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    Crew’s success mirrors Schelotto’s performance

    The Dispatch wrote Crew’s success mirrors playmaker’s

    Saturday, June 28, 2008

    BY SHAWN MITCHELL

    The Crew for Dummies, Chapter 1: As Goes Guillermo, So Go the Crew.

    Neither book nor chapter has yet been written. If they had, they might need revising. The Crew, after all, hasn’t positioned itself as a playoff contender solely because of the actions of its playmaker, Guillermo Barros Schelotto.

    But the Argentine’s bellwether effect is striking. Since signing with the Crew 14 months ago, Columbus is 11-4-4 (and 5-0-1 this season) when the cagey 35-year-old scores a goal or has an assist. When Schelotto’s name does not appear on the score sheet, however, Columbus is 4-11-5 since his Crew debut in May 2007.

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