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FC Cincinnati Orange Out!

FC Cincinnati is having an Orange Out for this Saturday’s match at Nippert Stadium against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Two proud sports cities will begin a brand new chapter in the long and storied Cincinnati-Pittsburgh sports rivalry…

FC|C’s really pushing hard for a crowd of over 25,000 for Saturday’s match! Get your tickets now! They’re going fast!

Hopefully, the weather will cooperate, and FC|C will be able shatter the USL attendance record they’ve already set! Kickoff is at 4pm! See you at Nippert on Saturday! 🙂

Oh. And here’s a letter from the FC Cincinnati’s owner Carl Lindner III…

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by Thadd F. on May 9, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, May, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Orange Out, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Soccer, USL

Posted by Thadd F. on May 9, 2016

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Pause for paws.

Last night, FC Cincinnati played away at Orlando City B. The match was supposed to start at 7:30pm. But kickoff was delayed by weather four times. We weren’t terribly upset by the weather delays because it gave up time to run to Dairy Queen in Northern Kentucky to grab some Blizzards before the match started. Finally, the match actually started at 9:45pm. And as loyal supporters of our home town team, we stayed up late and watched the entire match, and we were rewarded with a 3-1 FC|C win! But this morning, we’re feeling a bit like Oscar…

All we want this morning is some more sleep. Taken with Instagram. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on May 5, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Dogs, Downtown, FC Cincinnati, May, Ohio, Orlando City B, Oscar, Pause for paws, Pets

Posted by Thadd F. on May 5, 2016

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FC Cincinnati versus Wilmington Hammerheads FC.

Five years ago today, we went to a Reds game on our first. Tonight, we celebrated the five-year anniversary of our first date by going to watch FC Cincinnati’s third home match of the season at Nippert Stadium. It was a English evening for football, all grey and rainy…

FC Cincy was playing host to Wilmington Hammerheads FC…

Here we go…

Wilmington was awarded a penalty after an ill-advised sliding tackle right on the endline but still very much in the box…

And with that, it was 1-0 Hammerheads…

We moved to the landing just above our section so we could stand and try to pace off some our nervous energy…

At the end of the first half, it was still 1-0…

At halftime, kids got to take penalties on a sprinkled donut…

And the second half was underway…

FC Cincinnati pulled level! 1-1!

Game on!

It started pouring. We moved over under an overhang to escape the driving rain…

FC Cincinnati had a lot of great chances especially toward the end of the second half but couldn’t capitalize on any of their opportunities, and the match ended in a 1-1 draw in front of a crowd of 11,300…

FC Cincinnati has two matches coming up this week. They play away at Orlando City on Wednesday, and then away at Harrisburg City Islanders on Saturday. Both matches will be available to stream live through YouTube. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 30, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, University of CIncinnati, USL, Wilmington Hammerheads FC

Posted by Thadd F. on April 30, 2016

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FC Cincinnati versus Louisville City.

We grabbed an Uber and headed up to UC early again to have a couple of pre-game happy hour beers at The St. Clair. What a difference a week makes with the weather. The area was absolutely buzzing with activity in a sea of blue and orange…

After a couple of beers, we made the short walk over to Nippert Stadium…

FC Cincinnati was playing host to Louisville City FC in what has been dubbed the River Cities Cup. But a lot of the fans have started calling it The Dirty River Derby, which I really like a whole better. With Louisville being just a hop-ship-and-a-jump down I-71, it makes sense that a rivalry has already started to form.

Here we go…

GOAL FC|C! 1-0!

Louisville City was awarded what I thought was a pretty cheap penalty when the ball bounced up and brushed an FC|C defender’s hand in the box…

1-1.

And it all kind of went downhill from there pretty quickly…

Louisville City were reduced to 10 men just before the end of the half on a second bookable offense…

It was just a gorgeous night for football…

And there was such an incredible atmosphere at tonight’s match. Nippert was rocking all evening despite FC|C playing from behind for most of the match…

FC Cincinnati managed to pull a goal back in just before the 90th minute. We headed out just before the end of injury time. And the match ended 3-2 to Louisville City…

But FC Cincinnati set a new USL regular season attendance record at tonight’s match!! I think that Cincinnati is definitely embracing their new sports team!

FC Cincinnati’s next home match is against Wilmington on April 30th, which happens to be the five-year anniversary of our very first date. See you at Nippert! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 16, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, Louisville City, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Soccer, University of CIncinnati, USL

Posted by Thadd F. on April 16, 2016

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FC Cincinnati’s inaugural home opener.

