The 2025 season will be the 10th season for FC Cincinnati and their 7th in Major League Soccer (MLS), the highest level of men's professional soccer in the United States. Their home stadium is TQL Stadium. It is the fourth season with the club for general manager Chris Albright and head coach Pat Noonan.[citation needed]

Club

Roster

As of February 27, 2025[1]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous club
1 Alec Kann  United States GK (1990-08-08) August 8, 1990 (age 34) United States Atlanta United FC
13 Evan Louro  United States GK (1996-01-19) January 19, 1996 (age 29) United States Tampa Bay Rowdies
18 Roman Celentano (GA)  United States GK (2000-09-14) September 14, 2000 (age 24) United States Indiana Hoosiers
2 Alvas Powell  Jamaica DF (1994-07-18) July 18, 1994 (age 30) United States Philadelphia Union
3 Gilberto Flores  Paraguay DF (2003-04-01) April 1, 2003 (age 21) Paraguay Sportivo Trinidense
4 Nick Hagglund  United States DF (1992-09-14) September 14, 1992 (age 32) Canada Toronto FC
12 Miles Robinson  United States DF (1997-03-14) March 14, 1997 (age 27) United States Atlanta United
15 Bret Halsey (GA)  United States DF (2000-06-01) June 1, 2000 (age 24) United States Real Salt Lake
16 Teenage Hadebe (INTL, DP)  Zimbabwe DF (1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 (age 29) Turkey Konyaspor
21 Matt Miazga  United States DF (1995-07-19) July 19, 1995 (age 29) England Chelsea F.C.
29 Lukas Engel  Denmark DF (1998-12-14) December 14, 1998 (age 26) England Middlesbrough F.C.
42 Amir Daley  United States DF (2002-02-26) February 26, 2002 (age 23) United States FC Cincinnati 2
91 DeAndre Yedlin  United States DF (1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 (age 31) United States Inter Miami CF
5 Obinna Nwobodo (INTL, DP)  Nigeria MF (1996-11-29) November 29, 1996 (age 28) Turkey Göztepe S.K.
20 Pavel Bucha  Czech Republic MF (1998-03-11) March 11, 1998 (age 26) Czech Republic FC Viktoria Plzeň
22 Gerardo Valenzuela (HG)  United States MF (2004-09-28) September 28, 2004 (age 20) United States FC Cincinnati Academy
23 Luca Orellano  Argentina MF (2000-03-22) March 22, 2000 (age 24) Brazil CR Vasco da Gama
27 Brian Anunga  Cameroon MF (1996-08-10) August 10, 1996 (age 28) United States Nashville SC
37 Stiven Jimenez (HG)  United States MF (2007-06-24) June 24, 2007 (age 17) United States FC Cincinnati Academy
7 Yuya Kubo (INTL)  Japan FW (1993-12-23) December 23, 1993 (age 31) Belgium K.A.A. Gent
9 Kévin Denkey (DP)  Togo FW (2000-11-30) November 30, 2000 (age 24) Belgium Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
10 Evander (INTL, DP)  Brazil FW (1998-06-09) June 9, 1998 (age 26) United States Portland Timbers
11 Corey Baird (HG)  United States FW (1996-01-30) January 30, 1996 (age 29) United States Houston Dynamo
17 Sérgio Santos  Brazil FW (1994-09-04) September 4, 1994 (age 30) United States Philadelphia Union
19 Ștefan Chirilă  United States FW (2007-01-15) January 15, 2007 (age 18) United States FC Cincinnati 2

Player movement

In

Date No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee/notes
January 1, 2025 9 FW Togo Kévin Denkey Belgium Cercle Brugge Transfer[2]
January 1, 2025 23 MF Argentina Luca Orellano Brazil Vasco da Gama Transfer[3]
January 13, 2025 27 MF Cameroon Brian Anunga United States Nashville SC Free agent[4]
February 17, 2025 10 MF Brazil Evander United States Portland Timbers Cash-for-player trade[5]

