Major League Soccer Playoff · USA · Round 1/8
FC Cincinnati
2 - 1
Full time
Columbus Crew
TQL Stadium · Cincinnati, Ohio
Lineups
FC Cincinnati3-5-2RC
18Celentano
18CelentanoNH
4Hagglund
4HagglundMR
12Robinson
TL
16Hadebe
16HadebeEE
66↓88'Echenique
PB
20Bucha
20BuchaEF
10Ferreira
10FerreiraSG
11Gidi
11GidiLE
29↓63'Engel
KD
9↓76'Denkey
9↓76'DenkeyBD
8⚽×2↓88'da Silva
8⚽×2↓88'da SilvaPS
28Schulte
28SchulteSM
31Moreira
31MoreiraSZ
25Zawadzki
25ZawadzkiMA
18↓90'Amundsen
18↓90'AmundsenMH
2↓84'Herrera
DC
7↓90'Chambost
7↓90'ChambostDN
6Nagbe
MA
27↓90'Arfsten
HP
30Picard
TH
16↓39'Habroune
16↓39'HabrouneDR
10Rossi
10Rossi Columbus Crew3-4-2-1FC Cincinnati substitutes
23 Luca Orellano ↑63'
26 Ayoub Jabbari ↑76'
2 Alvas Elvis Powell ↑88'
5 Obinna Nwobodo ↑88'
13 Evan Louro
3 Gilberto Flores
27 Brian Anunga
22 Gerardo Valenzuela
85 Kei Ansu Kamara
Coach: Pat Noonan
Columbus Crew substitutes
19 Jacen Russell-Rowe ⚽↑39'
26 Lassi Lappalainen ↑84'
21 Evgen Cheberko ↑90'
8 Daniel Gazdag ↑90'
11 Ibrahim Aliyu ↑90'
24 Evan Bush
48 Cesar Ruvalcaba
4 Rudy Camacho
14 Amar Sejdic
Coach: Wilfried Nancy
Match events
4'Malte Amundsen
10'Nick Hagglund
35'Taha Habroune
39'↑ Jacen Russell-Rowe ↓ Taha Habroune⇄
Second half
63'↑ Luca Orellano ↓ Lukas Engel⇄
63'Jacen Russell-Rowe assist: Marcelo Herrera 0 - 1⚽
67'Brenner da Silva assist: Teenage Lingani Hadebe 1 - 1⚽
76'↑ Ayoub Jabbari ↓ Kevin Denkey⇄
84'↑ Lassi Lappalainen ↓ Marcelo Herrera⇄
86'Brenner da Silva assist: Samuel Gidi 2 - 1⚽
87'Brenner da Silva
88'↑ Obinna Nwobodo ↓ Brenner da Silva⇄
88'↑ Alvas Elvis Powell ↓ Ender Echenique⇄
90'↑ Ibrahim Aliyu ↓ Max Arfsten⇄
90'↑ Daniel Gazdag ↓ Dylan Chambost⇄
90'↑ Evgen Cheberko ↓ Malte Amundsen⇄
Where to watch
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Match details
| Competition | Major League Soccer Playoff |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Saturday, 8 November 2025, 23:00 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
5FC Cincinnati wins6Draws9Columbus Crew wins20 past meetings on record. Biggest FC Cincinnati win: Columbus Crew 4–0 FC Cincinnati (2025). Biggest Columbus Crew win: FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew (2020).
2 Nov 2025Columbus Crew 4 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer Playoff
27 Oct 2025FC Cincinnati 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer Playoff
13 Jul 2025FC Cincinnati 2 - 4 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
17 May 2025Columbus Crew 1 - 1 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
14 Sep 2024FC Cincinnati 0 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
11 May 2024Columbus Crew 1 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
2 Dec 2023FC Cincinnati 2 - 3 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer Playoff
20 Aug 2023Columbus Crew 3 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
20 May 2023FC Cincinnati 3 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
27 Aug 2022FC Cincinnati 2 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
Show all 20 past meetings
17 Jul 2022Columbus Crew 2 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
27 Aug 2021Columbus Crew 3 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
9 Jul 2021FC Cincinnati 2 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
14 Oct 2020FC Cincinnati 2 - 1 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
6 Sep 2020Columbus Crew 3 - 0 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
29 Aug 2020FC Cincinnati 0 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
12 Jul 2020FC Cincinnati 0 - 4 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer Grp. E
25 Aug 2019FC Cincinnati 1 - 3 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
10 Aug 2019Columbus Crew 2 - 2 FC CincinnatiMajor League Soccer
14 Jun 2017FC Cincinnati 1 - 0 Columbus CrewUS Open Cup
