Volunteers spent Saturday going to several businesses as a way to drum up city support for the team.

COLUMBUS -- "Save the Crew" volunteers spent Saturday afternoon rallying up support for the soccer team.

"Today, we are pounding the pavement and trying to reach out to local businesses to try to, first off, support keeping the team here in Columbus," Donny Murray said. He's the business affairs lead for the Save the Crew movement.

Murray and a handful of others went to Columbus businesses asking them to put a "Save the Crew" sticker in their window.

"Having the support of local businesses is a positive message to the city and all the power players who are talking right now, that we do have more support than just the fans. It's local businesses who want to keep the team here as well," Murray said.

Bernard's Tavern was one of the business that agreed to support the movement.

"It's a local and it's something we can all build upon in terms of comradery," Mike Lesko, s bartender at the restaurant, said.

A similar theme seemed to take shape in nearby neighborhoods as homeowners put "Save the Crew" signs in their front yards.