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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 free agency signings made by Columbus this offseason to help boost the team’s depth. Molino initial...

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. The Crew lineup was nearly at full strength with the most notable eye catcher being Derrick Etienne J...

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 tell us who you want to start for the Black & Gold. Right off the bat, with the first competitive match...

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 producing youth talent thanks in significant degree to the success of MLS academies developing tale...

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 16. The first of these legs is scheduled for early April at Estadio Independencia in Esteli with the...