Out

Date No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee/notes
December 9, 2024 6 DF Nigeria Chidozie Awaziem United States Colorado Rapids Trade[6]
December 9, 2024 32 DF United States Ian Murphy United States Colorado Rapids Trade[7]
December 13, 2024 14 DF United States Kipp Keller United States Minnesota United FC Re-Entry Draft Stage 1[8]
February 12, 2025 10 MF Argentina Luciano Acosta United States FC Dallas Cash-for-player trade[9]

Loans In

No. Pos Player Loaned from Loan start date Loan end date Ref
29 DF Denmark Lukas Engel England Middlesbrough F.C. February 14, 2025 End of 2025 season [10]

Loans Out

No. Pos Player Loaned to Loan start date Loan end date Ref
31 MF Argentina Álvaro Barreal Brazil Santos FC February 6, 2025 Through December 2025 [11]

2025 MLS SuperDraft picks

Main article: 2025 MLS SuperDraft
Round Pick # Player Pos College Notes
3 80 United States Ben Augee MF Gonzaga

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

All matches are in Eastern Time

Preseason

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

January 24 Preseason FC Cincinnati 1–0 CF Montréal Clearwater, FL
12:00 PM A. Chirila 56' Stadium: Walter Campbell Sports Park
January 30 Preseason FC Cincinnati 1–1 Houston Dynamo Clearwater, FL
12:00 PM Bucha 40' Report Segal 85' Stadium: Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex
February 7 Preseason FC Cincinnati 4–1 Philadelphia Union Clearwater, FL
5:00 pm Bucha 61'
Nwobodo 64'
Augee 86'
Mboma Dem 115'		 Glesnes 8' Stadium: Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex
Note: Additional 30-minute period played after 90 minutes.
February 12 Preseason FC Cincinnati 2–2 Atlanta United FC Bradenton, FL
Denkey 57'
Mboma Dem 85'		 Report Lobjanidze 76'
Almirón 90+1' (pen.)		 Stadium: IMG Academy

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2025 Major League Soccer season

League tables

Eastern Conference

MLS Eastern Conference table (2025)
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Inter Miami CF 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 7 Qualification for round one
3 Columbus Crew 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 7
4 FC Cincinnati 3 2 1 0 4 4 0 6
5 D.C. United 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 5
6 Charlotte FC 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
Updated to match(es) played on March 9, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall
Overall MLS standings table
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
6 San Jose Earthquakes 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 6
7 Minnesota United FC 3 2 1 0 2 1 +1 6
8 FC Cincinnati 3 2 1 0 4 4 0 6
9 Los Angeles FC 3 2 1 0 4 5 −1 6
10 St. Louis City SC 3 1 0 2 3 0 +3 5
Updated to match(es) played on March 9, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Major League Soccer February 22, 2025 TBD, 2025 Matchday 1 TBD 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 050.00
MLS Cup Playoffs TBD TBD TBD TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Leagues Cup TBD TBD TBD TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
CONCACAF Champions Cup February 19, 2025 TBD Round One TBD 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 033.33
Total 5 2 2 1 8 7 +1 040.00

Last updated: March 4th
Source: Competitions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
3 6 2 1 0 4 4  0 2 0 0 3 0  +3 0 1 0 1 4  −3

Last updated: March 8, 2025
Source: MLS Results
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumHAH
ResultWLW
Points336
Position
(East)		484
Updated to match(es) played on March 8, 2025. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Conference leader;   = Playoffs berth;   = Wild card berth

