MLS rosters froze on Sept. 13, restricting clubs from making any changes, unless there is a case of extreme hardship, until the end of the MLS Cup playoffs. Following the roster freeze, the league released what it calls each club's "roster profile." A roster profile details how a club is constructed.

Every MLS club has up to 20 players on the senior roster and 10 players on the supplemental roster. Supplemental players' salaries do not count toward the club's salary budget.

Within the senior and supplemental rosters, clubs can have three designed players, who can be paid above the maximum salary, and three U-22 initiative players.

The U-22 players, as the name implies, must be under 22 when they play their first MLS game for the team they originally signed with and can be paid the league minimum. U-22 players who are under the age of 20 are paid at least $150,00 and those who are between the ages of 21 to 25 get at least $200,000. Once a player turns 25, or his second U-22 contract runs out, he can no longer fill a U-22 slot.

MLS roster profiles state which players fill international slots, which players are signed to homegrown contracts, and which are paid with target allocation money. The year every player's contract runs out, and the amount of club options years are included in the roster profile details as well.

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Here's a breakdown of the Crew's roster profile:

Columbus Crew senior roster

• Malte Amundsen: Contract runs through 2027, no club option years

• Max Arfsten: Contract runs through 2024, club options for 2025 and 2026

• Rudy Camacho: Contract runs through 2025, no club option years

• Dyaln Chambost: Contract runs through 2026, club option for 2027

• Yevhen Cheberko: Contract runs through June 2026, club option through end of 2026

• Mo Farsi: Contract runs through 2027, club option for 2028

• Cucho Hernandez: Contract runs through 2025, club option for 2026

• Andres Herrera: Loan runs through June 2025 with option to buy at conclusion of loan

• Marino Hinestroza: Contract runs through 2026, club option for 2027

• DeJuan Jones: Contract runs through 2027, no club option years

• Derrick Jones: Contract runs through 2025, club option for 2026

• Alex Matan: Contract runs through 2024, no club option years

• Steven Moreira: Contract runs through 2025, club option for 2026

• Darlington Nagbe: Contract runs through 2025, club option for 2026

• Chrisitan Ramirez: Contract runs through 2024, club option for 2025

• Diego Rossi: Contract runs through 2026, club option for 2027

• Yaw Yeboah: Contract runs through 2024, club option for 2025

• Sean Zawadzki: Contract runs through 2027, no club option years

Columbus Crew supplemental roster

• Evan Bush: Contract runs through 2024, no club option years

• Taha Habroune: Contract runs through 2027, club option for 2028

• Nicholas Hagen: Contract runs through 2024, club options for 2025 and 2026

• Aziel Jackson: Contract runs through 2024, club option for 2025

• Cole Mrowka: Contract runs through 2026, club options for 2027 and 2028

• Abraham Romero: Contract runs through 2024, club option for 2025

• Jacen Russell-Rowe: Contract runs through 2024, club options for 2025 and 2026

• Patrick Schulte: Contract runs through 2024, club option for 2025

Columbus Crew designated players

• Cucho Hernandez

• Darlington Nagbe

• Diego Rossi

Columbus Crew U-22 initiative players

The Crew have opted to fill only two U-22 initiative players:

• Marino Hinestroza

• Alex Matan

Matan will be ineligible for another U-22 contract at the end of 2024.

Columbus Crew international slot players

An international player slot is given to a player who has yet to apply for permanent residency in the United States prior to the start of the season. The Crew's international slot players:

• Rudy Camacho

• Dyaln Chambost

• Yevhen Cheberko

• Mo Farsi

• Cucho Hernandez

• Andres Herrera

• Marino Hinestroza

• Alex Matan

• Steven Moreira

• Yaw Yeboah

Columbus Crew homegrown players

A homegrown player is one who signed with a club after playing for the club's academy program. The Crew's homegrown players:

• Taha Habroune

• Cole Mrowka

• Jacen Russell-Rowe

• Sean Zawadzki

Columbus Crew players paid with targeted allocation money

Players paid with targeted allocation money can receive more than the maximum salary budget charge, but no more than $1,651,250. The Crew's players paid with targeted allocation money:

• Yevhen Cheberko

• Andres Herrera

• DeJuan Jones

• Steven Moreira

• Yaw Yeboah

Columbus Crew unavailable players

The Crew have three players unavailable, as the club has sent them on loan:

• Marino Hinestroza

• Keegan Hughes

• Cole Mrowka

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Meet the Columbus Crew: MLS breakdown of official 2024 roster