The following year, Cincinnati and Louisville would meet another four times with similar results. Cincinnati took the season opener 6-5 yet again in Louisville, before winning at home 11-9 and again in Louisville 10-7. However, the largest margin of victory came in a controversial game to end the 2010-11 season. The two teams were slated to play each other again in the US Open Cup semifinals to face San Diego, but following a miscommunication between the teams the PASL determined that Louisville would forfeit the semifinal matchup, even though the game could have once again served as both the semifinal game and a PASL regular-season game. A fire was lit under the Lightning players, and they left the victor 9-4.
