New to the Crew

Pete sits Mel down to discuss his Crew weekend v Atlanta but mainly talks about Tottenham avoiding relegation. He also shamelessly suggests using this recording to promote their travel pod (All We See). Crew take a break now for the World Cup, will we be back? As ever, who knows. Also on the agenda, Moon pizza and shitty hotels. GO CREW! SAVE THE CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get in touch @ new2thecrew96@gm...

Pete and Mel record two separate mini-pods (with wildly varying degrees of enthusiasm) as Crew go on a back-to-back winning streak and prove once again that they are actually massive. Also on the agenda, thunderstorms, New to the Brew, and High School Graduation songs. GO CREW! SAVE THE CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get in touch @ new2thecrew96@gmail.com (although I never check the emails) or IG: New2thecre...

With Crew losing over the weekend (again), we opt to delve into the past and reminisce over happier times (last Wednesday) as Eric takes Pete through his Crewtiful Day visiting Richmond for the US Open Cup. GO CREW! Get in touch @ new2thecrew96@gmail.com (although I never check the emails) or IG: New2thecrew96

Pete and Mel discussed the Orlando game while watching the Richmond game on the tellybox. Also on the agenda - Americans and their weird parking habits, Columbus being great, Crew being shit, and still probably too much chat about Rory the Baby. GO CREW! Get in touch @ new2thecrew96@gmail.com (although I never check the emails) or IG: New2thecrew96

It's that time of the month again where Pete gets to put his feet up and listen to Eric explain just where the Crew sit after the month of March. We look back over the last few games, including finally getting up and running with a glorious 3-1 win at Atlanta. Get in touch @ new2thecrew96@gmail.com (although I never check the emails) or IG: New2thecrew96

It's spring break for Pete and Mel, so they took advantage with the scheduling and drove the 7-hours to Toronto to watch the not-so-mighty Crew lose 2-1. They both worried about whether the pod has become too Rory (the baby)-centric and yet ploughed on in that direction anyway. Cue discussions about diaper bags and "nap time kick-off's". Oh, and they also visited some waterfalls....

Pete and Mel were both sick over the past few days and neither actually made it to Columbus to watch the game. They did however watch it from the discomfort of their own home, and even jumped on to live pod for the last 20 minutes of the game. It's not a very good pod, but we can guarantee it's more fun than Columbus Crew right now! GO CREW! Get in touch @ new2thecrew96@gmail.com (although...

A new setup for 2026, "end of month Crew Review with Eric!" Obviously, Eric knows a million more things about Crew than Pete, so obviously it makes sense to get him on to explain why we have only 1 point from the opening 2 games. Obviously there were some tech issues at the beginning (and occasionally throughout), but obviously Pete couldn't be bothered to fully edit it down. Obvious...

Pete and Mel talk themselves into starting a 4th season of New to the Crew and explain how they feel like they are New to the Crew all over again. Recorded in segments over the course of opening day weekend in the build-up and aftermath to Portland away (we lost). GO CREW!

Pete gets up at silly o'clock to record live from Lithuania and update Mel with his 3-game challenge and sounds groggy from the outset. Sprinkled in is some occasional Crew chat to keep the pod honest. GO CREW!

A cheeky little BONUS pod recorded live (last week) in Estonia. Pete and Mel (and Rory the Baby) went to an Estonian top division game so talk about that a bit, plus footy in Latvia. Crew are back to playing (and winning) and they barely talk about that. Enjoy!

Crew came up short (again) in Charlotte, but it barely matters when we have such a great GUEST on this week - Katie of Mecklenburg Massive to give a rundown of her Crew-ti-ful Day! It was such a great chat, Pete forgot to sign off the pod with the obligatory 'Go Crew!' Give this one a listen and get yourself down to Charlotte next season if you get the chance. Go Crew!

Pete's other team (Tottenham Hotspur) finally won a trophy so Pete wanted to talk about watching the game last night with Mel. This is a short bonus pod, non-Crew related, but... Spurs. Won. A. Trophy. Get in touch @ new2thecrew96@gmail.com or IG: New2thecrew96

Pete tells Mel about his visit to watch Las Vegas Lights FC and then goes on to moan about people that moan about football. Luckily, Evan (friend of the pod, Crew season ticket holder, Bumbles Backyard business owner and all-round lovely bloke) is on hand this week to steer the pod in a more positive direction and break down his Crew-ti-ful day. Three games since the last pod, 3 draws. Crew are st...

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...

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...

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...

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! Get in touch @ new2thecrew96@gmail.com or IG: New2thecrew96

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 i...

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....

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! Get in touch at new2thecrew96@gmail.com Instagram - @new2thecrew96 Follow us on X - @new2thecrew96

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...

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...

A pod of two halves as we sit down first to chat about Portland and how great Crew are, and then a couple of days later to chat about Monterrey and how great Crew are. Pete has hard-hitting questions about the national anthem again and we discuss whether it being a Wednesday is a good answer for a lower attendance. Other deep chat reveals that JRR had a superb game and Cucho and Rossi are incredib...