The Columbus Crew Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Lautaro Giaccone runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 40. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
Columbus Crew turn down Lokomotiv Moscow for Dániel Gazdag
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brais Méndez stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Brais Méndez and Columbus Crew agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Éric Bailly 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Brais Méndez
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Luca Moore steps up from the Columbus Crew academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luca Moore 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Gio Pulisic joins the Columbus Crew first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gio Pulisic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Christian Wright steps up from the Columbus Crew academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Christian 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Tapia sends Columbus Crew past Toronto FC
It finished 1‑0, and it was Gonzalo Tapia’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Columbus Crew.
In brief
- Player ratings Gonzalo Tapia in the eights
- Squad Josef Martínez dropped after a run of poor form
- Player ratings A defender's afternoon for Malte Amundsen