Five days later, Kamara was traded to the New England Revolution in a deadline deal that sent away from Columbus a striker who buried 27 goals in 41 appearances with the Crew. Kamara's exit still looms over a team that is 2-4-5 and sits a mere point ahead of the last-place team in the East, the Chicago Fire.
As the Crew adjust to life without their star forward, they'll also be without starters Harrison Afful (Ghana) and Cedrick Mabwati (Democratic Republic of Congo) who were called into national team duty. And on Monday, The Columbus Dispatch reported that center back Gaston Sauro would miss the next four months after suffering a torn knee ligament in the 0-0 draw at Toronto FC last weekend.