An ugly scene in Columbus (and it's time for the streamers to go)

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Columbus Crew Fans Set a Very Bad Example
Published 5/28/2008 by David J. Warner at FanHouse
... that was acceptable behavior at a soccer game. Gee, where would he have gotten that idea? Of course, the coup de grace is that this same fan shouts that one of the Revs should be sent off for reacting to that taunt -- while other fans are throwing water bottles at the player in question. Crew fans also tossed a lit flare into a barrage of streamers during a New England corner kick. Great idea! You stay classy, Columbus! (H/T: Soccer By Ives)Permalink | Email this | Comments

Columbus Crew Fans Are Total Jackasses
Published 5/28/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... find bizarre about all this is that if someone threw a flare onto an MLB field, an NFL field, or an NBA court, they'd be pinned against the ground with a billy club stuck into their groin in about 3 seconds. Yet at soccer games, no one does anything. That better change soon if the U.S. wants to prevent soccer hooliganism from continuing to spread here. Or we could just ignore the MLS, which is more or less what I do anyway. [Videos courtesy of Soccer By Ives]

MLS Fans Get Their Hooligan On in Columbus
Published 5/28/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
Disturbing, to say the least. An ugly scene in Columbus (Soccer by Ives)

Ground Zero for MLS Hooliganism: Columbus, Ohio
Published 7/21/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... from across the pond is preferential to those same American soccer fans pelting another MLS team with objects and shouting racial epithets. ...

when u face the crew u face a fight. understand?
Published 7/22/2008 by dameofextratime at Ladies...
... Ah, Columbus Crew. A team who’s supporters’ end plays home to a select group of morons who throw batteries, lit flares and racial slurs at players. Who’s select few idiot ’supporters’ come home from a match and litter ...