While playing for the Union, Gazdag had his fair share of matchups against the Crew, which he considered to be "annoying" as he often found himself having to chase the ball rather than retain it, and was usually on the losing side. Those traits put Columbus at the top of his list for possible landing spots.

From a soccer perspective, trading Daniel Gazdag leaves the Union with a gaping vacancy at one of the hardest positions to fill on the soccer field.

Although the Union’s trade of Dániel Gazdag to the Columbus Crew hasn’t become official yet, he was on the field at the Crew’s practice late Thursday morning. This naturally left Union manager Bradley Carnell in an awkward position when he walked into his weekly lunchtime news conference at Subaru Park.