Cincinnati Soccer Talk

FC Cincinnati drew late against Sacramento and the club also released a much-hyped jersey to the public on Saturday night. All on this week's podcast. Download it today!

This week’s episode is sponsored by Kings Hammer Soccer Club. Learn more about one of the region's finest soccer clubs at KingsHammer.com.

This week’s Episode Captain is Pat Seuberling and Phil Seuberling. Yes, my Mom and Dad. Thanks for your support! If you’d like to wear the armband for an episode of Cincinnati Soccer Talk, support us today!

We’re just a few weeks away from our deadline to fill up the CST bus to Pittsburgh! Right now we have 23 seats to fill by March 17th! Get your tickets today for just $60. BUY HERE.

We start off the show by recapping the match vs Sacramento Republic FC. The game ended 2-2 as Harrison Delbridge headed home the equalizer late in stoppage time. Are you concerned with the defense now that it appears Austin Berry may have suffered a significant injury to his arm? What about the offense? Only 6 shots mustered up in that game on Saturday night. Or do you just consider this preseason and don’t take much stock in the performances?

FC Cincinnati hosted a watch party at MadTree 2.0 on Saturday night. The club unveiled their highly anticipated alternate kit. A black jersey with gray on the shoulders. Basically, it’s the US Men’s National team kit just in black/gray. The jersey is receiving mixed reviews among FC Cincinnati fans, even some of us staff members have differing viewpoints on the kits. What say you?

We opened up the phone lines as well this week and had some great callers. We caught up with Colin Hill from The Bailey Bastards. Colin tells us how the Bastards got their start last season. The Supporters Group is growing and having a great time. They’re even planning a bus trip of their own later this summer.

We record Cincinnati Soccer Talk LIVE each and every Tuesday night now at 8 PM ET. Join us for a live interactive program covering all things FC Cincinnati with a chat room, social media, hosts with video AND a phone line where you can call in and have YOUR say!

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Another week, another excellent podcast. Why? Because of yet another excellent guest on the show! Alan Koch, FC Cincinnati’s new Head Coach, joined us this week to talk about preseason camp.

This week’s episode is sponsored by The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Get your tickets to see US Women’s Soccer legend Abby Wambach speak at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center on March 25th. Visit CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/Abby for more details.

This week’s Episode Captain is Joseph Lee James! Thanks for your support James! If you’d like to wear the armband for an episode of Cincinnati Soccer Talk, support us today!

We start off the show by discussing our bus trip to Pittsburgh. We need to fill up the bus, and FAST! Get your tickets today at CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/bustrip. For just $60 you can watch FC Cincinnati on the road in Pittsburgh with a few of us from the CST crew! It’s going to be a blast!

Alan Koch, FC Cincinnati’s head coach, then phoned into the show from Florida where the team is wrapping up their preseason visit to IMG Academy. Coach Koch filled us in on the closed door match the team played against the United States U17 team. Alan can’t wait to play in front of The Bailey and hopes that his years of experience coaching in the US and Canada makes him the perfect fit for building FC Cincinnati into an Eastern Conference juggernaut. He clued us in on the formations he prefers and that there may be an addition to the defense being announced soon. Stay tuned to CST for more updates!

Bill recapped his week in Florida and talked about how great it was to interview players and just how helpful the club was setting everything up for him.

Bill also attended Monday night’s first Supporters Council meeting. But what goes on in the Supporters Council meeting, STAYS in the council.

We record Cincinnati Soccer Talk LIVE each and every Tuesday night now at 8 PM ET. Join us for a live interactive program covering all things FC Cincinnati with a chat room, social media, hosts with video AND a phone line where you can call in and have YOUR say!

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Don’t forget you can now download and subscribe to Cincinnati Soccer Talk on iTunes today! The podcast can also be found on Stitcher Smart Radio now. We’re also available in the Google Play Store.

As always we’d love your feedback about our podcast! You can email the show at [email protected]. We’d love for your to join us at our Facebook page as well! Like us at Facebook.com/CincinnatiSoccerTalk.

