In its effort to finalize the missing piece in its bid for an MLS team, FC Cincinnati is ready to privately finance the construction of a soccer stadium. Cincinnati is a tough market towin support for the public financing of a sports facility — it’s done that with the Browns’ Paul Brown Stadium and Reds’ […]
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MLS expansion race: Cincinnati doesn't want to take backseat to Nashville
Under the gun following the decision by Metro Nashville to approve a fundingplan for a soccer stadium at Nashville’s fairgrounds, FC Cincinnati continues to work on finalizing a plan for a soccer-specific stadium, the missing piece in a city that has embraced soccer in abig way in the last two years. After shattering USL and […]
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FC Cincinnati's 'Build It Here' faces competition
Of the 12 MLS expansion candidates, none currently draws more fans than FC Cincinnati. It has shattered all kinds of USL and Open Cup attendance records in 2017, but it has one big problem. It is atenant at its home field, the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium, and needs a home of its own. Backed […]
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USWNT: More than 30,000 fans expected in Cincinnati
Cincinnati a big soccer town? Two years ago, no one would have said that. But after the success of the USL’s FC Cincinnati with four 30,000-plus crowds this season, the U.S. women’s national teamshould play before its largest crowd since 2015 when it hosts New Zealand Tuesday night at Nippert Stadium. A crowd of more […]
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What They're Saying: Jill Ellis
“I’m sure I just pissed someone off saying that. Sorry.” — U.S. women’s national team Jill Ellis, saying she was sure FC Cincinnati would get an MLS expansion team, beforeTuesday’s friendly against New Zealand in Cincinnati. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
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Crowd Count: USL tops 1.5 million mark
The USL passed the 1.5 million mark in attendance as Wednesday’s five games drew an average of more than 9,700 fans. FC Cincinnati’s crowd of 20,058 at Nippert Stadium for its 3-1 win over Ottawa washigher than the crowds for four MLS games. MLS: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 ATT. MATCH (SCORE) 28,645 TorontoFC vs. Philadelphia (3-0) […]
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Stadium hangup hinders even hottest new soccer market
Of the 12 MLS expansion candidates, none has come farther in a shorter period of time than Cincinnati. Second-year USL club FC Cincinnati has shattered all attendance records forminor-league soccer — it is averaging 20,466 fans in 2017 — and drew three crowds of greater than 30,000 for its home Open Cup games. But that […]
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Even in defeat, FC Cincinnati galvanizes soccer support
For 75 minutes, everything was going great for FC Cincinnati. Before a sellout crowd of 33,250 fans at Nippert Stadium, the USL upstarts led the New York Red Bulls, 2-0, and appeared to be headed tothe U.S. Open Cup final with its sixth shutout in six games. But then it was 2-1 and after that […]
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Fever pitch: Open Cup excitement at new heights
It will be one of the biggest matches in the history of the U.S. Open Cup: FC Cincinnati vs. New York Red Bulls before a sellout crowd of more than 36,000 at Nippert Stadium. Tuesday’ssemifinal will also be one of the biggest sporting events of the year in Cincinnati and will have everything but a […]