IT WAS apt that the team known as Columbus SC failed to win a single point in Major League Soccer, never mind a single game. A pointless outcome from what felt like a pointless venture.

Changing the name of the defending MLS Cup champions would be a baffling decision in itself, but within the context of the Columbus Crew, and everything the Crew name stands for, it was even more bemusing.

The Columbus Crew community and wider supporter base are familiar with such threats to their club, having faced even bigger challenges in the past.