Columbus Crew SC’s season came to an end one game sooner than the team liked following the 1-0 loss to Toronto FC in leg two of the Eastern Conference Finals.
With 2017 now officially in the books, Gregg Berhalter and Crew SC have moved on to the offseason and that means getting the 2018 roster prepared.
On Friday, Columbus announced the club exercised the contract options on nine players: defenders Lalas Abubakar, Harrison Afful, Connor Maloney and Josh Williams, midfielders Artur, Mohammed Abu, Niko Hansen and Cristian Martinez and forward Ola Kamara.