There are big things happening in Columbus right now. Most of that revolves around the fact that, well, the Columbus Crew still exist and aren’t moving to Austin, Texas. New England Revolution fans are at times a loathesome bunch, but I was damn happy to see the #SavedTheCrew movement playout in spectacular fashion.
On the field, familiar MLS coach Caleb Porter is back in the league and he takes over a pretty consistent and stable team that is looking to get back over the top. In 2015 the then Porter-led Portland Timbers defeated the Crew in the MLS Cup Final and now Porter inherits a team that has finished in 5th place each of the last two seasons and gotten out of the single-game playoff round both times.