There is no sugar-coating a fifth straight loss. The Columbus Crew dropped a narrow 1-0 contest on the road against the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday night, but never looked a side that was in the game.
It’s hard to find positives in the loss, especially when they come five in a row. The injury list continues to grow even longer than the losing streak, and now Gyasi Zardes is added to it, the offense still looks lost and the road ahead is a hard one.
Sometimes all you learn is painful lessons on what not to do.