Columbus Team News Page 47 - Soccer

Yaw Yeboah - Ends season as backup Yeboah was not involved in Sunday's Decision Day defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Yeboah started 10 of Columbus' first 13 games of the season after transferring from Poland in January, but then he suffered an ankle injury in late May. The 25-year-old lost the starting job on the right wing to Luis Diaz and only made six appearances off the bench from there on out.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Luis Diaz - Creates chance in season finale Diaz made a clearance and created a chance in Sunday's 2-1 defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Diaz and Columbus once again came up just short of qualifying for the playoffs, but the 23-year-old posted his best individual campaign in MLS with three goals and five assists in 26 appearances (17 starts). The 23-year-old fully broke into the XI on the right wing over Yaw Yeboah in July and started in 15 of the Crew's final 16 games of the season.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Kevin Molino - Comes off bench in season finale Molino subbed into Sunday's match against Orlando City in the 41st minute, and he created a chance and won one of one tackles in the match.

Impact Molino returned from a torn ACL in June and ended up making 11 appearances (four starts) in MLS this season as the backup to Derrick Etienne on the left wing. The 32-year-old will hope to begin the 2023 campaign fully fit.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Perry Kitchen - Ends season injured Kitchen (foot) did not make a single appearance in 2022 for Columbus.

Impact Kitchen did not feature at all for the Crew this season due to a foot injury, even though he was taken off the injury report very early on. The 30-year-old is out of contract in January and seems unlikely to be retained by the club moving forward.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Sean Zawadzki - Ends season with reserve team Zawadzki has not been in an MLS squad for the Crew since July.

Impact Zawadzki made five appearances (four starts) for Columbus' senior team in his debut season in MLS coming out of Georgetown University, and he even scored a goal against Toronto in June. But the 22-year-old midfielder remains mostly a reserve team player for Columbus Crew 2 for now.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

James Igbekeme - Ends season on bench Igbekeme was an unused substitute in Sunday's defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Igbekeme made 23 appearances (eight starts) in his debut season in MLS, but he faded at the end, making just one start since the end of June and not featuring at all after the start of September. The 27-year-old midfielder is now set to return from his loan to Real Zaragoza in La Liga 2.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Aidan Morris - Comes off bench in season finale Morris subbed into Sunday's match against Orlando City in the 72nd minute and he made an interception and created a chance in the 2-1 defeat.

Impact Morris took a big step up this season after missing the entirety of 2021 with a torn ACL. The 20-year-old made 27 MLS appearances (20 starts), taking 13 shots (one on target), creating 13 chances and keeping five clean sheets from midfield. He was more or less splitting time with a healthy Artur for the second half of the campaign, and he is knocking on the door to become a full-time starter in 2023.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Artur - Makes two interceptions in loss Artur made a clearance and two interceptions in Sunday's 2-1 defeat against Orlando City in the season finale.

Impact Artur made 24 MLS appearances (20 starts) in defensive midfield this campaign, but only seven of those starts came after the start of June as he missed two months with a lower leg injury. The 26-year-old split time with Aidan Morris once he returned and that could continue into 2023 if he stays in Columbus for another season.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Darlington Nagbe - Wins tackle in season finale Nagbe made a clearance and won one of one tackles in Sunday's 2-1 defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Nagbe started every single game for the Crew this season, scoring three goals and keeping seven clean sheets from defensive midfield, but it just wasn't enough to make the playoffs as Columbus was eliminated on Decision Day.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Mohamed Farsi - Ends season as backup Farsi subbed into Sunday's match against Orlando City in the 72nd minute, and he made a clearance, an interception and won one of two tackles in the 2-1 defeat.

Impact Farsi made seven appearances off the bench in his debut season in MLS after getting promoted from Columbus' reserve team in the summer, and he assisted a goal against the Red Bulls in October. The 22-year-old seems set to be the backup to Steven Moreira at right-back heading into 2023 as he has already overtaken Marlon Hairston in the depth chart.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Marlon Hairston - Used sparingly by Columbus Hairston was not involved in Sunday's season finale defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Hairston made just three MLS appearances (one start) this season for Columbus, as Steven Moreira took over the starting right-back job and Mohamed Farsi even overtook him as the backup. Hairston did struggle a bit with a thigh injury in the summer, but regardless the 28-year-old doesn't seem to have much of a future with the Crew.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Steven Moreira - Has quiet game in season finale Moreira completed 38 passes in Sunday's 2-1 defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Moreira took over the starting right-back job from Marlon Hairston in his first full season in Columbus, keeping seven clean sheets in 32 appearances (all starts). His five assists were joint-fourth place in the league among defenders, and he also scored his first MLS goal against Cincinnati in August.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Will Sands - Ends season on bench Sands was an unused substitute in Sunday's defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Sands kept one clean sheet and recorded an assist across 12 appearances (five starts) in his rookie season in MLS coming out of Georgetown University. The 22-year-old was definitively the backup option to Pedro Santos at left-back for the Crew.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Pedro Santos - Wins three tackles in season finale Santos made a clearance, two interceptions and won three of three tackles in Sunday's 2-1 defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Santos made a permanent switch to left-back this campaign and tallied a goal and two assists and kept six clean sheets in 29 MLS appearances (28 starts), with the majority of his time missed coming due to a hamstring injury in October. The 34-year-old has proved himself extremely versatile and a constant starter for Columbus over the seasons.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Jalil Anibaba - Used sparingly by Columbus Anibaba played just five minutes across the Crew's final 15 games of the season in MLS.

Impact Anibaba made five MLS appearances (three starts) in his first season with Columbus after joining from Nashville in January. The 33-year-old was the fourth-choice center-back behind Jonathan Mensah, Milos Degenek and Josh Williams.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Josh Williams - Ends season as backup Williams was an unused substitute in Sunday's Decision Day defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Williams kept four clean sheets in 23 MLS appearances (15 starts) this campaign for the Crew, and in April he grabbed his first assist in the league since 2016. The 34-year-old will remain a backup in central defense to Jonathan Mensah and Milos Degenek if he remains in Columbus for another season.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Milos Degenek - Makes three clearances in loss Degenek made three clearances, a block and an interception in Sunday's 2-1 season finale defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Degenek kept four clean sheets in 28 appearances (24 starts) during his rookie season in MLS, forming a center-back partnership with Jonathan Mensah in Columbus that just failed to qualify for the playoffs on Decision Day.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Jonathan Mensah - Takes shot in season finale Mensah made four clearances, an interception and took a shot in Sunday's 2-1 defeat against Orlando City.

Impact Mensah kept eight clean sheets in 30 MLS appearances (all starts) this season as he remains Columbus' first-choice center-back despite another disappointing season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs on Decision Day. He also had his most prolific campaign since 2017 with two goals and an assist.

OCTOBER 12, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

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