The match ended without incident, including on the pitch.

A 0-0 draw between FC Dallas and Columbus Crew SC on Saturday night provided the latest backdrop to the ongoing relocation efforts of Crew investor/operator Anthony Precourt, who last month reached an agreement with the Austin City Council to build a stadium on city-owned land near the Domain.

Yet the situation remains unresolved, which meant fans from both Columbus and Austin came to Toyota Stadium hoping they were watching a team that will be playing in their city next spring.

"It’s just a lot of uncertainty still," Brian Koetter said. "I’m hoping this is the team we get to support next year, but at the same time this team could be in Columbus and we could be waiting on an expansion team."

Koetter was among a group of approximately 30 fans from Austin, most of whom stood together in the southeast corner of the stadium. Some wore green Austin FC gear.

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Shouts of "shoot! shoot!" and "come on Gyasi (Zardes)!" could be heard from the group as the Crew built possession during the first half, drawing confused glances from Dallas fans seated nearby.

Jay Mendoza said he felt conflicted about who to root for, having grown up near Dallas before moving to Austin.

"I can never say say ‘Dallas ’til I die,’ although I think I tweeted that once when I was at a game. I just never had a true attachment to this team," he said. "But nobody can deny it, there is a possibility that some of the gentlemen who are on this field might be players we come to love.

"It’s an interesting dynamic."

Crew fans, several wearing the yellow-and-black-striped ‘Save the Crew’ jersey created by supporters, wandered the concourse. The groups avoided contact, seemingly ignoring each other’s existence. For Kevin Johnson and Jenny Pinkelman, the night was about completing an annual pilgrimage with family and friends to a Crew away match.

"It puts all the fans in a bad position," Pinkelman said. "The ownership and the league are pitting fans against each other instead of trying to make this a community, which they say they’re all about. We have Columbus fans and Austin fans, and now Dallas is in the middle of it, too. It’s sort of stopped being fun."

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The Austin contingent had some positive interactions with Dallas fans, but multiple ‘Save the Crew’ banners could be seen waving in the Dallas Beer Guardians supporters section. Bailey Brown, the president of the Dallas Beer Guardians, wore a black and gold shirt that said "Respect your roots."

She said the group doesn’t have an official stance on the relocation, with some members excited about the prospect of a third Texas team and others afraid of the precedent a relocation might set for the league.

"If the Crew can be saved and Austin still get a team, that would be more idealistic," Brown said.

If there is one thing that the majority of fans from all three sides can agree on, it’s that. Although they have different versions of a best-case scenario, most involve MLS teams in Austin and Columbus.

"I don’t want to feel like I’m stealing a team, but at the same time I feel like the Columbus Crew will become Austin FC," said Anthony Cardinal, an Austin fan who was in Frisco on Saturday. "Whether that’s right or wrong I don’t know, but that’s not for me to say. I’m just excited for soccer in Austin and I hope that the Crew can become a thing again."

For now, MLS fans in both Columbus and Austin must keep playing the waiting game; waiting on the result of a lawsuit in Ohio, an announcement from the league — and the hope that maybe soon they’ll get to watch soccer without awkwardly shuffling past fans rooting for the same team.