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Loveland, Ohio – These photos were taken on December 17 by Loveland Magazine photographer Alex Eicher during the Christmas in Loveland pagent that was presented by the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance.
Photos by Alex Eicher/Loveland Magazine © 2022
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Cincinnati, Ohio – FC Cincinnati and Vancouver Whitecaps FC finished 2-2 Wednesday night in front of 21,078 fans at TQL Stadium. The Orange and Blue tied for the fourth straight game and are unbeaten in their last six.
FCC move to 7-7-6 (27 points). The Whitecaps are now 7-9-4 (25 points).
FC Cincinnati struck first in the 3rd minute with Álvaro Barreal’s third goal of the season. After receiving a pass from Brenner approaching the top of the box, the Argentine took a touch and then weaved past a defender challenging the approach to fire from his favorite left foot into the back of the net.
Barreal’s goal was the fifth-fastest goal in club history, the first ever for FCC to come in the third minute of play in an MLS contest.
The Whitecaps equalized in the 5th minute to mark the second game in FCC club history with two goals in the opening five minutes (July 3, 2021 at Houston Dynamo FC).
The Orange and Blue went back on top in the 23rd minute with the 10th goal of the season from Brandon Vazquez.
With Brenner carrying the ball through defenders in traffic, he found a streaking Vazquez who moved in-between the Vancouver backline to receive the pass alone at the top of the box. He took a touch and fired a right-footed shot past Vancouver’s diving Cody Cropper for the go-ahead goal.
Vazquez, the first player in FCC’s MLS history to reach 10 goals in a season, is two goals behind NYCFC’s Taty Castellanos for most in the league this season.
The Whitecaps equalized on an 82nd minute goal from Cristian Dajome.
Cincinnati’s next match is at TQL Stadium July 23 at 7 PM. (Tickets)
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Loveland, Ohio – Whistle Stop Clay Works is pleased to announce its eleventh annual Holiday Open House happening Saturday, November 27 from 10am till 6pm.
The show highlights local potters who create unique, hand-made pottery. Artists will be offering functional wares like mugs, serving and soup bowls, platters and plates, vases, and chip & dip servers.
In addition, there will be one-of-a-kind clay sculptures, wall hangings, and whimsical fairy houses. Loveland High School graduate and Loveland Magazine intern, Alex Eicher, will also be showing his wildlife photography and have unique greeting cards.
Artists will be on hand to answer questions and can even take custom orders.
“The Holiday Open House is a unique opportunity for people to shop local and support area artists this holiday season. You’re sure to find something for yourself or for that ‘hard to buy for’ person on your holiday shopping list,” says Kay Bolin, studio co-owner. The studio will also be selling ‘holiday gnome’ ornaments for ten dollars with 100% of the purchase price benefitting the Batavia League of Animal Welfare.
The show is happening Saturday, November 27 from 10am till 6pm at 119 Harrison Avenue, in historic downtown
Parking is free and mask-wearing is encouraged. Additional information can be found at www.whistlestopclayworks.com or by calling the studio at (513) 683-2529.
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Loveland, Ohio – Whistle Stop Clay Works is pleased to announce its eleventh annual Holiday Open House happening Saturday, November 27 from 10am till 6pm.
The show highlights local potters who create unique, hand-made pottery. Artists will be offering functional wares like mugs, serving and soup bowls, platters and plates, vases, and chip & dip servers.
In addition, there will be one-of-a-kind clay sculptures, wall hangings, and whimsical fairy houses. Loveland High School graduate and Loveland Magazine intern, Alex Eicher, will also be showing his wildlife photography and have unique greeting cards.
Artists will be on hand to answer questions and can even take custom orders.
“The Holiday Open House is a unique opportunity for people to shop local and support area artists this holiday season. You’re sure to find something for yourself or for that ‘hard to buy for’ person on your holiday shopping list,” says Kay Bolin, studio co-owner. The studio will also be selling ‘holiday gnome’ ornaments for ten dollars with 100% of the purchase price benefitting the Batavia League of Animal Welfare.
The show is happening Saturday, November 27 from 10am till 6pm at 119 Harrison Avenue, in historic downtown
Parking is free and mask-wearing is encouraged. Additional information can be found at www.whistlestopclayworks.com or by calling the studio at (513) 683-2529.
