MLS to ATX #16: Legislative Attempts to Derail Austin FC Appear To Be Doomed
As most people know by now, with the Ohio lawsuit over and the Columbus Crew 'saved', Austin FC were officially announced as the 27th MLS club on [...]
MLS to ATX #15: Motion to Dismiss Denied, But Ohio Court Rules Lawsuit Cannot Prevent Columbus Crew Relocating to Austin
On Monday of this week, Judge Jeffrey Brown issued a 55-page Order (the "Order") on the Motion to Dismiss filed by MLS and PSV. As expected, the motion [...]
MLS to ATX #14: The #SaveTheCrew Lawsuit Will Rumble On, But It Wont Impact Austin’s MLS Future.
Last week, Judge Jeffrey M. Brown heard oral arguments from both sides on the Ohio lawsuit that is trying to save the Columbus Crew. The attorneys for [...]
MLS to ATX #13: Austin City Council Clears Path for MLS in Austin
I was back at City Hall today to witness something many people thought would never happen. The [...]
MLS to ATX #12: Austin City Council to vote on MLS Resolution this Thursday, Ohio Lawsuit Latest and Statesman Op-Ed
It's currently crunch time in the group stages of the World Cup, and it feels like this [...]
Soccer Is About More Than Just Economics, It Can Bring People Together.
This Op-Ed was first published in the Austin American-Statesman on Thursday June 21, 2018. OPINION By Pete [...]
MLS to ATX #11: A Big Early Win For Ohio and Columbus in the ‘Save The Crew’ Lawsuit
Earlier this week, Judge Jeffrey Brown, the judge who is presiding over the Ohio v Precourt / [...]
MLS to ATX #10: Update on City of Austin Resolution and Ohio Lawsuit to Save the Crew
Since my last article, the MLS to Austin story has continued to develop on two fronts. Here [...]
MLS to ATX #9: Ohio and Columbus File Lawsuit Against PSV and MLS. What Does That Mean?
After a couple of months of rumors and speculation on the MLS to Austin front, there has [...]
MLS to ATX #8: Guerrero Park v McKalla Place – My Solution
This last weekend, I was a guest on ‘The Throw In’, Austin's only soccer radio show, to [...]
MLS to ATX #7: The Untold Story of 10414 McKalla Place
In December of last year, the City of Austin released a report identifying eight City-owned properties that [...]
MLS to ATX #6: The Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Park and The Austin Swing
When Roy Guerrero Park was first put forward as a possible location for a soccer stadium late [...]
MLS to ATX #5: How Might The University of Texas Influence MLS in Austin?
The most useless comment you will likely hear in this whole MLS discussion is that Austin is [...]
MLS to ATX #4: Does Columbus Have Any Legal Basis to Prevent MLS in Austin?
This article will look at whether the State of Ohio or the City of Columbus can take [...]
MLS to ATX #3: Does San Antonio Have Any Legal Basis to Prevent MLS in Austin?
While Austin generally welcomed the MLS to ATX news, the opposite was true in Ohio as, unsurprisingly, [...]
MLS to ATX #2: The Relocation of the Columbus Crew and the “Austin Clause”
Anthony Precourt, the CEO of Precourt Sports Ventures, LLC (PSV) became the second Investor-Operator in the 18-year [...]
MLS to ATX #1: Professional Soccer in Austin – The Recent History
In October 2017, soccer fans in both Austin, Texas and Columbus, Ohio were surprised by the announcement [...]
The verdict is in: Pete Reid Law makes “arguably the greatest lawyer commercial ever”
This summer Pete Reid Law made its first TV commercial. As Pete told Texas Lawyer magazine, "I've [...]