Английская Википедия:Hell Is Real derby

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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.

Hell Is Real takes its name from a Christian highway billboard located on Interstate 71 between Columbus and Cincinnati. The two team's MLS Next Pro affiliates, the Columbus Crew 2 and FC Cincinnati 2, parody Hell Is Real for their matches and use the name Heck is Plausible.

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. 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.

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. Precourt's proposed relocation sparked outrage in the American soccer community, creating the #SaveTheCrew movement. After a year of support by fans, rival teams, 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.

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.

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. Columbus earned their first win of the series in that season's reverse fixture with a 3–1 victory. 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.

The first MLS Cup Playoffs match between the two teams took place in the Eastern Conference Final on December 2, 2023. The match was hosted by FC Cincinnati and resulted in a 3–2 victory for the Columbus Crew after FC Cincinnati led 2–0 in the first half but conceded two goals in the second half. The Crew went on to score the winning goal in the 25th minute of extra time, enabling them to win the MLS Cup the following week.

Name

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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" located on Interstate 71, the highway that connects Columbus and Cincinnati–a distance of Шаблон:Convert. 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.

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

Statistics

Match

Competitions	Matches	CLB wins	CLB goals	Draws	CIN wins	CIN goals
Major League Soccer	12	6	27	4	2	14
U.S. Open Cup	1	0	0	0	1	1
MLS Cup Playoffs	1	1	3	0	0	2
Total	14	7	30	4	3	17

Honors

Honor	Columbus Crew	FC Cincinnati	Total
MLS Cup	3	0	3
Supporters' Shield	3	1	4
U.S. Open Cup	1	0	1
Campeones Cup	1	0	1
Overall	8	1	9

Match results

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	3–0	FC Cincinnati	20,730	CLB 6–3–4	[13]
	December 2	MLS Cup Playoffs	TQL Stadium	FC Cincinnati	2–3 Шаблон:Aet	Columbus Crew	25,513	CLB 7–3–4	[14]
2024	May 11	MLS	Lower.com Field	Columbus Crew		FC Cincinnati
	September 14		TQL Stadium	FC Cincinnati		Columbus Crew

† 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

P.	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1					1
2
3		3			3
4
5				5
6
7
8				8
9			9
10	10
11
12	12
13
14		14	14
15

• Total: Columbus with 3 higher finishes, FC Cincinnati with 2.

Top goalscorers

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Alex Crognale of Columbus and Baye Djiby Fall of Cincinnati battle for a header in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup.

Pos.	Name	Team	Goals
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Gyasi Zardes	Columbus Crew	7
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Lucas Zelarayán	Columbus Crew	5
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Luciano Acosta	FC Cincinnati	4
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Miguel Berry	Columbus Crew	3
	Шаблон:Flagicon Pedro Santos
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Cucho Hernández	Columbus Crew	2
	Шаблон:Flagicon Brandon Vazquez	FC Cincinnati
8	Шаблон:Flagicon Malte Amundsen	Columbus Crew	1
	Шаблон:Flagicon Luis Díaz
	Шаблон:Flagicon Derrick Etienne
	Шаблон:Flagicon Youness Mokhtar
	Шаблон:Flagicon Steven Moreira
	Шаблон:Flagicon Aidan Morris
	Шаблон:Flagicon Christian Ramirez
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jacen Russell-Rowe
	Шаблон:Flagicon Diego Rossi
	Шаблон:Flagicon Isaac Atanga	FC Cincinnati
	Шаблон:Flagicon Edgar Castillo
	Шаблон:Flagicon Djiby Fall
	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Hagglund
	Шаблон:Flagicon Yuya Kubo
	Шаблон:Flagicon Emmanuel Ledesma
	Шаблон:Flagicon Kekuta Manneh
	Шаблон:Flagicon Rónald Matarrita
	Шаблон:Flagicon Darren Mattocks
	Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Miazga
	Шаблон:Flagicon Júnior Moreno

Own goals

• Шаблон:Fbicon Alvas Powell (December 2, 2023)

Players who played for both clubs

Player	Columbus career			Cincinnati career
	Span	Apps	Goals	Span	Apps	Goals
Шаблон:Flagicon Cristian MartínezШаблон:Efn	2016–2018	31	3	2017	1	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Kekuta Manneh	2017	19	4	2019–2020	29	4
Шаблон:Flagicon Derrick Etienne	2020–2022	83	11	2019	5	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Fanendo AdiШаблон:Efn	2020	12	0	2018–2019	25	5
Шаблон:Flagicon Fatai AlasheШаблон:Efn	2020	9	1	2018–2020	21	2
Шаблон:Flagicon Saad Abdul-Salaam	2021	19	0	2020	8	0
Шаблон:Flagicon Gustavo Vallecilla	2023–present	16	0	2021–2022	25	2

See also

• MLS rivalry cups
• Bengals–Browns rivalry, American football rivalry between the NFL's two Ohio franchises
• Ohio Cup, baseball rivalry between the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Guardians of MLB