June 21, 2023 (Cincinnati, OH) – FC Cincinnati continues their perfect run at home, making it 10 straight MLS wins to start the 2023 season.
- Date: June 21, 2023
- Competition: MLS Regular Season Matchday 20
- Venue: TQL Stadium
- Kickoff: 7:39 p.m. ET
- Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy
- Box Score: FC Cincinnati 3 vs Toronto FC 0
Starting XI
FC Cincinnati (3-4-1-2): 18 Celentano; 28 Gaddis, 32 Murphy, 2 Powell; 31 Barreal, 8 Angulo, 5 Nwobodo, 13 Arias; 10 Acosta; 7 Kubo, 14 Badji (Head Coach – Pat Noonan)
Toronto FC (4-3-3): 18 Ranjitsingh; 28 Petretta, 6 Mabika, 22 Laryea, 19 Franklin; 21 Osorio, 14 Kaye, 23 Servania; 24 Insigne, 9 Sapong, 10 Bernardeschi (Head Coach – Bob Bradley)
STATS: (CIN/TOR)
- Shots: 14/11
- Shots on Goal: 7/4
- Saves: 4/4
- Corner Kicks: 6/1
- Fouls: 21/11
- Offside: 0/2
- Possession (%): 36/64
SCORING SUMMARY
35′ Santiago Arias
54′ Luciano Acosta (Assist: Marco Angulo)
63′ Dominique Badji (Assist: Luciano Acosta)
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 42′ – IN: Sigurd Rosted OUT: Raoul Petretta (TOR)
- 46′ – IN: Deandre Kerr, Kosi Thompson OUT: Charles Sapong, Brandon Servania (TOR)
- 68′ – IN: Arquimides Ordoñez, Malik Pinto OUT: Dominique Badji, Marco Angulo (CIN)
- 77′ – IN: Bret Halsey OUT: Álvaro Barreal (CIN)
- 77′ – IN: Cristian Gutierrez OUT: Kobe Franklin (TOR)
- 89′ – IN: Gerardo Valenzuela, Stiven Jimenez OUT: Luciano Acosta, Yuya Kubo (CIN)
MISCONDUCT
- 19′ Yellow Card – Obinna Nwobodo (CIN)
- 25′ Yellow Card – Raoul Petretta (TOR)
- 41′ Yellow Card – Federico Bernardeschi (TOR)
- 41′ Yellow Card – Raymon Gaddis (CIN)
- 82′ Yellow Card – Bret Halsey (CIN)
BY THE NUMBERS
1: FC Cincinnati has conceded the first goal of a match in MLS play once this season. In second place is LAFC with 5.
3: Three players made their MLS debuts for FC Cincinnati on Wednesday, Gerardo “Dado” Valenzuela, Bret Halsey, and Stiven Jimenez.
9: Roman Celentano is now tied for the MLS lead in clean sheets with 9, tying Seattle’s Stefan Frei. Frei has played one more match than Celentano.
10: FC Cincinnati became the fourth team in MLS history to win 10 straight home matches, tied with the 2002 San Jose Earthquakes.
15: Stiven Jimenez became the fifth youngest player in MLS history to debut at 15 years and 362 days old.
50: Lucho Acosta became the 28th player (eighth active) in MLS history to record at least 50 goals and 50 assists.
25,513: FC Cincinnati played in front of a sold-out TQL Stadium for the eighth time this season – 25,513 fans in attendance.
MOTM: Luciano Acosta (CIN)
It’s back to your regularly scheduled programming – Lucho Acosta doing Lucho Acosta things. This time, a goal and an assist at home to make history. Lucho completed 5 dribbles on 69 touches and was pivotal offensively for an FC Cincinnati side that was without the services of USMNT forward Brandon Vazquez.
But Wednesday was a day for the history books. Acosta helped Cincinnati get their 10th straight MLS home win to start the season, tying the 2002 San Jose Earthquakes. A win against New England next Saturday would break the record. Acosta also became the 28th player in MLS history to reach the 50-50 mark, that’s 50 goals and 50 assists in MLS.
Photo Credit: @FCCincinnati (via Twitter)
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