Mason, Ohio – Eighteen-year-olds Leylah Fernandez and Carlos Alcaraz have advanced into the Western & Southern Open main draw, both winning a pair of straight set matches this weekend to qualify.
Fernandez dropped just two games in defeating Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse to reach her second W&S Open main draw while Alcaraz collected the win against Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka to clinch a spot in his first Cincinnati main draw. Canada’s Fernandez squares off against American Allison Riske in the main draw’s first round, with Spain’s Alcaraz setting up an opening matchup with Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego.
Su-Wei Hsieh, less than a month removed from winning the Wimbledon doubles title, did not lose a game in the first set and cruised her way to the women’s main draw with a victory over Cleveland native Lauren Davis. Italy’s Jasmine Paolini defeated 2019 US Open quarterfinalist Donna Vekic to punch her ticket to the main draw.
A pair of qualifiers advanced with 6-0 third sets on Sunday. Shuai Zhang, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2019, defeated Marie Bouzkova while Caroline Garcia earned her seventh straight Cincinnati appearance with her win over Fiona Ferro.
Tommy Paul was victorious in an all-American duel against Tennys Sandgren in a two-hour, thirty-three minute, three set battle, while fellow American Marcos Giron climbed his way into the main draw with his victory over Germany’s Dominik Koepfer. Two-time Major finalist Kevin Anderson saw his way into the field with 7-6(3) 6-4 win over American Steve Johnson.
France’s Richard Gasquet will make his 15th Western & Southern Open appearance, which is now tied for third-most Western & Southern Open appearances in the Open Era, following a three-set win over Spain’s Jaume Munar. Gasquet advances to face two-time champion Andy Murray on Monday night, a rematch of a 2019 first round match in Cincinnati.
Sunday’s recap is provided by www.wsopen.com.
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Mason, Ohio – The Western & Southern Open returned to Mason for the first time since 2019 Saturday, where several players put themselves one step closer to the main draw.
Wins that highlighted the day from the WTA Tour included France’s Fionna Ferro’s victory over 2021 Wimbledon quarterfinalist and No. 1 seed in the qualifying tournament Viktorija Golubic. Ferro will battled fellow countrywoman Caroline Garcia for a spot in the women’s main draw Sunday on Stadium 3 at 10 a.m.
Mason native and 2021 NCAA National Champion from the University of Texas Peyton Stearns gave her local fans a show against 2021 Wimbledon Doubles champion Su-Wei Hsieh. Hseih, however, clawed her way to the win and advanced in the qualifying tournament.
After attending Western & Southern Open matches growing up in Mason, Stearns fulfilled a dream with the opportunity to compete in front of her hometown fans Saturday.
“It was awesome. There were definitely a lot of emotions out there as you could tell at the beginning (of the match) and at the end and during the match,” Stearns said. “Some nerves kicked in, but being out there was so much fun.”
Four Americans defended their country’s home turf in Saturday’s qualifying round, where Tommy Paul, Steve Johnson, Tennys Sandgren and Marcos Giron all inched closer to main draw spots. Paul defeated South Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon and Sandgren knocked off France’s Jeremy Chardy, where the two Americans will duel for a spot in the main draw Sunday. Johnson collected the three-set win over Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori while Giron was victorious over Cincinnati native and former Ohio State Buckeye JJ Wolf.
Wolf, a four-time winner on the ATP Challenger tour, competed in the Western & Southern Open qualifying draw for the fourth straight year.
“Coming home is the best feeling for me, having so much family and also friends in the standards,” Wolf said. “I can’t even explain the feeling even on a day like today where I didn’t feel my best. I was still having so much fun out there.”
The main draw action begins Sunday for the ATP with a full slate of main draw play on tap from Monday, Aug. 16. The schedule for the week is available here.
All tickets, including full series, mini-plans, single session and hospitality packages, are now on sale and information about available tickets can be found here.
The Western & Southern Open, an ATP Masters 1000 and a WTA 1000, is part of the US Open Series and is held at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
This daily briefing is provided by News | General News | | Western & Southern Open (wsopen.com)
Cincinnati, Ohio – FC Cincinnati drew with Orlando City SC, 1-1, Saturday night in front of 24,113 fans at TQL Stadium.
The Orange and Blue (3-7-7) increase their point total to 16 points. Orlando City (8-4-6) has 30 points in second place in the Eastern Conference.
