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To be fair at that time they were the only western team. Closest teams to them were San Antonio and Houston. When they joined the ECHL in 2005 they had 10 other western opponents including, Idaho, Las Vegas, and Phoenix. Since then many of the western teams moved to the AHL and Utah and Idaho are the only western ECHL teams. If they did join the AHL now, they would have 9 other Western clubs including Colorado, Henderson, Tucson. Would they fit better geographically? Yes, but maybe they are happy with the ECHL costs and level.

Another great round of the US Open Cup. The lone remaining Division 3 club Union Omaha upset an MLS club for the second time this tournament defeating Minnesota United. They now go to Kansas City. NYCFC and Red Bulls both advance to set up a Hudson River Derby in the quarterfinals. Sacramento Republic become the final Division 2 club upsetting the San Jose Earthquakes. They now have a date with the LA Galaxy who beat LAFC in El Trafico. And Orlando City move on to face Nashville SC. Meanwhile up North in the Canadian Championship Toronto FC took care of HFX Wanderers and set up a date with CF Montreal who defeated Forge FC. Vancouver Whitecaps advance on penalties against Cavalry FC. They face the final CPL club York United who advanced on penalties over Pacific FC.

If I remember reading right are the owners of Forward Madison involved in this? I think they are also involved in a new venue/theaters on the Bradley Center site. I think Milwaukee would be a good fit for USL Championship. Louisville, Indy and a future team in the works in Des Moines will be great rivals.

It will be interesting to see how Calgary plays out. Winnipeg has the Jets and Moose (same venue) and WHL Ice, while Toronto has Maple Leafs and Marlies (seperate venues) and multiple nearby OHL teams. I know Canadians love their hockey but do they love it this much?

I saw this coming a little over a year ago. The Flames had the Heat play in Calgary during the shortened 2020-21 season and with the Canucks move to Abbotsford Im not surprised this happened. I would not be surprised if the Oilers pulled out of Bakersfield and put a team in Edmonton.

Reds sweep the Indian/Guardians for the first time ever in Cleveland. It was only a 2 game sweep but it counts.

I meant moving Red Deer or Lethbridge there. No way a pro team would go there, but then again the Senators put theirs in Belleville.

Cranbrook BC? The former home of the Kootenay Ice.

Boise, Billings, Lethbridge, Regina, Saskatoon sound reasonable, however does the Flames want to put an AHL club in a market already housed by a WHL club? I know the Hitmen have a decent following in Calgary already though.

Reds become the first team to lose without allowing a hit since the Angels in 2008 (vs Dodgers). It is per MLB standards an unofficial no hitter because the Reds pitchers did not go a full 9 innings, similar to how Madison Bumgarner had a no hitter in a 7 inning game last year.

Looked like a goal to me. Just barely passed the line. FC Cincinnati picked up their 4th league win in a row. (Yeah, we're not gonna talk about the Open Cup game on Wednesday. Brought PTSD from the Gerrard Nijkamp years) FCC now has a winning record in MLS for the first time ever and has tied the most wins in an MLS season for the club at 6. They look like they may be a legit playoff club. Now 1 point out of first in the east behind Montreal, Orlando and Philadelphia (all tied for first). After three long seasons its time to pass the wooden spoon to someone else.

US Open Cup Round of 16 is set Houston at Kansas City Omaha (final D3 club) at Minnesota Charlotte at NYRB New England at NYCFC Miami at Orlando Nashville at Louisville (battle of former USL rivals) LAFC at LA Galaxy (USOC El Traffico) San Jose at Sacramento Canadian Championship quarterfinals are also set Vancouver Whitecaps at Cavalry FC York United at Pacific FC Toronto FC at HFX Wanderers Forge FC at CF Montreal

