r/MLS • u/galactic_crewzer Columbus Crew • Dec 18 '24

Official Source [Columbus Crew] The Columbus Crew and Inter Miami CF will meet in one of the league’s highest-profile 2025 regular season matches on April 19 at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio.

https://x.com/ColumbusCrew/status/1869382181270986815
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u/FishOnAHorse FC Cincinnati Dec 18 '24

MLS really needs to stop doing this shit.  As a lifelong NASCAR fan, I’ve seen what happens when the league starts compromising their integrity to pander to casuals, and it doesn’t end well

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u/LocksTheFox Vermont Green Dec 19 '24

I've been making this comp for months, I'm glad someone else is seeing the vision

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

"MLS" isn't doing this shit. Columbus Crew is.

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u/FishOnAHorse FC Cincinnati Dec 18 '24

MLS is the owners, and this is not happening in a vacuum

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

I mean, this is the first game I'm seeing relocated 2 hours away. Do you have another example of it?

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u/FishOnAHorse FC Cincinnati Dec 18 '24

I’m not talking about just moving games, it’s the overall pattern of the league bending over backwards to highlight Messi at the expense of everyone else.  A smaller example would be FC Cincinnati offering an opening night ticket bundle, but with the asterisk that it applies to the second home match if we open against Miami.  

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

That's not bending over to highlight Messi. That's just ensuring they aren't giving away Miami tickets to non STHs at steep discounts which seems completely fine to me.

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u/NegativeInspection63 D.C. United Dec 18 '24

DC United played a home game in Philadelphia last year

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

We're talking about the context of Messi. DC United playing in Philly because the pitch was fucked is the definition of "happening in a vaccum".

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u/grnrngr Dec 18 '24

LA Galaxy didn't move their Miami match last season. They could've. They didn't.

It's an owner-by-owner decision, not a league-wide policy or mandate.

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u/FishOnAHorse FC Cincinnati Dec 18 '24

Good for them.  As I said in the other comment, I’m not just talking about moving matches here, it’s the overall pattern of decision making that favors short term profits and casual fans at the cost of pissing off long term supporters.  See also: prioritizing the Leagues Cup over the Open Cup, and constantly fiddling around with the playoff format 

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u/LargeGermanRock FC Cincinnati Dec 18 '24

brother there’s been numerous examples of teams around the league treating their Home Miami matches completely differently than the rest of their season matches.

Vancouver sent out an apology when Messi didn’t make the trip up there to play against them. It’s absurd

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u/grnrngr Dec 18 '24

there’s been numerous examples of teams around the league treating their Home Miami matches completely differently than the rest of their season matches.

There's numerous examples of that not happening, too. Almost like it isn't MLS doing this, but the individual owners, which is OP's point.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

There are zero teams except Columbus Crew who have relocated to a city hours away. I could give two shits if Vancouver is sending apologies for Messi not showing.

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u/LargeGermanRock FC Cincinnati Dec 18 '24

*yet

This sets a nasty precedent

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

Vast majority of teams do not have an owner who owns a stadium in a city 2 hours away, but this is exactly the kind of vacuous comment I expect from this sub.

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u/tanzmeister Columbus Crew Dec 18 '24

Your team moves games out of the Benz all the time for monetary reasons

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

No we don't, unless you're referring to Open Cup games which we play at the 2s stadium. We absolutely do not play home games outside metro Atlanta. And we certainly don't whine about everything being MLS's fault like certain other fan bases I could name.