Major League Soccer is coming to Cincinnati. FC Cincinnati will be entering MLS starting next year, playing at Nippert Stadium, until a brand new stadium is built just behind historic Music Hall in downtown Cincinnati. And it still feels like a dream.
Read MoreJames O’Connor is the manager who has led Louisville City FC from the beginning of their club’s history. And despite impressive performances in the USL playoffs, including winning it all last year, he’s still at Louisville, coaching on a baseball field. Why?
Read MoreIn fact, I think it’s fair to say MLS didn’t want us. They really didn’t. Why would they want a team in a small media market, in a state that already has an under-performing MLS team, which plays in a college stadium, and is in its third year? That doesn’t scream “pick me!” to a league that had 12 teams apply for expansion spots.
Read MoreEveryone found out the team’s new name would be Fussball Club Cincinnati. Well, they learned that one for the second time, with the first hint being back in November of 2017. Or was it back in 2016? Well, this is a supporter's blog, and our team's name will be changing. Someone should probably write about that, no?
Read MoreThe date was August 12, 2017 and it started just like any other summer night. Families and friends all gathered at the Slugger Field diamond to watch the rivalry between USL clubs Louisville City FC and FC Cincinnati. For some FC Cincinnati fans, their idea of entertaining differed from that of the LCFC security guards.
Read MoreBut for the casual fan, you may be looking at the roster and wondering “who the hell are these guys?” And I don’t blame you. Not all of us could travel down to Florida for the preseason, or braved the weather at UC, and may not be as familiar with the team. And while it feels like everyone is new, two games in has given us a chance to get more familiarity with the roster, who is likely to start,
Read MoreWe’re back! The season can finally begin. This Saturday we finally get to see our boys back home for the home opener of the 2018 season. I don’t know about you, but even though we’ve had two clean sheets, two goals, and six points already tallied in our first two games, it doesn’t really feel like the season has started until we can welcome the team back to Nippert.
Read MoreThis year feels different. I'm actually excited about the start of the season being today. The team is back, soccer is back, and we finally get to watch our guys play a competitive match. Not much has changed, just that the club did go out and buy a brand new team, a veritable not-quite-MLS-quality-but-almost all-star team, with the obvious goal of leaving the USL like Sherman left Atlanta.
Read MoreBefore I started going to FCC matches, I could not tell you the first thing about soccer aside from “get the ball in the goal” and “red cards are bad.” I honestly still don't know much about soccer except now I kind of understand what offsides is. I don't just react to cheering now, I know what we're cheering for. I knew I was fully indoctrinated when one weekend morning I woke up on my own to watch the Tottenham Hotspurs take on Liverpool and woke up my parents with how much I was cheering.
Read MoreWhat are tifos? Tifo, by definition, is the Italian word for a group of supporters or the act of supporting your team. The displays that take on the same name are rooted in Italian and Eastern European soccer back in the 60s and 70s when the rise of Supporters Groups (Ultras) began.
Read MoreThe biggest reason I want to see a Lady Lions (that’s what I’m calling them) team is to see the best athletes play in person each week. But when you watch an NWSL game you get to watch the best women’s players in the world. That’s right, we can watch the current World Cup winners play each and every week.
Read MoreSoccer allows for interesting, compelling, and long story-lines to play out on regional, national, and international stages. And as you might imagine, this comes with stories of social and societal uplift.
Read MoreIn college I think I finally began to love soccer. A friend of our was dating one of the womens’ soccer player and the one time they made it to the tournament we hoped on the bus Morehead reserved with some of the squad that wasn’t playing, some cheerleaders, and a few other fan to drive like 6 hours down to Wake Forest to watch the girls play. I think that moment I knew I loved soccer, even as the girls lost, it was a fun and exciting 90 minutes.
Read Morehave seen soccer bring people of different religions and cultures together. I have also seen soccer create long-lasting relationships. For me, it’s done both. The Pride and FC Cincinnati has helped me create the foundation to many friendships that I believe I will have for a very long time. Having moved to Cincinnati in October of 2017, I knew no one. What I did know is that I was super excited to be able to support a soccer team that had so much excitement revolving around it.
Read MoreKoch, Berding, and FC Cincinnati have put together one of the most impressive squads ever assembled by a lower division American soccer team. And in fact, I would go as far as to suggest FC Cincinnati now has not just the best squad in the USL, but two of the best squads in the USL.
Read MoreThe Reds told us it might be awhile before they’re competitive. The Bengals have said the same in their actions. The Cyclones are hopelessly adrift in the minor leagues. When it comes to professional sports in Cincinnati, there is only one team out there trying to represent our city in the best way possible.
Read MoreA lot of very hard work from a lot of different people has finally culminated into this two week long waiting period. I’ve been listening to a lot of my old folk-punk albums recently, and when “Anxious and Worrying” by Defiance Ohio came on in the car, it summed up how I have been feeling about this waiting game we’re all playing right now.
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