Columbus Crew 2 had a historic first season. Led by head coach Laurent Courtois, Crew 2 won the MLS NEXT Pro Cup in 2022 after finishing with the best record in the league in the first year of its existence. Now it’s on to year two.
On Monday, the Black & Gold made the first moves of the offseason when announcing the team’s end-of-season roster moves. Columbus exercised the options on six players, while five players were already under contract for the 2023 season, taking the roster total to 11 players.
Crew 2 announced the team exercised the options of defenders Jacob Erlandson, Justin Malou and Abdirizak Mohamed, midfielders Coleman Gannon and Marco Micaletto and forward Noah Fuson.