Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1
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TQL Stadium · Cincinnati, Ohio
Lineups
RC
18Celentano
DY
91Yedlin
KK
14↓80'Keller
IM
32Murphy
32MurphyLO
23Orellano
YA
27↓61'Asad
PB
20Bucha
ON
5↓87'Nwobodo
CB
11↓46'Baird
GV
22↓61'Valenzuela
YK
7Kubo
CB
34Brady
AS
2Souquet
WO
16Omsberg
RC
5Czichos
AA
27Arigoni
FH
21↓46'Herbers
GG
30Giménez
JD
24↓59'Dean
CM
8↓59'Mueller
HC
9↓80'Cuypers
MH
7↓90'Haile-Selassie
FC Cincinnati substitutes
17 Sérgio Santos ↑46'
2 Alvas Elvis Powell ↑61'
15 Bret Halsey ↑61'
19 Kevin Kelsy ↑80'
9 Aaron Boupendza ↑87'
36 Evan Louro
25 Paul Walters
33 Isaiah Foster
34 London Aghedo
Coach: Pat Noonan · Unavailable: Miles Robinson (suspension), Luciano Acosta (injury), Malik Pinto (injury)
Chicago Fire FC substitutes
23 Kellyn Acosta ↑46'
17 Brian Gutiérrez ⚽↑59'
12 Tom Barlow ↑59'
19 Georgios Koutsias ↑80'
14 Tobias Salquist ↑90'
18 Spencer Richey
48 Dawid Poręba
37 Javier Casas
22 Mauricio Pineda
Coach: Frank Klopas · Unavailable: Carlos Terán (injury), Federico Navarro (injury), Chase Gasper (injury)
Match events
35'Fabian Herbers
Second half
46'↑ Kellyn Acosta ↓ Fabian Herbers⇄
46'↑ Sérgio Santos ↓ Corey Baird⇄
58'Hugo Cuypers
59'↑ Brian Gutiérrez ↓ Jonathan Dean⇄
59'↑ Tom Barlow ↓ Chris Mueller⇄
61'↑ Alvas Elvis Powell ↓ Gerardo Valenzuela⇄
61'↑ Bret Halsey ↓ Yamil Asad⇄
69'Brian Gutiérrez assist: Hugo Cuypers 0 - 1⚽
72'Pat Noonan
80'↑ Georgios Koutsias ↓ Hugo Cuypers⇄
80'↑ Kevin Kelsy ↓ Kipp Keller⇄
87'↑ Aaron Boupendza ↓ Obinna Nwobodo⇄
88'Alvas Elvis Powell
88'Alvas Elvis Powell
89'DeAndre Yedlin
90+2'↑ Tobias Salquist ↓ Maren Haile-Selassie⇄
90+3'Georgios Koutsias
90+6'Pat Noonan
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Match details
| Competition | Major League Soccer |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 23:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
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
16 past meetings on record. Biggest FC Cincinnati win: Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati (2020). Biggest Chicago Fire FC win: Chicago Fire FC 2–3 FC Cincinnati (2026).
3 May 2026Chicago Fire FC 2 - 3 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
19 Apr 2026FC Cincinnati 3 - 3 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
6 Jul 2025FC Cincinnati 2 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
20 Apr 2025Chicago Fire FC 2 - 3 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
3 Mar 2024Chicago Fire FC 1 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
4 Jun 2023FC Cincinnati 1 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
19 Mar 2023Chicago Fire FC 3 - 3 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
2 Oct 2022FC Cincinnati 2 - 3 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
15 May 2022Chicago Fire FC 1 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
21 Oct 2021FC Cincinnati 3 - 4 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
Show all 16 past meetings
24 Jun 2021Chicago Fire FC 0 - 1 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
3 Sep 2020FC Cincinnati 0 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
26 Aug 2020Chicago Fire FC 3 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
22 Sep 2019FC Cincinnati 0 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
14 Jul 2019Chicago Fire FC 1 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
29 Jun 2017FC Cincinnati 0 - 0 Chicago Fire FCUS Open Cup
