal in the Rapids' 4-1 loss to the Sounders. Dillon scored in the 62nd minute (approximately 6:44 on the video highlights).

http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-04-26-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-colorado-rapids/recap

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Sorry, but all I can think when I read this is "No shit, Sherlock"...

Statistics show Trapp will be tough to replace

Crew midfielder to miss Wednesday’s match against Houston due to red-card suspension
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Sorry, but all I can think when I read this is "No shit, Sherlock"...

Statistics show Trapp will be tough to replace

Crew midfielder to miss Wednesday’s match against Houston due to red-card suspension

How did Trapp get the red card?

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Two yellows. His first was a poorly timed jump that resulted in a collision of heads. The second was a late tackle from behind on Benny Feilhaber. Both warranted cautions, IMO.

Agreed.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/video/2014/05/04/red-card-will-trapp-picks-second-yellow-taking-down-feilhaber

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I agree that both yellows were warranted, but Parkhurst's pass put Wil in a bad situation on that 2nd yellow. I'm not impressed with Josh Williams at RB, Oduro is lazy and makes bad decisions in my opinion, and Higuain is often in the wrong position. Hopefully, as the Crew continues to play this style, they will work out the issues. I'd imagine Wil has to be somewhat frustrated.

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I've updated the Zips in the MLS stats through 2013 and will be adding in the 2014 stats after the games are played today. I need to update my list of active Akron players in the MLS. Let me know if I'm missing anyone:

Darlington Nagbe

Perry Kitchen

Kofi Sarkodie

DeAndre Yedlin

Chris Korb

Scott Caldwell

Ben Zemanski

Darren Mattocks

Chad Barson

Steve Zakuani

Wil Trapp

Teal Bunbury

Michael Nanchoff

Dillon Serna

Evan Bush

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I've updated the Zips in the MLS stats through 2013 and will be adding in the 2014 stats after the games are played today. I need to update my list of active Akron players in the MLS. Let me know if I'm missing anyone:

Darlington Nagbe

Perry Kitchen

Kofi Sarkodie

DeAndre Yedlin

Chris Korb

Scott Caldwell

Ben Zemanski

Darren Mattocks

Chad Barson

Steve Zakuani

Wil Trapp

Teal Bunbury

Michael Nanchoff

Dillon Serna

Evan Bush

Eric Stevenson, NYRB. However, he has yet to play in a first team match.

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Updated, finally.

I guess in thinking about it more ... you could add Bryan Gallego (Portland Timbers), but of course, he's on loan.

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