Cincinnati to MLS: How FC Cincinnati created a phenomenon in the U.S. Open Cup
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- čas přidán 19. 09. 2017
- Cincinnati is having a moment. From a dream U.S. Open Cup run to MLS’s interest thanks to wild attendance, they’re America’s hottest team.
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As a European, we've always kinda mocked the football culture in the US, it felt like the people didn't get it. But now, what's happening in cities like CIncinnati, Atlanta, Orlando, etc, it feels like they understand why it's a religion in lots of parts of the world, it's great, it's exiting to see the conversion and how the world's game in winning over a country who was mocking the sport not long ago. That's the power of football my friends, the beautiful game is for the people, make it your own.
Louis F Baseball used to be a religion here but spoiled, overpaid players and greedy owners ruined it. I hate baseball, the most boring of the ball sports. NFL and NBA are heading that way too.
Many of them still don't get it. Didn't you heard the guy saying "it's a child's sport"...many of them go because it's fun but really don't care much for the sport.
Cesar Almeida Having been to most of the FCC games, I would disagree with that. Very passionate and vocal supporters. Thunderous cheering when we score.
One thing don't excludes the other. My girlfriend don't know or cares about football(soccer) but because of me she goes to many games and she loves the stadium atmosphere, she is always on her feet and is very loud and sings with everyone...but football as a sport or the club is not something that is important for her.
Glad to see that some europeans are genuinely glad about our development and arent so condescending and so constant in making fun of usmnt and mls. We are way behind europe, but we have the passion at places and we are getting better :)
Josu fan from India here... Go Cincinnati!!!
They may be in the same league as my beloved OKC Energy FC but my hat is off to the wonderful folks at FC Cincinnati. You all have been a gem in the USL and I'm rooting for you all to get that MLS slot.
Welcome to the MLS FC Cincinnati
Seem like pretty passionate fans, and for a new team and a USL team, this is really quite impressive, coming from a Sounders fan.
Good to see Americans actually caring for the biggest sportbin the world :) a strong, and interested USA in football enriches the game.
theyve been caring since forever
KingShadow11 not really tho. US youth development is awful. They need a better system. But they have always wanted to get better. But like everything they think it will happen by itself. Football (soccer) here is expensive and it's so difficult to be in a organized system. I have loved the game since I was a kid. But who wants to pay so much money to have a shitty coach that knows nothing more than I do. I learned more from myself than a coach ever taught me. Youth system here in the US is awful
KingShadow11 Lol. Not.
I know I love soccer/football and I've tried other sports and Nothing can beat it to me
João Silva I know, I’m starting to slowly get into MLS, and will probably have the piss taken out of me. But the sport is growing, and I’m loving it
Maybe as a suggestion, could you guys do a video on the MLS expansion sides? At least the ones the commissioner mentioned as frontrunners.
Is FC|Cincinnati not one of those front runners?
Kyle Cummings I think the commissioner mentioned Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville and one other. I think the last one was Sacramento but am not sure
John Roberts Detroit?
ProMrLecoq01 ye here's a link to the commissioner's quote www.thebluetestament.com/2017/9/1/16243166/mls-expansion-update-miami-nashville-sacramento-detroit-phoenix-st-louis-san-diego-lafc-usl . I don't think he used the exact words of front runners but when he was first quoted saying this the article I was reading referred to them as front runners
John Roberts I want Phoenix Rising FC,FC Cincinnati,Sacramento Republic FC and Tampa Bay Rowdies to get the 4 spots. That way Florida and Ohio can have their derbies.
MLS and nasl or usl need to do some sort of relegation and promotion system
Sameer Khan good luck with that happening
Sameer Khan They're not financially ready yet
They is a growing movement! #prorelfprusa
too early cause people here barely even support their mls teams.. i doubt they would support a second or even third division team. give it another 50 years and we'll be set for that.
MLS isn't a closed franchised league because it's new, rather it's because the US/Canada is very large and spread out - same reason why all of our leagues are like this. In England you are never a day's drive away from a 1st-tier or even 2n-tier game. Here, you can have a situation where and entire time zone losses all but one of its teams to the 2nd-tier or lower, with NYC or LA having like 4.
