The 2017 Major League Soccer regular season doesn’t start for another two weeks, but Columbus Crew SC get its first taste of league action on Saturday.
It will also be the team’s first look at MLS expansion side Atlanta United as part of the Carolina Challenge Cup. This is the first of three matches in the tournament as the Black & Gold will also face the Charleston Battery on Wednesday and the Seattle Sounders the following Saturday (along with a Saturday morning scrimmage with Costal Carolina).
On top of all of that, it will give fans a first look at some of the new additions for this Columbus side that looks to rebound from a very disappointing 2016.