FC Cincinnati struck first in the 42nd minute with Brenner’s fourth goal of the season. Luciano Acosta found Álvaro Barreal on an overlapping run who centered a pass to the Brazilian forward who buried a right-footed shot into the back of the net.
The goal ended a three-match scoring drought for FCC.
Orlando City SC equalized in the 56th minute with a goal from Nani, who entered as a substitute one minute prior.
Kenneth Vermeer’s scoreless streak of 269 minutes ended with the goal. He has the third-longest scoreless streak in club history. Ten minutes later, an injury forced Vermeer out of the match, which led Przemysław Tytoń to enter the contest as a substitute for the first time in his MLS career.
FC Cincinnati has a weekend off and returns to action, at home, Wednesday, August 18 at TQL Stadium against CF Montréal. The kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
For up-to-the-minute information about FC Cincinnati, visit the team’s official website at fccincinnati.com, or follow the team on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at @FCCincinnati. Additionally, fans are encouraged to download the team’s official mobile app on the Apple App Store or Google Play for instant access to mobile tickets, team content, and match notifications.
Information about seating options at the club’s TQL Stadium is now available at TQLstadium.com. For more information about 2021 Season Ticket Memberships, which are now on sale to the general public, visit TQLstadium.com or the stadium’s social properties on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram at @TQLStadium, or by calling the team’s sales and service staff at 513-977-5425.
FC Cincinnati takes on Montréal on 8/18 at 7:30 PM
**FC Cincinnati 1, Orlando City SC 1
TQL Stadium | Cincinnati, Ohio
August 7, 2021
SCORING SUMMARY
**CIN – Brenner (Álvaro Barreal, Luciano Acosta) 42’
ORL – Nani (unassisted) 56’
FC Cincinnati: Kenneth Vermeer (Przemysław Tytoń 65’), Nick Hagglund, Geoff Cameron, Gustavo Vallecilla, Ronald Matarrita, Allan Cruz (Haris Medunjanin 89’), Joseph-Claude Gyau (Florian Valot 90’), Yuya Kubo, Luciano Acosta ©, Álvaro Barreal (Isaac Atanga 83’), Brenner (Brandon Vazquez 89’)
Bench: Edgar Castillo, Kamohelo Mokotjo, Arquimides Ordonez, Caleb Stanko
Stats: Shots 17, Shots on Goal 2, Saves 4, Corners 2, Offside 1, Fouls 7, Possession 46.2%, Passes 446 (84.1%)
Orlando City SC: Mason Stajduhar, Rodrigo Schlegel, Robin Jansson, Emmanuel Mas (Joao Moutinho 55’), Kyle Smith (Ruan 55’), Mauricio Pereyra, Oriol Rossell (Andres Perea 44’), Junior Urso (Joseph Dezart 84’), Tesho Akindele, Benji Michel (Nani 55’)
Bench: Adam Grinwis, Silvester van der Water, David Loera, Alexander Alvarado
Stats: Shots 13, Shots on Goal 5, Saves 1, Corners 6, Offside 0, Fouls 10, Possession 53.8%, Passes 506 (87.0%)
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
CIN – Ronald Matarrita (caution) 53’
ORL – Rodrigo Schlegel (caution) 68’
ORL – Christopher Mueller (caution) 77’
ORL – Joseph Dezart (caution) 84’
Referee: Fotis Bazakos*
Ast. Referees: Peter Balcinus, Peter Manikowski
4th official: Matthrew Franz
VAR: David Gantar
AVAR: *Jeffrey Swartzel
Weather: 85 degrees and clear
Attendance: 24,113
GAME NOTES
POSTGAME QUOTES
FC Cincinnati Head Coach Jaap Stam
On the team’s game management in the heat
“I think I managed it very well. You don’t have subs to make subs, just to look like okay, you sub players. After this game, we have 10 days there’s no game for us. Players need to be able to play three games in a week. If there was a game on Wednesday, then maybe it would’ve been different. But if players still look fit and they can still bring what you’re asking from them, you don’t need to make subs.”
“It’s not all about you have five subs, so you also need to take that, it’s depending on how the game goes and depending on how players are feeling themselves. It depends on how the schedule after this particular game is. So I think we managed it very well, we are very happy with it. At the end of the day, we made five subs, yeah you know, you can see that they are making subs because their coach was not happy in how their players were performing, not because of giving the players he took off in the game a rest because he wasn’t happy in how they were performing because we were doing it well.”