BRING EM TO THE MLS. I WANT AN OHIO DERBY. COLUMBUS TIL I DIE
Actually tried to tell that to someone who works for the crew at the SKC match two weeks ago. He was less than thrilled.
Damn. I was at that game and I think it'd be great for MLS and soccer in Ohio. Its just my opinion though, but I think its the best move.
He was a ticket sales rep. My girlfriend and I stopped there because they had the offer to potentially win two free season memberships. Mentioned I'd been to quite a few Cincy games (I should mention I'm not from Columbus, I'm from Dayton). He just said "MLS will never let them in, they're too small of a market". Also "It would halve our fan base". My thought is that a large chunk of Crew fans from Cincy have probably already switched to FCC. I'm still on the fence myself (no offense).
Bro i don't take any offense. It's your opinion. If you disagree that's fine. Im just excited that the Crew might actually get a real rival now.
Just remember Cincy is already 1 up on that 😉
"Men being payed to play a child's sport." Pissed me off and made me think at the same time.
Shervin Nayebzadeh totally. I think that mentality will disappear eventually.
Well if you think about it, every sport is a child's sport except maybe full-contact combat sports and some extreme sports.
Timestamp?
I've heard some Americans refer to grid iron football (NFL) the same way even though men have been literally killed playing it.
@@gacaptain lol yeah we do
players mentality: Imma kill the other team
Spectator mentality: bAlL gO VRoOm, pLaYeRs gO bOoM LOL
"... a child's sport..." - LOOOOOOL Say that out loud ANYWHERE besides North America... I dare you.
Ikr
Baseball is actually a child sport.
Nfl to brutal and slow mixture of wrestling and rugby .Baseball even slower and game duration long .Basketball 👍😎Awesome .Football/Soccer number1Sport . Cricket .20/20 version awesome .
US/Canada*
Baseball or rounders as we call it was actually a girls game in Britain....nothing wrong with that but to say soccer is a child's game!
This is amazing I love how MLS is getting insanely big and how a lot of Central American player migrate to that league.
This video does a great job of showing the primary reason this club is clicking...beyond attendance these are people not just showing up to a sporting event or rooting for a team the level of engagement between fan and club in cincy is off the charts
This has to be the strongest argument FOR a promotion/relegation system in U.S.club futbol!!
Christian L in no way am I talking about there play, I'm only referring to the support the team has as well as many others unmentioned. It shows that teams can be a success in the small markets therefore given a chance thru relegation they can thrive and create a competitive and thrilling league.
When you have to focus on getting the the Open Cup final or playing for first in the 2nd tier, its an obvious choice. They had to fit 4 extra games into the middle of their season and chose to focus on those games, it was a strategy and since there is no relegation, there is no downside.
What the fuck are you talking about? Pro/Rel in other leagues is based on where you place, not how many fans you have.
What the fuck he's talking about is the ability of a club to come from nowhere (due to the support of fans) and to ride their way up to the top of the league system without having to be identified as a consumer market or a millionaire's hobby. Clubs are much better supported and exciting when they begin with the supporters, not when they're just products being sold to customers.
John Featherstone And none of those things have anything to do with pro/rel.
Much respect from a LAFC fan for Cincinnati fc . Looking forward to playing you guys next year in MLS . Congratulations on making it to MLS I admire your passion.
Lies again? Coated Caplets
I'm a Chicago Fire guy and this is in my feed. I am happy to remember the magical run that FC Cincinnati had, and I want to congratulate them again for being in MLS. The first couple of years at the top tier have been a challenge but I salute the fans that got them here and I am noticing some quality transfers that speak to a brighter future. We're happy to have you, and God bless the Cleveland Browns for keeping the Crew in Ohio.
Sometimes i come back to watch this and get chills everytime
crazy how now FC Wincinnati is first place in the Eastern conference we came a long way
I really hope your city get a mls expansion team.Your fans and support are great and good luck coming from a fan from the caribbean😀
Excellent vid... Thank you. :)
Is really a great thing americans feeling the passion ! You guys are really creative and are capable of creating great things , respect for the mls !!
