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  1. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not the worst idea I've heard.
     
  2. TRUJDUB21

    TRUJDUB21 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Sep 28, 2021
    Not Lucho but Evander yes . I thought we should have went out and grabbed him. We need young pacey playmaker who is going to be in mvp race caliber
     
  3. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
  4. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Or, rather, he’s putting the club up for sale. No buyers seem to exist quite yet. It’ll be an interesting test of those franchise values we see published from time to time. I can’t imagine Quakes fans would be sad to see him leave. That said, be careful what you wish for. Still, the training facility that the club desperately needs, and was announced in 2023, still hasn’t begun construction.
     
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  5. kgilbert78

    kgilbert78 Member+

    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    United States
    Dec 28, 2006
    Cowlumbus, OH
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And would they even stay in the Bay Area? Don't forget that this is the second iteration of the Quakes in MLS.
     
  6. YITBOS

    YITBOS Member+

    Jul 2, 2001
    1.3 hours from CCS
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How much of a kick in the crotch would it be for the Quakes to move to Vegas and play in the Wild, Wild, West Gambling Hall and Hotel?
     
  7. WhiteHartShame

    WhiteHartShame Member+

    Nov 16, 2008
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That would be way worse than The Crew playing in Austin's toxic waste dump. :)
     
  8. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #708 Bill Archer, Jun 18, 2025
    Last edited: Jun 18, 2025
    It would be interesting to know how the league would feel about the Quakes moving someplace.

    On the one hand they used to have a visceral fear of showing franchise instability. Too reminiscent of the old NASL.

    But maybe they got over that with the whole Crew/Austin thing. And maybe guys with $600 million don't grow on trees.

    And theyre really desperate to put a team in Indianapolis, where.they supposedly have a ready and eager ownership.group, in order to keep that city out of the grasp of the new USL Div. 1 push.

    It would solve that problem quickly, although it would leave Vegas hanging. But Vegas is still a ways off facility-wise.

    And someone else would have to figure out the east/west implications
     
  9. YITBOS

    YITBOS Member+

    Jul 2, 2001
    1.3 hours from CCS
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's my point -- Vegas has a new stadium. If Fisher cannot sell for an absurd amount, relocation to his shiny new stadium is on the table. NYFC proved this is an option.

    If they do move to Indy, East-Central-West alignment is super easy. Texas-west, Toronto-south, and then the rest. It has the added benefit for Don Garber of keeping Austin away from Columbus for a solid decade.
     
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  10. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Guinness

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I believe RSL and Colorado play for a trophy and I'd hate to break that up, but too bad. This also keeps all three Texas teams in the west.


    If it's 10 teams per division:
    2x per divisional team for 18 games.
    1x per each non-divisional team EXCEPT the team placed in the same spot. (East winner would avoid West and Central winners.)

    That's 36 games, right? Who gets the home game in the non-divisional matchups?


    Alternate idea:
    2 games per divisional team for 18 games.
    2 bonus games vs rival team.
    20 games right there.
    The other 18?



    (10) West: LA, LA, Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, Austin, RSL, San Diego

    (10) Central: Indy, Columbus, Colorado, Chicago, Nashville, Minnesota, Atlanta, Cincinnati, KC, St Louis

    (10) East: Philly, New England, Montreal, Toronto, NYRB, NYCFC, DC, Miami, Orlando, Charlotte


    How'd I screw it up?
     
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  11. ColumbusFTW

    ColumbusFTW Member+

    Jul 18, 2018
    MLS is increasingly a league owned by NFL billionaires and consortiums so I expect the end game is to have it look like the NFL with 32 teams across two conferences, each of which has four divisions of four. Doing it this way allows them to keep it at a 34 game schedule with more balanced scheduling and preserving Rivalry Week. Assuming that Vegas and Indy (or Detroit) are the final two teams to get to 32 it would look like this:

    Western Conference:

    Northwest Division: Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Vegas

    Pacific Division: San Jose, LAFC, LA Galaxy, San Diego

    Central Division: Colorado, RSL, St Louis, SKC

    South Division: Dallas, Austin, Houston, Nashville

    Eastern Conference:

    North Division: Minnesota, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto

    Midwest Division: Columbus, Cincinnati, DCU, Indy/Detroit

    Atlantic Division: New England, Philly, NYC, Red Bulls

    Southeast Division: Charlotte, Atlanta, Orlando, Miami

    Home and away against your division every year for 6 games

    One game each against the other 28 teams, with the host alternating each year

    That's 34 games and as close as you'll get to a balanced schedule with all the major regional rivalries preserved.

