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FC Cincinnnati versus Harrisburg City Islanders.

We went to see FC Cincinnati take on Harrisburg City Islanders at Nippert Stadium….

The Bailey unfurled their tifo for today’s match…

MITCH SAYS NO!

GOOOOOAL! Cincinnati! 1-0!

At half, it was still 1-0 to FC|C…

Sprinkles the donut was back again at halftime!

FC|C’s Harrison Delbridge took a pretty vicious elbow to the face…

And the guilty Harrisburg player was sent off as a result…

Tonight’s attendance…

16,097! Another really great crowd! And then Cincinnati was awarded a penalty!

GOOOOAL! Cincinnati! 2-0!!

And the match would end 2-0 to FC Cincy!

FC Cincinnati keeper Mitch Hildenbrandt celebrates with The Bailey after every win…

FC|C moves to 6-2-2 on the season. They are now on a seven match streak without a loss. And they went undefeated in the month of May. Going back to the April 24th win at Toronto FC II, they’ve posted a 5-0-2 record and they’ve outscored their opponents 12-5 including two straight league shutouts. In other words, FC Cincinnati is really on a roll right now! On Wednesday, FC|C travels to St. Pete, Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the third round of the US Open Cup. And then they’re back home on Saturday, June 4th to host the Richmond Kickers. See you there! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on May 28, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Thadd F. on May 28, 2016

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Reds baseball game #7.

We went down to the ballpark to take in our seventh Reds game of the season. And it was a perfect afternoon for baseball. Just perfect. And the DirecTV Blimp was hovering high above Cincinnati again…

It was the final game of the series between the Reds and the Seattle Mariners. So why wouldn’t there be a big pail of glow-in-the-dark light sabers and T-Rex dinosaur swords outside of GABP for a day game? And no. I did not buy one. I didn’t have any cash.

The DirecTV Blimp was overhead almost the entire game…

I remember when my parents used to take us to Cubs games, one of the free giveaways we got more than once were Cubs painter hats. I hadn’t thought about or seen a baseball painter hat in years. I wonder if our Cubs hats are still at my parents house in Michigan?

The Mariner’s Robinson Cano…

And he ended up on third…

Votto might be struggling right now. But I still get a tingle when he steps to the plate…

The Sunday live Reds mascot race…

This one belongs to Mr. Redlegs. He owned today’s race…

The Reds dropped another one. And ended up getting swept by the Mariners. :/

Oh well. It was a gorgeous day for a baseball game. And we got to see The Gies…

Sundays like this are made for watching baseball, win or lose. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on May 22, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Thadd F. on May 22, 2016

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Reds baseball game #6.

Tonight, Genifer and I went to see our sixth game of this Reds season. They were playing the Cleveland Indians in the final game of the battle for the Ohio Cup. The Reds got destroyed the first two games up in Cleveland, getting outscored 28-7.  And they lost last night 8-7 in 12 innings. We were thinking that we’d just skip this series and go to the game on Sunday against the Mariners until Allison called to see if we’d like to use her family’s season tickets. And we jumped at the opportunity to sit in the second row, directly behind the Indians dugout. It’s been a while since we’ve sat in those seats. And both times were to see the Cubbies play…

Tim Adleman had to leave the game early…

Joey Votto went yard…

There was a really big, almost full moon tonight…

The Reds ended getting swept by the Indians in the four-game Battle for the Ohio Cup…

Win or lose. It’s always fun to go hang out at the ballpark. Especially in those seats!

Thanks again, Allison! 🙂

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by Thadd F. on May 19, 2016  •  Permalink
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US Open Cup: FC Cincinnati versus Indy Eleven NPSL.

The US Open Cup. It’s the oldest ongoing soccer competition in American soccer, and the third-longest-running in the world. Currently it’s in its 103rd edition. Contested by more than 90 clubs from the three professional leagues sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, including Major League Soccer, North American Soccer League and United Soccer League, as well as amateur clubs in the earlier rounds of the tournament. It’s a chance for the smaller clubs to take their shot at the big boys through a single-elimination knock-out tournament. Tonight, FC Cincinnati played it’s first US Open Cup match hosting Indy Eleven NPSL at Nippert Stadium…

The supporters groups started to file into The Bailey…

Here we go…

Penalty!

GOOOOOAL!!! 1-0 FC Cincinnati!

Indy Eleven NPSL pulled one back to level the game at one all…

After the goal, Indy supporters set off one of the biggest smoke bombs I’ve ever seen…

At half, it was still 1-1…

I guess that sprinkle donut is going to be a regular fixture at halftime…

The second half was about to start…

FC Cincinnati had a free kick in a dangerous spot just outside the box…

But couldn’t capitalize.

GOOOOOAL!!! Finally. 2-1 FC Cincinnati!

