No matter what happens in Sunday's game, it won't change the result of last year's MLS Cup Final.
No one involved with the Columbus Crew SC organization - player, coach, or fan - is over last year's 2-1 MLS Cup Final loss to the Portland Timbers. Even with the 2016 season set to kickoff this weekend, the players aren't hiding that disappointment still hangs around.
"I don't even know if I'm over it," winger Justin Meram said this week. "I know we talk about it like, ‘How nice would be to go into this year defending it?