Columbus Crew

I mean, it we're, we're much easier to play through, not quite like Orlando and Cincinnati are, but we're not, we're not in a position.

That's my concern going into the playoffs where, you know, if this is happening to us against, you know, a Columbus team a few weeks ago against Portland, I mean, when, when, whether it's first round or if we can get beyond that, those teams are going to have a much easier time playing against us, unfortunately.

And so I don't know how much you can try to fix that in the next three games, but they may need to try something else.

Absolutely.

And so maybe in those situations it's actually better to prioritize like – hey, this is an extra obstacle and we need to address it as such and figure out maybe there's a different game plan or a different way you kind of approach going into games.

Like, hey, when we go to Portland, it's going to feel different because of the jet lag, the longer mile, the hours.

Like this is a different trip than Columbus.

And I think right now what Smith has been doing is kind of like trying to treat every game kind of the same.

yeah

so your second yellow for for faking it for faking it is that brings me so much happiness i really love that for him yeah i hate saying that but yeah i do love that i mean he's just being told to leave the soccer field it's not like right nothing much we can we can wish poorly upon brian vera yeah for sure okay the u.s open cup also happened this last week um st louis city um was facing off against Columbus, two teams on the mat that are going to be in our division.

Two teams that I think are pretty well run.

Columbus isn't having the year they expected to have this year.

St. Louis is having a surprising season, but they're definitely trending in the right direction.

In this game, Roman Berkey was carted off the field with a head injury in the 78th minute.

Yep.

And I'm telling you, one of the running jokes with the Eastern Conference Roundup show I do on Mondays is that every team has Columbus Crew connections.

Yeah.

And I'm pretty sure you can go to every single club in this league and find someone either in the staff or in the roster that has played for Columbus.

And Terry, pretty big week in your neighborhood.

St. Louis City wins in PKs over Columbus Crew.

Did you get a chance to watch the game? And what's the fallout over there?

Oh, yeah, I watched for sure.

Their options are they either win...

They can draw and a Red Bull New York draw, a Columbus Crew draw, or a Red Bull New York loss.

So the Union have a shot.

The Union have a shot to make the playoffs.

The team that gets hot at the right time is the team that traditionally does the best.

And this is such a short window where, man, if you get humming here at the end of 26 and you get your arguably best player back at the beginning of 27, the Columbus crew are going to be a very dangerous team.

You know, you would like their odds at making a run at a shortened season cup.

But, however, you know, herein lies the rub with making the playoffs in MLS.

We'll have Neil back on soon, so folks, you can watch that.

Thanks for joining us, and we'll talk again soon.

forgotten franchises they tried to steal the crew fly over country let the jackets feeling blue fire up no decking noise we have a place for you we love to talk columbus crew we love to talk Blue Jackets finally get their due.

We cover pro Columbus.

So I think that's a really good point that keeping that positivity at Toyota Stadium is crucial.

And for those who don't have the schedule memorized like I'm sure we do, of course, San Jose this Saturday or tomorrow, as you're hearing this, Wednesday against Columbus at home.

They go to Kansas City on Halloween afternoon, and then they finish with Colorado.

So a very favorable slate in general, but specifically at home as Dallas needs to scoop up points.