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There was big news out of the FC Cincinnati Front Office late last week surrounding the coaching staff. So who better to have on the podcast this week than none other than Jeff Berding, the President and GM of the club to discuss.

This week’s episode is sponsored by The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Get your tickets to see US Women’s Soccer legend Abby Wambach speak at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center on March 25th. Visit CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/Abby for more details.

This week’s Episode Captain is Arthur Oliva! Thanks for your support Arthur. If you’d like to wear the armband for an episode of Cincinnati Soccer Talk, support us today!

We welcomed back the one and only Brad Weigel back to the podcast this week after a month off due to some scheduling issues. Brad, Bill, Yosief and I briefly looked back at the 3-2 loss to the OKC Energy on Sunday.

Jeff Berding then phoned in from sunny Florida to give us the scoop surrounding the club. Jeff had nothing but positive things to say about former coach John Harkes. He’s very excited though to see where new coach Alan Koch can take the Orange and Blue.

Wednesday afternoon will be a great barometer for FC Cincinnati as they take on MLS side Chicago Fire. We discuss the match and offer up our predictions on what we’ll see.

We opened up the phone lines late in the show where we heard from many of you regarding the club.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Why? Because we’re going on a ROAD TRIP! For just $60 you can join some of the CST staff on a road trip to Pittsburgh to see FC Cincinnati take on the Riverhounds. Get your tickets today at CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/cst-road-trip.

We record Cincinnati Soccer Talk LIVE each and every Tuesday night now at 8 PM ET. Join us for a live interactive program covering all things FC Cincinnati with a chat room, social media, hosts with video AND a phone line where you can call in and have YOUR say!

Want to help support Cincinnati Soccer Talk? Want to become an episode captain? Become a supporter today!

Please help us learn a bit more about you! Check out our podcast survey here: Click Here to take part in our survey.

Don’t forget you can now download and subscribe to Cincinnati Soccer Talk on iTunes today! The podcast can also be found on Stitcher Smart Radio now. We’re also available in the Google Play Store.

As always we’d love your feedback about our podcast! You can email the show at [email protected]. We’d love for your to join us at our Facebook page as well! Like us at Facebook.com/CincinnatiSoccerTalk.

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Here are the postgame thoughts from CST Host Nick Seuberling and Bryan Weigel after FC Cincinnati's 3-2 loss to the OKC Energy in their first preseason match at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL.

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John Harkes is out as the Head Coach of FC Cincinnati. Check out the instant take from Bryan, Boston and Griffin from Friday night.

This week's episode is sponsored by The Women's Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Get your tickets to see US Women's Soccer legend Abby Wambach speak at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center on March 25th. Visit CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/Abby for more details.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Why? Because we're going on a ROAD TRIP! We don't have all the details ironed out just yet, but we have picked a date, April 1st. No, we're not joking. We're taking a day trip to Pittsburgh to see FC Cincinnati play their 2nd match of the season. Once more details are available we'll share as soon as possible.

We record Cincinnati Soccer Talk LIVE each and every Tuesday night now at 8 PM ET. Join us for a live interactive program covering all things FC Cincinnati with a chat room, social media, hosts with video AND a phone line where you can call in and have YOUR say!

Want to help support Cincinnati Soccer Talk? Want to become an episode captain? Become a supporter today!

Please help us learn a bit more about you! Check out our podcast survey here: Click Here to take part in our survey.

Don't forget you can now download and subscribe to Cincinnati Soccer Talk on iTunes today! The podcast can also be found on Stitcher Smart Radio now. We're also available in the Google Play Store.

As always we'd love your feedback about our podcast! You can email the show at [email protected]. We'd love for your to join us at our Facebook page as well! Like us at Facebook.com/CincinnatiSoccerTalk.

The show's RSS feed is http://cincinnatisoccertalk.libsyn.com/rss.