    Minnesota and Nashville are caught in no man's land and easiest to flip across conferences because they don't have a primary rival they're tied to. Atlanta and Charlotte are bigger rivals to each other than to Nashville, and St Louis is now SKC's primary rival instead of the Loons.

    If you don't flip them to the other conference, you have Minnesota grouped with the Texas teams and Nashville grouped with Canadian teams. Culturally, these new groupings make more sense and would help build rivalries.

    Minnesota and Chicago are natural rivals. Both are in the NFC North and NHL Central and they're relatively close geographically.

    Austin and Nashville are very similar cities. Houston and Nashville are both in the AFC South. Dallas and Nashville are both in the NHL Central.
     
  12. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The reporting is that a big reason why Fisher is selling is to fund the Las Vegas stadium. He’s a billionaire, but doesn’t have a lot of liquidity.
     
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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
    I think a large part of the issue Columbus had was just that--not an NFL ownership group or in an NFL city.
     
  14. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nobody has that kind of liquidity. And if they did they still wouldn't write a check to build a stadium. That's what banks are for.
     
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  15. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  16. TRUJDUB21

    TRUJDUB21 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Sep 28, 2021
    MLS :

    West: 9

    Vancouver
    Seattle
    Portland
    RSL
    Colorado
    SJ
    LAG
    LAFC
    San Diego


    South : 7

    Dallas
    Houston
    Austin
    Orlando
    Miami
    Atlanta
    Nashville


    Midwest/ North : 7

    St Louis
    Minnesota
    Chicago
    Columbus
    Cincinnati
    Toronto
    Sporting KC

    East : 7

    New England
    NYRB
    NYCFC
    Philly
    DC
    Montréal
    Charlotte

    West:
    So hopefully Vegas never gets a team but if they do that makes 10 teams in the west and don’t forget Sacramento is a strong possibility but you could also lose San Jose and or Vancouver So 7-11 teams is possible. 8 would be the easiest to work with. San Antonio hopes likely went up in flames once Austin got a team. Oklahoma City & Phoenix are also long shot teams rumored as possibilities for expansion. San Jose going to Oakland or the Roots getting a expansion team is also a low probability scenario.

    Midwest/North:
    Indianapolis seems like the favorite with Detroit as the only other option. Long shots like Milwaukee or another Canadian team which I mentioned a few possibilities for Vancouver to relocate in.

    South: Charleston has to be a super long shot but Louisville seems viable if someone has the 500 million to invest which they don’t. Tampa Bay is still being thrown around but Orlando might have killed that opportunity.Another long shot would be Raleigh, NC Perhaps.

    East: Rochester

    international :
    San Juan , PR ??? They have like 5 teams but someone with money could try to take Academia Quintana to the next level or perhaps just make a new team
     
  17. Meddlin' Truckstop Owner

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Aug 21, 2022
    #717 Meddlin' Truckstop Owner, Jun 19, 2025
    Last edited: Jun 19, 2025
    Fun exercise.

    In the NHL, St. Louis has resisted moving out of the Western Conference and doesn't mind 8 or 8:30 local starts when on the West Coast. Rather than 6 pm starts when in the East.

    Minnesota to Montreal is almost 1000 miles and a time zone apart.

    Also, expansion teams rarely get preference over existing teams. Indy could be the team with awkward division partners.


    Midwest- Minnesota, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus

    North - New England, Montreal, Toronto, Indy

    Atlantic - Red Bulls, NYCFC, Philadelphia, DC
     
  18. TRUJDUB21

    TRUJDUB21 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Sep 28, 2021
    On Thursday, June 19, it was reported first by Argentinian journalist Cesar Luis Merlo that FC Cincinnati is set to sign 21-year-old attacker Ender Echenique of Caracas FC to a 4.5-year deal.

    Cincinnati.com

    we better start getting serious about this roster
     
  19. YITBOS

    YITBOS Member+

    Jul 2, 2001
    1.3 hours from CCS
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Now that would be a fun experiment. It isn't quite as international as the three Canadian teams, but definitely intriguing. San Juan is comparable to Indy in size and does not have the Colts or Pacers to compete with. Flights from the east coast are less hateful than those to Seattle.

    The only problem is that Puerto Ricans don't give a rat's ass about soccer.
     
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  20. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  21. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
    Inter miami look set to win their group at the cwc
     
  22. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
    #722 Paul171121, Jun 23, 2025
    Last edited: Jun 23, 2025
    Maybe spoke a little too soon

    They finished second and face PSG. Dont see how miami survives them.
     
  23. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    New All Star Jersey dropped:

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    As a friend of mine said: it's the "We Hope the A/C Works" kit.
     
  24. ColumbusFTW

    ColumbusFTW Member+

    Jul 18, 2018
    Love this for Austin
     
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  25. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is this real? lol
     

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