HIGHLIGHTS: Columbus Crew SC vs. New York City FC | September 1, 2018

Federico Higuain and the Columbus Crew hope to keep a hold on a home playoff game as they welcome the slumping New York City FC to MAPFRE Stadium.
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[@jarrods2932]

Save the Crew

[@mcriii]

Clutch win by the Crew. That was a great goal by Afful.

[@felixblogger]

Not a Crew fan, but as good as they are, I'd be pissed to see them go

[@thebaron1388]

We'll keep saying save the crew even in austin

[@SuperHamrick94]

I'm so glad I get blacked out of the Crew games and am forced to watch highlights instead when I don't live near Columbus 🤙🏻

[@martinluther2372]

The score should have been 6:1. Still wondering how the crew missed so many chances. They played good tonight but at the same time defence was not very solid. I hope they will do better in deffence next games.

[@Lucas-ho9hj]

The ref was so biased towards NYCFC. Meram scores a goal but it was disqualified for literally no reason at all, that’s why MLS didn’t include that highlight.

[@justthings5923]

I felt like Justin Miram is glad that he’s done with Orlando City SC

[@samiralveshaddad9269]

Meu Columbus... jogou muito. MERECIDA a vitória. Parabéns.

[@rangers94ism]

Defense! Where is the defense?! We are lucky that we only lost by a respectable 2-1 score.

[@3owe28]

omg jasten meram top player

[@ahmedalmaliki3926]

بطل ابن العراق 😍😍

[@wuxiagamescentral]

Bad luck Zardes he's always there he's making the play but just can't put it in. Very dangerous player

[@weberafonso4428]

I'd like to see the MLS's champion playing against the Brazilian league's champion, one game here in Brazil and another there in U.S. It'll be interesting!

[@ATrueLoveOfficial]

New York City FC needs some improvement on their defense because Columbus Crew SC got a lot of offensive gameplay.

[@azul.sincero01]

*Eu entendo que o New York City jogou bastante desfalcado e que resulto na derrota para o Columbus Crew, mas agora precisa achar uma maneira de reverter essa situação e voltar a vencer !! O time precisa vencer, pois o pelotão atrás está crescendo !! Força NYCFC !!*

[@agustinsoto6040]

This is good :)

[@CarlosNz]

Zardes ❤

[@user-zt6vb6dy6g]

Jastan merm ⚽⚽😘😘😘😘

[@georgefares994]

It would be cruel if the crew goes away

[@estebanjesusrojassosa8112]

Where's Medina?

[@johnnylama7803]

We are not going to make it in the top Two this year 😪😪😪😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@kennethzinke9168]

Did the Columbus Crew beat New York City FC, 2-1, yes?

[@user-ob3gm5ge8x]

بطل جستن ميرام😍💪

[@user-dg7we6xd1q]

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[@thebest-vv1tk]

Yes moved this team to Texas.

[@Caswell19]

Love it when Abu Dhabi Plastic Baseball Club loses!

[@Caswell19]

Arch Stanton what about it?

[@Caswell19]

Arch Stanton RBNY is plastic how?

[@InstigationMex95]

Cry more.

[@Caswell19]

Arch Stanton RBNY is far from plastic, its fans have been around since the start unlike Abu Dhabi Plastic Baseball Club

[@theliveroftheman112]

MERAM 😄😄😄

[@uranus5209]

Really sad situation the Crew are going through...MLS should not allow owners to move their team

[@alexbeltran6668]

uranus they do it all the time in america’s other professional leagues. Sometimes its justified. Sometimes its not

[@Lucas-ho9hj]

Alex Beltran And this time it is not.

[@mcriii]

Well if the club cannot be financially competitive then the move is justified. But no one really knows that except for Crew owner/management.

[@Lucas-ho9hj]

mcriii Precourt is doing everything he can to make us not fill the stadium. The schedule was rigged against us, Precourt does no publicity in Columbus, he does no upkeep in the stadium so that it is literally falling apart, and lots of fans are boycotting. This live isn’t because Columbus can’t fill a stadium, when we had an owner that cared we easily got 18k+ to every game. This move is really because Precourt just wants a team in Austin. If you actually did any research about what’s really happening then you would know how crooked and corrupt MLS and Precourt are.

[@mcriii]

Lucas King-Cochran There is much more to a club being financially competitive and viable than just fans in the seats. You hinted that I do research; I suggest that you humble yourself just a bit and learn more about what makes a club successful. There is a lot more to it than what you are talking about.

[@samasaurus1811]

Game Report: Good game by both teams, although I think NYFC is lucky that the score was as close as it was. Elephant In The Room Report: The hearing for dismissal is in two days. Hopefully Precourt pulls a Precourt and fails miserably at being competent. However, I did find a report by ABC6 news that claims the MLS have reopened discussions with Columbus about a new downtown stadium. If this report is true, than there's good and bad news: the good news is we actually have a somewhat-fair shot at keeping the Crew in Columbus, the bad news is that the deal MLS demands will be ridiculously one-sided and cost the city thousands of dollars because that's the way Garber does things. Seriously, the best we can hope for is a 20,000 capacity piece of trash that will be way too overpriced somehow and funded by taxpayers. Or Mark Whalberg. Depends.

