Every starter from a team that made a run to the MLS Cup Final will return to Crew SC this season.
That is both a comfort and a curse for coach and sporting director Gregg Berhalter.
“Our objective in the offseason was to make the team stronger than it was last year,” Berhalter said after an indoor training session Tuesday. “It was simple. But it gets harder to do that as you have a better team. You either have to get rid of (starters) and replace them or you have to bring in better guys underneath them.