Cesar Ruvalcaba

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The Columbus Crew Herald

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Jan 2028

Amar Sejdic breaks a bone — 46 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 46 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad17 Jan 2028

A falling-out at Columbus Crew

Maurice Malone and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad17 Jan 2028

Jordan Wright is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 17 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Market17 Jan 2028

Talks stall between Columbus Crew and Nəriman Axundzadə

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout17 Jan 2028

No hiding place for Cesar Ruvalcaba

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Cesar Ruvalcaba, and the manager let it.

The dugout17 Jan 2028

André Gomes gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say André Gomes is on it.

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71 Edition

The Columbus Crew Herald

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad6 Dec 2027

A fracture rules Amar Sejdic out for 94 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Columbus Crew will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

The dugout6 Dec 2027

Andrés Herrera frozen out at Columbus Crew

This is not rotation. Andrés Herrera has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Columbus Crew is pretending otherwise.

Market6 Dec 2027

Éric Bailly wants more than Columbus Crew are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Maurice Malone in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Columbus Crew this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout6 Dec 2027

Sean Zawadzki gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Cesar Ruvalcaba stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Cesar Ruvalcaba and Columbus Crew agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief