The 2019 Columbus Crew SC season came to an end in early October with the Black & Gold missing out on the MLS Cup playoffs. While no postseason in Columbus is certainly a disappointment, the Crew did finish the year well and there’s optimism in the air heading into 2020.
But before we start looking ahead, we have to look back and review the 2019 season piece by piece. Today Massive Report continues the positional series, looking at the central midfielders.
Federico Higuain suffered a season-ending injury on the road against the Colorado Rapids on May 25, which forced a tactical reconfiguration of the Crew’s central midfield.