| 2018 season | ||||
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| General manager | Jeff Berding | |||
| Head coach | Alan Koch | |||
| Stadium | Nippert Stadium | |||
| USL | 1st (Eastern Conference) | |||
| USL Playoffs | Conference Semifinals | |||
| U.S. Open Cup | 4th round | |||
| Top goalscorer | Emmanuel Ledesma (16) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 31,478 (September 29 vs. Indy) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 22,532 (May 5 vs. Atlanta 2) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 25,717 | |||
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The 2018 FC Cincinnati season was the club's third season of existence, and their third in the United Soccer League (USL). It was FC Cincinnati's second season as a second-tier team in the U.S. soccer pyramid, as the United States Soccer Federation provisionally promoted the USL from Division III to Division II for the 2017 season. FC Cincinnati played in the Eastern Conference of the USL.
This was the final season of the club's USL incarnation. On May 29, 2018, Major League Soccer awarded the FCC ownership group an expansion franchise, which began play in MLS under the FC Cincinnati name in 2019.[1]
On September 26, 2018, the club clinched their first USL Regular Season Championship with a 4–1 victory over the Richmond Kickers.[2]
- ^ "Cincinnati awarded MLS expansion club, will start play in 2019". MLSSoccer.com.
- ^ "USL REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.[permanent dead link]