What We Learned: Crew vs. New York City FC
Our major takeaways from the Black & Gold’s second 2-1 win against NYCFC in 2021.
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Saturday night was an important evening for the Columbus Crew. The Black & Gold got its first win at Lower.com Field with a 2-1 victory against New York City FC with a total of 12 players out for the match. Lightning struck a third time for the Crew against NYCFC with Lucas Zelarayan’s free kick winner being the third direct set piece he has scored against the team from the Bronx.
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CF Montreal trade Erik Hurtado after forward refuses to get COVID-19 vaccine
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CF Montreal traded Erik Hurtado to Columbus Crew SC for $200,000 in general allocation money on Thursday, citing the forward s unwillingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine as a factor for the trade. There was some interest in Erik during the past few weeks and we listened to the offers, even though we were satisfied with Erik’s work, sporting director Olivier Renard said in a statement. Because he’s not vaccinated against COVID-19, his situation was problematic and we started considering a trade when we got the confirmation that the team could return to Montreal.
Before proceeding, Erik also confirmed that he was not comfortable taking the vaccine, so we concluded this deal, which we felt was very satisfactory. We would like to thank Erik for his professionalism and wish him good luck in his career.
Like Toronto, Montreal is taking advantage of loosened pandemic-related travel restrictions for those fully vaccinated. The MLS clubs are returning north of the border to train, with the hope they can resume games at their home stadium.
Hurtado joined Montreal as a free agent on Feb. 16. He played seven games with Montreal, including two starts, recording one assist.
Hurtado is a nine-year MLS veteran who has made 140 regular-season appearances (60 starts) with 19 goals and 11 assists.
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