Gyasi Zardes was traded to Columbus from which club in January 2018?

Gyasi Zardes was traded to Columbus Crew from the LA Galaxy in January 2018. The January 20 deal sent Zardes and $400,000 in Targeted Allocation Money to Columbus in exchange for Norwegian striker Ola Kamara.

Zardes had joined the LA Galaxy after playing college soccer at Cal State Bakersfield and quickly became an important forward for the club. He made his professional debut for the Galaxy in 2013, helped them win MLS Cup that season, and later became a United States international. His speed, physical strength and ability to play centrally or from wide positions made him a valuable MLS attacker.

The trade gave Columbus a U.S. international entering a new phase of his career, while the Galaxy received Kamara, who had been one of Columbus’s most productive scorers. Zardes went on to become a key player for the Crew and helped the club win the 2020 MLS Cup. The transaction is sometimes remembered simply as a player swap, but the allocation-money component was also part of the official deal.