IT’S FC CINCINNATI MATCH DAY TWO! FC|C was hosting Pittsburgh Riverhounds…
The match ended in a 2-2 draw in front of a crowd of 24,505. It was a good game. Back and forth with FC|C coming back to tie the match twice. I took a bunch more photos at tonight’s match. Click to see all the photos I took at FC Cincinnati versus Pittsburgh Riverhounds. 😀⚽️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on April 21, 2018
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This afternoon we walked down to Second Place to watch the FC Cincinnati match…
They were playing away to Bethlehem Steel…
And FC|C tied Bethlehem Steel 1-1 in what turned out to be a pretty boring match. But the bourbon slushes were great as always. And once again, it’s really great to finally be able to walk places again. 😀2⃣🏆⚽️🍹❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on April 15, 2018
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IT’S FC CINCINNATI MATCH DAY ONE! Today was the FC Cincinnati 2018 home opener!
FC|C was playing defending USL Champs and heated rivals, Louisville City FC…
Turns out one our favorite former FC|C players, Pat McMahon now plays for LCFC…
He’s fourth from the left with the beard. The Bailey’s Streamergate tifo…
It was pretty cold at tonight’s match. FC|C lost 1-0 on a goal scored in the 13th minute. Other than that, all you could really do was focus on how cold you were. We left around the 90th-minute mark. I took a bunch of photos at the match. Click here to see all the photos I took at FC Cincy Match Day ONE! 😀⚽️❄️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on April 7, 2018
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Our 2018 FC Cincinnati season ticket booklet showed up in the mail today…
All the tickets have different players on them like Kenney Walker…
Jimmy McLaughlin…
And ex-Arsenal man, Justin Hoyte…
Along with our tickets were two of these terrific 2018 season ticket member flags…
FC Cincinnati’s 2018 campaign is off to a very good start with two 1-0 away wins at both Charleston Battery and Indy Eleven. FC|C’s first home match is Saturday, April 7th at 7pm against rival Louisville City FC. We’re really excited for another season of FC Cincinnati soccer. #JoinTheMarch 😀⚽️🎟️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on March 26, 2018
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FC Cincinnati finally returned to Nippert Stadium this afternoon in preseason form. FC Cincy was playing host to the USL’s Sacramento Republic FC. Did I mention it was at Nippert Stadium? Last Saturday, FC|C played host to Nashville SC at University of Cincinnati’s Gettler Stadium. Gettler Stadium is the home for both the UC men’s and women’s soccer teams, as well as the men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams. We had tickets to last week’s friendly but skipped it and adopted a dog instead. With today’s friendly being played in the friendly confines of beautiful Nippert Stadium, how could we stay away? FC Cincinnati soccer is back at Nippert! Let’s go!
In what has become a prematch tradition dating back to the beginning of last season, we stopped at Mac’s Pizza Pub in Clifton before the match to get some lunch and watch UC’s basketball game against Memphis in the semi-finals of the American Athletic Conference tournament. Mac’s was packed full of Bearcat fans cheering on their basketball team. I don’t really care for the Bearcats basketball program much at all but the atmosphere was pretty infectious, the food was just great as always and the draft beers were only $1 during the Bearcats basketball game…
Just look at that monster of a burger…
After the Bearcat’s punched their ticket to the championship game, we walked over to Nippert Stadium for FC|C preseason soccer…
We spent the first half standing in the sun behind The Bailey. It felt really nice when you were in the sun…
We spent the second half of the match watching from behind our season ticket seats. And it was pretty darn chilly when you weren’t in the sun. FC CINCINNATI GOAL!!!
Both Genifer and I missed FC Cincy’s goal. And there wasn’t any video so no replay…
Bummer. Did I mention it was pretty chilly when you weren’t in the sun?
And the match ended 2-1 to Sacramento…
It was really great to be back at Nippert watching some FC Cincinnati soccer again.The team looked pretty good. With FC|C signing 17 new players in the offseason and with only 9 returning players, I imagine there are still so kinks to be worked out trying to get the team to gel. We can’t wait for FC Cincinnati’s home opener on April 7th at 7pm against Lousiville City FC. Hopefully, it’ll be a little bit warmer in a few weeks. But I’m not going to hold my breath. 😀⚽️🔶🔷❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on March 10, 2018
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This afternoon we walked down Hamilton Avenue to go check out the FC Cincinnati Fan Appreciation Tour which was making a stop at Second Place…
We thought there would be a representative on-hand promoting or representing the club. Maybe trying to sign people up for season tickets, answering questions about FC Cincy’s possible promotion to MLS or the latest on FC|C’s plans for a soccer-specific stadium or even just shaking some hands. Maybe if we were really lucky, there’d be a player or two on-hand. But nothing. The FC Cincinnati Far Appreciation Tour meant you could get a Moerlein FC Cincinnati Blood Orange IPA just $3 from 11am to 2pm. That’s it. Boy, do I feel appreciated. 😶 It was also the Manchester Derby: City versus United so Second Place was pretty crowded what with it being the Cincinnati hub of all things City and all…
We’ve watched a couple of big Manchester City matches at Second Place. There’s this one guy who’s a City supporter who is very vocal and very loud and his voice is so annoying that it makes it really difficult for me to watch City matches at Second Place. I’m just happy Second Place isn’t an Arsenal supporters hang out. Because that guy… whoa. Don’t get me wrong, I really love Second Place just not during Manchester City matches. But that’s just me.
