It has been just 39 days since the Columbus Crew won the 2023 MLS Cup Final, lifting the team’s third league championship at Lower.com Field. Yet on Monday, the Black & Gold return to training as preseason begins in bitter-cold Columbus. While head coach Wilfried Nancy and president and general manager Tim Bezbatchenko focused on keeping the core of the Crew’s championship roster together, there … Continue reading Columbus Crew 2024 positional preview: Goalkeepers

The Columbus Crew added to the team’s roster on Wednesday, announcing the signing of midfielder Taha Habroune from Columbus Crew 2 to the first team. Habroune signed a contract through the 2027 season with a team option for 2028, becoming the 21st Homegrown player in Black & Gold history and continuing the recent trend of adding players who developed through the Academy and/or Crew 2 … Continue reading The Crew signs Crew 2, Academy product Taha Habroune to first-team contract

What a last few days it was for the Columbus Crew and the team’s supporters. The Black & Gold celebrated a third MLS Cup win and second in four seasons at Lower.com Field on Saturday, then held a championship parade on Tuesday, featuring an estimated 20,000 people that packed the streets of Nationwide Blvd. and Chase Plaza. This is a moment in the team’s history … Continue reading Murphy: Enjoy this MLS Cup win, Crew fans. They don’t come around every season

The Columbus Crew announced the club’s end-of-year roster decisions on Tuesday afternoon. The Black & Gold exercised the contract options of seven of the team’s players from the 2023 season, while 14 players were already under contract for next year.   Columbus exercised the options of goalkeeper Patrick Schulte, center-back Philip Quinton, wing backs Mohamed Farsi and Will Sands, attacking midfielders Alex Matan, Kevin Molino and … Continue reading The Crew announce 2023 end-of-season roster decisions

The 2020 MLS Cup Final is known by many as Aidan Morris’ coming out party. In the regular season, a rookie Morris started only two games and played just 360 minutes. In the Columbus Crew’s run to the final, Morris did not feature. Yet when the starting lineup was announced, then-head coach Caleb Porter turned to the Homegrown product in central midfield.  This was not … Continue reading The Crew’s Adian Morris is back in an MLS Cup Final, a different player than the rookie in 2020

During Wednesday’s Columbus Crew media availability, head coach Wilfried Nancy was asked if he had decided who would start at right wing back, Julian Gressel or Mohamed Farsi, for Saturday’s Eastern Conference Final. Nancy chuckled and then said, “At the moment, we still have three days, so we’ll see.” Nancy was being coy in the press conference. He knows who’s going to start. And in … Continue reading After losing his spot, Mohamed Farsi stayed ready and is now playing in the biggest games of his young career

The Black & Gold’s new forward is excited for his challenge in Columbus. Continue reading MLS return with the Crew provides Diego Rossi a new challenge with league’s original Black & Gold