The Columbus Crew Herald
Squad11 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Columbus Crew
Éric Bailly and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market11 Jan 2027
Sean Wright steps up from the Columbus Crew academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sean Wright has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Jamal Thiaré
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Josef Martínez has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Columbus Crew will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market11 Jan 2027
The Éric Bailly story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Éric Bailly signs something — a contract at Columbus Crew or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Quinton Elliot: “I am not a substitute”
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Columbus Crew will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
In brief
- The dugout Nicholas Hagen knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout A door opens for Luke Pruter
- Squad Good reports on Anass Zaroury
- Squad Welcome back, Cole Mrowka