CINCINNATI – D.J. Switzer had his dream job with FC Cincinnati.



The lifelong soccer enthusiast and Cincinnati native was hired as FCC’s first director of communications ahead of the inaugural season in 2016 and played a part in the club’s rise from United Soccer League startup to Major League Soccer’s next expansion team.



However, just two months after MLS announced Cincinnati as its 24th team, set to join next year, Switzer, 36, was let go amidst some changes in staffing. The timing certainly stung, but Switzer hasn’t let that affect his feelings for the club that became everything he had wished for growing up.



Switzer, who got his start working for the Cincinnati Saints and later Dayton Dynamo, attended the last two FCC games since his dismissal, which he announced on Aug. 10 via social media, and it became evident just how much impact he had on the fan base while working for the team.



The St. Xavier High School...