The NFL schedule makers were given gold when if came to making the defending AFC Champions schedule. Third toughest in the league, toughest in the AFC. Several games worthy of primetime. Dallas, New Orleans (return to Louisiana for Burrow and Chase), Tennessee (playoff rematch), Kansas City (Burrow vs Mahomes, AFC Championship rematch), Tampa Bay (Burrow vs Brady), Buffalo (Burrow vs Allen), and even New England. Instead the 5 primetime games (prior to flexing) are against Miami and all three road division games against a sometimes iffy Baltimore and the two teams with QB situations in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. They did give Buffalo the primetime treatment but other than that, they completely missed with this schedule. Other than Dallas, and maybe New Orleans all the high profile games are during the last month or so of the season. Other highlights include the Bengals vs the Jets as they take on former Bearcat and 4th overall pick Sauce Gardner. Hopefully he is as stellar with the Jets as he was in college. Another highlight is when former Bearcat quarterback returns to Cincinnati with the Falcons. Not only is the trip to New Orleans a homecoming for Burrow and Chase but the Bengals will visit former QB Andy Dalton who is now with the Saints. Finally the final preseason game for the Bengals is at Paul Brown Stadium against the LA Rams in a Super Bowl rematch.

it was a young family in A's gear, probably on vacation. As a local it still kinda surprises me that people come to Cincinnati on vacation.

I not sure how well Milwaukee travels. Last year I went to games in Cincy against the Rockies, Mets and Cardinals. All had good visiting fan turnouts. Even saw some random Athletics fans dressed head to toe in A's gear for some odd reason at the game against the Mets.

Cincinnati drinks a lot of beer be it Reds, Bengals, FC Cincinnati, Xavier, UC, Cyclones. Cincinnati is a town of misery. Since its a weeknight still in the school year probably not a lot of Brewers fans on this homestand.

The thing that the Northern Guard cant grasp is that now that the team is in the USL it has a national contract for games on ESPN/ESPN Plus. The supporter group does go out to serve and support the community, by going out to support a neighbor near the stadium clean up his yard to avoid fines from the local government, to volunteering at a local LGBT center just for example. With the team in the USL it now gets the club more exposure on television and to the country and soccer community, bringing in more television revenue, game revenue, new fans and potentially new supporters to the group. Instead the NGS continues to embarrass themselves, and could cost the team and supporters group more exposure and money that can be used to further help support the groups community and causes. Instead they are stuck in believing that censoring themselves will snowball into no longer being able to wave pride flags (even though the league supports LGBT community), and other causes important to them.

Marge Schott may have been controversial but she made sure the concession prices stayed low.

Last night was their first night for this. Only 10,445 at the game and they ran out of Bud Light and hot dogs by the fourth inning! Meanwhile, today Christian Yelich hit for his third carer cycle, all against the Reds.

Round of 32 US Open Cup kicked off tonight. Louisville City advances to the round of 16 defeating their USL Championship rival Detroit City. A bit of controversy coming into this match as DCFC reminded fans that for all home matches, apparel with profanity, actual or implied, is prohibited. One of their supporter groups, the Northern Guard has been vocal about their political opinions and have been known to shout profanities during the games. Making apparel (specifically scarves that said F*** Ohio. On several occasions, USSF has told them to censor or remove their profanity from their banners. Northern Guard says they do not want to do this because they believe that if they have to censor themselves, the USSF and leagues will come for banning rainbow/trans flags, anti facists and other political belief banners next. This is the hill they are prepared to die on. They realize that if they continue this behavior it can result in fines and even being banned but they dont care.

King of the Hill said it best. "This city should not exist. It is a monument to mans arrogance." Meanwhile the Dodgers will wear LGBTQ+ hats on field for the first time on Pride Night at Dodger Stadium on June 3. They will then wear the hats again alongside the Giants at Oracle Park June 11, when the Giants bring back their Pride hats. Id love to see other teams do this too. I know several host Pride nights but I believe only the Giants have worn them on field up to this point.

While the weekend games still get a decent attendance, the weeknights struggle. Reds may be getting desperate to get some of the fans back they lost

The script Akron was bad but this new lifeless identity is somehow worse. The Zips have had an idenity crisis over the past few years slowly bouncing away from the kangaroo but they are moving in the wrong direction.

Reds have won their first series of the year.