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‘It leaves a bad taste in my mouth’: Columbus embraces NWSL while questioning the cost

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‘It leaves a bad taste in my mouth’: Columbus embraces NWSL while questioning the cost
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A $205m expansion team is the latest step in the league’s rapid growth, but conflicts over funding and facilities show the tensions of public-private unions in sportsSports fans’ connection to their team of choice is usually strengthened by high points – wins, championships and the like. For Emily Kegg and thousands of other Columbus Crew fans, their connection was reinforced by a potential loss of their team itself. When the Crew’s then-ownership group and Major League Soccer threatened to relo

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