Columbus -4-Kansas City-0-

[Frank Cunha]

exibition game

Columbus Crew 4, Kansas City Wizards 0

The Columbus Crew began their preseason schedule in dominant fashion Saturday, rolling to a 4-0 victory against the Kansas City Wizards in their first scrimmage of 2008.

Steven Lenhart got the scoring started for Columbus in the 27th minute, banging home the rebound from an Eddie Gaven shot. Guilherme So extended the lead to 2-0 by putting home a deflection in the 53rd minute while George Josten and Ricardo Pierre-Louis added the match's final tallies in the 80th and 82nd minutes, respectively.

The scrimmage, part of training camps for both squads in Bradenton, Fla., was conducted in three 30-minute sessions. The Wizards will next take on D.C. United on Tuesday, while the Crew will meet the Chicago Fire on Wednesday.

Crew (first 30'): Will Hesmer, Ryan Miller, Danny O'Rourke, Ezra Hendrickson, Tim Ward, Brian Carroll, Alvaro, Eddie Gaven, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Steven Lenhart

Crew (second 30'): Andy Gruenebaum, Ryan Miller (Zayner 50), Chad Marshall, Andy Iro, Leonard Griffin, Robbie Rogers, Stefani Miglioranzi, Duncan Oughton, Sandro da Silva, Guilherme So, Alejandro Moreno

Crew (final 30'): Kenny Schoeni, Zola Short, Jed Zayner, Ryan Junge, Andrew Peterson, George Josten, Kevin Burns, Emanuel Ekpo, Cory Elenio, Lukasz Tumicz, Ricardo Pierre-Louis

[Deuce]

Columbus has some decent depth, just not a lot of good talent. They need Schelotto to play well and Gaven to wake up.