AUSTIN, Texas — It took 15 months of uncertainty that embroiled soccer fans in two similar-yet-different cities, a protracted debate over whether to construct a stadium City of Austin land, and a recent sale of Columbus Crew SC operating rights to a new ownership group — but it all came to an apparently happy ending Tuesday, when Austin FC officially was announced as Major League Soccer’s 27th team.
Austin FC officially welcomed to MLS by commissioner Don Garber
