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Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Columbus Crew is yet to play a Major League Soccer game in 2021 but the defending MLS Cup champions are already dealing with major injury news. The club announced on Monday that offseason signee Kevin Molino will be out six to eight weeks with a reoccurring hamstring injury. Expected to be a major player for the Black & Gold as the team looks to defend its second ever MLS Cup title, Molino signed for the club in early January, the second of multiple MLS f...

It was a picture perfect start and then some for the Columbus Crew to start the 2021 season and its journey in the CONCACAF Champions League. The MLS Cup champions dominated Nicaraguan powerhouse Real Esteli in a 4-0 road win to earn the team’s first true road win in more than a year and virtually seal a spot in the CCL quarterfinals. Columbus scored all of its goals in the first half with Gyasi Zardes netting twice, Pedro Santos scoring a penalty and Jonathan Mensah finishing a rare goal. T...

Supporters’ XI: Real Esteli Share this story Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch via Imagn Content Services, LLC The start of a new season brings hope and excitement. For a team that is coming off a year where it won the MLS Cup, there also have expectations. On Thursday, the Columbus Crew starts trying to meet these expectations in the team’s first CONCACAF Champions League game since the 2010-11 season against Real Esteli. In 2021, Massive Report will continue to ask you, the supporters, to tel...

Americans at home: MLS youth development will be tested in Olympic qualifying Share this story Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The US Men’s National Team has a chance to qualify for its first Olympic tournament since 2008. Failing to reach the tournament in the past two cycles has reflected the overall struggles of the US Men’s program culminating in being eliminated from the 2018 World Cup in the Hex. However, in recent years the team has made huge strides in...

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images For the first time since the 2010-11 season, the Columbus Crew will compete on an international stage this year as part of the CONCACAF Champions League. The Black & Gold earned the right to be a part of this regional tournament last December when the team lifted its second ever MLS Cup trophy thanks to a 3-0 win against the Seattle Sounders. On Wednesday night, the Crew learned that it will face Nicaraguan side Real Esteli in a two-leg affair in the Round of ...

Xavier Dussaq / Courtesy of D.C. United I stayed up too late without getting to this piece, so it’s now a race between my ability to write and my body’s imperative right now, which is sleep. Let’s get into it: It’s not the big ceremony anyone would have wanted (thanks covid), but D.C. United has gone from site prep to actually moving dirt at their new training facility. The Washington Spirit and Loudoun United will train there as well, with the club saying that they still plan to have i...

Seattle MLS Concacaf has announced the draw procedures and pots for the 2021 edition of the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League tournament, with the made-for-TV event taking place Wednesday, February 10 at 7 pm ET. Concacaf Champions League 2021 draw pots and format announced New York Red Bulls and US national team center back Aaron Long is the subject of interest from clubs in England and France ahead of the European January transfer window closing, sources tell MLSsoccer.com. New York Red B...

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Getty Images Austin FC’s Expansion Draft is this evening, and for D.C. United, it’s a straightforward event: losing a player is bad, not losing one is good. Fortunately, the odds are in the Black-and-Red’s favor, as Austin can only take five players from a group of 16 teams, but it’s nonetheless a possibility that United ends up losing a player and getting just $50,000 in General Allocation money (far less than their market value) in return. We talked about the protected list yesterday,...