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void   Postponed

February 22 1 FC Cincinnati 1–0 New York Red Bulls Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EST
Report
Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 22,747
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
March 1 2 Philadelphia Union 4–1 FC Cincinnati Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 p.m. EST
Report
Stadium: Subaru Park
Attendance: 18,737
Referee: Allen Chapman
March 8 3 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Toronto FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EST
Report
Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 23,088
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
March 15 4 Charlotte FC v FC Cincinnati Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
March 22 5 FC Cincinnati v Atlanta United FC Cincinnati, Ohio
2:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
March 29 6 Nashville SC v FC Cincinnati Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Geodis Park
April 5 7 FC Cincinnati v New England Revolution Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
April 12 8 D.C. United v FC Cincinnati Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Audi Field
April 19 9 Chicago Fire FC v FC Cincinnati Chicago, Illinois
8:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Soldier Field
April 26 10 FC Cincinnati v Sporting Kansas City Cincinnati, Ohio
2:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
May 4 11 New York City FC v FC Cincinnati New York, New York
5:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: Citi Field
May 10 12 FC Cincinnati v Austin FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
May 14 13 Toronto FC v FC Cincinnati Toronto, Ontario
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: BMO Field
May 17 14 Columbus Crew v FC Cincinnati Columbus, Ohio
7:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: Lower.com Field
May 25 15 Atlanta United FC v FC Cincinnati Atlanta, Georgia
7:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
May 28 16 FC Cincinnati v FC Dallas Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
May 31 17 FC Cincinnati v D.C. United Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
June 14 18 New England Revolution v FC Cincinnati Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Gillette Stadium
June 25 19 CF Montréal v FC Cincinnati Montreal, Quebec
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Saputo Stadium
June 28 20 Orlando City SC v FC Cincinnati Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium
July 5 21 FC Cincinnati v Chicago Fire FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
July 12 22 FC Cincinnati v Columbus Crew Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
July 16 23 FC Cincinnati v Inter Miami CF Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
July 19 24 Real Salt Lake v FC Cincinnati Sandy, Utah
8:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: America First Field
July 26 25 Inter Miami CF v FC Cincinnati Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: Chase Stadium
August 10 26 FC Cincinnati v Charlotte FC Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
August 16 27 Portland Timbers v FC Cincinnati Portland, Oregon
10:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Providence Park
August 23 28 FC Cincinnati v New York City FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
August 30 29 FC Cincinnati v Philadelphia Union Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
September 13 30 FC Cincinnati v Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
September 20 31 LA Galaxy v FC Cincinnati Carson, California
10:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
September 27 32 FC Cincinnati v Orlando City SC Cincinnati, Ohio
2:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
October 4 33 New York Red Bulls v FC Cincinnati Harrison, New Jersey
7:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Sports Illustrated Stadium
October 18 34 FC Cincinnati v CF Montréal Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2025 U.S. Open Cup

FC Cincinnati did not send their main squad the 2025 U.S. Open Cup as they were already participating in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup and the 2025 Leagues Cup and sent FC Cincinnati 2 instead.

Leagues Cup

Main article: 2025 Leagues Cup
July 31 Group Stage Monterrey Mexico v United States FC Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
TBA Stadium: TQL Stadium
August 3 Group Stage FC Cincinnati United States v Mexico Juárez Cincinnati, Ohio
TBA Stadium: TQL Stadium
August 7 Group Stage FC Cincinnati United States v Mexico Guadalajara Cincinnati, Ohio
TBA Stadium: TQL Stadium

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

Round One

February 19 1st Leg Motagua Honduras 1–4 United States FC Cincinnati Tegucigalpa, Honduras
10:00 p.m. EST
Report
Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés
Attendance: 2,917
Referee: Bryan López
February 26 2nd Leg FC Cincinnati United States 1–1 Honduras Motagua Cincinnati, Ohio
6:30 p.m. EST
Report
Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 21,280
Referee: Víctor Cáceres Hernández
Note: FC Cincinnati won 5–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16

March 4 1st Leg FC Cincinnati United States 1–1 Mexico Tigres UANL Cincinnati, Ohio
6:30 p.m. EST
Report
Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 14,298
Referee: Bryan Lopez (Guatemala)
March 12 2nd Leg Tigres UANL Mexico – United States FC Cincinnati San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
10:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Estadio Universitario

