2025 FC Cincinnati season

FC Cincinnati
2025 season
General manager	Chris Albright
Head coach	Pat Noonan
Stadium	TQL Stadium
MLS	Conference: 2nd ; Overall: 2nd
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Semifinals
Leagues Cup	League phase
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Evander (18); All: ; Evander (22)
Average home league attendance	24,668
Home colors	Away colors
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General managerChris Albright

Head coachPat Noonan

StadiumTQL Stadium

MLSConference: 2nd
Overall: 2nd

The 2025 season was the 10th season for FC Cincinnati and their 7th in Major League Soccer (MLS), the highest level of men's professional soccer in the United States. Their home stadium was TQL Stadium. It was the fourth season with the club for general manager Chris Albright and head coach Pat Noonan.^{[citation needed]} Cincinnati commemorated their 10th season with a logo, along a series of patches that had represented different seasons in their first 10 years of history.

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No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
1	Alec Kann	United States	GK	(1990-08-08) August 8, 1990 (age 35)	Atlanta United FC
13	Evan Louro	United States	GK	(1996-01-19) January 19, 1996 (age 30)	Tampa Bay Rowdies
18	Roman Celentano (GA)	United States	GK	(2000-09-14) September 14, 2000 (age 25)	Indiana Hoosiers
2	Alvas Powell	Jamaica	DF	(1994-07-18) July 18, 1994 (age 31)	Philadelphia Union
3	Gilberto Flores	Paraguay	DF	(2003-04-01) April 1, 2003 (age 22)	Sportivo Trinidense
4	Nick Hagglund	United States	DF	(1992-09-14) September 14, 1992 (age 33)	Toronto FC
12	Miles Robinson	United States	DF	(1997-03-14) March 14, 1997 (age 28)	Atlanta United
14	Brad Smith	Australia	DF	(1994-04-09) April 9, 1994 (age 31)	Houston Dynamo
16	Teenage Hadebe (INTL, DP)	Zimbabwe	DF	(1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 (age 30)	Konyaspor
21	Matt Miazga	United States	DF	(1995-07-19) July 19, 1995 (age 30)	Chelsea F.C.
29	Lukas Engel	Denmark	DF	(1998-12-14) December 14, 1998 (age 27)	Middlesbrough F.C.
32	Noah Adnan	Indonesia	DF	(2002-01-21) January 21, 2002 (age 24)	FC Cincinnati 2
42	Amir Daley	United States	DF	(2002-02-26) February 26, 2002 (age 24)	FC Cincinnati 2
91	DeAndre Yedlin	United States	DF	(1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 (age 32)	Inter Miami CF
5	Obinna Nwobodo (INTL, DP)	Nigeria	MF	(1996-11-29) November 29, 1996 (age 29)	Göztepe S.K.
11	Samuel Gidi (INTL)	Ghana	MF	(2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 21)	MŠK Žilina
15	Dominik Marczuk	Poland	MF	(2003-11-01) November 1, 2003 (age 22)	Real Salt Lake
20	Pavel Bucha	Czech Republic	MF	(1998-03-11) March 11, 1998 (age 27)	FC Viktoria Plzeň
22	Gerardo Valenzuela (HG)	United States	MF	(2004-09-28) September 28, 2004 (age 21)	FC Cincinnati Academy
23	Luca Orellano	Argentina	MF	(2000-03-22) March 22, 2000 (age 25)	CR Vasco da Gama
27	Brian Anunga	Cameroon	MF	(1996-08-10) August 10, 1996 (age 29)	Nashville SC
37	Stiven Jimenez (HG)	United States	MF	(2007-06-24) June 24, 2007 (age 18)	FC Cincinnati Academy
66	Ender Echenique	Venezuela	FW	(2004-04-02) April 2, 2004 (age 21)	Caracas F.C.
7	Yuya Kubo (INTL)	Japan	FW	(1993-12-23) December 23, 1993 (age 32)	K.A.A. Gent
8	Brenner (INTL)	Brazil	FW	(2000-01-16) January 16, 2000 (age 26)	Udinese
9	Kévin Denkey (DP)	Togo	FW	(2000-11-30) November 30, 2000 (age 25)	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
10	Evander (INTL, DP)	Brazil	FW	(1998-06-09) June 9, 1998 (age 27)	Portland Timbers
17	Sérgio Santos	Brazil	FW	(1994-09-04) September 4, 1994 (age 31)	Philadelphia Union
19	Ștefan Chirilă	Romania	FW	(2007-01-15) January 15, 2007 (age 19)	FC Cincinnati 2
26	Ayoub Jabbari (INTL)	Morocco	FW	(2000-01-30) January 30, 2000 (age 26)	Grenoble Foot 38
35	Kenji Mboma Dem	France	FW	(2002-01-22) January 22, 2002 (age 24)	FC Cincinnati 2
85	Kei Kamara	Sierra Leone	FW	(1984-09-01) September 1, 1984 (age 41)	Los Angeles FC

Date	No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes
January 1, 2025	9	FW	Kévin Denkey	Cercle Brugge	Transfer^[3]
January 1, 2025	23	MF	Luca Orellano	Vasco da Gama	Transfer^[4]
January 13, 2025	27	MF	Brian Anunga	Nashville SC	Free agent^[5]
February 17, 2025	10	MF	Evander	Portland Timbers	Cash-for-player trade^[6]
March 14, 2025	14	DF	Brad Smith	Houston Dynamo	Free agent^[7]
May 12, 2025	85	FW	Kei Kamara	Los Angeles FC	Free agent^[8]
July 8, 2025	66	FW	Ender Echenique	Caracas F.C.	Transfer^[9]
August 19, 2025	11	MF	Samuel Gidi	MŠK Žilina	Transfer^[10]

