FC Cincinnati’s Inaugural MLS Home Schedule has been released…
Pretty exciting stuff. It’s going to be really cool to see some of the biggest names in MLS playing at Nippert Stadium in a few months. 😀⚽️🏆❤️
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FC Cincinnati’s Inaugural MLS Schedule.
Posted by Thadd F. on January 7, 2019
https://tplusg.com/2019/01/07/fc-cincinnatis-inaugural-mls-schedule/
Fantasy football wrap-up.
I played fantasy football again this season…
For whatever reason this season, our league at work never kicked off. I’m not sure what happened there. But I still played five teams for just the fun of playing fantasy football.
I ended up with a combined record of 39-26 for the season. This season I named all of my teams some sort form of Bears…
My Firey Bears ended up in sixth place after going 5-8 during the regualr season. Team Auction AutoDraft ended in fifth at 7-6. My Growly Bears ended in fourth at 9-4 and Hungry Bears also ended in fourth after running riot in their league, thumping teams every week gto go 10-3 before completely collapsing in the championship semifinals.
My Blocky Bears went 8-5 during the regular season and were the only team I had that made the leauge championship matchup this season. And they were the only team I had that actually won their league…
So once again, I can call myself fantasy football champion. I think fantasy football is so much fun. It makes the football season really interesting and enjoyable, especially when you win. 😀🏈🏆❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 31, 2018
https://tplusg.com/2018/12/31/fantasy-football-wrap-up-2/
Dana’s Gardens.
Today was a big sports day. So this afternoon we went with a bunch of friends to Dana’s Gardens just across the street from the campus of Xavier University to watch Xavier play basketball away to the DePaul Blue Demons…
It’s just a great little hole in the wall sports bar. As it turns out, it’s also an official Everton supporters bar. My Arsenal was playing Liverpool this afternoon. So there were no shortage of people pulling for the Arsenal to beat Liverpool. And Michigan was playing Florida in their bowl game. All at the same time. And Dana’s had the TVs to have all those games on. I’m irritated with myself that I completely forgot to take a photo of the inside of Dana’s. But it’s just a little low ceiling dive bar. And like I said, they have a bunch of TVs. They also have really cheap drinks and equally cheap but really great food. It was also one of those places that had a lot of words of wisdom in the restroom…
It was a really fun time…
Xavier beat DePaul by ten but Arsenal got thumped 5-1 by Liverpool. 😀🏀⚽️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 29, 2018
https://tplusg.com/2018/12/29/danas-gardens/
Three years ago.
We’ve loved every minute of it. And we’re still going strong! Bring on MLS! 😀🦕⚽️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 6, 2018
https://tplusg.com/2018/12/06/three-years-ago-4/
This event has been blacked out.
I went to watch local basketball tonight’s showdown between the Norse of Northern Kentucky and those Bearcats from Cincinnati. I don’t think Cincinnati usually plays NKU. But at least this season, Cincinnati has played nothing but cupcakes. The only ranked team they’ve played so far was Ohio State and the Bearcats lost by 12. Anyway. I wanted to see how the Norse would do against Cincinnati. I tuned into ESPN3 to watch the game only to find the game blacked out. I don’t know why they have to do stuff that like that…
On Fox Sports Ohio was the Cleveland Cavaliers game, but I ended up being able to find the game through the Fox Sports GO app and then stream it to our TV through our Google Chromecast. Ugh. But by the time I finally figured all that out, Cincinnati was well in control of the game…
The Norse would fall to Cincinnati 78-65. I used to be pretty neutral about Cincinnati Bearcats basketball. I didn’t really care one way or another. But their coach just rubs me the wrong way. There is a smugness or arrogance about him that just really rubs me the wrong way.
After the holidays, I’d like to try to find tickets to go see the Norse play at home. That would be pretty fun. We’ve never been to a NKU Norse basketball game. 😀🏀☠️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 4, 2018
https://tplusg.com/2018/12/04/this-event-has-been-blacked-out/
Let’s GO X!
We had tickets for this afternoon’s Xavier Men’s basketball game against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. We bought our tickets a while back after discovering how silly cheap you could get tickets for events on StubHub. Unfortunately, you can’t purchase good weather. It was pouring down rain this morning on our way to the game…
I made it through yet another metal detector without my hips set off the alarms…
It’s been a while since we’ve been to a Xavier game…
I don’t remember the player introductions being so cool…
We figured out there’s a place to stand up behind the seats. We like standing…
Xavier was leading at halftime…
It was kind of an ugly game. But Xavier won 73-63! That’s three in a row for X!
