This Saturday (July 16) at Nippert Stadium at 7 pm.

 

I got tickets because my son follows the Premiere League and this is a fantastic opportunity to see a team from that league play. I know what FC Cinci will get from this match. If you are wondering why Crystal Palace put this on their schedule, here's a quote from the FC Cinci site that explains it:

 

“It’s a trip that I think will be good for the club,” said Pardew in a Crystal Palace press release. “As we prepare for our upcoming Premier League season, we had a number of teams that want to play us and we’ve taken this opportunity to go to North America to spread the word of the type of football we play.”

 

“Our fan base continues to grow in North America and this is a perfect opportunity to reach out to those fans as well as introduce ourselves to many more new fans in the United States and Canada.”

 

What should we expect in the game? Will we get to see Crystal Palace's best players or are they going to "rest" them?

 

Any other BGP-ers going to be at the match?

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I think they know that these exhibitions need to involve some of the good players. Some will appear. However, Palace had a bunch of players involved in the European Championships and I wouldn't be surprised if a few of those guys get some time to rest. The season starts in just a month and those guys have had basically no rest since summer 2015.

Sorry, I had the wrong date in the OP. The match is July 16.

I'll be there.

Anybody know where CP is training?

 

Also, look for my boys around the field. Somehow they scored field passes.

^ CPFC will have an open practice at Nippert Friday from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. Meet-n-greet and autograph session with CPFC players from 6:30pm to 7:00pm.

 

There are several events planned Friday and Saturday, including a big fireworks show after the match.

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I will be there on Friday. The boys want to watch the practice. Hopefully it doesn't rain.

Sorry, I had the wrong date in the OP. The match is July 16.

 

I fixed it for you.

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I will be there on Friday. The boys want to watch the practice. Hopefully it doesn't rain.

 

I'll be there too, I have some connections, look me up! I should be the only person there with a Crystal Palace #15 authentic home kit.

 

Don't forget to also check out all of the other events going on Friday and Saturday for this match. Meet up at the U Square on Calhoun for the fan march to and into Nippert.

 

Also, FCC always has a Fan Zone thing for kids that starts a few hours before the match, and Crystal Palace will also have a fan zone for anyone. And of course don't forget the big fireworks show after the match.

I'll be there too, I have some connections, look me up! I should be the only person there with a Crystal Palace #15 authentic home kit.

 

Don't forget to also check out all of the other events going on Friday and Saturday for this match. Meet up at the U Square on Calhoun for the fan march to and into Nippert.

 

Also, FCC always has a Fan Zone thing for kids that starts a few hours before the match, and Crystal Palace will also have a fan zone for anyone. And of course don't forget the big fireworks show after the match.

 

I probably will. We have to get the boys to the field by 5:30pm so we will have time to kill

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:lol2:

 

I'll never understand it. The friendly against an MLS team was Louisville City's best attended game last season, and now this will be Cincinnati's best attended game this season.

 

What makes people so interested in a glorified scrimmage?

^ Top players from Europe where they play futbol. Premiere League has some of the best players in the world. These are the guys my son watches and follows. It would be like a Major League baseball team showing up in a minor league city to play the local team. Fans would come out to see the top players in the world at their game.

^ agreed! Let's look at the pre season NFL games, maybe not a sellout ever preseason game, but close. A pro European team, and from to top league in the world, should be a huge draw. I don't see any negative out of this, only positives.

 

Watching the CPFC match in Philly last night I saw a lot of empty seats, looking at their average attendance it was right on the money of it at just a little more than 18k. I believe that the MLS average is about 21k? When, not if as its only a matter of time, when FCC makes the jump to the MLS, they will be on the top half on attendance, when they add the 8 new teams soon FCC will by far be the best new team when looking at attendance.

 

I know that Gelslow (Randy take care of him and do something with him, ok?) doesn't like these mid-season friendly's, but I as a new soccer fan and all that I know who support FCC have been waiting for this match ever since it was announced. That a team from the top league in the world would want to play FCC, in fact, there were at least 5 other foreign teams who wanted to play FCC. Why? I was told that all of the offering teams mentioned FCC's amazing attendance for all of their attentions. (FCC's attendance is not only a topic for discussion within the US soccer circles). As you know, these matches are the foreign teams pre-season/ trainings, so one, they want to travel and get ready for their upcoming seasons which starts next month. And two, they are also looking to expand their fan base in the US.

 

Through my sources, FCC already has offers to travel overseas for a friendly during their preseason next February and March. This is huge, and for what would be a team that is just halfway through their first ever season?

 

I am told that CPFC is a team team that FCC has an invitation from and they will most likely play they at their place.

 

Also, the players of FCC are looking forward to playing these top players, especially Nicholson, who while growing up in Britain has always had the dream of playing for a Premiere League team, but now he will get to play against them. And not only him, but any player from a 2nd or 3rd tier getting a chance to prove themselves Vs a team from that league.