It looks like the crew has been saved and will remain in Columbus under new ownership.

I am genuinely happy for all the crew fans. This is the ideal outcome.

When the Book of American Soccer is written,

there should and will be a chapter on the Save the Crew story.

This wonderful group of crew fans established and organized a grassroots movement

that never gave up and never accepted their lot.

Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union podcast,

where we look at the beautiful game on and off the field through the lens of red white and blue colored

glasses. As you heard we'll be talking about the saving of the Columbus crew. We'll also have our

Mossy Makes the Case segment. We'll be answering your questions in our Ask Alexi segment and so much more.

But first, as always, joining me my friend, my colleague, my guiding light, David Mossy, a soccer

savant and a Fox soccer researcher and writer extraordinary.

Mossy, how are you this Monday morning?

I am good.

One of the perks of working for Fox Sports

and getting to cover these international events

is you get a lot of what the kids referred to as swag.

And today in honor of the U.S. women's national team

clinching a World Cup birth, I'm wearing my 2015 Women's World Cup fleece

and underneath.

I don't know if you can see but I have a 2015

Women's World Cup t-shirt. Wow. So I am dressed for the occasion.

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