On Oct. 17th, Columbus Crew SC owner Anthony Precourt announced he would move the team to Austin, Texas, if it wasn’t able to secure a stadium in downtown Columbus in the next year. The news came as a gut punch to the Crew SC faithful, many of whom have been with the team since their inception in 1996.
On Tuesday, those fans were finally able to get what they hope would be a reprieve from the uncertainty surrounding the team, as Crew SC took on New York City FC in the first leg of the MLS Eastern Conference Semifinals.