On Vermeer’s injury and Tytoń’s play
“Yeah, you know [Tyton] did well when he came in, you know he needed to do what we were asking from him when Kenneth is not playing, so we are very happy with him, but I’ve told that before as well. Tyty is a real contender for Kenneth, he keeps Kenneth on his toes as well and if Kenneth cannot play and we need to make a different decision then we know that [Tytoń] can deliver the ability that we need so we were very happy with him you know taking over.”
“Kenneth felt his quad. He didn’t risk it for the team to stay on because you never know what happens if he needs to kick a ball again or whatever, so that’s why we made the decision to take him off. So if Kenneth is not fit enough for next week or after ten days, then yeah, then Tyty needs to step in. That’s how it works, but we are happy with Tyty and what he’s bringing.”
FC Cincinnati Midfielder Florian Valot
Thoughts on his debut with FC Cincinnati
“It felt great to be finally out there in this stadium. I’ve been waiting for this the last two or three days, so I’m really happy to be coming in and helping the team secure a point. It was a good game against a really good team. We did our best to get three points. Coming out of this game with one point is good but we could have done a bit better.”
On his first impressions with the team
“We have really good quality players on the ball. I think we need to be a little bit better in the last third. We scored a beautiful goal with [Luciano], Barreal, and Brenner. Really good things tonight. As I said earlier, I need to learn a little bit more, the system and the players, and see if I can add a little bit to this team.”
FC Cincinnati Defender Gustavo Vallecilla
(Translated from Spanish to English)
On his thoughts on the match
“It was a up and down match I think we fought hard for it today and found something in ourselves today. I feel like we have been defending well as of recently with the back line, but errors like this happen in matches so you just and to keep focus and keep defending the next play.”Match Recap
Photos of FC Cincinnati and D.C. United by Alex Eicher
Cincinnati, Ohio – No goals were scored last Saturday night in a scoreless draw between FC Cincinnati and D.C. United behind a sellout crowd of 25,060 at TQL Stadium.
The Orange and Blue (3-7-5) moved into 10th place in the Eastern Conference with 14 points. D.C. United (6-7-3, 21 points) is in eighth place.
The scoreless draw marked the first time that happened for the club since September 23, 2020 when FCC and Philadelphia Union ended 0-0 at Nippert Stadium.
D.C. United nearly scored early, until VAR deemed a player in the buildup on a D.C. attack was offside in the third minute.
In the 52nd minute, the Orange and Blue went up a man after D.C. United’s Moses Nyeman was ejected with a red card. Brenner took over possession from Nyeman on a counterattack near midfield, and Nyeman pulled down the Brazilian from behind as the last D.C. defender.
In second half stoppage time, D.C.’s Joseph Mora’s foul resulted in his second yellow card and ejection from the contest.
The Orange and Blue dominated possession, 68.8 percent to 31.2. The team outshot D.C. 12-10.
FC Cincinnati and New York Red Bulls played to a scoreless draw Wednesday night in front of 9,203 fans at Red Bull Arena.
The Orange and Blue (3-7-6, 15 points) took a road point in the first ever draw between FC Cincinnati and NYRB. The Red Bulls are now 5-7-4 with 19 points.
FCC finished consecutive matches in a scoreless draw for the first time since drawing 0-0 with Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire on August 29 and September 2 of last season, respectively.
Goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer recorded his fourth clean sheet of the season. He has not allowed a goal in the last 213 minutes of game action, the fifth-longest shutout streak in club history.
FC Cincinnati recorded two shots on goal, both coming off headers from defenders Nick Hagglund and Gustavo Vallecilla.
The Orange and Blue have 12 points on the road this season with a 3-4-3 record away from home, which is the second-best in the Eastern Conference behind first place New England’s 18 road points.
The club returns home Saturday night at TQL Stadium to take on Orlando City SC. Kickoff in Cincinnati is set for 7:30 p.m.
