Ahead of just their second season in Major League Soccer, FC Cincinnati are almost entirely restructuring their roster and rebuilding their team. Despite forming one of the more successful USL teams in recent years and arriving in MLS with a terrific stadium, fanbase and foundation for sustained and significant success, Cincinnati butchered their rookie season in the league.
It was not for want of trying. FCC were eager to impress their new competitors and prove that they could make the jump up from the USL. But their approach to the process was all wrong and it led them into one of the worst seasons in MLS history.