COLUMBUS, OHIO — Departing Mapfre Stadium after D.C. United’s 3-1 defeat to the Crew on Saturday, I was overcome by a chill. It wasn’t the biting wind whipping across the barren fairgrounds but the realization that, after 23 MLS seasons, I probably won’t return here regularly for soccer anymore.
Crew investor/villain Anthony Precourt intends to swap one college-dominated state capital for another next year, ditching Columbus for Austin. We get it: Austin is SXSW-cool.
Pulling the Crew out of Columbus is a two-footed, studs-up tackle, deserving of a red card and lengthy suspension.