On our way home from my physical therapy, we stopped in Clifton Gaslight District to pick up some delicious Habanero burritos because it was $5 Burrito Monday and we haven’t had $5 Burritos in a little while…
How adorable is this bottle opener they had at Habanero?
YUM! And for the first time, we both actually managed to finish our burritos. You can’t beat $5 Burrito Mondays. 😀🌯❤️
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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I’ve been going to physical therapy for my hip twice a week at The Christ Hospital Joint and Spine Center…
It hasn’t been bad. Every session gets a little bit harder but in baby steps. I’ve heard people describe their physical therapy as physical torture. But mine seems to be really helping. I’ve already moved from two crutches to one crutch to a cane. And I can walk around the house unassisted without any additional support. I can take stairs one at a time again instead of having to put both feet on each and every stair. I can see progress being made. And it hasn’t been that bad at all. It’s a bit sore afterward. But the next day, it feels better than ever. I hope it stays that way. 😀🏥❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on March 1, 2018
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I stopped in Clifton’s Gaslight District on the way home from work to pick us up a couple of $5 burritos from Habanero. Because it was $5 Burrito Monday! And we haven’t had Burrito Monday in a while…
I got our burritos and hopped back the 17 bus to Northside…
Their burritos are so good and so big…
Neither one of us could finish our burritos. And now we have lunch for tomorrow too! YUM! 😀🖐️🌯❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on January 22, 2018
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I saw this really incredible sidewalk art in Clifton’s Gaslight District…
Also in Clifton’s Gaslight District was this really fun It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown display in the window of Lentz and Company…
I got a rock. 😀🎃❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 5, 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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IT’S FC CINCINNATI MATCHDAY 16! And it’s the final home match of the regular season. Nippert Stadium played host to 22 FC Cincinnati matches total between the USL regular season, US Open Cup and the international friendly against Valencia CF. And we were there for every single one of them…
Djiby was starting again after seemingly falling out of favor for a while…
O say can you see…
Here we go…
GOAL FC CINCINNATI! Austin Berry scores the goal for FCC in the 5′!
Red Bulls pulled one back to tie the match at one all…
GOAL FC CINCINNATI!! Corben Bone became a dad earlier in the week and now he bags a goal on his birthday…
At halftime, it was still 2-1 FC Cincinnati…
And then they announced tonight’s attendance…
Tonight’s crowd of 30,417 set new USL attendance record for a regular season or playoff match. The old record attendance of 30,187 was set by FC Cincinnati last season during the playoff loss to Charleston on October 2nd. FC|C ends the season averaging just over 21,000 per game at home this season. The rest of the USL averaged just 4,300. It still boggles my mind how many people show up for soccer in Cincinnati. And it doesn’t look like the crowds will be letting up anytime soon.
And then FC Cincinnati added a third! GOAL FC CINCINNATI!!! Harrison Delbridge scored what has to be a contender for goal of the season… A 25-yard rocket to the far post, upper 90. WOW! JUST WOW!
Red Bulls pulled another goal back. But FC|C added a fourth! GOAL FC CINCINNATI!!!! Kenney Walker with the free kick mastery!
And that’s the way the match would end, 4-2 to FC Cincinnati…
What a great win to close out the FC|C regular season at home…
FC Cincinnati still has four away games remaining on the schedule as they make their push toward the USL playoffs. Keep an eye out for watch parties around Cincinnati…
Thank you for another wonderful season of FC Cincinnati soccer. Thank you for all the great memories from this season. We can’t wait to see you next season. 😀⚽️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 16, 2017
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IT’S FC CINCINNATI MATCHDAY 15! There was an odd 4 o’clock kickoff for today’s FC Cincinnati match as they were playing host to Pittsburgh Riverhounds…
And it was kind of a chilly, rainy afternoon…
But none of that mattered because we got new FC|C tall boy coozies…
We waited for the match to start and the drizzle to end under an overhang at the east end of Nippert Stadium by The Bailey…
O say can you see…
Here we go…
Pittsburgh scored in just the second minute…
I got up to go to the restroom and wouldn’t you know it… FC Cincinnati pulled level…
And that’s the way it would stay at halftime…
And the second half was about to get underway…
Djiby made an appearance…
Despite the rain and the odd start time, there was another great crowd…
After the match, we took an Uber back to Northside and stopped into Higher Gravity for a little taster flight before header home…
FC Cincinnati’s final home match of the regular season will take place on September 16th against New York Red Bulls 2. And we’ll see you there! 😀⚽️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 2, 2017
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I brought home some delicious burritos from Habanero for us and my parents for dinner this evening. You can’t beat a Habañero $5 Burrito Monday…
😀🌯❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 28, 2017
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This afternoon my whole family visited the Cincinnati Zoo…
We were all pretty excited…
We got to see Kendi, the zoo’s baby rhino…
And we got to see Fiona, the zoo’s baby hippo….
It was a great day at the zoo. It’s such an incredible place to spend an afternoon. When we got home from the zoo, we had some beers…
And we celebrated some birthdays. V was turning 5 years old…
Edge got to blow out the candles too…
CUPCAKES!
Shannon got day some beer schnapps and the beer that accompanies it…
We all got to try it…
It was pretty good stuff. And it was another really great day hanging out with everybody! 😀🐯🎂🍻❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 27, 2017
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