Blockbuster attendance and impressive performances on the field saw FC Cincinnati land in the USL with a splash in 2016. The club set new highs for cumulative attendance in the USL regular season, and single-game attendance records in both the regular season (24,376) and playoffs (30,187) as the side finished third in the USL’s Eastern Conference.

The on-field performance was led by USL Most Valuable Player Sean Okoli, who took the league’s Golden Boot with 16 goals, while Mitch Hildebrandt claimed Goalkeeper of the Year honors. Arguably the only disappointment in the year was a home defeat in the club’s first postseason contest, but a bright future surely awaits in 2017.