We know the next three cities that will play in MLS — Cincinnati, Nashville and Miami — and we know when they are expected to start — Cincinnati in 2019 and Nashville and Miami in 2020 — but noneis expected to play in its permanent home right away. Photo: USA Today Cincinnati will play at […]
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MLS expansion race: Cincinnati fan support wins the day
Photo: USA Today Just 26 monthsafter it played its first USL game, FC Cincinnati is headed to MLS. FCC took Cincinnati by storm, drawing so well that by its second season it jumped to the top four among the 12 MLSexpansion bidders. More than five months after Nashville was awarded an MLS expansion team, Cincinnati […]
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Cincinnati 'special event' signals confirmation of MLS team is imminent
The announcement Cincinnati fans have been waiting for since December appears to be at hand. Top 10: 2018 Average attendance (USA and Canada) A “special event” billed asa “significant announcement about the future of soccer in Cincinnati” will take place on next Tuesday afternoon at the popular Rhinegeist brewery. That announcement should confirm the FC […]
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MLS expansion: Community benefits agreement moves Cincinnati closer to goal line
FC Cincinnati took another step toward closing the deal on a 21,000-seat soccer stadium needed for MLS approval as the league’s 26th team when the Cincinnati city council approved by a vote of 7-0 anamendment to the community benefits agreement for the West End neighborhood. Community benefits agreement: terms.
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MLS expansion: Still work to do before FC Cincinnati approved
Cincinnati fans waiting on MLS’s signoff to make FC Cincinnati the league’s 26th team must wait some more despite key approvals from city leaders more than two weeks ago.
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MLS expansion: No plan for 'formal vote' yet on Cincinnati
In a statement issued late on Tuesday, MLS’s board of governors, meeting in Los Angeles, viewed Monday’s Cincinnati city council vote on FC Cincinnati’s plans for a soccer stadium in Cincinnati’s WestEnd as a “positive step forward” for the Cincinnati expansion bid, but MLS stated that there was no plan for a formal expansion vote […]
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Anatomy of a deal: FC Cincinnati's West End stadium plan
There seems to be light at the end of the tunnel for FC Cincinnati in its quest for a site for asoccer stadium in the city’s urban core, MLS’s requirement for it to sign off on the USL club’s expansion bid.April 6, 2018
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MLS expansion: Breakthrough for FC Cincinnati?
FC Cincinnati general manager Jeff Berding had recently warned thatno announcement on its MLS expansion bid, once expected for early January, should be forthcoming before FCC plays its USL home opener on Saturday against defending USL champion Louisville City. Until recently, Berding was exploring three sites, but now the search has narrowed to one site […]
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MLS expansion: The wait continues in Cincinnati, but for how much longer?
Since MLS narrowed its expansion list down tofour cities, and then three, after Nashville was named the league’s 25th team, set to begin play in 2020, Cincinnati has been considered the favorite ahead of Sacramento (ready-to-go stadium project,under-financed ownership group) and Detroit (strong ownership, late change in stadium plan from building a downtown soccer stadium […]
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USL Weekend: Nashville SC aims for opening-day attendance record
Nashville SC, the new USL team that will move to MLS in 2020, should break the USL record for a team’s largest crowd for its home-opener. Calendar: USL, Week 2 It has already hit the 20,000 mark forSaturday’s game against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Nissan Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Titans. The USL inaugural […]