Since the trade of Kei Kamara to the New England Revolution on May 12, Ola Kamara has played all but 71 minutes — coming off the bench in one game due to a hamstring injury — for Columbus Crew SC.
The striker has started and completed 10 matches, including three-straight 90 minute performances in a week’s time. It’s not that Kamara isn’t having success — his 10 goals in those 10 starts proves that — but he’s due for a break.
"Right now, we’re solely relying on Ola for the shift every week whether we have three games, two games, no matter what and you can’t sustain that," head coach Gregg Berhalter said on Saturday before the team left for the airport for a date with Toronto FC.