Much the same can be said of the Crew’s fanbase. The club and its supporters already enjoyed a profound bond, forged in the adversity of the relocation saga under previous owner Anthony Precourt in 2017-18 which birthed the Save The Crew movement, a grassroots effort that helped keep the team in town.
The aesthetics and attitude of Nancy’s system, combined with his own inspiring character as a leader, have deepened that relationship that much further.
“When I signed in this club, after maybe one week, I said to my wife, this club deserves something. Because yes, this is a good club, yes, this is really good people, and also really good players and so on,” Nancy said after the second-leg win over Monterrey. “But the history behind that, and the ways they fought to keep this club in this city, listen, all the time when I see the fans behind us, this is a soccer town, there is no doubt about this. And this is really, really nice and I’m really, really proud of that.”
Saturday presents their biggest task yet, a continental final against an excellent Pachuca side at the lung-searing altitude of nearly 8,000 feet above sea level in one of North America’s most daunting venues. But by now, you can probably recall what Nancy said about ‘impossible.’
“Honestly, it doesn’t seem crazy to me. It’s just who we are,” said Morris. “Besides from all the soccer talk, I think we’ve got such a good group of guys who are so audacious and so ambitious to accomplish things and they’ll do whatever they’ve got to do.
“We’re going to be winners, man. We’re going to get the job done.”
