The Columbus Crew Herald
Squad16 Nov 2026
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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Nicholas Hagen
“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 dugout16 Nov 2026
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.
Market16 Nov 2026
The Malte Amundsen talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Columbus Crew know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes Steven Moreira a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Columbus Crew. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Wessam Abou Ali knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Columbus Crew, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Quinton Elliot on the training pitch
- Squad Andrés Herrera is the talk of the training ground
- Squad Michael Wright is out on the grass again
- Loan watch Zach Zengue's loan at St. Louis CITY SC nearly up