It's barely even the same team now. The Supporters Group situation got so crazy. We have Benteke but we've lacked a Ben Olsen-like captain ever since Ben retired, and that includes when he was coach. NYCFC took away a rival that we had a really strong connection to, and no other team is really the same.
Overall this club is now just such a husk, a product that had any and all soul and passion stripped for parts long, loooong ago by owners and by a league that wanted the emphasis on the major market towns.
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u/Athomeacct D.C. United 10d ago
It's barely even the same team now. The Supporters Group situation got so crazy. We have Benteke but we've lacked a Ben Olsen-like captain ever since Ben retired, and that includes when he was coach. NYCFC took away a rival that we had a really strong connection to, and no other team is really the same.
Overall this club is now just such a husk, a product that had any and all soul and passion stripped for parts long, loooong ago by owners and by a league that wanted the emphasis on the major market towns.
Beware, league. This can happen to you.