Group Eastern Conference
| Cincinnati3-6-7 | Tomorrow, 7:30 PMWatch on: ESPN+ | Orlando8-5-4 |
CIN favored to winMostly sunny, 82°F at kickoff · · TQL Stadium · Ref: Fotis Bazakos
“The case started when Spencer’s sons heard a radio ad inviting children to Coney Island to meet a local TV personality. She telephoned to ask if the invitation applied to all children and was assured that it did; however, when Spencer added, “We are Negroes,” the Coney Island representative admitted the invitation did not extend to Negro children. Spencer was banished from the front gate by a guard brandishing a gun on the Fourth of July 1952. Spencer filed suit and subsequently won the case, which desegregated Coney Island.” – Wikipedia
by David Miller – photos by Alex Eicher
Cincinnati, Ohio – The life of Civil rights activist Marian Regelia Alexander Spencer was honored with a statue at Smale Riverfront Park on Sunday June 26 – the eve of her birth date. It is Cincinnati’s first statue of a named woman. It depicts Spencer holding the hand of a young girl and the girl holding hands with a young boy. The three are in a not-closed circle that leaves space for another child to grab Spencer’s left hand and the boy’s right hand to close the tight circle.
Spencer was the first Black president of the Woman’s City Club of Greater Cincinnati in 1970. The organization spearheaded the private fundraising for the statue. It is located at the John G. & Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park in the Cincinnati Parks Foundation Women’s Committee Garden.
The sculpture was designed by Cincinnati Natives, Tom Tsuchiya, and Gina Erardi.
Spencer was the first Black woman to be elected to the Cincinnati City Council and once served as vice-mayor.
She fought for the desegregation of Coney Island and YWCA summer camps and pools nationwide She was the first African American woman to be elected president of the Cincinnati chapter NAACP.
Spencer died at the age of 99, on July 9, 2019, and was the granddaughter of a former slave. She was active in the civil rights movement to desegregate schools and end discrimination and became the first female president of the Cincinnati NAACP chapter. She also served on the University of Cincinnati board of trustees.
Spencer was born in the town of Gallipolis, Ohio in 1920. She lived in the home of her grandfather, a freed slave from West Virginia, with her twin sister, Mildred, two brothers, Harry and Vernon, and her parents. The home was built after her grandfather moved to Gallipolis. She became a member of the NAACP at age 13. In 1938 Spencer graduated from Gallia Academy High School. She was co-valedictorian with her sister and a member of the National Honor Society.
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After graduation, she moved to Cincinnati to attend the University of Cincinnati as a scholarship student with her sister and fellow scholarship student, Mildred Malcolm. While at the University of Cincinnati, Spencer campaigned for the college prom to be open to all students. That was the start of her struggle for equality for all Greater Cincinnatians.
Spencer earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Cincinnati in 1942. In 1940, she married Donald Andrew Spencer, Sr., a Cincinnati teacher and real estate broker. They raised two sons, Donald Jr. and Edward Alexander.
Tom Tsuchiya, who created the piece with Gina Erardi a Woman’s City Club member, and the Marian Spencer Statue Committee Chair Alice Schneider proposed the statue in 2019. Spencer died later that year at age 99.
Spencer’s career included numerous achievements as well as many awards and honors for her contributions to human service organizations and civic volunteer work. Among them are Cincinnati Enquirer Woman of the Year Award; Brotherhood Award, National Conference of Christians and Jews; YWCA Career Woman of Achievement Award; and Humanitarian Award, Freedom Heritage Foundation of Columbus, Ohio.
She was an active member of the Board of Trustees of Planned Parenthood of Cincinnati in the 1990s and subsequently served on the Planned Parenthood Foundation Board. In 1998 Spencer was named a “Great Living Cincinnatian” by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber.
In 2010 the Cincinnati Public Schools renamed an elementary school in Walnut Hills, Cincinnati the Donald A. and Marian Spencer Education Center. In 2016 the Cincinnati City Council voted to rename the 100 block of Walnut Street between Theodore Berry Way and Second Street at The Banks “Marian Spencer Way.” In 2018 the University of Cincinnati named a new residence hall on its main campus “Marian Spencer Hall.”
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Marian Spencer described herself as a fighter. “All people should be equal,” she said. “There should be equality, above everything. Given equal opportunity, we all arrive at the same place.” She was named a Lifetime Achiever by Applause! magazine and co-chaired a YWCA $3.8-million fund-raising campaign in Cincinnati. “Without difficulties that people met and overcome, we are less strong,” Spencer said. “We’ve had our share.”
