On Saturday evening, Columbus Crew SC steps onto a field in which the team has never played, in a city most players are unfamiliar with. The Black & Gold go against expansion side Atlanta United in front of a raucous crowd that this team has never seen.
But there will be at least one familiar face for many on Crew SC in former teammate Michael Parkhurst.
“It will be good to see him again,” head coach Gregg Berhalter said of Parkhurst this week.
“I have nothing but positive things to say about Michael.