Crew to Austin in 2019..(Maybe)

FC Cincinnati trying to seal its stadium deal and this is the response from SW Ohio's Journal-News. https://t.co/Wo5qLnuhW8 This is the Pandora's Box MLS has opened in Columbus. Can of worms inside. pic.twitter.com/mpVNT9XDc9

— Brian Straus (@BrianStraus) November 17, 2017

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Commissioner Don Garber, the same guy who has allowed Cincinnati and however many other cities to shower him with love on his expansion tour, hasn’t even bothered hiding his support for Anthony Precourt’s attempts to move the team to Austin.

You also don’t have to know much about soccer to know Columbus is probably the last city that league should ever want to mess with.

Let’s see, an original team in a large and growing market getting treated like a backwater burg with a team playing in front of an empty stadium built for badminton?

...........

Then again, take a second look north if you must to really get the picture.

If the league is going to treat Columbus — a city that already has a soccer-specific stadium that is simple but yet somehow good enough for the most important matches played in this country — the way it is now, what makes you think you won’t get your turn down the line?"

 

So I don't get the whole Paul Brown Stadium thing. I asked if PBS was a temporary home or considered to be a full time home. The response was "Neither". So WTF?

 

Probably going to move games to Great American Ballpark when Reds season is over.

(It would be more bang for Lindner's naming rights buck, after all.)

 

My bad joke of the evening......

Columbus has had the most players acquired by other teams during expansion drafts. In keeping with that honor the league has decided to award the whole team to Austin as part of the next draft.

 

50 pints sold in the first 10 minutes.

Keg 1 kicked in the first hour.

Columbus, you really don't mess around when it comes to your local community!#SaveTheCrew pic.twitter.com/bkWvXXB2AC

— BrewDog USA (@BrewDogUSA) November 17, 2017

 

In an effort to help #SaveTheCrew, we have completed the form to be an official ally! Keep on Cravin' on!

— White Castle (@WhiteCastle) November 17, 2017

 

I went to Brew Dog this afternoon. I didn't realize they wouldn't have the Save the Crew Brew until 5:00. I got a flight of their other beers. That and the food was very good. I will go back to get the Crew Brew.

 

Business in the front,#TIFOSWEAT in the back
🍺🏳️@BrewdogUSA @BrewDog pic.twitter.com/Wh1trSNOkF

— Save The Crew (@Save_The_Crew) November 18, 2017

 

931662091865468928 is not a valid tweet id

 

I've been at Dogtap since 3pm. Just got home with a growler of Crew Brew.

Want to thank Mrs. grouchy for finding wherever i was outside Brewdog. I think I had a couple flights and four scotch eggs before someone stood on the bar and announced the olfficial tapping of the keg.

Crew Brew was good, not spectacular but good. Didn't matter.

Great mix of human beings. Real people. Average joes and a couple fans with incredible business and legal insight. iI feel much more optimistic now. Great memories of Crew and soccer and Columbus and beer.

This still may end in defeat and our team in Austin in 2019 but this war is on and that monkey ass Garber and absolute pile of putrifying ass scrapings PSV deserve every minute of misery they have coming and will be getting for the next few years. I am so looking forward to the look of disgust on Garber as he presents MLS cup to our team on our soil and has to live with the Crew as champions through 2018 as every social and media vulture dissects this down to the most granular level exposing it for the embarrassing mess it is.

This is worldwide now. Someone said there will be a presence at Chelsea and somewhere overseas else this weekend. Every MLS teams that love/hate us want to continue to love/hate us in THIS city. Every bubble MLS team is behind us because they know they are next if we move.

Mr Archer and whoever said the foxhole quote is right. Dig in. This is going to be a frustrating year or two but stay visible and proud.

 

Love to see my local paper (@dailyherald) bringing attention to a topic so close to my heart and everyone trying to #SaveTheCrew https://t.co/hqfZeb4DCY

— Brian McBride (@BMcBride20) November 18, 2017

Brad Friedel on his former team: “I am going to cut your question off at, ‘Is it hard to watch what's happening with the Crew?’ I'll just answer it as Yes. I'm an Ohio guy. I'm not really going to go any further than that” https://t.co/2pWP5uu1hp

— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) November 18, 2017

 

Lots of pumpkin spice @ BrewDog. #SaveTheCrew #DavidSPumpkins pic.twitter.com/2ljSg6dm6Y

— Jeff Sweeney (@JeffSweeney) November 18, 2017

 

I didnt get to go out and throw beers down at a bar, instead it was family movie night at home. I introduced my kids to an old 80s classic Pee Wee's Big Adventure. So.....I found that Francis is Precourt, the bike is the crew, and pee wee was all of us before the prick tried to take our bike......long story short Pee Wee gets his bike back. The whole move turned into the story of savethecrew to me......need less beer.

This scene pretty much encapsulates everything before Oct 17th.

 

Very disappointed in Friedel.

 

Huh?

 

Reporter: So Brad, you are an Ohio native, and were MLS Goalkeeper of the year for your home state Crew. You must be disappointed about the fact that they may move, right?

Brad: I'm going to stop you there. I can in fact confirm that I am from Ohio.

That's the problem I have. All the while Dante, Duncan, McBride, Clark, Alejandro and others are standing up against this.

And don't give me any crap about the fact that he is now coaching in the league. He is in no jeopardy for at least saying this situation is unfortunate.

 

Whats not to get? PBS is an NFL stadium, where the NFL owners get all the revenue from things like concessions, etc. MLS like SSS for a reason. Given those terms, no way PBS going to be a permanent home. They already have a temporary home at Nippert.

 

Too bad. You're getting that crap. Put yourself in his position for, like, a millisecond, at least.

 

The SUM lackey strikes again.

(ducks)

 

Francis looks a little like Precourt.

 

You misspelled "Friedel".

 

Yep. I did.

Alejandro Moreno has put himself in greater jeopardy of getting canned for his comments. Brian McBride has made some statements. So have a number of non-former Crew members. Look at Matt Lampson - and he is a current player with a tenuous spot in the league at this point!

Is the league going to fine him? Really? He could say that the situation is unfortunate. That isn't choosing sides.

And surely the Krafts aren't going to let him go right after hiring him. They don't waste money on that team - they aren't going to buy him out. Heck, they barely remember they even have the team - especially this time of year.

 

Well, okay. But I didn't read Friedel's that way. He was asked if it was hard seeing what's happening to the Crew, and his answer was 'yes,' noting that he's an Ohio guy. He also cuts off the questioning. To me, he sounded pissed off at what was happening here, as a former Crew player and coming from Ohio. Could he have ranted about the stupidly of what was happening, callled out Precourt for being an asshole? Sure. But, to me, he's another well-known US soccer player who is against what's happening in Columbus. I wonder if his reaction didn't fully come across in a words-only tweet.

 

Found this guy on the internet. In the face of the distractions, made me realize why we all are here.

Hey. Wait a minute. Is that ACTUALLY AP?!

 

It occurs to me, that while "Falling in Love with Crew" brings tears to most of our eyes -

I bet it makes DG and AP cry now too - for a different set of reasons.