This evening was FC Cincinnati’s inaugural home opener at Nippert Stadium…

We grabbed an Uber up to UC. And stopped in for some prematch drinks at 4EG’s The St. Clair. When we first got there, it was pretty empty. By the time we left, you could hardly move in the place…

We started the trek over to Nippert Stadium…

Here we go…

FC|C’s Sean Okoli scored the first home goal in FC Cincinnati history at Nippert. And it was a stunner! Such a stunner that it made #4 on Sportscenter’s Top Ten…

It took the scoreboard operator a quick minute to get the goal up on the board…

At halftime, it was 1-0 to FC Cincinnati…

To say it was a very chilly evening was an understatement…

There were four minutes of time added on…

FULL TIME! 2-1 to FC Cincinnati!

It was such an incredible atmosphere for tonight’s match in front of 14, 658. FC|C head coach John Harkes had to be thrilled with the support…

We can’t wait for next Saturday’s home match against Louisville City FC! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 9, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Charlotte Independence, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Soccer, University of CIncinnati, USL

Posted by Thadd F. on April 9, 2016

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Downtown details.

When we were walking Oscar this evening, we couldn’t help but notice that the tiara atop the Great American Tower at Queen City Square was glowing FC Cincinnati blue…

Tomorrow is FC Cincinnati’s inaugural home opener! And we couldn’t be more excited! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 8, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Central Business District, Cincinnati, Downtown, FC Cincinnati, Great American Tower, Look up in the sky, Ohio, Queen City Square

Posted by Thadd F. on April 8, 2016

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FC Cincinnati’s friendly versus Dayton.

Tonight, FC Cincinnati’s reserve squad took on the University of Dayton men’s soccer team in a friendly match at Nippert Stadium. We were anxious to finally get a glimpse of what Nippert looked as a soccer venue, what the view of the pitch looked like from our season ticket seats and whatever else we could glean from this evening’s match…

Nippert looked very bit as beautiful as a soccer stadium as I imagined it to be…

This is view we’ll have of the pitch for the season from our season ticket seats…

Here come the FC|C guys…

And the man, the myth, the legend, FC|C head coach, John Harkes…

We ducked into UC’s Catskeller for a quick beer before the match started. Glub, glub, glub… And then we were ready to go for kick-off…

We watched the first half from our season ticket seats…

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Genifer got some nachos and I got some Bosco Sticks from Catskeller. Cheese sticks covered in more cheese. Maybe it was just warm breadsticks on a cold evening, but man, those things were good!

At half, it was UD lead FC|C’s reserves 1-0…

At the start of the second half, we were looking for someplace to sit to get away from the wind because it was starting to get a bit nippy out there at Nippert…

We were kinda taken aback by just how few FC|C fans showed up to support their team tonight. To say Nippert was sparsely populated would be kind.

We watched the last ten minutes of the match standing behind The Bailey out of the wind which was getting colder and colder…

It’s kinda tough to see corners from over there…

FC|C had some really good chances especially in the final few minutes. But at full-time, the match ended 1-0 to Dayton.

After getting to move around Nippert a bit, and get to see the game from different vantage points, we’re very happy with the location of the seats we chose for our season tickets. All tonight’s match did was get us even more excited for the first official USL FC Cincinnati home game at Nippert Stadium this Saturday!

Apparently, FC|C has eclipsed the 5,000 season tickets sold threshold, and has sold over 10,000 tickets to this Satuday’s inaugural home game. It should be an amazing atmosphere for what should be a very memorable night! And we can’t wait! 😀

Click to see all the FC Cincinnati photos I’ve taken so far!

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by Thadd F. on April 5, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, April, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, Friendly, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Reserves, University of CIncinnati, University of Dayton Men's soccer team

Posted by Thadd F. on April 5, 2016

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FC Cincinnati.

This afternoon FC Cincinnati was having a 20% off sale on all FC|C merchandise at their store on Fourth Street…

Genifer added a hoodie to her FC|C wardrobe, and I added a t-shirt. And we both picked up FC Cincinnati home jerseys! We have our fingers crossed for nice weather for the reserve match against University of Dayton on Tuesday. But regardless of the weather, we’ll be at Nippert Stadium to watch FC Cincinnati’s inaugural home game on Saturday. And we couldn’t possibly be more excited. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on April 2, 2016 • Permalink

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Look what arrived in the mail today!

Heck yes! The first official home match is Saturday, April 9th. And we can’t wait!
Taken with Instagram. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on March 29, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Downtown, FC Cincinnati, March, Ohio, Season Tickets

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FC Cincinnati’s friendly versus Xavier.

Tonight, FC Cincinnati played a friendly match against Xavier Men’s Soccer Team at Xavier’s Corcoran Field. It was the latest step in FC|C’s continued preparations leading up to their inaugural season in the USL…

All the FC|C fans planned to meet at Listermann Brewing Company for a beer before the match and then walk down Dana Avenue to Xavier’s soccer complex together…

Kick-off!

The match ended 2-0 to FC Cincinnati over Xavier…

It was pretty incredible to get finally get to watch FC Cincinnati live and in person. And there was a really nice supporter turn out with some great flags…