A big league response and a mystery solved


Last week I criticized Major League Soccer for its tepid response immediately following some downright thuggish behaviour from Columbus Crew supporters during the team's loss at home to New England on May 24.
For those of you who don't remember, fans in the Crew supporters section spent that game tossing lit flares, bottles and, eventually, an N-Bomb at New England players.
I would have re-posted the video but MLS acquired the rights to it and deleted it from YouTube.
Last night reporters across North America received an email from MLS commissioner Don Garber via the league's communications office, indicating the league is ready to take action.
In his statement Garber explained that the league has been working with the team, supporters and security staff to figure out just what happened. He also said that because MLS values ethnic diversity it won't tolerate racially offensive language anywhere.
Admirable, but a standard response to incidents like this, and when you see it you're never sure if it's just talk.



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