“MLS, you tell us why it doesn’t work. You saw the same thing we did two Wednesdays ago. You’re telling me you don’t want that?” — Hamilton County commission president ToddPortune, questioning why MLS wants a soccer-specific stadium in Cincinnati, which would likely require public funds to build, instead of using the University of Cincinnati’s […]
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Open Cup: 'Mitch Says No!' for FC Cincinnati
For the second game in a row, FC Cincinnati set a U.S. Open Cup attendance crowd and sent the crowd home happy with a win over an MLS club. The second-year USL team beat the Chicago Fire in a shootoutbefore 32,287 fans at Nippert Stadium. Goalkeeper MitchHildebrandt was the hero, making saves on Nemanja Nikolic, […]
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Crowd Count: FC Cincinnati's top 10 list
FC Cincinnati’s crowd of 32,287 for its shootout win over the Chicago Fire broke its own record for the largest crowd in the U.S. Open Cup exclusive of in the final. In a year and half, it has alreadydrawn four crowds of more than 30,000 fans. FC Cincinnati’s top 10 crowds: ATT. OPPONENT (YEAR, COMPETITION)35,061 […]
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MLS Expansion: FC Cincinnati breaks new ground
FC Cincinnati, which hosts the Chicago Fire Wednesday in a round-of-16 of the U.S. Open Cup televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, has come out of nowhere to become a hot favorite for MLS expansion.None of the six MLS clubs that began as minor-league teams came close to enjoying the support FC Cincinnati enjoys. In […]