Last Saturday, Columbus Crew SC fans got a first look at the Black & Gold lineup for 2017.
As Gregg Berhalter mentioned following 2016, Columbus had four new staters in goalkeeper Zack Steffen, defenders Jonathan Mensah and Jukka Raitala and midfielder Mohammed Abu. Another midfielder, the Brazilian Artur, also made his Major League Soccer debut.
Along with these five, Crew SC fans saw familiar faces. Nicolai Næss and Harrison Afful were on the back line, Ethan Finlay and Justin Meram were wingers, paired with Wil Trapp in the midfield and Federico Higuain played in behind Ola Kamara.