An apology to Crew fans

I was able to read more on what had happened in Columbus Sunday night -- from the Times of London (two articles -- thanks Jonathan), from BigSoccer (thanks Chuck), and from the Crew's official website.  I recommend reading the comments from the Times and BigSoccer; they're very illuminating.  Based on what I've been able to read, there was much less to the incidents than what was reported by the AP, and what happened is not any more serious than what happens at a typical match in the NFL or some other professional sports league in America.

So I'd like to express a heartfelt apology to Columbus Crew supporters for taking on face value a severely inaccurate news report and jumping to some very strong conclusions.

There's more I'd like to say about stadium security during soccer matches, but that's for another post.