1. Columbus has had a tough season thus far. What’s to blame?
Goal-scoring consistency’s plagued the Crew this season. At the beginning of the season, when the Black & Gold won two of their first four, and began unbeaten in all four, they were scoring big. A four-goal, three-goal and two-goal match to start the 2022 campaign.
Since March 20 though, which is no coincidence considering it was when midfielder Lucas Zelarayán suffered a knee injury against New York Red Bulls, the scoring all but stopped. Zelarayán played through an injury and never looked like the same player who won MLS Player of the Month for March.