FC Cincinnati had a third goal disallowed for some reason. The match ended 2-1 to FC Cincinnati. FC Cincinnati really should have had at least 4 or 5 goals if they could have taken more of their chances. There were a bunch of great team moves that they just couldn’t finish and put in the back of the net. But the important thing is they won. And advance to the next round of the tournament…

FC Cincinnati moves on to the next round of the US Open Cup where they’ll face the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL on June 1 at 7:30pm. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on May 18, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Thadd F. on May 18, 2016

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FC Cincinnati versus Pittsburgh Riverhounds.

Tonight, we went up to Nippert Stadium with Cleve & Alyssa to take in FC Cincinnati’s fourth home match of the season. FC Cincinnati was playing host to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, and they were having on Orange Out for tonight’s unveiling of FC|C’s new predominantly orange alternate third kit…

FC Cincinnati named some of the Bengal’s star players honorary captains for the match to further the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh sport rivalry…

This is one of my favorite parts of every match, where the teams come out of the tunnel and onto the pitch…

The Bailey unveiled their tifo for today’s match…

Elvis. “You ain’t nothing but a river dog.” Quality stuff.

Kickoff! Here we go…

The Bailey sat for the 16th minute in honor of the 16 Real Madrid fans who were murdered in Iraq by ISIS this week. The 16th minute of today’s match was also a moment of silence throughout the entire stadium…

 

Goosebumps.

GOOOOOOAL! CINCINNATI!

That Sprinkle donut was back again at halftime…

And the moment everyone was waiting for, tonight’s match attendance. It was announced before the match that over 20,000 tickets had been sold…

For the second time, FC Cincinnati set a new USL single game attendance record!

And at full-time, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 0!

 

Another great match in a truly amazing atmosphere! FC Cincinnati broke their own USL attendance record. They had more people at their match than all but one MLS match including the Columbus Crew, who they outdrew by over 7000 supporters. FC|C is averaging 17,462 in attendance through 4 games, and the Crew is averaging 16,383 through 4 games. And on top of all that, FC|C moved into a tie for second place in the USL’s Eastern Conference! There’s something pretty incredible happening right now in Cincinnati! And we’re thrilled to be right in the middle of it! 🙂 #23375

FC Cincinnati’s next home match is on Wednesday, May 18th versus Indy Eleven of NPSL in the US Open Cup. Kickoff is at 7pm. See you there!

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by Thadd F. on May 14, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Thadd F. on May 14, 2016

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Reds baseball game #5.

On a whim, we went to our fifth Reds game of the season tonight…

The Reds were playing the Pirates again…

There were a couple of plays that went under review…

This play at second ended up in the Pirates manager, Clint Hurdle and Starling Marte both getting tossed out of the game…

Our friends Scott and Cathy were at tonight’s game as well…

Bryan Price wasn’t happy about Oldendorf getting tossed after the Reds pitchers combined to plunk four Pirate batters…

The Reds led most of the game that featured five home runs (one by Jay Bruce), six hit batters and four ejections. But trailed 5-4 going into the ninth. Joey Votto came on to work some magic for the Reds and reached base on a walk…

But there wouldn’t be any late game heroics tonight for the Reds. And the game would go on to finish 5-4 Pirates…

It was fun to get in another Reds game before they head out for a five-game road trip. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on May 11, 2016  •  Permalink
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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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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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Reds baseball game #4.

The last time we saw Johnny Cueto pitch at Great American Ball Park was the day we got engaged all the way back last summer in July. He got traded to the Kansas City Royals, got his ring and then was traded to the San Francisco Giants. The Giants were in town for three games and guess who was pitching the first game of the series… our boy Johnny Beisbol.

We picked up seats in the new Cincinnati Bell Fioptics District Rooftop on Saturday before we left for the FC Cincinnati match against Wilmington Hammerheads FC. Let’s go…

Johnny Beisbol…

Cueto versus Votto…

And Cueto got was better than Votto in the first. Cueto versus BP?

After Cueto go through the first, we headed up to Cincinnati Bell’s The Fioptics District…

We moved down to the terrace to watch some more of the game…

The Giants jumped out to a 3-0 lead in second… BARGE!

Cueto versus Votto round two…

And Votto took Cueto yard!

The storm clouds were looking pretty ominous. But the rain stayed away. For once.

The Reds roughed up Cueto for six runs in the third…

Back up to The Fioptics District Rooftop…

Genifer got a hot dog, and I got some chicken fingers. I offered to share my chicky fingers with her but she wasn’t impressed. She was pretty adamant that chicken fingers aren’t baseball food. Baseball food or not, they were pretty delicious…

The Reds bullpen imploded. Again. And gave up five runs in the top of the seventh…

And the Reds ended up losing 9-6. It’s going to be a long season. :/ But The Fioptics District is a really fun area to hang out in. It offers a really different perspective of the game. Good stuff. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on May 2, 2016  •  Permalink
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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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Posted by Thadd F. on April 30, 2016

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