The FC Cincinnati Front Office continue to bolster their offensive attack. How many goals can this team score? How will they lineup? What formation will John Harkes use to get the 62 goals they’ve set out for? We discuss that and more on this week’s CST Podcast.

This week’s episode is sponsored by The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Get your tickets to see US Women’s Soccer legend Abby Wambach speak at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center on March 25th. Visit CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/Abby for more details.

The newest FC Cincinnati striker is Djiby Fall, or as we’ll call him Djiby from this point forward. He was introduced to Cincinnati at Monday’s press conference along with Victor Mansaray. Djiby played a few seasons with Locomotiv in the Russian Premier League. We visited with Toke Theilade who is the editor-in-chief at RussianFootballNews.com to get a scouting report.

We opened up the phone lines for the debut of the FCC Free For All. What is the Free For All? Each month will let YOU control the show. You can either call in to the phone line, tweet your questions to us at @cincysoccertalk. You can email us, Facebook message us. It’s all about whatever YOU want to discuss. We heard from some great fans of FC Cincinnati and even the play-by-play voice of the orange and blue, Tom Gehlerter called in. You can tell he’s READY for soccer to start.

Last but not least, we were joined by the Fair Maidens, an all female FC Cincinnati supporters group. The three founding mothers of the group, Lacey, Lauren and Carly phoned in and we had a great chat. Ladies! Join the Fair Maidens today!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Why? Because we’re going on a ROAD TRIP! We don’t have all the details ironed out just yet, but we have picked a date, April 1st. No, we’re not joking. We’re taking a day trip to Pittsburgh to see FC Cincinnati play their 2nd match of the season. Once more details are available we’ll share as soon as possible.

We record Cincinnati Soccer Talk LIVE each and every Tuesday night now at 8 PM ET. Join us for a live interactive program covering all things FC Cincinnati with a chat room, social media, hosts with video AND a phone line where you can call in and have YOUR say!

Want to help support Cincinnati Soccer Talk? Want to become an episode captain? Become a supporter today!

Please help us learn a bit more about you! Check out our podcast survey here: Click Here to take part in our survey.

Don’t forget you can now download and subscribe to Cincinnati Soccer Talk on iTunes today! The podcast can also be found on Stitcher Smart Radio now. We’re also available in the Google Play Store.

As always we’d love your feedback about our podcast! You can email the show at [email protected]. We’d love for your to join us at our Facebook page as well! Like us at Facebook.com/CincinnatiSoccerTalk.

The show’s RSS feed is http://cincinnatisoccertalk.libsyn.com/rss.

Can you believe it? We’re just 10 days away from the first FC Cincinnati preseason match. Count em, TEN!!! FC Cincinnati continues to make moves to bolster their roster. On this week’s show we talk about the latest arrival, Victor Mansaray from S2, Seattle Sounders USL squad.

This week’s episode is sponsored by The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Get your tickets to see US Women’s Soccer legend Abby Wambach speak at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center on March 25th. Visit CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/Abby for more details. 

10,000. That’s how many season ticket holders FC Cincinnati has for the 2017 season. Plus, that number will continue to rise as we get closer to the season. Thinking about getting a ticket in the Bailey? You better act fast. Consider yourself warned.

FC Cincinnati announced this week that Victor Mansaray, a forward from S2 by way of the Seattle Sounders would join the club on a season long loan. Mansaray recently featured as the #1 player under 20 in the USL last season. Dave Clark from SounderAtHeart.com joined us on this week’s podcast to get a scouting report on the US Youth National Team forward.

Last but not least, we caught up with “The Guy on the Left” from the Queen City Mafia, Craig McKnight. Craig filled us in on how the Mafia got started last year and how you can join their Supporters Group this season.

We’re looking for YOU to create your best sketches, renderings, pictures, whatever you want to call your designs of a soccer specific stadium. That’s right. We want you to design a soccer specific stadium that FC Cincinnati would play in. It could be a location within the city that you’d like to have the stadium built. It could be a high tech computer design of the stadium itself. We’ll post the submissions on our site. Email us your designs/locations at [email protected]. The tickets have been provided to us courtesy of The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.