Good luck to them, no one can deny their passion so hopefully they get into MLS one day.
That's cool to see soccer growing here. I wish my city had a team like this.
*clicks on video*
*adds to favorites*
Cincy Til I Die!
Shane94M same
Brilliant film from Pat and COPA90 US team. FCC have something special which is well told here. More on clubs like FCC and the rise of the game!
Nice, for MLS all FCC needs now is a good stadium plan and it's set. Though isn't clear they have that now and that shouldn't be overlooked.
Joaquin colon-nava FCC needs it? How about NYCFC and Revolution get themselves together first.
CristianoRonaldork I get what your saying but they're already in and when they join MLS wasn't what it is now, especially for NER.
And from a financial perspective I believe NYCFC and NER setup is actually better for the league, I believe need to refund my source on that. Not saying I agree with the decision but above is at least a couple big reason why it is what it is.
It's frustrating, because Garber and some people believe FCC needs a SSS in order to be apart of MLS 2.0, yet the venues of NYCFC and the revs are conflicting and any stadium for them in the future is blurred.
They already have the plans for the actual stadium they are just deciding where to build it(Newport, West End, etc)
Tbh, why can’t they stay in Nippert? It’s not cavernously big, and they could sell it our for playoff/derby games. It’s in the offseason for Cincinnati college football, so there wouldn’t be many conflicts.
Thank you for representing FCC/Cincinnati in general so well!!!!!!!!
An match with turns in game is absollutelly in you never more let the soccer it"s amazing stunning
Love my club through and through can't wait for next season
Not even an FC Cincy fan I'm a crew fan but bring em on up! (From Middletown, Ohio)
Thems is lively
Waooooo cicinati with powerful huge crowd in soccer... Their fans is like smelling that cup for real
Cincinnati fc is awesome great fans and support.
I'm a season ticket holder and if FCC doesn't get one of the expansion spots the MLS are just holding themselves back.
Will Carr either way I'll be there for the orange and blue.. Actually really excited to be in the USL right now with Nashville now in and potentially Indy 11 . Lots of great road trips
You'll get it dude. Relax bro. Now send me some Skyline chili to LA.
Will Carr why do you feel it necessary to join MLS you're team is already successful as is.
Lol. MLS will be just fine without FCC. Now MLS would be wise to bring them up to MLS and hope their success continues but FCC needs MLS more than MLS needs FCC
FrostyAmerican MLS ratings have been been declining for a few years now. I beg to differ.
Hey COPA90 US could you do a mini series on lower tier squads going for the expansion bid? Would be sick to learn about lower league soccer
i love this fc cincinnati could be the dortmund of mls
passion above everything love it 😍
As a person who lives in cincinnati I can infact comfirm we are soccer fanatics.
This is great!
4:06 Later down the line we became supporters shield winners in 2023 far ahead of second place Orlando and look like MLS Cup favorites so it's going pretty good.
Wow! Welcome to the MLS!!!
Pro/Rel for USA
netsfan100 We are way too big, that bankrupts many Clubs. The Australian A-League doesn't do it specifically for this reason. They actually lost teams because of that. Also they compete with Four other Major US sports Leagues. If a team gets Relegated the Fan base Disbands. (Wimbledon Dons).
It wouldn't bankrupt many clubs, just the few ones that manage themselves horrifically, which is how soccer has always been. You are correct that the A-League doesn't have pro/rel for that reason. However, I'd ask what do you think is more likely, that every country that has pro/rel is doing it wrong and the USA and Australia are doing it right, or vice versa. Also, soccer is the fastest growing sport in America besides basketball and it is already more popular in some youth areas than American football. It is by no means implausible that soccer is the number 2 sport in America in the next 40 years. Lastly, I honestly don't understand the Dons point. That is a club whose fans were so loyal that when their owner stabbed them in the back they made their own club and had thousands show up to 11th division matches. There is no documented case, from a economically equivalent country, of all the ultras and fans just up and leaving once their team has been relegated.