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS MLS Cup Leagues Cup Champions Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
13 GK United States USA Evan Louro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 GK United States USA Roman Celentano 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Defenders
2 DF Jamaica JAM Alvas Powell 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF Paraguay PAR Gilberto Flores 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0
12 DF United States USA Miles Robinson 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 DF United States USA Bret Halsey 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF Zimbabwe ZIM Teenage Hadebe 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0
29 DF Denmark DEN Lukas Engel 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
32 DF United States USA Noah Adnan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
42 DF United States USA Amir Daley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
91 DF United States USA DeAndre Yedlin 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Midfielders
5 MF Nigeria NGA Obinna Nwobodo 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF Czech Republic CZE Pavel Bucha 5 3 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
23 MF Argentina ARG Luca Orellano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
27 MF Cameroon CMR Brian Anunga 4 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
Forwards
7 FW Japan JPN Yuya Kubo 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0
9 FW Togo TOG Kévin Denkey 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
10 FW Brazil BRA Evander 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2+1 1
11 FW United States USA Corey Baird 5 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0
17 FW Brazil BRA Sérgio Santos 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
19 FW United States USA Stefan Chirla 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
35 FW France FRA Kenji Mboma Dem 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Top scorers

Rank Position No. Name MLS MLS Cup Leagues Cup Champions Cup Total
1 FW 9 Togo Kévin Denkey 1 0 0 2 3
MF 20 Czech Republic Pavel Bucha 0 0 0 3 3
3 FW 10 Brazil Evander 1 0 0 1 2
Total 2 0 0 6 8

Top assists

Rank Position No. Name MLS MLS Cup Leagues Cup Champions Cup Total
1 MF 2 Jamaica Alvas Powell 0 0 0 1 1
FW 7 Japan Yuya Kubo 0 0 0 1 1
FW 9 Togo Kévin Denkey 0 0 0 1 1
FW 10 Brazil Evander 0 0 0 1 1
FW 11 United States Corey Baird 0 0 0 1 1
MF 29 Denmark Lukas Engel 0 0 0 1 1
MF 91 United States DeAndre Yedlin 1 0 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 6 7

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Player MLS MLS Cup Leagues Cup Champions Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
5 MF Nigeria Obinna Nwobodo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
9 FW Togo Kévin Denkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
11 FW United States Corey Baird 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 DF Zimbabwe Teenage Hadebe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
18 GK United States Roman Celentano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
32 DF United States Noah Adnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
42 DF United States Amir Daley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 10 0 0

Clean sheets

No. Name MLS MLS Cup Leagues Cup Champions Cup Total
18 United States Roman Celentano 1 0 0 0 1

Awards

MLS Team of the Matchday

Matchday Player Opponent Position Ref
1 United States Miles Robinson New York Red Bulls DF [12]
Togo Kévin Denkey Bench

References

  1. ^ "Roster". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "FC Cincinnati acquire Togolese striker Kévin Denkey as Designated Player". Major League Soccer. November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "FC Cincinnati permanently acquire Luca Orellano". Major League Soccer. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "FC Cincinnati sign midfielder Tah Brian Anunga". FC Cincinnati. January 13, 2025. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  5. ^ "FC Cincinnati acquire Brazilian attacking midfielder Evander as Designated Player". FCCincinnati.com. February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  6. ^ "Colorado Rapids acquire Awaziem, Murphy from FC Cincinnati". Major League Soccer. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  7. ^ "Colorado Rapids acquire Awaziem, Murphy from FC Cincinnati". Major League Soccer. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "Minnesota United select Kipp Keller in Re-Entry Draft". Major League Soccer. December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  9. ^ "FC Cincinnati acquire up to $6 million from FC Dallas in exchange for Lucho Acosta". FC Cincinnati. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  10. ^ "FC Cincinnati acquire Lukas Engel on loan from Middlesbrough FC". FCCincinnati.com. February 14, 2025. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  11. ^ "FC Cincinnati loan Álvaro Barreal to Santos FC". FC Cincinnati. February 6, 2025. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  12. ^ Ruderman, Justin (February 24, 2025). "Team of the Matchday: Who shined brightest on MLS is Back weekend?". Major League Soccer. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
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