We stayed until just before halftime and then broke camp to watch the second half at Higher Gravity. And in walking the block from Second Place to Higher Gravity, we missed two goals. The first forty-plus minutes, nothing. The last three minutes of the half, two goals. It figures. We watched City knock off United 2-1. Higher Gravity still had Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout on tap…
That beer was pretty amazing. We hung out and watched the Bengals get thumped by the Bears and then just came home. It was yet another really fun afternoon in Northside. 😀⚽️🍺🏈❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on December 10, 2017
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COME ON YOU GUNNERS! #AFCvsTHS #Arsenal #COYG 😀⚽️🔫❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on November 18, 2017
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We went to Second Place to watch the USMNT take on Trinidad & Tobago in the final qualifying match for next summer’s World Cup in Russia…
Our USMNT needed a win against a Trinidad & Tobago squad that had only won one match in qualifying. They had one win, eight losses, and no draws. Handing T&T one more loss would guarantee the USA a spot in Russia but a tie would more than likely put them into the World Cup finals as well. And the USMNT played really well against in their 4-0 rout of Panama on Friday…
And the USMNT lost 2-1. They finished fifth behind Mexico and Costa Rica and Panama and Honduras. Fifth out six teams in the hexagonal table. Next summer’s World Cup finals will be the first without American involvement since 1986. Disappointing doesn’t really cover it. It’s just really dang embarrassing. But I haven’t been this disappointed and embarrassed in the United States since Trump was put in the White House.
But hey, at least it was a pretty evening before the match…
What the heck is happening to our once-great country? 😀🇺🇸⚽️😬😥🚫🏆😭
Posted by Thadd F. on October 10, 2017
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This evening we just stayed in and watched the USMNT take another huge step towards qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia with a 4-0 rout over Panama…
If the USMNT can beat Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday, they’ll be packing their bags for Russia next summer! 😀⚽️🇺🇸❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 6, 2017
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IT’S INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCHDAY! The United States Women’s National Team was playing their first match in Cincinnati since 2008 as they hosted New Zealand at Nippert Stadium. It also marks the first time the University of Cincinnati has ever hosted a national team match…
It seems like we’ve had our tickets for this match for months…
And the big day was finally here…
Here comes New Zealand…
And here comes the USWNT…
There’s Megan Rapinoe…
Tobin Heath…
And Cincinnati’s own Rose Lavelle…
They got the crowd going before the match with a chant of, “USA! USA! USA!”
The New Zealand National Anthem…
O say can you see…
Whoever made the tifo for the match deserves a high five, a handshake and pat on the back because it was pretty awesome…
Here we go…
GOAL USA! After relentless pressure right from the start of the match, the USWNT finally found the back of the net. New Zealand was doing a pretty good job of trying to weather the storm. But you had the feeling it was only a matter of time until the US finally opened the scoring…
And Mallory Pugh made it 2-0 before the half. But the highlight was the perfectly
weighted through ball. You can’t defend against that sort of precision…
At halftime, it was still 2-0 USWNT…
Rose Lavelle was subbed off near the end of the first half…
There was a cool FC Cincinnati promo during halftime…
GOAL USWNT! Alex Morgan came in at the half and was quickly on the scoresheet…
At this point, it was becoming kind of ridiculous as the USWNT netted their fourth…
We missed the goal but the USWNT added a fifth to make it 5-0. And it was an absolute stunner! Alex Morgan’s second goal of the night put the exclamation mark on an unforgettable evening!
The average attendance at a USWNT match is around 18,700…
With 30,596, tonight marked the 7th highest attendance for a standalone USWNT friendly. Cincinnati certainly shows out for its soccer…
Didn’t have a ticket? Didn’t matter. People still turned out to watch the match…
Mercifully, the full-time whistle was blown. 5-0 to the USWNT!
Not surprisingly, Alex Morgan was named Player of the Match after her brace tonight…
I wonder if Alex Morgan has a lot of fans?
What a night!
After the match, it sounded like the USWNT was definitely impressed with the atmosphere and support at Nippert Stadium…
It was such incredible night. Terrific atmosphere. We wouldn’t have missed seeing our Women’s National Team play right in our backyard for anything in the world. What an amazing way to cap another incredible summer of soccer at Nippert Stadium! It was pretty unbelievable! 😀🇺🇸⚽️🇳🇿❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 19, 2017
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