The bio statements and quotes in this article are attributed to Cincinnati History and Archives of the Cincinnati Museum Center and Wikipedia – the Free Encyclopedia.
by Alex Eicher
Cincinnati, Ohio – FC Cincinnati lost 0-2 to the Colorado Rapids last Saturday night at TQL Stadium. The contest was the first sellout in the history of the stadium.
Colorado Rapids (5-2-1, 16 pts.) struck first in the 21st minute when Michael Barrios snuck in behind the FC Cincinnati defense and laid the ball off to Diego Rubio, who slotted it home. Jack Price’s through ball in the 72nd minute found Jonathan Lewis, whose left footed shot gave the match its final score line.
FC Cincinnati (1-5-1, 4 pts.) outshot Colorado Rapids 22-7 and had seven shots on target to Colorado’s two, but were not able to find the back of the net. Both the team’s 22 shots and seven shots on goal were season-highs.
On Wednesday night, Álvaro Barreal’s 50th minute free kick game-winning goal was one of a club record 12 shots on goal as FC Cincinnati defeated the hosts Chicago Fire SC, 1-0, at Soldier Field.
Orange and Blue look ahead to Saturday night matchup with Toronto FC in Orlando
FC Cincinnati looks to win its third road contest of the season Saturday night when it takes on Toronto FC from Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Kickoff is set for 7 PM ET, and the game will be televised on WSTR 64, carried on the radio on ESPN 1530, streamed regionally on fccincinnati.com/stream, out of market on ESPN+, while an audio stream will be available via the iHeartRadio app.
Read the SCORING SUMMARY of the Colorado Rapids matchup, MISCONDUCT SUMMARY, and POSTGAME QUOTES below…
Colorado Rapids 2, FC Cincinnati 0
TQL Stadium | Cincinnati, Ohio
June 19, 2021
SCORING SUMMARY
COL – Diego Rubio (Michael Barrios) 21’
COL – Jonathan Lewis (Jack Price) 72’
FC Cincinnati: Kenneth Vermeer, Edgar Castillo (Brandon Vazquez 77’), Gustavo Vallecilla (Nick Hagglund 46’), Geoff Cameron, Joseph-claude Gyau, Luciano Acosta ©, Allan Cruz, Yuya Kubo (Haris Medunjanin 77’), Isaac Atanga (Jürgen Locadia 63’), Brenner (Franko Kovačević 82’), Alvaro Barreal
Bench: Przemyslaw Tyton, Tom Pettersson, Caleb Stanko, Kamohelo Mokotjo
Stats: Shots 22, Shots on Goal 7, Saves 0, Corners 6, Offsides 1, Fouls 8, Possession 53.8%, Passes 448 (85.5%)
Colorado Rapids: William Yarbrough, Keegan Rosenberry, Lalas Abubakar (Drew Moore 70’), Danny Wilson, Auston Trusty, Sam Vines (Braian Galvan 90’), Kellyn Acosta, Jack Price, Cole Bassett (Nicholas Mezquida 84’), Michael Barrios (Nicholas Benezet 46’), Diego Rubio (Jonathan Lewis 46’)
Bench: Clint Irwin, Oliver larraz, Andre Shinyashiki, Collen Warner
Stats: Shots 7, Shots on Goal 2, Saves 7, Corners 4, Offsides 2, Fouls 16, Possession 46.2%, Passes 384 (82.3%)
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
COL – Kellyn Acosta (caution) 23’
CIN – Brenner (caution) 45’
CIN – Edgar Castillo (caution) 45+6’
COL – Lalas Abubakar (caution) 45+6’
COL – Jack Price (caution) 61’
COL – Danny Wilson (caution) 90+2’
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Ast. Referees: Eric Boria, Adam Wienckowski
4th official: Danielle Chesky
VAR: Guido Gonzales Jr.
AVAR: Jeff Muschik
Weather: 80 degrees and partly cloudy
Attendance: 25,054 (sellout)
GAME NOTES
POSTGAME QUOTES
FC Cincinnati head coach Jaap Stam
“It’s a little bit from our side tonight unbelievable that we are sitting here on our side and we haven’t scored a goal. I think in how we played, how we started the game, how we went forward first half as well, sometimes impressing as well sometimes defending in a block. Doing that very well, creating very good opportunities to score ourselves. We didn’t pull the trigger ourselves.
