Pete and Mel spent last weekend visiting the wonderful Bumble's Backyard in Columbus before returning to Lower.com for yet another Crew home win, this time over San Jose Earthquakes. They have a little chat about both, but it was such a tiring trip (sleep is no longer a thing for us), that we only lasted 13 minutes, so instead got GUEST Chris LaMacchia to come on and save us with stories about the MLS stadiums he's been to.

00:00 - 13:04 - Intro with Pete & Mel

13:05 - 01:10:08 - MLS stadium chat with Chris

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Pete and Mel went to St Louis for the weekend, Crew happened to be there and once again came up Massive! After a brief summary of occurring's (we bumped into the players!), Kurt who runs travel for Nordecke joins Pete to discuss more Crew, the ins and outs of traveling to away games through Nordecke.com and more!

00:00 - 23:44 - Intro with Pete & Mel

23:45 - 50:02 - Kurt from Nordecke.com

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The "Fallen" Crew team win 2-1 away in the Nation's Capital (I always wanted to write that) and are now unbeaten in 6. This was supposed to go out days ago, but Pete got jetlagged, then cut off from the world (no internet access!) due to some mid-west storms. Despite all that, Eric did finally manage to join him to discuss his 'Crew-ti-ful Day' and we finally have the song to accompany it! A couple of technical issues at the beginning, so hang in there, or skip forward... or don't listen, either way... GO CREW!

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Crew 0-0 Houston and Mel is back not only as a co-host but also to take on the opportunity to share with us her Crew-ti-Ful Day! The game itself may have been a borefest, and the episode definitely veered heavily in the direction of 'Rory's Crew-ti-Ful day but it's still well worth a listen! GO CREW!

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A 4-2 home opening win against Chicago Fire and it's great to be back at Lower.com. Pete did the 9-hour round trip solo, but nobody wants to hear about that journey, so instead is joined by GUEST Brian to talk us through his 'Crew-ti-Ful Day'. Pete is convinced this is going to be an amazing new feature that will take the podding world by storm. Rory the baby makes a brief appearance in the opening minutes but isn't yet delivering great podcast material (she doesn't make a sound and almost cried). GO CREW!

Pete sits down with Eric to discuss the new 2025 season. The sit and chat occurred unexpectedly, and Pete felt very unprepared and panicked about coming up with some content to go through. Eric on the other hand was typically smooth and ready to talk all things Crew. As ever, GO CREW!

Pete and Mel sit down to chat about how great Crew are, and about how despite detesting Leagues Cup, Pete bought a ticket anyway, drove to the final and fell more in love with this team. After that, Pete sat down with Rob from England to discuss his hobby of groundhopping the 92 league teams. Enjoy it, it's there to be enjoyed.

Running Order

00.00 - 26.04 - Leagues Cup Final chat

26.05 - 1.13.58 - Groundhopping in England

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Pete and Mel sit down and talk through the Champions Cup Final experience. It's the end of an era folks and we've really enjoyed the ride. Go Crew!

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After back-to-back 3-1 wins for Crew, what better time to talk to our latest GUEST Kunal, who is the founder of Chicago based Supporter Group 3*1*CREW. We planned our sit-down chat the day of Rory the Baby's first vaccines. Top tip - don't podcast the day of a baby's first vaccines! Mel had to duck out, but Pete bravely soldiered on and had a very enjoyable chat. Turns out Kunal is one of the nicest men in the Crewniverse, so this is a good one. Enjoy it!

Running Order

00.00 - 8.38 - Retrospective Intro

8.39 - 43.02 - Kunal from 3*1*CREW

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Mel was unavailable, so joining Pete and Eric this week is GUEST Michael Stahl. Michael is a freelance journalist from New York, a die-hard Crew fan and an all-round bloody nice bloke. He returns to the pod to discuss his recently published article about Fitness in MLS and the Crew Supporters Group he is a part of in NYC. Michael and Eric waste no time getting to know each other and Pete wishes he could sit and listen to them talk for hours on end. We discuss Michael's work, supporting Crew from afar, Hell is Real (this week, it really does feel real) and Heck is Plausible. Tune in, it's a good one! Go Crew!

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