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The Crisis



THESE are the times that try a Cincinnatians soul. The fair weather fan will shrink from service from their club; but those of us that stay with them deserve all the glory and joy that will come to them. Victory obtained too easily we take for granted: it is through struggle that everything gains value.
  
It feels as if it is already over. The dream of a successful professional sports team in Cincinnati has up and vanished like a thief in the night. All the hopes and dreams of FC Cincinnati breaking our fair city from the doldrums of failure have been stolen from us in a mere four months.
  
Let's be honest, it's so easy for most of us to fall back into that mind set. We expect it. Nothing ever good happens to us. Since 1995 we haven't sniffed championship success. For Pete's sake even Cleveland has a championship in the past five years. We are Charlie Brown and our professional teams are Lucy continually talking us into having hope. Nothing comes easy for the Cincinnati Sports fan.

I have been in Nippert to see our club lose. I have seen the frustration of the crowds. I can feel the sense of the inevitable collapse hanging over many. I have also seen that same frustration in the men on the pitch. I see in their eyes that they haven't done enough. They do not walk away from a loss content. They go out and fight again and again for us, the long suffering Cincinnati Sports Fan. If they haven't given up on us than we cannot give up on them or this club. 

I still believe in this team. I believe in the front office. This is still the same group that went from idea at a kitchen table to MLS in just over two years. That too was a trying time. We watched as Nashville won a bid with an unproven fan base and a stadium in Fair Grounds. We witnessed city leadership fight over a stadium being built.  We were told to trust the process even though we had no clue what that process was. Somehow it all happened. I do not believe that this same group of people went through all of that only to give up now.

Of course we haven't seen the results they themselves were expecting. I for one would love to see Jeff Berding hold a news conference and announce two new DP signings and Pep Guardiola as the new head coach. That ain't gonna happen. I'd be happy to just hear a plan for the future. Sitting in the dark waiting is not something we do well in the Queen City. If we don't see results we would like to at least hear the plan to get some results. One thing that we can expect is for the ownership group and front office to hold their cards close to their chest. After all, they have done that since day one, but ever since day one they have delivered.

Now is not the time to give up. As Thomas Paine said "the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." When The MLS Cup does get lifted in our city those of us that stood by this team will have earned the glory and joy that WILL come to them.

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