Eloy Room

The Columbus Crew will finally return to the pitch this Saturday against the Chicago Fire in the last-ever match at historic Crew Stadium. For the first two months of this Major League Soccer season, the defending MLS Cup champions have dealt with multiple injuries. The three-week international break has helped players such as winger Kevin Molino and fullback Marlon Hairston get healthier but multiple first-team regulars could miss Saturday’s farewell match, including one starter who will certainly be out.

Columbus Crew goalkeeper Eloy Room won't be available for Saturday's game against the Chicago Fire because he is required to quarantine under Major League Soccer's health and safety protocol. Of the three Crew players returning from their national teams, Room is the only player who is required to quarantine. Coach...

As expected, Eloy Room will have more games in goal coming up, but they won’t be for the Columbus Crew. The Black & Gold’s starting goalkeeper will re-up with the Curaçao National Team for the upcoming June World Cup qualifiers across the CONCACAF region. If things go as planned for Curaçao over the new few weeks, Room could play up to four games this break and could miss even more time with his club in 2021.

Make that three Columbus Crew players called up for international duty this week. Crew goalkeeper Eloy Room is headed back home to join the Curaçao Men’s National Team as the country begins FIFA World Cup qualifiers this month. In addition to Room, Luis Diaz was called up to join the Costa Rican Under-23 team for Olympic qualifiers and Milton Valenzuela is with the U-23 Argentina squad for two friendlies against Japan.