[@riveraJG]

They should move Dallas FC to Austin instead

[@Fernandogk2]

Rip crew

[@RW_CreativeMedia]

NYC, what happened..!? 🤣🤣🤣

[@ScatPack123]

I'm quite new in American "soccer" (I'm from The Netherlands) and I like The Crew. But why does everyone keep saying: Save the Crew! I know they might go to Austin but they are so good,why?

[@SuperHamrick94]

Olivier de Vries the owner wants to move the team and has made that known since she bought it a few years ago. And Crew is the 1st club to exist in the league, so most people don't want them to leave and know it will look bad for the league

[@ScatPack123]

@@SuperHamrick94 so why arent there in Ohio millionaires that support soccer that'll give monry to the club?

[@swbrl2843]

Olivier de Vries There has been offers to buy the Crew but Precourt doesn’t want to sell them, just move them.

[@TopazMouse]

So are the crew fans gonna tear up the stadium/pitch on the final game?

[@SouthernYankee10000]

is there even enough fans to do that?

[@simpsonsfan09]

Nope, 'cause we're saving the Crew.

[@SuperHamrick94]

October 28th and all the home playoff games are gonna be total riots. I'm gonna make sure the field is littered if they announce a move before then

[@mcriii]

They need to keep the place for the Columbus Crew USL club. Who knows? Maybe 10-15 years down the road there is pro/rel. What a story that would be.

[@mattd2026]

@@SuperHamrick94 I wouldn't do that

[@youenjoy8468]

How do you expect to save the crew with attendance like that?

[@___________________.]

why would they give money to the guy whos trying to move the team?

[@Tubocass]

Because that guy is moving the team because he can't make any money.

[@mattd2026]

@@Tubocass wrong

[@jasonm456]

Last year they lost $5M. No one does that on purpose just to create an excuse to relocate.

[@mattd2026]

@@jasonm456 how do you know they lost 5mill?

[@victorlima4597]

poor attendance... how save the crew?

[@SuperHamrick94]

Victor Lima Precourt doesn't promote the team and TV promotions of the game lack because he won't let them. Their attendance is no worse than half of other MLS teams, so your point is also invalid

[@___________________.]

SuperHamrick94 actually Columbus attendance this year is dead bottom. only dallas and chicago are even remotely close

[@InstigationMex95]

Why save the crew with such pitiful attendance

[@CarrotGarrett]

Don't care if nyrb got destroyed even though we played 5 games in 15 days, I care if nycfc got ligma

[@riveraJG]

Austin Crew doesn't sound good, Austin Rangers sounds good

[@nicholasmallard2926]

Austin tumble weeds fc!

[@jasonm456]

So many empty seats

[@joulesinc.3028]

bochka bass kolbaser

[@AlexanderTHernandez]

Can't wait for the Crew to come to Austin!

[@JdDiehl]

Lol you'll be waiting for an eternity! You're not getting our team 😀

[@SuperHamrick94]

To bad "Crew SC" and the black and gold are staying. I would root against Austin FC every single day from now until forever if that happens.

[@mcriii]

They're going to become the Austin Weirdos or the Treehuggers or the Violet Crown.

[@StillhetMusic]

Jesus that stadium is so empty

[@mrgumbwit5307]

You should see Chicago Fire, their stadium is even more quiet...

[@SuperHamrick94]

Daddy BaRrY BeE BeNsOn 11,500 out of 20k seats. It's actually better than Houston, but Texas needs more teams, right? Also the Buckeyes are playing again, so they have to compete with that

[@Lucas-ho9hj]

Daddy BaRrY BeE BeNsOn Here is why: 1. There was torrential raining and lightning an hour before the game started. 2. OSU football played their first game of the season. 3. Precourt did absolutely no advertisement. 4. Lots of fans are boycotting.

[@StillhetMusic]

Lucas King-Cochran oh ok

[@SouthernYankee10000]

i dont see why we should save the crew when this crowd is all the could muster.

[@3Speedboy]

Why would they give someone who's already said he's moving money?

[@Lucas-ho9hj]

Probably because the sole reason we don’t get 18k+ per game like we used to is the damn owner. It’s not that we have bad attendance, it’s that Precourt wants a team in Austin. If you knew literally anything about what is actually happen you would know how crooked this is and how corrupt MLS are.

[@SouthernYankee10000]

past 5 years the crewe have been dreadful in attendance figures.

[@SouthernYankee10000]

yea they were definitely getting in those numbers before that was announced, oh wait... they didnt.

[@hashtagaroma7778]

Save the Crew

[@adamhovey407]

I'm not even a fan of that team, but I completely agree