We record Cincinnati Soccer Talk LIVE each and every Tuesday night now at 8 PM ET. Join us for a live interactive program covering all things FC Cincinnati with a chat room, social media, hosts with video AND a phone line where you can call in and have YOUR say!

Want to help support Cincinnati Soccer Talk? Want to become an episode captain? Become a supporter today!

Please help us learn a bit more about you! Check out our podcast survey here: Click Here to take part in our survey.

Don’t forget you can now download and subscribe to Cincinnati Soccer Talk on iTunes today! The podcast can also be found on Stitcher Smart Radio now. We’re also available in the Google Play Store.

As always we’d love your feedback about our podcast! You can email the show at [email protected]. We’d love for your to join us at our Facebook page as well! Like us at Facebook.com/CincinnatiSoccerTalk.

The show’s RSS feed is http://cincinnatisoccertalk.libsyn.com/rss.

We’ve hit the big 5-0! That’s right, 50 episodes of Cincinnati Soccer Talk. On this week’s show we look back at the busy week that was for the USL and FC Cincinnati. The 2017 preseason has kicked off and CST was at the team’s first night practice. Plus we’ve got MLS Expansion news and more. Download the podcast today!

This week’s episode is sponsored by The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Get your tickets to see US Women’s Soccer legend Abby Wambach speak at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center on March 25th. Visit CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/Abby for more details.

The captain of this week’s episode are The Brians from the Queen City Mafia! They have generously supported CST over at CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/support. You should too!

The USL Schedule was FINALLY released this week. FC Cincinnati will start the season off with 3 road matches. They’ll follow that up with a 3-match homestand starting April 15th with Saint Louis FC, USL newcomers Tampa Bay Rowdies and finishing up with Louisville City FC. Their last home match of the regular season falls on September 16th where they’ll face defending USL Champions, New York Red Bulls 2.

FC Cincinnati was 1 of 12 cities to throw their names into the ring for MLS Expansion. The deadline to apply came and went this week. Brian Straus from Sports Illustrated wrote a great piece profiling the city of Cincinnati. Check it out here.

Our very own Boston Brazzell rang in to chat about FC Cincinnati’s first practice session open to the media. Find out who impressed him the most in this episode.

Last but not least we visited with Jared Handra, the new Vice President of Die Innenstadt to discuss the supporters group’s offseason. We also got a glimpse of what’s to come in 2017 from DI.

We record Cincinnati Soccer Talk LIVE each and every Tuesday night now at 8 PM ET. Join us for a live interactive program covering all things FC Cincinnati with a chat room, social media, hosts with video AND a phone line where you can call in and have YOUR say!

Want to help support Cincinnati Soccer Talk? Want to become an episode captain? Become a supporter today!

Please help us learn a bit more about you! Check out our podcast survey here: Click Here to take part in our survey.

Don’t forget you can now download and subscribe to Cincinnati Soccer Talk on iTunes today! The podcast can also be found on Stitcher Smart Radio now. We’re also available in the Google Play Store.

As always we’d love your feedback about our podcast! You can email the show at [email protected]. We’d love for your to join us at our Facebook page as well! Like us at Facebook.com/CincinnatiSoccerTalk.

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It only took us 49 episodes, but we FINALLY made it happen! FC Cincinnati Head Coach John Harkes joins us this week on the podcast. John tells us his thoughts on the new roster for 2017 and even offered up his thoughts on Video Assistant Referees. Download it today!

This week’s episode is sponsored by The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Get your tickets to see US Women’s Soccer legend Abby Wambach speak at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center on March 25th. Visit CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/Abby for more details.

The captain of this week’s episode is Tim Bronsil! Tim has generously supported CST over at CincinnatiSoccerTalk.com/support. You should too!

