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81 Edition

The Columbus Crew Herald

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Feb 2028

14 days out for Amar Sejdic after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Columbus Crew will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad14 Feb 2028

A falling-out at Columbus Crew

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

The dugout14 Feb 2028

André Gomes 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.

Market14 Feb 2028

The Sean Zawadzki question follows Columbus Crew around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Sean Zawadzki’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Market14 Feb 2028

Columbus Crew put Amar Sejdic up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Amar Sejdic may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Market14 Feb 2028

André Gomes's people are making calls

“He needs to be playing at a level that matches him, and we are open to conversations.” Nobody says that by accident, and nobody at Columbus Crew misheard it.

In brief

Back issues
80 Edition

The Columbus Crew Herald

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad7 Feb 2028

A fracture rules Amar Sejdic out for 22 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.

Match7 Feb 2028

Columbus Crew up to position 3

53 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Market7 Feb 2028

Sam Surridge raises the bar for Columbus Crew

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Columbus Crew heard it as anything else.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Patrick Schulte 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.

Market7 Feb 2028

Max Arfsten is a Columbus Crew player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Boardroom7 Feb 2028

Columbus Crew beat the market to Max Murray from New York City

New York City will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Max Murray has pre-agreed a move to Columbus Crew, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.

The dugout7 Feb 2028

Sékou Tidiany Bangoura 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 Sékou Tidiany Bangoura is on it.

Market7 Feb 2028

Andrés Herrera linked with a move away

The name of Andrés Herrera keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Columbus Crew say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout7 Feb 2028

Maurice Malone has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Maurice Malone has written the date down.

In brief

77 Edition

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.

In brief

73 Edition

The Columbus Crew Herald

20 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad20 Dec 2027

79 days out for Amar Sejdic after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Columbus Crew will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad20 Dec 2027

Words exchanged at Columbus Crew

Patrick Schulte and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout20 Dec 2027

Columbus Crew keep their word to Jamal Thiaré

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Loan watch20 Dec 2027

Jack Lynn keeps scoring at Fortuna Sittard

14 appearances away from home and 7 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

The dugout20 Dec 2027

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.

Market20 Dec 2027

The Sean Zawadzki story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Sean Zawadzki signs something — a contract at Columbus Crew or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

58 Edition

The Columbus Crew Herald

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market6 Sep 2027

Éric Bailly raises the bar for Columbus Crew

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Columbus Crew heard it as anything else.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Jamal Thiaré wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Columbus Crew know it.

Squad6 Sep 2027

A falling-out at Columbus Crew

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

Squad6 Sep 2027

Andrés Herrera named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Andrés Herrera is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout6 Sep 2027

The manager makes an example of Amar Sejdic

“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.

Market6 Sep 2027

The Brais Méndez question follows Columbus Crew around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Brais Méndez’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Jack Elliott moves up the pecking order

Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at Columbus Crew than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.

The dugout6 Sep 2027

Garrison Tubbs is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout6 Sep 2027

André Gomes 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.

In brief