I think we gave that goal away because one ran in behind and that ball went over the top and he was through. It’s a goal you can’t concede like this but it happens. That’s a little bit of the situation sometimes that we are in now as well in the stepping stones that we need to make and the process that we are, that sometimes we are making little mistakes and wrong choices, that’s going to cost us.
On the other hand we create we go forward you create opportunities and you can’t finish them off. Second half we kept on pushing, we spoke about what to do in the second half. We dominated big parts of the game, we created quite a few opportunities to score. Even opportunities sometime that you need to pick someone else up who’s in a better position to score.
We couldn’t do that and on the break, I believe they score that second goal and I think that’s their only shot of the second half on target. It went in, I still need to see it back. It’s all about and we spoke about it in other games as well, other games that we’ve been losing, for example, the Miami game here at home. Come back into the game you get opportunities but you give away a third goal and you cannot score yourself enough goals. New England towards the end of the game as well you create the opportunities but we cannot unfortunately pull the trigger so you don’t get a point out of it as well. Today I think we should’ve had more but should’ve could’ve it’s about…. If you get the opportunities you need to finish them off yourself as well. We also know, where we are. You’re always talking about things that go wrong but it’s not a thing that you need to write always because it’s easy also to write my comments and everybody thinks oh they must’ve played a bad game and that’s not the case because I think we played very well. We did very well. we created a lot and even in that we could’ve done better its very positive in how we approached the game and what we achieved eventually and that’s a part of what we are looking for and making progress and eventually I’m very confident we’ll get there.
Also in making these steps and making changes and maybe there’s more you never know what’s going to happen. You start here and then you’re building your way up there. It’s a lot better to start here and ending up there. That’s not building and we all know how that goes. We try to work on that every day, every game. Also you’re working with human beings, like you guys don’t always write the same piece. Players don’t always make the same decisions on the pitch. That’s at times how it goes as well.’’
On the credit he gives to Rapids keeper:
“Yeah I give him credit also we sometimes make it easy because we shoot that ball against him so he doesn’t need to do a lot if you pick an angle and you take a corner then it goes in probably but that also got to do with players when you’re under pressure. Sometimes you don’t have the time to make a decision and you just need to shoot and pull the trigger. So that happens as well but he made good saves. The difference is that we give them two opportunities and they score two. We get seven very good opportunities and I’m still very on the low side maybe and we cannot score and that’s unfortunate.
When you see the plays as well everyone is very disappointed down, because also we speak about it every week the players feel that they are close. If you can’t reward yourself then it becomes more difficult at times to get that boost to make that next step and that’s what we are looking for.’’
On two opposing shots becoming two opposing goals.
“We are aiming to do that even more, not to concede but to have more shots and opportunities. Yeah and I’ve been there myself as well, it’s very difficult when you play a game against a team and the other teams have quality as well. It’s not like we are playing and we are making progress and we are bringing other players in. The other teams are doing the exact thing and they also started from where they ended last season.’’
FC Cincinnati midfielder Allan Cruz
Note: translated from Spanish to English
On playing in front of the home crowd
“It’s great to be playing at full capacity, unfortunately we weren’t able to get the win for our fans. We just want to take this as a learning opportunity moving forward.”
On the opportunities pushing forward
“As you saw, we had opportunities to finish and score those goals. I think sometimes we were missing just the calmness to finish those plays. With regards to my position, it’s my natural position and I feel comfortable in that position. Sometimes I think I need to be a little more in the box and have more opportunities to score, but overall I like that position. Obviously, (Colorado goalkeeper Yarborough) had some good saves. We had a few opportunities and we didn’t finish them off. When you have those opportunities and you can’t finish them, there is a little bit of frustration.
On his time with Costa Rica during the international break
“I was away but while I was away I was playing. I’m always training when I’m with my national team. Coming back to the team (FC Cincinnati), it’s good to be back, thank God I’m back, we just need to get those wins.”
FC Cincinnati defender Edgar Castillo
On his first appearance and start with the club
“I felt a little nervous but I think I did good, just not the result we wanted. I think overall we played good but it’s luck, we don’t have any luck. We created so many chances and it’s a matter of putting it in. It was just unlucky for us but we have to keep our head up and keep going”
On his role stepping into the starting XI in front of TQL Stadium
“We all prepare, I train so whenever Jaap needs us, he needed me today. (You) just have to try to be ready whenever needed. It’s beautiful to have people back in the stands, it’s amazing. It’s unfortunate we did not get a win today.”