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October 29, 2023 (Cincinnati, OH) – FC Cincinnati win their first ever home playoff match, dominating the New York Red Bulls 3-0.
- Date: October 29, 2023
- Competition: MLS Cup Playoffs Round One, Match One
- Venue: TQL Stadium
- Kickoff: 8:09 p.m. ET
- Attendance: 24,022
- Box Score: FC Cincinnati 3, New York Red Bulls 0.
- Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
STARTING XI
FC Cincinnati (3-4-1-2): 18 Celentano; 32 Murphy, 21 Miazga, 15 Mosquera; 31 Barreal, 93 Moreno, 5 Nwobodo, 28 Gaddis; 10 Acosta; 19 Vazquez, 14 Badji (Head Coach – Pat Noonan)
New York Red Bulls (4-4-1-1): 1 Coronel; 47 Tolkin, 15 Nealis, 4 Reyes, 6 Duncan; 82 Luquinhas, 16 Yearwood, 8 Amaya, 21 Fernandez; 74 Barlow; 11 Manoel (Head Coach – Troy Lesesne)
SCORING SUMMARY
23′ FC Cincinnati – Álvaro Barreal (Assist: Junior Moreno)
35′ FC Cincinnati – Luciano Acosta
89′ FC Cincinnati – Álvaro Barreal (Assist: Luciano Acosta)
STATS: (CIN/RBNY)
- Shots: 9/16
- Shots on Goal: 3/5
- Blocked Shots: 3/6
- Saves: 5/0
- Corners: 3/7
- Fouls: 19/18
- Offside: 1/2
- Passing Accuracy (%): 75.0/71.4
- Possession (%): 55.1/44.9
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 46′ – IN: Peter Stroud, Dylan Nealis, Cameron Harper OUT: Dru Yearwood, Sean Nealis, Omir Fernandez (RBNY)
- 72′ – IN: Aaron Boupendza OUT: Dominique Badji (CIN)
- 74′ – IN: Wikelman Carmona OUT: Tom Barlow (RBNY)
- 82′ – IN: Yuya Kubo OUT: Junior Moreno (CIN)
- 86′ – IN: Serge Ngoma OUT: Kyle Duncan (RBNY)
- 90′+3′ – IN: Sergio Santos, Malik Pinto OUT: Brandon Vazquez, Luciano Acosta (CIN)
MISCONDUCT
- 33′ Yellow Card – Matt Miazga (CIN)
- 52′ Yellow Card – Álvaro Barreal (CIN)
- 74′ Yellow Card – Aaron Boupendza (CIN)
- 76′ Yellow Card – Elias Manoel (RBNY)
- 90′ Yellow Card – Frankie Amaya (RBNY)
BY THE NUMBERS
0: FC Cincinnati are the first MLS team to keep a clean sheet in their first home match in the MLS Cup Playoffs since Nashville SC in 2020.
3: FC Cincinnati’s three goals ties four other teams for the most goals scored by an expansion team in its first MLS Cup Playoffs home match. *Portland Timbers (2013), CF Montreal (2015), Toronto FC (2016), Nashville SC (2020), FC Cincinnati (2013).
4: Roman Celentano is the fourth youngest goalkeeper to earn their first postseason clean sheet. *David Ochoa (2021), Nick Rimando (2001), Zack Steffen (2017).
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