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 January 15, 2019. The team is set to begin play in the spring of 2021 at a brand new, privately financed stadium at McKalla Place. Austin soccer fans [...]

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 was denied, but I fail to understand how some people have described this as a “huge win” for the Save the Crew movement. Actually I do understand why. [...]

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 Major League Soccer (MLS) and Precourt Sports Ventures (PSV) had filed a motion to dismiss the case, predominantly on constitutional grounds, and I was able to watch a [...]

I was back at City Hall today to witness something many people thought would never happen. The Austin City Council voted 7-4 to approve the terms of a deal that would see a Major League Soccer stadium built at McKalla Place. It’s hard to overstate how momentous today was, not just in terms of soccer in [...]

It's currently crunch time in the group stages of the World Cup, and it feels like this week could be similarly decisive for the plan to bring Major League Soccer to Austin. On Thursday, the Austin City Council will meet to vote on whether it should start negotiating with the owners of the Columbus Crew [...]

This Op-Ed was first published in the Austin American-Statesman on Thursday June 21, 2018. OPINION By Pete Reid - Special to the American-Statesman Recently, many learned opinions have been offered in these pages about the economic impact that a Major League Soccer team might have on Austin. As a sports attorney, and a soccer fan, [...]

Earlier this week, Judge Jeffrey Brown, the judge who is presiding over the Ohio v Precourt / MLS lawsuit in Columbus, issued an 18 page Order addressing several of the pre-trial motions that have been filed in the case. A copy can be read here. His decisions do not make good reading for those who [...]

Since my last article, the MLS to Austin story has continued to develop on two fronts. Here in Austin, the City Council approved a resolution directing the City Manager to complete a "community engagement process" and a detailed analysis of McKalla Place as a possible stadium site. Meanwhile in Ohio, PSV and MLS responded to the lawsuit [...]

After a couple of months of rumors and speculation on the MLS to Austin front, there has been a recent flurry of news stories that would suggest that we are closer to knowing whether or not Austin will have an MLS team in 2019. Perhaps the most interesting development happened yesterday, when the Ohio Attorney [...]

This last weekend, I was a guest on ‘The Throw In’, Austin's only soccer radio show, to talk about these articles that I've been writing, and to share my thoughts on MLS to Austin. Much of the recent discussion on the show, and around Austin, has been whether Guerrero Park or McKalla Place would be a better site [...]