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The Day the Crew was Saved
People kept tweeting @Endeavor, asking if they were open yet. Taylor Twellman and Alexi Lalas retweeted Scott’s message, so word got around the soccer universe pretty fast. “The Endeavor tweet had to be their most retweeted tweet of all time,” said Murray.

Preparing to fight
By Wednesday morning, October 18, a mere 36 hours after the Grant Wahl tweet announcing the team might go to Austin, things were moving fast. There was a sense of urgency to do everything possible as quickly as possible. Twitter had blown up with questions, concerns,...

The Day After the Announcement
Contrary to what some fans expected, the sun did come up on October 17, 2017. Some fans couldn’t sleep, the grief and confusion keeping them awake through the night. Those who did, woke up to the reality that it wasn’t just a bad dream, but a living nightmare. Grief...

Blunt Force Trauma
On the afternoon of October 22, 2017, a mere six days after they learned the Columbus Crew may be leaving the city, a group of Crew evangelists stood on the steps of Columbus City Hall, a statue of Christopher Columbus peering over them. In front of them were over...

#TIFOSWEAT
#TIFOSWEAT is a group that took shape in July 2013 and whose culture would prove monumental in forging the tenacity needed to stand up to Precourt and MLS. With the USA vs. Mexico World Cup qualifier game approaching September of that year, a group of fans decided to...

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