Major League Soccer

FC Cincinnati

10th · 8-9-9 · 33 pts · -9
Nope, tied.
FC Cincinnati tied Houston Dynamo FC
FC Cincinnati8-9-8 2 – 2 Houston Dynamo FC13-5-9
FT · Sat, Sep 19

Match Details

Shell Energy Stadium (Houston, Texas) · Apple TV

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Houston Dynamo FC 2, FC Cincinnati 2.
  • 90'+9'Second Half ends, Houston Dynamo FC 2, FC Cincinnati 2.
  • 90'+9'Foul by Ayoub Jabbari (FC Cincinnati).
  • 90'+9'Felipe Andrade (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+7'Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 2, FC Cincinnati 2. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+6'Penalty FC Cincinnati. Kenji Mboma Dem draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+6'Penalty conceded by Mateusz Bogusz (Houston Dynamo FC) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+4'Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Duncan McGuire replaces Guilherme.
  • 90'+4'Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Lucas Halter.
  • 90'+4'Attempt blocked. Kenji Mboma Dem (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Evander.
  • 90'+3'Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1'Foul by Kyle Smith (FC Cincinnati).

Line Score

12T
CIN 02 2
HOU 11 2

Match Leaders

FC Cincinnati
Houston Dynamo FC

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

90'+7'Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 2, FC Cincinnati 2. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
90'+4'Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Duncan McGuire replaces Guilherme.
87'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Ayoub Jabbari replaces Gerardo Valenzuela.
84'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Kyle Smith replaces Pavel Bucha.
81'Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Matthew Arana replaces Héctor Herrera.
81'Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Ibrahim Aliyu replaces Lawrence Ennali.
73'Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 2, FC Cincinnati 1. Bryan Ramírez (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kévin Denkey.
67'Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Diadié Samassékou replaces Agustín Bouzat.
54'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Teenage Hadebe replaces Nick Hagglund.
54'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tom Barlow replaces Obinna Nwobodo.
54'Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Bryan Ramírez replaces Ender Echenique.
51'Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 2, FC Cincinnati 0. Mateusz Bogusz (Houston Dynamo FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
38'Goal! Houston Dynamo FC 1, FC Cincinnati 0. Guilherme (Houston Dynamo FC) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

Team Stats

FC CincinnatiHouston Dynamo FC
General
57.4 Possession % 42.6
26 Shots 7
8 On Target 2
2 Offsides 0
7 Corners 3
13 Fouls 7
Passing & Defense
515 Passes Completed 370
7 Crosses Won 2
11 Tackles Won 3
11 Interceptions 5
5 Clearances 35
Discipline
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Saves 6

Recent Form

Houston Dynamo FC D D W L D
FC Cincinnati D L L D D

Starting Lineups

Houston Dynamo FC4-4-2
31 Bond
36 Andrade 3 Carlos 5 Halter 21 Negri
11 Ennali 6 Artur 16 Herrera 19 Bogusz 51'
20 Augusto 38' 30 Bouzat
10 Evander 9 Denkey 90'+7'A 22 Valenzuela
17 Mboma Dem 5 Nwobodo 20 Bucha 66 Echenique
11 Gidi 4 Hagglund 12 Robinson
18 Celentano
FC Cincinnati3-4-3
Full lineups and substitutes

Houston Dynamo FC

  1. #31 Jonathan BondG
  2. LH #5 Lucas HalterCD-L
  3. #3 Antônio CarlosCD-R
  4. #21 Franco NegriLB
  5. FA #36 Felipe AndradeRB
  6. #16 Héctor HerreraCM-L
  7. #6 ArturCM-R
  8. MB #19 Mateusz BoguszLM51'
  9. LE #11 Lawrence EnnaliRM
  10. AB #30 Agustín BouzatCF-L
  11. GA #20 Guilherme AugustoCF-R38'
Substitutes · 4 used

FC Cincinnati

  1. #18 Roman CelentanoG
  2. #4 Nick HagglundCD
  3. SG #11 Samuel GidiCD-L
  4. #12 Miles RobinsonCD-R
  5. #5 Obinna NwobodoCM-L
  6. PB #20 Pavel BuchaCM-R
  7. KM #17 Kenji Mboma DemLM
  8. EE #66 Ender EcheniqueRM
  9. KD #9 Kévin DenkeyF90'+7'
  10. #10 EvanderCF-L
  11. GV #22 Gerardo ValenzuelaCF-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Roster

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