netsfan100 it will never pass basketball. Baseball and hockey yes. Basketball no.
wont work
I'm from Australia and that's true but every football gets bigger and bigger and maybe in 10 or 20 years we will have promotion and relegation
Yes bring them to the MLS. I watched them play USL vs Toronto FC ii and was impressed by there play and by the traveling support. 50 up in Canada and it was pouring rain. I met two fans after the game and swapped scarfs with them lovely couple and proud to have my Cincinnati Scarf !. Also got to meet Justin Hoyte was a great guy chatted for a bit. looking forward to seeing more positives from this club
Supporting our city
As a German I have seen a lot of videos about FCC and their fans. They deserve to be in the MLS. Better than a lot of european clubs.
Wow ...that Cincinatti keeper was awesome in the penalty shootout.
Crew SC fan here, I would love to see an Ohio derby between the two clubs. Keep up the great work FCC fans and please #SaveTheCrew
I'm a columbus crew fan but these fans deserve owners that can put a good team on the field. They have been terrible since joining mls but the fans still show.
Cicinati is where we r now. World class...
These games are always a good time, glad it’s grown in an organic and respectable way. Very proud of my city rn.
Lies again? Manuka Honey
@@NazriB what the fuck does this mean
Did that dude seriously just call soccer a child's sport?? Wow... Just wow.
Yes, that douche DID just say that seriously. Of course he didn't mean it, but that doesn't mean that he's not a douche …
Keith Hobbs LoL. Yeah he’s the douche.
Most americans will be fat when adulthood kicks in. So Handball (NFL) or baseball would be the best option. Real football requires to much constant running. Just sayin'
He is being taken out of context. The way he says it looks like he’s referring to “dream” sport.
@@fartexpertable it cant be sugar coated... he said what he said,ask anybody around the world that is not from the US what they think about football. Its the biggest sport in the world. In the US its a " child sport". For the rest of the world its The beautifull Game.
MADE IN COTIA !! O BRENNER VAI DOMINAR A GRANDE AREA DESSE TIME !!
So proud of Cincy rn
Season ticket holder baby!!
Cincinnati FC will be a great fit in MLS. ⚽ I hope to see your team here soon.
845//NYR//94 it should be a big city club like Boston new York or Chicago
Now they are in the MLS *WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES BOYS 😈*
You should do a video on the "If you can't join 'em, beat 'em" Rochester 1999 US open cup if you guys are giving the open cup some love.
Les go cincy my team for life
lol that slight jest on our chili. Understandable, but still would defend it
Now that we have the Stadium deal we’re going into the mls pretty much
We made it to the mls!
Cincinnati has great fans, I have to say!!!⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Welcome to MLS 💙🧡
As of May 29, 2018, FCC is now in MLS
Love this story. Pat has done it again. So enjoyable to watch. FCC! #MitchSaysNo
congrats
You should do a video on Atlanta United about their breakout season! :)
and all the fans that didnt support local football when it was in the lower tiers? NO FCC is the good side of how a club should grow. atl "united" is a joke and a mockery of football across the world. The fans that only support a top tier plastic club and didnt stick with their local club the silverbacks should be mocked and worse.
no one cared about the silverbacks because the owners were on a suicide mission and were corrupt trash. Hard to become loyal to a team that has owners that dont even care. Also I diddnt know about the silverbacks untill 3 years ago, their marketing is horrible.
HOLMESDALE USA excuse you but Atlanta United isn’t a plastic club. Silverbacks are a shit club the owners don’t know how to operate a soccer club
lets see dont support local football untill youve got a mls club = plastic mate. cant wait to see this fail once the buzz is gone sadly the mls is holding back US soccer and you cant get relegated one year. Did you try to do anything about the silverbacks being shit or did you just sit on your hands and not do anything to support local football at the time unlike the Silverbacks Trust which are trying to do something!
HOLMESDALE USA Atlanta's soccer culture is beautiful and the way the sport has blossomed here is insane, everyone wants to play soccer for our United, and not many clubs here can do that.
Cicinati players r super confident to win championship today
Please bring them to the MLS! I want a local team to support so I can finally get into the MLS.
