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| series = Columbus: 5<br />Drawn: 4<br />Cincinnati: 3 <!-- Official matches only. -->
| series = Columbus: 5<br />Drawn: 4<br />Cincinnati: 3 <!-- Official matches only. -->
| largestvictory = CIN 0–4 CLB<br />[[MLS is Back Tournament]]<br />(July 11, 2020)
| largestvictory = CIN 0–4 CLB<br />[[MLS is Back Tournament]]<br />(July 11, 2020)
| mostrecent = CIN 3–2 CLB<br />[[2023 Major League Soccer season|MLS regular season]]<br />(May 20, 2023)
| mostrecent = CLB 3–0 CIN<br />[[2023 Major League Soccer season|MLS regular season]]<br />(August 20, 2023)
| nextmeeting = TBD
| nextmeeting = CLB – CIN<br />[[2023 Major League Soccer season|MLS regular season]]<br />(August 20, 2023)
| stadiums = [[Lower.com Field]], Columbus<br />[[TQL Stadium]], Cincinnati
| stadiums = [[Lower.com Field]], Columbus<br />[[TQL Stadium]], Cincinnati
| map_location = USA Ohio
| map_location = USA Ohio

Revision as of 02:20, 21 August 2023

Hell Is Real
Columbus Crew
FC Cincinnati
LocationOhio
First meetingCIN 1–0 CLB
U.S. Open Cup
(June 14, 2017)
Latest meetingCLB 3–0 CIN
MLS regular season
(August 20, 2023)
Next meetingTBD
StadiumsLower.com Field, Columbus
TQL Stadium, Cincinnati
Statistics
Meetings total12
Most winsColumbus Crew
Top scorerGyasi Zardes (CLB)
(7 goals)
All-time seriesColumbus: 5
Drawn: 4
Cincinnati: 3
Largest victoryCIN 0–4 CLB
MLS is Back Tournament
(July 11, 2020)
Hell Is Real derby is located in Ohio
Columbus Crew
Columbus Crew
FC Cincinnati
FC Cincinnati
Location of the two teams in Ohio

Hell Is Real is a rivalry between the two Major League Soccer (MLS) clubs based in Ohio: the Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati. Under current MLS regular season scheduling, the series occurs twice per season as both teams are members of the Eastern Conference. The teams first met in 2017 in the U.S. Open Cup before Cincinnati joined MLS in 2019.

Background

FC Cincinnati was founded in 2015 as a United Soccer League club. After three seasons in the second-division league, Cincinnati moved to MLS in 2019 and joined the Columbus Crew, who had been a league member since their inaugural season in 1996.[1] Two weeks after the Cincinnati expansion announcement, the Ohio clubs met for the first time with lower-league Cincinnati winning 1–0 in the U.S. Open Cup.[2]

In October 2017, Columbus owner Anthony Precourt threatened to move the team to Austin, Texas, putting the prospect of an MLS rivalry between the two Ohio teams in jeopardy.[3][4][5] Precourt's proposed relocation sparked outrage in the American soccer community, creating the #SaveTheCrew movement. After a year of support by fans, rival teams,[6] local businesses, and politicians, the Crew committed to staying in Columbus in November 2018, when the Haslam family (owners of the NFL's Cleveland Browns, which had been the subject of a controversial relocation in the 1990s) purchased the club.[7]

History

The two teams met for the first time in the fourth round of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup, while FC Cincinnati was still a member of the United Soccer League. Cincinnati won the match 1–0 on a goal from Djiby, knocking Columbus out of the tournament and advancing to the quarterfinals.[8][9]

On August 10, 2019, the two sides played against each other in MLS league play for the first time, ending in a 2–2 draw at Mapfre Stadium.[10] Columbus earned their first win of the series in that season's reverse fixture with a 3–1 victory.[11] The highest-scoring match came in 2021, when the Crew pulled off a late comeback at their new Lower.com Field; holding a 2–1 lead in the 75th minute, FC Cincinnati surrendered two late goals to lose 3–2.[12]

Name

The rivalry's name was inspired by a sign erected along the section of Interstate 71 that connects Columbus and Cincinnati.

The rivalry's name was created by fans of both teams in 2017, prior to the first competitive meeting in the U.S. Open Cup. It is derived from a religious sign that reads "Hell is Real" and is located on Interstate 71, which connects Columbus and Cincinnati–a distance of 110 miles (180 km).[13] The sign was installed in 2004 on a local farm in Chenoweth by a Kentucky developer who had installed similar religious signs in other states.[14]

The rivalry has an alternate name, Heck is Plausible, between both club's MLS Next Pro teams, Columbus Crew 2 and FC Cincinnati 2. [15]

Statistics

As of May 20, 2023
Competitions Matches CLB wins CLB goals Draws CIN wins CIN goals
Major League Soccer 11 5 24 4 2 14
U.S. Open Cup 1 0 0 0 1 1
Total 12 5 24 4 3 15

