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FC Cincinnati versus FC Montreal.

Tonight, FC Cincinnati was playing host to one-win FC Montreal. FC Cincy was looking to continue on their SEVEN match undefeated run in the USL. When we got out of our Uber, Rhinegeist and The Pride were having a pregame party along South Market Street…

But we always stop into The St. Clair before every match. They have an amazing happy hour before every home FC|C match…

And then we head over to Nippert Stadium…

SPRINKLES!

O Canada…

SPRINKLES!

Here we go…

The game paused for a hydration break…

The USMNT took a 1-0 lead over Paraguay…

And FC Cincinnati was awarded a penalty!

GOOOOOAL! FC Cincinnati! Sean Okoli converted the spot kick for FC|C!

And at halftime, it was 1-0 to FC|C…

SPRINKLES!

And the second half is underway…

GOOOOOAL!! FC CINCINNATI! 2-0! Okoli again!

There were six minutes of time to be added on…

The USMNT won…

And there’s the whistle for full-time! 2-1 to FC|C!

FC Cincinnati runs their undefeated streak in the USL out to EIGHT matches! And Sean Okoli was named to the USL Team of the Week. FC Cincinnati will be back at home this Saturday, June 18th as they welcome some more of those Canadians into Nippert Stadium. Struggling Toronto FC II will be in town. I hope The Bailey can find a clever way to poke fun at the team from “We The North” and that there aren’t any Drake sightings at Nippert. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on June 11, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, FC Cincinnati, Sports

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, FC Montreal, June, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Soccer, University of CIncinnati, USL

Posted by Thadd F. on June 11, 2016

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Summer Hours.

Deskey lets us work just a half-day every other Friday throughout the summer. They call it Summer Hours. And it’s pretty flippin’ awesome. Today was my first Summer Hours Friday, and it looked like this outside as I was leaving work…

So we went out to Eastgate to look at Best Buy for washers and dryers. And by the time we got over there, wouldn’t you know it? The sun was back out, and it was gorgeous outside. Along the way, we stopped at Five Guys for lunch…

I’ve only eaten at Five Guys one other time. It’s really not a bad burger, at all. And then we went to Jungle Jim’s to look for Jamaican Jerk spices and rubs…

We’re going to figure this Jerk Chicken out one way or another…

After Jungle Jim’s, we stopped by Mount Carmel Brewing for a beer…

When got home, we took Oscar out for a walk…

It turned out to be a really beautiful evening…

We were going to walk over to Fountain Square to listen to the Indie Summer bands but I nodded off watching the Reds and the Copa America Centenario soccer tournament. All in all, it was a pretty good first Summer Hours Friday. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on June 10, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, Deskey, June, Ohio, Summer Hours

Posted by Thadd F. on June 10, 2016

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FC Cincinnati versus Richmond Kickers.

This evening we hopped an Uber up to UC’s Nippert Stadium to watch our FC Cincinnati take on the Richmond Kickers…

Just before the match, the skies started to look pretty ominous…

It started pouring as the teams came out onto the pitch…

A little disappointing… no tifo from The Bailey for tonight’s match.

Oops. Richmond kick-off guys…

And 30 seconds into the match, it was delayed for lightning…

There was a rainbow over Nippert…

Finally, the teams made their way back to the pitch to warm up for the restart…

And after about an hour, we were back underway…

GOOOOOAL! FC Cincinnati!

My man, Sprinkles was waiting in the wings for halftime…

And at halftime, it was still 1-0 to FC Cincinnati…

SPRINKLES!

The second half gets underway…

We must have missed the attendance when it was announced at the match. But tonight’s titanic struggle was played before a crowd of 11,278! Another really great crowd!

The Kickers keeper came up for the last minute corner in the dying moments of regulation…

And Mitch said no! Amazing save by Mitch Hildebrandt! There were three minutes of time to be added on…

And wouldn’t you know it in the fourth minute of three minutes of time added on, the Kickers netted the equalizer. And that was the ballgame. It ended 1-1. FC|C snatched a draw out of the jaws of victory…

FC Cincy is still on a SEVEN match undefeated run in USL competition. And the boys will be back at home next weekend as they host FC Montreal at Nippert Stadium. 🙂

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by Thadd F. on June 4, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, June, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Richmond Kickers, Soccer, University of CIncinnati, USL

Posted by Thadd F. on June 4, 2016

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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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Tagged 2016, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, Harrisburg City Islanders, May, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Soccer, University of CIncinnati, USL

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?