Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

FC Cincinnati
1 - 2 Full time
Atlanta United

TQL Stadium · Cincinnati, Ohio

Lineups

FC Cincinnati4-4-2
KV25Vermeer
ZB16⚽↓59'Bailey
GV5Vallecilla
TB3Blackett
RM18Matarrita
YK7↓83'Kubo
HM6↓74'Medunjanin
CS33Stanko
LA11Acosta
BV19↓59'Vazquez
BD9da Silva
BG1Guzan
MR12âš½Robinson
AF6Franco
AW4↓46'Walkes
RH2↓68'Hernández
FI14↓68'Ibarra
MR9Rossetto
GB21Bello
LA19Araujo
JM7⚽↓85'Martinez
EB8↓89'Barco
Atlanta United3-4-3

FC Cincinnati substitutes

8 Allan Cruz 5.9 ↑59'
13 Joseph-Claude Gyau 6.2 ↑59'
31 Alvaro Barreal 5.9 ↑74'
20 Calvin Harris ↑83'
39 Benjamin Lundt
2 Edgar Castillo
21 Kyle Scott
29 Arquimides Ordonez
23 Isaac Atanga

Coach: Tyrone Marshall · Unavailable: Brad Smith (injury), Matt Miazga (injury), Obinna Nwobodo (injury), Roman Celentano (injury)

Atlanta United substitutes

23 Jake Mulraney 6.9 ↑46'
11 Brooks Lennon 6.4 ↑68'
22 Jurgen Damm 6.5 ↑68'
32 George Campbell ↑85'
31 Erick Torres ↑89'
25 Alec Kann
13 Amar Sejdic
30 Machop Chol
28 Tyler Wolff

Coach: Gonzalo Pineda · Unavailable: Ajani Fortune (injury), Matthew Edwards (injury), Will Reilly (injury)

Match events

21'Zico Bailey assist: Luciano Acosta 1 - 0âš½
33'Caleb Stanko
Second half
46'↑ Jake Mulraney ↓ Anton Walkes⇄
59'↑ Joseph-Claude Gyau ↓ Zico Bailey⇄
59'↑ Allan Cruz ↓ Brandon Vazquez⇄
64'Ronald Hernández
68'↑ Brooks Lennon ↓ Ronald Hernández⇄
68'↑ Jurgen Damm ↓ Franco Ibarra⇄
70'Miles Robinson assist: Esequiel Barco 1 - 1âš½
74'↑ Alvaro Barreal ↓ Haris Medunjanin⇄
79'Josef Martinez 1 - 2âš½
83'↑ Calvin Harris ↓ Yuya Kubo⇄
85'↑ George Campbell ↓ Josef Martinez⇄
86'Luiz Araujo
88'Ronald Matarrita
89'↑ Erick Torres ↓ Esequiel Barco⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 7 November 2021, 20:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

4FC Cincinnati wins6Draws5Atlanta United wins

15 past meetings on record. Biggest FC Cincinnati win: Atlanta United 4–0 FC Cincinnati (2021). Biggest Atlanta United win: FC Cincinnati 0–2 Atlanta United (2019).

26 May 2025Atlanta United 4 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
22 Mar 2025FC Cincinnati 2 - 2 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
16 May 2024FC Cincinnati 1 - 0 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
21 Apr 2024Atlanta United 1 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
21 Oct 2023FC Cincinnati 2 - 2 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
31 Aug 2023Atlanta United 1 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
14 Aug 2022FC Cincinnati 2 - 2 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
16 Apr 2022Atlanta United 0 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
16 Sep 2021Atlanta United 4 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
22 Jul 2021FC Cincinnati 1 - 1 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
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2 Nov 2020Atlanta United 2 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
16 Jul 2020Atlanta United 0 - 1 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer Grp. E
8 Mar 2020Atlanta United 2 - 1 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
19 Sep 2019FC Cincinnati 0 - 2 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
10 Mar 2019Atlanta United 1 - 1 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer