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Lucas Zelarayan

Arace: Loss of Lucas Zelarayan is like gut punch for Columbus Crew fans. But what is next?

Michael Arace
Columbus Dispatch

There are times when one can feel a moment and know it will not be forgotten. Such a moment there was Monday night at the new Crew Stadium, where Lucas Zelarayan, arguably the greatest player in Crew history, stepped onto the field before a match against Club America, the behemoth of the hemisphere, and bid farewell to Columbus. It wasn't Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium, but in the measure of shared emotion, it was in the ballpark.