Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

DC United
2 - 3 Full time
FC Cincinnati

Audi Field · Washington, District of Columbia

Lineups

DC United3-5-1-1
TM1Miller
CM97↓46'McVey
LB3Bartlett
MP4Peltola
AH22Herrera
TK21Ku-DiPietro
MK43Klich
JS8↓78'Stroud
PS7Santos
MR14⚽Rodríguez
JM17Murrell
RC18Celentano
KK14↓78'Keller
MR12Robinson
IM32↓72'Murphy
LO23↓60'Orellano
DY91Yedlin
ON5Nwobodo
PB20⚽×2Bucha
LA10Acosta
KK19⚽↓60'Kelsy
GV22↓60'Valenzuela
FC Cincinnati3-4-1-2

DC United substitutes

10 Gabriel Pirani 7.9 ⚽↑46'
45 Matai Akinmboni 6.2 ↑78'
24 Alex Bono
26 Nate Crockford
30 Hayden Sargis
18 Jeremy Garay

Coach: Zach Prince · Unavailable: Steve Birnbaum (injury), Russell Canouse (injury)

FC Cincinnati substitutes

27 Yamil Asad 7.7 ↑60'
7 Yuya Kubo 5.8 ↑60'
17 Sérgio Santos 6.7 ↑60'
2 Alvas Elvis Powell 6.8 ↑72'
15 Bret Halsey 6.4 ↑78'
1 Alec Kann
33 Isaiah Foster
37 Stiven Jimenez
9 Aaron Boupendza

Coach: Pat Noonan · Unavailable: Malik Pinto (injury), Matt Miazga (injury)

Match events

10'Kevin Kelsy 0 - 1⚽
14'Pedro Santos
24'Martín Rodríguez assist: Theodore Ku-DiPietro 1 - 1⚽
39'Pavel Bucha assist: Luca Orellano 1 - 2⚽
Second half
46'↑ Gabriel Pirani ↓ Christopher McVey⇄
51'Kevin Kelsy
60'↑ Yuya Kubo ↓ Gerardo Valenzuela⇄
60'↑ Yamil Asad ↓ Luca Orellano⇄
60'↑ Sérgio Santos ↓ Kevin Kelsy⇄
63'Pavel Bucha assist: Yamil Asad 1 - 3⚽
69'Gabriel Pirani assist: Martín Rodríguez 2 - 3⚽
72'↑ Alvas Elvis Powell ↓ Ian Murphy⇄
78'↑ Matai Akinmboni ↓ Jared Stroud⇄
78'↑ Bret Halsey ↓ Kipp Keller⇄
82'Yuya Kubo

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 23:30 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

6DC United wins4Draws3FC Cincinnati wins

13 past meetings on record. Biggest DC United win: DC United 3–0 FC Cincinnati (2023). Biggest FC Cincinnati win: DC United 2–5 FC Cincinnati (2022).

1 Jun 2025FC Cincinnati 1 - 2 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
13 Apr 2025DC United 0 - 1 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
10 Mar 2024FC Cincinnati 0 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
25 Jun 2023DC United 3 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
7 May 2023FC Cincinnati 2 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
9 Oct 2022DC United 2 - 5 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
5 Mar 2022FC Cincinnati 0 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
26 Sep 2021DC United 4 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
1 Aug 2021FC Cincinnati 0 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
19 Oct 2020FC Cincinnati 1 - 2 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
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22 Aug 2020FC Cincinnati 0 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
6 Oct 2019DC United 0 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
19 Jul 2019FC Cincinnati 1 - 4 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer