Major League Soccer

FC Cincinnati

10th · 8-9-9 · 33 pts · -9
Ugh, no.
FC Cincinnati lost to Philadelphia Union
FC Cincinnati8-7-8 0 – 5 Philadelphia Union8-6-10
FT · Wed, Sep 9

Match Details

Subaru Park (Chester, Pennsylvania) · Fox Sports 1, Apple TV

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Philadelphia Union 5, FC Cincinnati 0.
  • 90'+6'Second Half ends, Philadelphia Union 5, FC Cincinnati 0.
  • 90'+6'Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Nick Hagglund.
  • 90'+5'Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Andrei Chirila.
  • 90'+4'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+4'Delay in match because of an injury Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati).
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Foul by Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union).
  • 90'Andrei Chirila (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89'Goal! Philadelphia Union 5, FC Cincinnati 0. Milan Iloski (Philadelphia Union) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 87'Tah Brian Anunga (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87'Penalty Philadelphia Union. Malik Jakupovic draws a foul in the penalty area.

Line Score

12T
CIN 00 0
PHI 23 5

Match Leaders

FC Cincinnati
Philadelphia Union

League Table · 2026 MLS
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Nashville 27 18 6 3 +34 60
2 New England 27 14 4 9 +9 46
3 Miami 27 12 10 5 +14 46
4 Charlotte 27 12 7 8 +9 43
5 Chicago 26 12 6 8 +8 42
6 Philadelphia 27 11 6 10 +10 39
7 Orlando 27 10 4 13 -16 34
8 Red Bull NY 27 9 6 12 -17 33
9 NYCFC 27 8 9 10 +5 33
10 Cincinnati 26 8 9 9 -9 33
11 D.C. United 26 6 12 8 -8 30
12 Columbus 27 8 5 14 -4 29
13 Toronto 27 6 11 10 -12 29
14 Atlanta 27 7 6 14 -13 27
15 CF Montréal 27 6 6 15 -20 24
Qualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Round One Best-of-3 seriesQualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Wild Card Matches

Key Events

89'Goal! Philadelphia Union 5, FC Cincinnati 0. Milan Iloski (Philadelphia Union) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
87'Tah Brian Anunga (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75'Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Alejandro Bedoya replaces Cavan Sullivan.
75'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Samuel Gidi replaces Ayoub Jabbari.
75'Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Malik Jakupovic replaces Bruno Damiani.
66'Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Indiana Vassilev replaces Quinn Sullivan.
66'Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Milan Iloski replaces Ezekiel Alladoh.
65'Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Jesús Bueno replaces Jovan Lukic.
62'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tah Brian Anunga replaces Gerardo Valenzuela.
61'Goal! Philadelphia Union 4, FC Cincinnati 0. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Cavan Sullivan.
49'Goal! Philadelphia Union 3, FC Cincinnati 0. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Quinn Sullivan.
45'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Nick Hagglund replaces Ender Echenique.
45'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tom Barlow replaces Kévin Denkey.
45'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Alvas Powell replaces Evander.
45'+1'Goal! Philadelphia Union 2, FC Cincinnati 0. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cavan Sullivan following a fast break.
43'Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, FC Cincinnati 0. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
40'Evander (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16'Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) is shown the red card.

Team Stats

FC CincinnatiPhiladelphia Union
General
33.1 Possession % 66.9
1 Shots 20
0 On Target 6
1 Offsides 2
1 Corners 7
6 Fouls 16
Passing & Defense
215 Passes Completed 532
2 Crosses Won 5
4 Tackles Won 8
7 Interceptions 6
18 Clearances 22
Discipline
2 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0
1 Saves 0

Recent Form

Philadelphia Union W D D W W
FC Cincinnati L D W D L

Starting Lineups

Philadelphia Union4-2-2-2
18 Blake
39 Westfield 44 Pierre 26 Harriel 27 Wagner
21 Jean Jacques 4 Lukic
6 Sullivan A2 33 Sullivan 43'A
9 Damiani 45'+1'49'61' 23 Alladoh
9 Denkey 99 Jabbari
10 Evander
66 Echenique 5 Nwobodo 22 Valenzuela 20 Bucha
88 Chirila 12 Robinson 24 Smith
18 Celentano
FC Cincinnati3-4-1-2
Full lineups and substitutes

Philadelphia Union

  1. #18 Andre BlakeG
  2. #26 Nathan HarrielCD-L
  3. NP #44 Neil PierreCD-R
  4. #27 Kai WagnerLB
  5. FW #39 Frankie WestfieldRB
  6. JL #4 Jovan LukicCM-L
  7. DJ #21 Danley Jean JacquesCM-R
  8. EA #23 Ezekiel AlladohCF-L
  9. BD #9 Bruno DamianiCF-R45'+1'49'61'
  10. #33 Quinn SullivanAM-L43'
  11. CS #6 Cavan SullivanAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

FC Cincinnati

  1. #18 Roman CelentanoG
  2. #12 Miles RobinsonCD
  3. AC #88 Andrei ChirilaCD-L
  4. #24 Kyle SmithCD-R
  5. #5 Obinna NwobodoCM-L
  6. GV #22 Gerardo ValenzuelaCM-R
  7. #10 EvanderAM
  8. EE #66 Ender EcheniqueLM
  9. PB #20 Pavel BuchaRM
  10. KD #9 Kévin DenkeyCF-L
  11. AJ #99 Ayoub JabbariCF-R
Substitutes · 5 used

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