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Union open the season with a scoreless draw in Columbus Share this story Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports Both the Philadelphia Union and the Columbus Crew were looking to use Sunday’s match to build on last season’s successes as well as their early successes in the 2021 Concacaf Champions League. But neither team was able to get into a grove during the match, and it ended all scoreless after a cagey, chippy ninety minutes. Boutta go down in CLB ⚡️ There were no major surprises in the Union’s starting XI as they kept the same lineup from their CCL matches. One significant differen...

Darlington Nagbe is out for the Crew against the Philadelphia Union The Black & Gold will be without one of their top midfielders for the season opener. Share this story Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The Columbus Crew opens the 2021 Major League Soccer season this Sunday against the Philadelphia Union but will be missing one of the team’s best players. Midfielder Darlington Nagbe will be out for the first MLS contest of the year with a left hamstring injury he sustained in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 game against Real Esteli. Nagbe was subbed off in the s...

Photo by Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Columbus Crew fans received unfortunate news on Saturday morning. The club announced that young midfielder Aidan Morris will be out for 9-12 months with a severe Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury in his left knee. He will undergo ACL reconstruction and sit out the 2021 season to recover. Morris fell hard to the pitch in pain from a non-contact play in Thursday night’s win against Real Esteli in the CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16. He left the match in just the ninth minute and was seen watching in a full leg brace for the du...

LAFC over Columbus Crew for MLS Cup? Our 2021 predictions, MVP favorites, team-by-team talking points play ESPN FC's 2021 MLS Cup Predictions (1:25) Alejandro Moreno shares his predictions for the upcoming MLS season, and has big expectations for LAFC. (1:25) The 26th season of Major League Soccer kicks off on Friday as Houston Dynamo host San Jose at BBVA Stadium (8 p.m. ET, ESPN+) and after a wild season in 2020, it's a clean slate and a reset in 2021 with a full schedule, another new team (welcome, Austin FC) and plenty of iconic players and teams with a lot to prove. And so, a little over...

Photo courtesy of CONCACF The Columbus Crew knew the 2021 season would be tough. Not only are the Black & Gold the reigning MLS Cup champions, which puts a target on the team’s back, but winning that title means the Crew is in more competitions than during last year’s run. Because Columbus knew this heading into the season, president and general manager Tim Bezbatchenko and head coach Caleb Porter planned in the offseason for more games and match congestion. They stated the team wanted to put more trophies in the trophy case and prepared by adding more quality depth. What they didn’t ex...