Yo whenever pat is in a video you guys should put him in the thumbail or title, definetly my favorite person at copa90 US
They are now in the MLS.
32 Team League!!!! Bring in Birmingham too, I know Alabama is crazy when it comes to sports.
Have family in ohio and was wondering if there was a team in the state, seems like its doing good and has columbus, which could spark a great rivalry. I will have to get shirt when i visit.
Nice! English guy living in Denver, and would love to have a real team to support here. The Rapids are way out on the edges of town, and the whole culture around them seems dull at best. If there were a clearer route to the MLS (i.e. promotion from lower leagues), I'd jump at the chance of helping to start a club here.
WOOOOO THATS MY TOWN THATS MY TEAM
Do a piece on Stockade FC!
my suggestion for the Pro Rel for US is a hybrid of the current model with a lot of classic prorel system. so If I were incharge, you would still need to buy a franchise but instead of $100M, it would be $20M and you'd have to start in Div. 2
Div. 2 would have 20-24 teams and Div. 1 would have 18 - 20 teams. my idea is a working progress. what can you say??
Cool
"Drink a beer and have fun!" That's what it is. They make me want to move there!
Big ups to the guy with the Monster sticker on his chest. Must be a pretty cool guy
The soccer it"d an game supernatural realy
Guys whatch out for cicinati for semi finals..
Sigan apollando Al fut
We don’t put cheese on spaghetti sauce and call it chili!!! We put cheese on chili and call it Cincinnati Chili!!
Sid Vicious amen
The team cincinati one love one peoplw onw union
More us soccer videos please
IN B4 Louisville fans complain
God Louisville fans love to complain
Henry Bechtel *atlanta fans walk in* “did someone say complaining about nonsense?”
If Garber doesn't bring them in I don't think I can watch anymore.
I hope you're referring to not being able to watch MLS anymore, and not FCC ;)
Haha mls, with exceptions for Seattle vs portland and Montreal vs Toronto
Ya let's hope garber doesn't fuck it up like with miami fusion and Tampa bay
AHomelessShoe he brought them in
Cincinnati is a soccer city for sure it also helps the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals are totally clueless on how to run a professional team. Cincinnati FC will rule the city for years to come.
Who's here after the Super draft?
TIL Cincinnati is apparently in the midwest
Ohio's been in the Midwest since before any of us were ever born... well over a century.
Midwest states are OH, MI, IN, IL, WI, IA, MO, ND, SD, NE, KS.
Still waiting on you guys to do a video on Atlanta United. We lead the MLS in attendance in the heart of SEC Football country, and we have a good team. What are you waiting on COPA90 US?
I like that proper football is growing in my country but the US is still a long way from being a football nation, it feels like recently the national team has been taking steps back in international football
FC CINCINNATI SQUAD YEET
Galaxy fan here, and sometimes I just wish the mls would fold. Small town teams are what create an amazing atmosphere and pride in which the teams thrive on. They also create natural rivalries, and not forced ones like the "Cali classico" . Love my big city team but, wouldn't mind supporting a local team that could actually go through the drama of being promoted.
Thats what happens when your team is from Carson and not LA.
Our cali clasico isn't forced. There was no rivalry til we kicked your ass in the 2001 mls cup final, then again in the 2003 playoffs. It got even worse after Donovan betrayed us. There are plenty of forced MLS rivalries, but ours is not. Ours is like Portland and Seattle, or Montreal and Toronto.
With love from an Earthquakes fan.
Scott L'Heureux agreed rivalries like LAFC and LA Galaxy are forced but Earthquakes vs Galaxy is not even close to fake
4:17 AUSTRALIA REPRESENT 💙🧡🇦🇺
Welcome to MLS, FCC!
Well I hope FCC get's that Bid. They Rowdy & Proud like Atlanta.
I'd really like to see FCC participate in MLS next season with LAFC
Where's the kick power rankings or champions league "if were a fan i would be thinking" review?
Bro u ever been to a Atlanta United game?
HOOOO HAAAAAA CINCI TILL I DIE