Three things we learned about the Crew in 2022 preseason

Photo courtesy of the Columbus CrewThe Columbus Crew finished the 2022 preseason on Friday night with a 3-0 victory against the Charleston Battery. While the Crew did not win another Carolina Challenge Cup title — that went to Inter Miami — the Black & Gold did go unbeaten in the preseason and managed to accomplish a number of goals heading into the start of the year.

The three games in the Carolina Challenge Cup were the only chance to see Columbus in action before the start of the season. While there was much more to the preseason, including practices, scrimmages and other friendlies, and only so much should be taken from preseason games, we can only make our assessments off of what is…