Since this club inception
in the United Soccer League on August 12, 2015, no one would ever imagine the
effect and success this entity was to have in the annals of soccer in America.
Still who is the FC Cincinnati
and why am I focusing my attention towards a so-called minor league squad that
so far has focused its attention and goals to obtain a franchise and become a
part of Major League Soccer.
With a club that has
made an all-around spectacle, ever since its presentation and performances, its
think tanks for sure were not aware of the sudden impact this club was going to
have and its acceptance from a city submerged in its traditional sports.
I mean with a professional
baseball club on its Cincinnati Reds, NFL Bengals, collegiate the Bearcats from
the university that bears this city name, Xavier and its neighbor University of
Kentucky.
In addition, the
Buckeye state filled with major professional and collegiate powerhouses.
Suddenly we have professional
soccer in Cincy or Nati, which has fit very well among its citizen’s that
have responded fervently and very much passionately for its support.
So far, this club
biggest achievements and headlines that has made it is the attendance numbers, especially
when a friendly between them and Crystal Palace on July 16, 2016 with a total attendance
of 35, 061.
Catching the attention
of many media giants among one of them London Daily Telegraph and several
publications in the internet, still since that match this records of attendances
did not stop cold, as in USL regular matches and the playoffs.
The FC Cincinnati is
showing its readiness to be a part of America’s grand football league MLS.
As Major League
Soccer commissioner expressed the readiness and resolve of expanding the league
competition to 28 total squads, this awakened the interest of several cities
numbering 12.
With San Diego,
California, Charlotte, North Carolina, Detroit, Michigan, Indianapolis, Indiana,
Phoenix, Arizona, Nashville, Tennessee, Tampa Bay/ St. Petersburg, Sacramento, California, St. Louis, Missouri,
San Antonio, Texas, Raleigh/ Durham and Cincinnati.
From these candidates,
the league commissioner Don Garber will have to decide for just four and with
Cincy making all sorts of attendance record attendances and its seeing its
growing number of supporters in every match.
For sure, Queen City
can deliver one of those four spots, as recently in a US Open Cup competition
and these playing a sort of Derby against an MLS squad considered big in the Columbus
Crew, the Cincy squad delivered an upset.
Very well with growing
rivalries with Pittsburg Riverhounds and the Louisville FC in the USL and
delivering record attendances in these matches, Nippert Stadium their temporary
home, Cincy has exceeded its limits from 25, 000 to 30,000 plus.
With a section called
the Bailey, here all of the Cincy supporters groups unite and show their
support, with the Die Innenstadt, the Pride, The Legion, Queen City Firm, The
Bailey Bastards and the Den.
All of these have
impressed the league commissioner when he visited Cincinnati and see its readiness
to embrace a league franchise that brought a sure reminder of the Sons of Ben
in Philadelphia in the times when these wanted to get a franchise.
Moreover, the city of
Brotherly Love became the sixteenth team in Major League Soccer dynamic
expansion.
Now with a plan of
building a state of the art stadium, the FC Cincinnati is looking forward to
deliver a one of those spots and believe me this squad is one serious candidate
to seize one of those spots, they have all the right moves.
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