CINCINNATI -- As he took a load of passengers to the top levels of Nippert Stadium early Saturday afternoon, an elevator operator explained to the occupants what he believed the significance of the day's match between United Soccer League teams FC Cincinnati and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds was.
"We generally like the people of Pittsburgh here," the man said. "We can even appreciate the Pirates.
"But the one thing we don't like in this town are the Pittsburgh Steelers."
How fitting.
Moments before the Riverhounds and FC Cincinnati met on the pitch for the first time, a few of the Steelers' biggest rivals were on hand to help celebrate the creation of another sports-based rivalry between the two cities.