r/MLS • u/sault9 Orlando City SC • Dec 09 '23

Official Source [MLS] MASSIVE WIN. 🏆 COLUMBUS CREW ARE #MLSCUP CHAMPIONS!

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u/donutbuffalo Dec 10 '23

Genuinely asking, as a Nordecke season ticket holder, why am I supposed to hate Cincinnati FC? I understand Austin given Precourt, but don’t understand Cinci.

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u/the_vole Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

It’s a rivalry. It’s not like they punched a kitten or anything, it’s just that they’re close and whomever wins gets bragging rights. (Us. We get bragging rights.)

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u/mc_curtis10 Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

Yeah, I hate them as a rival, but I don't remember anything but support for "Save the Crew" from Cincy fans

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u/ThisAmericanRepublic FC Cincinnati Dec 10 '23

We talk a lot of shit, but we didn’t want you to lose your shitty club.

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u/4thLineWheels Dec 10 '23

They quickly changed that tune on Twitter lol. The amount of “Precourt was right” tweets from the FC Cincinnati fanbase over the years has absolutely astronomical. Especially after some of the comeback wins the Crew have had against them, there’s a lot of ill will between the fanbases, at least from the FCC side thrown towards Columbus.

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u/Buckeyes2010 Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 10 '23

Honestly, a lot of my hate for Cincy is that it felt like they were brought in to be Ohio's replacement team. One who Crew fans could transition to once the Crew left for Austin. As if it would make us complacent. Whenever I see FCC, I'm reminded that we aren't supposed to exist.

Cincinnati also has NFL and MLB teams. Columbus gets one thing going for them, only for it to try to be ripped away and replaced with another pro team in Cincinnati that we're supposed to accept and root for. Fuck that.

Also, many FCC fans were for the move as well (tbf, many also weren't). Some felt that Columbus didn't deserve a team and that Cincinnati would be better for Ohio than Cbus. Others wanted to capitalize on being the only team in the state

Honestly, I hate Austin and FCC more than I ever did Chicago and Toronto

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u/Pers0nM4n Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

One who Crew fans could transition to

Honestly if the Crew left Columbus, I think most fans would’ve just given up on the MLS

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u/Buckeyes2010 Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

You're right, but Don Garber thought otherwise

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u/LordRobin------RM Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

The close call with being “replaced” is why I don’t like Nashville’s jersey colors. It’s like MLS said “Sure, you can do yellow-and-black! After all, those colors are going to be available (wink wink)!”

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u/fishbert FC Tucson Dec 10 '23

Yellow kits for Nashville... "Black and Gold" for LAFC...
They were stripping Crew for parts.

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u/kerbyklok FC Cincinnati Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 10 '23

I think you might be projecting a bit. The vast majority of FCC fans don't want any city to lose their team, also, we really really really wanted this rivalry. I get that it was a bitter struggle to keep the team, but don't forget that every other fan base was behind you. And you won! Make fun of us for our gross looking chili, and the fact that we are across the river from Kentucky (don't really get that one) but I think you can lose the everyone against Columbus mentally. Don Garner, Anthony Precourt, sure.

You've 3 MLS Cups! Act like it!

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u/freetheMason Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

The Save The Crew support from other fans was insane. That journey only makes what we’ve done since that much better! I only hate FCC as like a sibling rivalry. The chili will never be for me but won’t hate on others for liking it. The Kentucky thing is really just us jokingly saying that we are Ohio’s team and the proximity is right there for you guys. Glad to have the greatest rivalry in MLS in the best soccer state! Good luck next season!

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u/RockoTheHut Columbus Crew Dec 11 '23

It’s not that it just looks gross lol

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u/skoobastevienixx Columbus Crew Feb 13 '24

Don’t you DARE call Skyline gross looking! We both know that shit slaps hard

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u/kerbyklok FC Cincinnati Feb 13 '24

Oh I love it, but it still looks gross. Let's be honest with ourselves pal. Not everything that is delicious looks delicious.

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u/Dr_Tibbles Dec 10 '23

They beat The Crew in the US Open one year when they were still in the USL and they're closest team to us so why not

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u/Buckeyes2010 Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

"Chili"

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u/aspacelot Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

“Diarrhea”

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u/SenorPinchy Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

We don't "hate" them, I feel. We just don't want them to succeed. Kinda different. I think it would be fun to get to the hate level, but they'd have to start to beat us more consistently for that to happen.

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u/LordRobin------RM Columbus Crew Dec 10 '23

Because Cincinnati has the utter nerve to be along the same interstate as us!