But what will happen to the Trillium Cup? :-)
Three teams in Texas?
Road Games:
2013 - Montréal , 2014 - Orlando (Disney Classic), Montréal
2015 - Columbus, New England, Montréal
2016 - NYCFC (Leg 2 Conference Semis), Montréal (Leg 1 Conference Final)
2017 - Ottawa (Leg 1 Canadian Championship Semi), DCU, Red Bulls (Leg 1 Conference Final), Columbus (Leg 2 Conference Final)
2019 - Montréal, NYCFC (Eastern Conference Semi @ Citi Field), Seattle (MLS Cup Final)
They are gone. Precourt is on the expansion committee. He knows he can't compete with a team in Cincinatti.
I can't get too upset about this one. Horrible town, bad fans, bad stadium, bad prospects going forward.
Pull the plug.
Road Games:
2013 - Montréal , 2014 - Orlando (Disney Classic), Montréal
2015 - Columbus, New England, Montréal
2016 - NYCFC (Leg 2 Conference Semis), Montréal (Leg 1 Conference Final)
2017 - Ottawa (Leg 1 Canadian Championship Semi), DCU, Red Bulls (Leg 1 Conference Final), Columbus (Leg 2 Conference Final)
2019 - Montréal, NYCFC (Eastern Conference Semi @ Citi Field), Seattle (MLS Cup Final)
I think it's appalling personally. Everything that's wrong with North American sports and franchises.
I hope the Revs and their shitty stadium and owner are next.
If they do move to Austin, what does that do to the bid in San Antonio? Would MLS allow 4 teams in Texas?
Austin Villa is genius.
bye bye Krew.
they must have the data showing that Cincinnati will devour their market.
I don’t believe this downtown stadium malarkey for a minute.
The issue is that the Crew, notwithstanding the USMNT thing they have going on there, have never caught on.
Atlanta has changed everything, the way we did 10 years ago.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
I would probably never watch MLS again if TFC were moved. I feel nothing for Columbus usually, but this is a huge slap in the face to their fans.
This is just another example of a rich dude trying to get the public to pay for his stadium. When he doesn't get his way, he threatens to leave.
Austin is an interesting choice. Kind of like Columbus (a big college football town) except it's growing, and provides good natural rivalries.
Moving Columbus, regardless of where they go, makes complete sense to any neutral.
But it's tough on Columbus.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Therein lies a BIG problem for MLS. The San Antonio bid was money from the NBA team backers. Austin has had issues supporting any team in the past, apart from Texas University sports, while San Antonio has shown they can do more.
This is beginning to look like Precourt wanted out, found a place that will pay him more, and ran with it.
Think about it this way - CBus plays in the shadow of Ohio State Football. An Austin team is going to play in the shadow of Texas U Football.
I think the owner is just bluffing, it takes a lot of resources to move a team, it's a huge risk for them. If nobody cares what he's saying, he'll just go back to counting money and leave the Crew as it is.