# 2025 Columbus Crew season

The 2025 Columbus Crew season is be the club's 30th season of existence and their 30th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of soccer in the United States. It is be their third season under head coach Wilfried Nancy.

## Roster

    As of March 3, 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GUA | Nicholas Hagen |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Andrés Herrera (on loan River Plate) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Rudy Camacho |
| 6 | MF | USA | Darlington Nagbe (captain) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Dylan Chambost |
| 10 | FW | URU | Diego Rossi |
| 12 | DF | USA | DeJuan Jones |
| 13 | MF | USA | Aziel Jackson |
| 16 | FW | USA | Taha Habroune |
| 18 | DF | DEN | Malte Amundsen |
| 19 | FW | CAN | Jacen Russell-Rowe |
| 20 | MF | USA | Derrick Jones |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberko |
| 23 | DF | ALG | Mohamed Farsi |
| 24 | GK | USA | Evan Bush |
| 25 | MF | USA | Sean Zawadzki |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Lassi Lappalainen |
| 27 | FW | USA | Maximilian Arfsten |
| 28 | GK | USA | Patrick Schulte |
| 29 | MF | USA | Cole Mrowka |
| 31 | DF | CPV | Steven Moreira |
| 41 | GK | BLR | Stanislav Lapkes |
| — | MF | GER | Amar Sejdić |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | MEX | Abraham Romero (on loan to Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss
All matches are in Eastern Time

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Major League Soccer | February 22, 2025 | TBD, 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| MLS Cup Playoffs | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Leagues Cup | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | March 4th, 2025 | TBD | Round of 16 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Source: Competitions

### Major League Soccer (MLS)
#### Standings
##### Eastern Conference

MLS Eastern Conference table (2025) :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Inter Miami CF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for round one |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Qualification for round one |
| 4 | Charlotte FC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Qualification for round one |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Qualification for round one |

##### Overall table

Overall MLS standings table :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | San Diego FC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 |
| 5 | St. Louis City SC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 8 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 |
| 8 | Charlotte FC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Last updated: March 15, 2025 Source: MLS Results Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | H | A | H | A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Result | W | W | D | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Match results

Win  Draw  Loss  Void  Postponed

### U.S. Open Cup

Columbus Crew did not send their senior squad to the U.S. Open Cup as they were already participating in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup and the 2025 Leagues Cup and sent Columbus Crew 2 instead.

### CONCACAF Champions Cup
#### Round of 16
## Transfers
### Transfers In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Sources |
| MF | Lassi Lappalainen | CF Montréal | Free agent; signed to a one-year contract with an option for 2026 | January 8, 2025 | |
| GK | Stanislav Lapkes | Columbus Crew 2 | Homegrown player, contract through 2027 with options for 2028 and 2029 | January 22, 2025 | |

### Transfers Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Keegan Hughes | New England Revolution II | Option declined | November 27, 2024 |
| MF | Yaw Yeboah | Los Angeles FC | Option declined | November 27, 2024 |
| MF | Alexandru Mățan | Dibba Al-Hisn | Out of contract | November 27, 2024 |
| MF | Marino Hinestroza | Atlético Nacional | Transfer for undisclosed fee; Columbus retains a sell-on percentage | January 27, 2025 |
| FW | Cucho Hernández | Real Betis | Transfer, $16 million plus add-ons | February 3, 2025 |
| FW | Christian Ramirez | LA Galaxy | Trade, $250,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money plus $250,000 in conditional 2026 General Allocation Money | February 12, 2025 |

### Loans out

| Pos. | Player | Loanee club | Length/Notes | Beginning | End | Source |
| GK | Abraham Romero | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | Through May 31, 2025; Columbus retains right to recall | February 21, 2025 | May 31, 2025 | |

### MLS SuperDraft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. The picks for the Columbus Crew are listed below:
2024 Columbus Crew SuperDraft Picks :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 2 | 51 | Cesar Ruvalcaba | DF | SMU |
| 3 | 81 | Drew Kerr | FW | Duke |