On the way out of Cintas Center, they gave everyone 20% off coupons at the Xavier team shop. We looked in the shop inside Cintas Center but they didn’t have any sizes…
So we walked down to the All For One Shop. And they had everything Xavier…
We both got Xavier sweatshirts to wear to our next Xavier game. 😀✖️🏀❤️
On our way home, we stopped at Taft’s Brewpourium for a beer, some loaded tots and a pepperoni&sausage apizza…
It was a really fun Saturday! 😀🍕❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 1, 2018
https://tplusg.com/2018/12/01/lets-go-x/
Timehopping.
Last night, the Red Sox won the World Series. This morning this popped up in my Timehop from five years ago…
I love it when teams I like win. Thanks, Timehop! 😀🦕❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 30, 2018
https://tplusg.com/2018/10/30/timehopping-2/
USL Cup 2018: FC Cincinnati versus NY Red Bulls II.
USL EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS! Our number one seeded FC Cincinnati was playing host to the fifth seed baby Bulls of New York…
HERE WE GO!
At halftime, it was 1-0 New York Red Bulls II…
And after a very frustrating second half with very few chances created, the match would end 1-0 to NY Red Bulls…
With today’s loss, FC Cincinnati saw its 2018 season come to an end. It was a great season for FC Cincinnati. They went on an unbelievable undefeated run that spanned FC|C’s last 23 games of the regular season, and last 25-games overall. The undefeated streak began all the way back on June 2 and also included draws in the club’s US Open Cup fourth-round match against MLS’ Minnesota United (0-0, 4-1 loss in PKs) and last week’s Eastern Conference Quarterfinal against Nashville SC (0-0, 6-5 win in PKs). FC Cincy posted a regular-season record of 23-3-8 with 77 points. They set USL records for regular-season wins, longest undefeated streak and most points. And they were crowned USL regular season champions. It was a pretty amazing season.
But all good things have to come to an end. I would much rather have them get knocked out in the conference semi-finals by Red Bulls than rival Louisville City in the conference finals. Or for them to make it to the USL Cup final only to lose that match. Hopefully, they’ll keep getting better and better players and will be competitive next season in MLS. We’ll just have to wait and see. 😀⚽️🏆❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 27, 2018
https://tplusg.com/2018/10/27/usl-cup-2018-fc-cincinnati-versus-ny-bed-bulls-ii/
One year ago today.
On October 10, 2017, USMNT lost 2-1 away to Trinidad & Tobago and as a result, they failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986…
Today on the one year anniversary of the darkest day in U.S. Soccer history, the US Soccer Federation released this statement…
“Today we look forward. With the march towards 2022 underway and the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America as our guidepost, the U.S. Men’s National Team has embarked on a new journey. The hallmarks of the culture remain, with perseverance, grit and dogged determination fueled by the pride to represent the United States and each and every one of you. We take nothing for granted. The path ahead will be paved with successes and informed by setbacks. We will build strength through commitment and character, accepting challenges and rising every time we fall. We will be aggressive and play without fear, for history demonstrates that fortune favors the bold.
“Like any grand project, ours is a work in progress. We cannot do it alone. Pioneering a new path forward takes the will of a generation full of optimism and hope, bound by the belief that there is nothing we cannot achieve if we are united in the cause. This is the American spirit, from which is born the American dream. It is time to take our destiny in our own hands and turn that dream into a reality. And do it together. The future is US.”
Blah. Blah. Blah. The National Team has a whole bunch of bright talented youngsters that are starting to emerge from the ranks. But they still haven’t even hired a new coach for the National Team. I hope things start to get better soon for our team, and they can get thing s back to where they were and then start figuring out how to take things to the next level. But they sure are taking their sweet time. 😀🇺🇸⚽️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2018
https://tplusg.com/2018/10/10/one-year-ago-today-7/
USL rebrands and it’s wonderful.
We were watching our FC Cincinnati play away to Pittsburgh Riverhounds. The match ended in a very uneventful 0-0 draw. But at halftime, USL unveiled their new future rebranding, and it was pretty slick…
As a designer who loves soccer, this would have been a dream project to work on. And it’s really well done. It’s a very nice rebranding for USL Soccer. The entire effort, everything about it feels very Premier League to me. The animations, the graphics, the fonts, the whole thing is wonderful. Well done, USL! I love how they tiered their leagues. It makes me sad that Cincinnati isn’t going to be a part of it. Because I think it’s great. I think the USL has a lot more vision than MLS. MLS has always just seemed like a huge cash grab to me. Less about the soccer, certainly less about the fans, definitely about snatching every last dollar possible. Sorry, I’m just not a fan of MLS. At all.
Here are the “highlights” from a pretty boring 0-0 draw…
But with this draw, FC Cincinnati tied a USL record by extending their undefeated streak to 22 matches. They can break the record next weekend at Nashville in the game of the regular season. 😀⚽️🏆❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 6, 2018
https://tplusg.com/2018/10/06/usl-rebrands-and-its-wonderful/
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