John Harkes is a legend in US Soccer. He’s the first American player to play in the Premier League in England. He got his start in England with Sheffield Wednesday, arguably the greatest club name in England, in my opinion. He went on to play for Derby County and had a loan stint with West Ham United. John then came home stateside when MLS launched in 1996 joining DC United where he helped them win the first ever MLS Cup. He went on to also play for the New England Revolution and Columbus Crew. FC Cincinnati is his first coaching stint after many years as a fantastic broadcaster on ESPN and SiriusXM FC.

John discusses the new roster for 2017 and hints that there may be more signings to come.

He offers us up his take on Video Assistant Referees though clearly it’s a sore subject amongst many FC Cincinnati faithful.

He hasn’t tried Skyline Chili, yet.

Tough act to follow but Payne Rankin knocked it out of the park. Payne is the President of The Pride Supporters Group and they have a big event coming up this weekend. The Membership Bash and Scarf Release Party is Friday, January 27th at Molly Malone’s in Covington. Sounds like it’s going to be a great time so don’t miss it!

We record Cincinnati Soccer Talk LIVE each and every Tuesday night now at 8 PM ET. Join us for a live interactive program covering all things FC Cincinnati with a chat room, social media, hosts with video AND a phone line where you can call in and have YOUR say!

Want to help support Cincinnati Soccer Talk? Want to become an episode captain? Become a supporter today!

Please help us learn a bit more about you! Check out our podcast survey here: Click Here to take part in our survey.

Don’t forget you can now download and subscribe to Cincinnati Soccer Talk on iTunes today! The podcast can also be found on Stitcher Smart Radio now. We’re also available in the Google Play Store.

As always we’d love your feedback about our podcast! You can email the show at [email protected]. We’d love for your to join us at our Facebook page as well! Like us at Facebook.com/CincinnatiSoccerTalk.

The show’s RSS feed is http://cincinnatisoccertalk.libsyn.com/rss.

On this week’s show we discuss the latest roster moves made by the FC Cincinnati front office. Plus, we visit with Jay Schneider to discuss the Cincinnati Swerve, Cincinnati’s newest indoor soccer team. Download it now!

We start the show off by looking at some of the new additions to the FC Cincinnati squad. Aodhan Quinn, who previously served as the Louisville City captain last year, has joined the orange and blue. Also it was announced this week that Daryl Fordyce and Matt Bahner, a local soccer product, has joined the FC Cincinnati ranks as well.

Our guest this week is none other than Jay Schneider who serves as the General Manager for the Cincinnati Swerve, the city’s newest indoor soccer team. The Swerve recently won the Louisville Mockingbird Valley Invitational, and also were Midwest Division champions in 2015-2016. They currently feature Antoine Hoppenot from FC Cincinnati and Luke Spencer who contributed to FC Cincinnati last season. They have a big match this upcoming weekend. It’s a double header at GameTime Training Center in Fairfield, OH. The Swerve Academy play at 6:30 and the pro’s play at 8:30. Tickets are $6 at the door! Head on out and quench that soccer fix you’ve been craving.

Last week, FC Cincinnati released their preseason friendly list and it’s very solid.

We record Cincinnati Soccer Talk LIVE each and every Tuesday night now at 8 PM ET. Join us for a live interactive program covering all things FC Cincinnati with a chat room, social media, hosts with video AND a phone line where you can call in and have YOUR say!

Want to help support Cincinnati Soccer Talk? Want to become an episode captain? Become a supporter today!

Please help us learn a bit more about you! Check out our podcast survey here: Click Here to take part in our survey.

Don’t forget you can now download and subscribe to Cincinnati Soccer Talk on iTunes today! The podcast can also be found on Stitcher Smart Radio now. We’re also available in the Google Play Store.

As always we’d love your feedback about our podcast! You can email the show at [email protected]. We’d love for your to join us at our Facebook page as well! Like us at Facebook.com/CincinnatiSoccerTalk.

The show’s RSS feed is http://cincinnatisoccertalk.libsyn.com/rss.