Jeff Berding has urged MLS Commissioner Don Garber to return to Cincinnati next year to enjoy a match-day experience at Nippert Stadium.

The FC Cincinnati president remains hopeful that the club's soon-to-be-renovated stadium will be deemed suitable enough as a Major League Soccer venue.

But Berding admits that if FC Cincinnati are told they have to build a new soccer-specific stadium to secure their place as a MLS expansion franchise then they will "get busy".

Garber visited Cincinnati on Tuesday to assess the city's chances of becoming an expansion franchise.

While he did not give any assurances in public or in private, the MLS Commissioner was clearly encouraged by what he saw.

"This is the beginning of your chapter," Garber told a packed crowd of FC Cincinnati supporters. "I think it really started with what you've done in your first year in USL. We all have a lot of work to do.

"We have a lot of things we have to figure out with the league, and there is a lot that still needs to be done here to continue to build this club, to continue to build the fan base, to continue to figure out what its long-term stadium solution is, but I will say I'm very impressed with what I've seen here. Cincinnati deserves an MLS team."