Columbus Crew defender Gaston Sauro is set to miss the entire 2017 season due to injury.
Crew head coach Gregg Berhalter told the Columbus Dispatch that Sauro will need all of 2017 to recover from multiple knee surgeries. Sauro tore his left posterior cruciate ligament in a May 21 match at Toronto FC, which kept him out until Sept. 3. He also missed the final three games of the regular season.
In all, Sauro will require several procedures in his attempt to recover.
“It’s going to be a number of surgeries he’s going to get and he’s going to be out for the year,” Berhalter told the Dispatch Monday.