Match results

  Columbus Crew win   FC Cincinnati win   Draw

Season Date Competition Stadium Home team Result Away team Attendance Series (W–L–T) Ref
2017 June 14 U.S. Open Cup Nippert Stadium FC Cincinnati 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 30,160 CIN 1–0–0 [1]
2019 August 10 MLS Mapfre Stadium Columbus Crew SC 2–2 FC Cincinnati 20,865 CIN 1–0–1 [2]
August 25 Nippert Stadium FC Cincinnati 1–3 Columbus Crew SC 30,611 Tied 1–1–1 [3]
2020 July 11 MLS is Back‡ ESPN Sports Complex FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC 0† CLB 2–1–1 [4]
August 29 MLS Nippert Stadium FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 0† CLB 2–1–2 [5]
September 6 Mapfre Stadium Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati 1,500† CLB 3–1–2 [6]
October 14 Nippert Stadium FC Cincinnati 2–1 Columbus Crew SC 0† CLB 3–2–2 [7]
2021 July 9 MLS TQL Stadium FC Cincinnati 2–2 Columbus Crew 25,701 CLB 3–2–3 [8]
August 27 Lower.com Field Columbus Crew 3–2 FC Cincinnati 19,949 CLB 4–2–3 [9]
2022 July 17 MLS Lower.com Field Columbus Crew 2–0 FC Cincinnati 20,741 CLB 5–2–3 [10]
August 27 TQL Stadium FC Cincinnati 2–2 Columbus Crew 25,037 CLB 5–2–4 [11]
2023 May 20 MLS TQL Stadium FC Cincinnati 3–2 Columbus Crew 25,513 CLB 5–3–4 [12]
August 20 Lower.com Field Columbus Crew FC Cincinnati CLB _____

† Matches played behind closed doors or reduced capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

‡ Although the match was part of the MLS is Back Tournament, group stage matches count toward regular season MLS statistics.

Eastern Conference standings finishes

  Columbus Crew   FC Cincinnati

P. 2019 2020 2021 2022
1
2
3 3
4
5 5
6
7
8 8
9 9
10 10
11
12 12
13
14 14 14

• Total: Columbus with 3 higher finishes, FC Cincinnati with 1.

Top goalscorers

Alex Crognale of Columbus and Baye Djiby Fall of Cincinnati battle for a header in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup.
As of May 20, 2023
Pos. Name Team Goals
1 United States Gyasi Zardes Columbus Crew 7
2 Argentina Lucas Zelarayán Columbus Crew 5
3 Spain Miguel Berry Columbus Crew 3
Portugal Pedro Santos
Argentina Luciano Acosta FC Cincinnati
5 Denmark Malte Amundsen Columbus Crew 1
Costa Rica Luis Díaz
Haiti Derrick Etienne
Colombia Cucho Hernández
Morocco Youness Mokhtar
France Steven Moreira
Ghana Isaac Atanga FC Cincinnati
United States Edgar Castillo
Senegal Djiby Fall
United States Nick Hagglund
Japan Yuya Kubo
Argentina Emmanuel Ledesma
The Gambia Kekuta Manneh
Costa Rica Rónald Matarrita
Jamaica Darren Mattocks
United States Matt Miazga
Venezuela Júnior Moreno
United States Brandon Vazquez

Players who played for both clubs

As of May 20, 2023
Player Columbus career Cincinnati career
Span Apps Goals Span Apps Goals
Panama Cristian Martínez[a] 2016–2018 31 3 2017 1 0
The Gambia Kekuta Manneh 2017 19 4 2019–2020 29 4
Haiti Derrick Etienne 2020–2022 83 11 2019 5 0
Nigeria Fanendo Adi[a] 2020 12 0 2018–2019 25 5
United States Fatai Alashe[a] 2020 9 1 2018–2020 21 2
United States Saad Abdul-Salaam 2021 19 0 2020 8 0
Ecuador Gustavo Vallecilla 2023–present 9 0 2021–2022 25 2
  1. ^ a b c Played for FC Cincinnati in the United Soccer League, before they joined MLS.

See also

References

  1. ^ "FC Cincinnati to join MLS as an expansion team next season". ESPN.com. May 29, 2018. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "FC Cincinnati 1, Columbus Crew SC 0 2017 U.S. Open Cup Recap". mlssoccer.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Columbus Crew Angling Toward Relocation to Austin in 2019". SI.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "FC Cincinnati on the verge of losing its biggest MLS rival, Columbus Crew SC". WCPO.com. August 15, 2018. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Hell is Real: Saving the Budding FC Cincinnati – Columbus Crew Rivalry is a Must". cincinnatisoccertalk.com. July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  6. ^ "FC Cincinnati fans heading to Columbus to Save the Crew". abc6onyourside.com. June 9, 2018. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "Save The Crew stopped a bad sports owner from relocating their team, and so can you". SBNation.com. November 13, 2018. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "FC Cincinnati douses Columbus Crew SC in 'Hell Is Real Derby'". soctakes.com. June 15, 2017. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  9. ^ ""Hell Is Real": Welcome to the Ohio derby Columbus vs. Cincinnati". YouTube.com. Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "Columbus Crew SC 2, FC Cincinnati 2 – 2019 MLS Match Recap". mlssoccer.com. MLS. August 20, 2019. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "FC Cincinnati 1, Columbus Crew 3". MLSSoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ Bengel, Chris. "Ranking the best rivalry names in Major League Soccer ahead of Rivalry Week 2019". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  14. ^ Myers, Jacob (August 9, 2019). "How the 'Hell Is Real' rivalry between Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati got its name". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  15. ^ https://twitter.com/tombogert/status/1689712912380657665?s=20
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