Crew to Austin in 2019..(Maybe)

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  1. Adrian

    Adrian Member

    Columbus Crew
    England
    May 9, 1999
    Plain City, OH, USA
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I would be perfectly happy with a win (Columbus) - win (MLS) - lose (PSV) scenario.
     
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  2. puttputtfc

    puttputtfc Member+

    Sep 7, 1999
    I would argue there was damage before Precourt. MLS bizarre rules clearly favor certain markets and Columbus has always been the runt of the litter. Day one some teams had a Donadoni, some had a Doctor. I know folks who stopped watching the league because they feel it's rigged.

    MLS for the first twelve years or so was soccer the suburban sport. Families were the priority, a saccharine atmosphere was demanded by the league and what happened? The league decided it wanted to be urban hipster. Everything they had done in those first years was wrong and we are seeing the effect. It's not just Columbus either. Colorado, NE, MetroBulls, Chicago and Dallas are playing in empty stadiums. The only original that seems to be doing well is LA and they've been given so many league handjobs I've lost track. Before FratAss showed up and pissed on the market it was damaged goods.
     
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  3. C-Bus20

    C-Bus20 Member

    Mar 1, 2009
    Everywhere
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is interesting. So you are saying you have a source that told you he was not in attendance for the most recent meeting? If so i would say that may have some significance.
     
  4. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I saw a reference to Dave Greeley having represented the Crew at the meeting. Which is OK, since the BoG is one-vote per team, so they can probably designate someone.

    Still seems odd.
     
  5. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
    san jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    That's how we do it in California. Radical experiment in transparent government. :)
     
  6. Feraligatr19

    Feraligatr19 Member

    United States
    Dec 6, 2017
    Tony was probably too busy pounding queso flavored zimas to be bothered by something as trivial as a BoG meeting. Greeley gets sent to do the small fry stuff. Like drumming up support in Austin and meeting with the other owners.
     
  7. west ham sandwich

    Feb 26, 2007
    C-bus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Busy in the morning and pretty quiet in the afternoon??? Well, now we know you're full of it!
    [​IMG]
     
  8. west ham sandwich

    Feb 26, 2007
    C-bus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You're talking about the year or two he played for the Oilers right? NHL started in, what, '85?
     
  9. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
    san jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    You're joking, right? :)
     
  10. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Agree completely. Though I'd certainly add KC to the (tiny) list of originals that are doing well.
     
  11. west ham sandwich

    Feb 26, 2007
    C-bus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes.

    To be fair... people forget how small hockey used to be here in Columbus too. Before 94 we had one ice hockey rink (OSU). Though there were a lot of minor league hockey teams that came and went in Columbus before the Chill kind of captured the cities attention in thee early '90s.
     
  12. Draghignazzo

    Draghignazzo Member+

    Feb 24, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    While I agree matches against the Austin Toxic Avengers will be epicly nasty, I think any PSV owned team will be reviled by the entire league, or at least by all SGs.
     
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  13. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There were other rinks off and on--one by where Sonic now is that was taken over by Riverside for a storage facility and one up in Worthington off Wilson Bridge Rd. But I only ever skated at tOSU. Oh, there was a downtown rink on land that was originally supposed to be the site for the fourth anchor at City Center Mall called the Centrum. I think I went there with my then GF (not Mrs. KG--met her much later) once or twice. But I played IM hockey at tOSU for 5-6 years (grad school will do that for you) back in the late 1970s thru early 1980s as I was a bit of a rink rat in those days. Haven't played since as my then roomies borrowed my gear and I never got it back.
     
  14. crewfan_in_columbus

    Feb 25, 2001
    Columbus is home
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Honestly, this is significant if it's true.
     
  15. ibrew

    ibrew Member+

    Feb 3, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    He did not attend in Los Angeles?
     
  16. puttputtfc

    puttputtfc Member+

    Sep 7, 1999
    True and KC did a great job with their rebrand. KC had some lean years for a while.
     
  17. Draghignazzo

    Draghignazzo Member+

    Feb 24, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    I think what's significant about it is that it would imply that AP is even on the outs with other owners about this nonsense and so he sent Greely as a proxy becasue he doesn't even want to face the other owners.
     
  18. crewfan_in_columbus

    Feb 25, 2001
    Columbus is home
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    F*ck this f*cking commissioner....

     
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  19. SLSHOT01

    SLSHOT01 Member+

    Columbus
    United States
    Oct 26, 2017
    Edison, Ohio
    mu·nic·i·pal
    myo͞oˈnisəpəl/
    adjective
    1. relating to a city or town or its governing body.

    So I guess the mayor, area politicians, and the Columbus Partnership don't count as relating to a city or town and/or it's governing body.

    MLS continues to live in fairy tale land...
     
  20. Draghignazzo

    Draghignazzo Member+

    Feb 24, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    #11170 Draghignazzo, Apr 19, 2018
    Last edited: Apr 19, 2018
    No it means that we are not giving them any public money or breaks, and they has a sad about it.
     
  21. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
    san jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Are you interpreting Mark Abbott's body language in the accompanying photo? Because, I agree, I think that's what it says. :)

    mark abbott and don garber.jpg
     
  22. hangthadj

    hangthadj Member+

    A.S. Roma
    Mar 27, 2001
    Zone 14
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    That doesn't sound like someone who is ready to facilitate a sale to local investors...
     
  23. MLSinCleveland

    MLSinCleveland Member+

    Oct 12, 2006
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Club:
    Cleveland C. S.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't have to imagine. I've been to Browns-Ravens games. To describe a potential Crew-Austin game as "vitriolic" would be polite.
     
  24. Feraligatr19

    Feraligatr19 Member

    United States
    Dec 6, 2017
    From what I gathered in a brief look on Twitter, this Jeff Rosen guy is a reporter in KC, and he interviewed Garber recently

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    Edit: whoops, looks like I was beaten to the punch on this info from Tweetville haha
     
  25. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Again, this is between us and Austin. Where, of course, zero municipal support for a stadium has materialized. I don't see this second hand tweet as changing anything whatsoever.
     
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