A community-built timeline of events occurring prior to – and in the aftermath of – the October announcement that Precourt Sports Ventures, LLC may move the Columbus Crew away from Columbus, Ohio. We hope this timeline, made of publicly available information, will make transparent the actions of Precourt Sports Ventures, LLC and Major League Soccer.
Matt Bernhardt (@bernhardtsoccer) posts two Columbus Dispatch articles from the early 1990’s showing the strong local interest in soccer well before the World Cup was hosted in the US in 1994. A Dutch exhibition match drew 7,000 fans, and the USA v Panama match drew more than 10,000.