Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

FC Cincinnati
1 - 3 Full time
Charlotte FC

TQL Stadium · Cincinnati, Ohio

Lineups

FC Cincinnati3-4-2-1
RC18Celentano
AE2↓46'Powell
MR12Robinson
IM32Murphy
DY91Yedlin
YA27↓74'Asad
YK7↓78'Kubo
PB20Bucha
LO23↓86'Orellano
LA10âš½Acosta
KK19↓46'Kelsy
KK1Kahlina
NB14Byrne
AM29Malanda
AP34Privett
JU21Uronen
AW8Westwood
DD28↓60'Diani
LA11⚽↓90'Abada
BB13Bronico
KV18⚽↓81'Vargas
IT38⚽↓60'Tavares
Charlotte FC4-2-3-1

FC Cincinnati substitutes

22 Gerardo Valenzuela 6.7 ↑46'
17 Sérgio Santos 6.2 ↑46'
15 Bret Halsey 6.6 ↑74'
14 Kipp Keller 6.3 ↑78'
11 Corey Baird ↑86'
1 Alec Kann
33 Isaiah Foster
34 London Aghedo
9 Aaron Boupendza

Coach: Pat Noonan · Unavailable: Brian Anunga (suspension), Obinna Nwobodo (suspension), Malik Pinto (injury), Matt Miazga (injury)

Charlotte FC substitutes

15 Ben Bender 6.4 ↑60'
10 Brecht Dejaeghere 6.5 ↑60'
25 Tyger Smalls ↑81'
35 Nick Scardina ↑90'
22 David Bingham
6 Bill Poni Tuiloma
24 Jaylin Lindsey
20 João Pedro
23 Nikola Petković

Coach: Dean Smith · Unavailable: Júnior Urso (injury)

Match events

3'Djibril Diani
20'Iúri Tavares assist: Ashley Westwood 0 - 1⚽
22'Liel Abada assist: Ashley Westwood 0 - 2âš½
45+1'Luciano Acosta assist: Yamil Asad 1 - 2âš½
45+4'Ashley Westwood
Second half
46'↑ Sérgio Santos ↓ Kevin Kelsy⇄
46'↑ Gerardo Valenzuela ↓ Alvas Elvis Powell⇄
47'Adilson Malanda
54'Nathan Byrne
59'Miles Robinson
60'↑ Brecht Dejaeghere ↓ Iúri Tavares⇄
60'↑ Ben Bender ↓ Djibril Diani⇄
66'Kerwin Vargas assist: Ashley Westwood 1 - 3âš½
72'Miles Robinson
74'↑ Bret Halsey ↓ Yamil Asad⇄
78'↑ Kipp Keller ↓ Yuya Kubo⇄
81'↑ Tyger Smalls ↓ Kerwin Vargas⇄
86'↑ Corey Baird ↓ Luca Orellano⇄
87'Luciano Acosta
90+2'↑ Nick Scardina ↓ Liel Abada⇄
90+8'Tyger Smalls

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 13 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

2FC Cincinnati wins4Draws3Charlotte FC wins

9 past meetings on record. Biggest FC Cincinnati win: FC Cincinnati 3–0 Charlotte FC (2023). Biggest Charlotte FC win: FC Cincinnati 0–1 Charlotte FC (2025).

13 Sep 2026FC Cincinnati 3 - 3 Charlotte FCMajor League Soccer
10 May 2026Charlotte FC 2 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
10 Aug 2025FC Cincinnati 0 - 1 Charlotte FCMajor League Soccer
15 Mar 2025Charlotte FC 2 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
30 Mar 2024Charlotte FC 1 - 1 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
24 Sep 2023FC Cincinnati 3 - 0 Charlotte FCMajor League Soccer
9 Jul 2023Charlotte FC 2 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
4 Sep 2022FC Cincinnati 2 - 0 Charlotte FCMajor League Soccer
26 Mar 2022Charlotte FC 2 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer