If it were up to Diego Rossi , Columbus Crew teammate and captain Darlington Nagbe would play at the club “forever.”

The legendary midfielder has different plans, however, and will retire at the end of the Crew’s 2025 season.

That could come as early as Sunday, when Hell is Real rivals FC Cincinnati visit Lower.com Field in Game 2 of their Round One Best-of-3 series (6:30 pm ET | MLS Season Pass, Apple TV ).

Needless to say, Rossi & Co. will do everything in their power to keep that from happening.

“We’re gonna push obviously for our team and for our captain,” the Uruguay international told reporters ahead of this weekend’s must-win match. “He deserves it, so it’s gonna be an extra motivation, I think, for every player.”

Do or die

Motivation and expectations are as high as

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