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What will be the result of the Crew's 9/14/24 match vs Cincinnati?

Poll closed Sep 14, 2024.
  1. Win by two or more goals

    34.0%
  2. Win by one goal

    24.5%
  3. Canadian Win (née Tie)

    17.0%
  4. Lose by one goal

    5.7%
  5. Lose by two or more goals

    5.7%
  6. The 10th Circle - The Crew win by 2+ goals and keep a clean sheet (worth 2 points!!)

    11.3%
  7. "My gawd! It's Crew again!" - Pat Noonan

    1.9%
  1. stanger

    stanger BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 29, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How tall is Lucho?

    Matan isn’t just short, which isn’t really an issue, it’s that he isn’t thick.

    Some of the greatest players were short, Maradonna was 5’ 5”.
     
  2. TKyle

    TKyle Moderator
    Staff Member

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 28, 2014
    Nordecke’s Porch
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have a question for Chris @LaMacchia.

    IIRC, in previous editions of HiR at TQL Stadium, sections 223 (“east” of the scoreboard) and 224 (“around” the scoreboard) were the designated away sections where Crew fans sat.

    Last night, it kinda seemed like we didn’t “have” a section of our own. 223 appeared mixed, and a lower block of 224 was all Cinci fans. We were in 225 (which I thought used to be for Crew staff and families), which was mixed also.

    TBH, I didn’t check Nordecke re: tix for the match; I bought them off SeatGeek in early August.

    I’m wondering what the deal was, mainly for future reference.

    Thank you in advance!
     
  3. ColumbusFTW

    ColumbusFTW Member+

    Jul 18, 2018
    FCC screws with the seating intentionally to try breaking up the Crew's visitor section into smaller pockets. They'll tarp off rows randomly, put people on opposite sides of the scoreboard, and mix in home supporters in different rows of 223-225. They also enforce assigned seating, limit the number of banners that can be brought in, and jack up prices above what is normal and reasonable for away allotments. It's all bullshit. No other team does it, and I don't think FCC does it for any other visiting opponent either. It's so bush league that when the Nordecke reported it to the Crew FO last year, they intentionally worked to make the experience for FCC supporters as miserable and expensive as possible for HiR in Columbus.
     
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  4. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite BS XXV

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The only legitimate reason to have away supporters in assigned seating would be to pinpoint troublemakers. "Bottle thrown from section 223, mid-row." They can go to the video and ID the culprit. This should only happen as sanctions for a previous incident.

    Anything else would be ridiculous and juvenile.
     
  5. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's not the only reason. Consider this:

    They don't block off the entire section so that when one of their STMs shows up and says "that's my seat" the visiting supporter can't say "This is a GA section."

    The only thing that @ColumbusFTW left out to answer @TKyle's question is that, due to some meddling by they Independent Supporters Council, host clubs are only required to offer 200 tickets to visiting supporters. That explains the drop from 1500 tickets we had at Nippert to the 200 we had this past weekend. Thanks, I hate it.
     
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  6. POdinCowtown

    POdinCowtown Member+

    Jan 15, 2002
    Columbus
    Maxi Moralez is shorter than Matan and plays CM.
     
  7. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
    And matan doesn't have an AARP membership
     

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