Date	No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes
December 9, 2024	6	DF	Chidozie Awaziem	Colorado Rapids	Trade^[11]
December 9, 2024	32	DF	Ian Murphy	Colorado Rapids	Trade^[12]
December 13, 2024	14	DF	Kipp Keller	Minnesota United FC	Re-Entry Draft Stage 1^[13]
February 12, 2025	10	MF	Luciano Acosta	FC Dallas	Cash-for-player trade^[14]
August 6, 2025	11	FW	Corey Baird	San Diego FC	Cash-for-player trade^[15]
August 21, 2025	91	DF	DeAndre Yedlin	Real Salt Lake	Cash-for-player trade^[16]
August 22, 2025	17	FW	Sérgio Santos	Houston Dynamo^[17]	Waived^[18]

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Loan start date	Loan end date	Ref
29	DF	Lukas Engel	Middlesbrough F.C.	February 14, 2025	End of 2025 season	^[19]
26	FW	Ayoub Jabbari	Grenoble Foot 38	August 2, 2025	End of 2025 season	^[20]
8	FW	Brenner	Udinese	August 21, 2025	End of 2025 season	^[21]
15	MF	Dominik Marczuk	Real Salt Lake	August 21, 2025	End of 2025 season	^[22]

January 24 Preseason	FC Cincinnati	1–0	CF Montréal	Clearwater, FL
12:00 PM	A. Chirila 56'			Stadium: Walter Campbell Sports Park

2025 FC Cincinnati season

Roster

Player movement

In

Out

Loans In

Loans Out

2025 MLS SuperDraft picks

Competitions

Preseason

Matches

Major League Soccer

League tables

Eastern Conference

Overall

Overview

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

Round One

Conference Semifinals

U.S. Open Cup

Leagues Cup

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Round One

Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Top assists

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

Awards

MLS Team of the Matchday

Goal of the Matchday

MLS All-Star

References

Related Articles

January 30 Preseason	FC Cincinnati	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Clearwater, FL
12:00 PM	Bucha 40'	Report	Segal 85'	Stadium: Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex

February 7 Preseason	FC Cincinnati	4–1	Philadelphia Union	Clearwater, FL
5:00 pm	Bucha 61' Nwobodo 64' Augee 86' Mboma Dem 115'		Glesnes 8'	Stadium: Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex
Note: Additional 30-minute period played after 90 minutes.

February 12 Preseason	FC Cincinnati	2–2	Atlanta United FC	Bradenton, FL
	Denkey 57' Mboma Dem 85'	Report	Lobjanidze 76' Almirón 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: IMG Academy

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philadelphia Union	34	20	8	6	57	35	+22	66	Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2	FC Cincinnati	34	20	9	5	52	40	+12	65	Qualification for round one
3	Inter Miami CF	34	19	7	8	81	55	+26	65
4	Charlotte FC	34	19	13	2	55	46	+9	59
5	New York City FC	34	17	12	5	50	44	+6	56

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philadelphia Union (S)	34	20	8	6	57	35	+22	66	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one^[a]
2	FC Cincinnati	34	20	9	5	52	40	+12	65	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one^[b]
3	Inter Miami CF (C)	34	19	7	8	81	55	+26	65	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16^[c]
4	San Diego FC	34	19	9	6	64	41	+23	63	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one^[d]
5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (V)	34	18	7	9	66	38	+28	63	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round one^[e]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	February 22, 2025	October 18, 2025	Matchday 1	2nd	34	20	5	9	52	40	+12	058.82
MLS Cup Playoffs	October 27, 2025	November 23, 2025	Round one	Conference Semifinals	4	2	0	2	3	9	−6	050.00
Leagues Cup	July 31, 2025	August 7, 2025	League Phase	League Phase	3	1	1	1	6	6	+0	033.33
CONCACAF Champions Cup	February 19, 2025	March 11, 2025	Round One	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	7	6	+1	025.00
Total					45	24	8	13	68	61	+7	053.33

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	65	20	9	5	52	40	+12	9	5	3	27	19	+8	11	4	2	25	21	+4

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W
Points	3	3	6	6	7	10	13	16	19	22	22	25	28	29	29	30	30	33	36	39	42	42	45	48	49	49	52	52	52	55	58	59	62	65
Position (East)	4	8	4	9	10	8	5	3	2	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

February 22 1	FC Cincinnati	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EST	Nwobodo 64' Denkey 70' Baird 88'	Report	Hack 59'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 22,747 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

March 1 2	Philadelphia Union	4–1	FC Cincinnati	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 p.m. EST	Baribo 6', 30', 52' Damiani 90+3'	Report	Evander 58' Nwobodo 75'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 18,737 Referee: Allen Chapman

March 15 4	Charlotte FC	2–0	FC Cincinnati	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT	Abada 48' Agyemang 51'	Report	Flores 45' 83' Nwobodo 76'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 27,807 Referee: Sergii Boiko

March 29 6	Nashville SC	1–2	FC Cincinnati	Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 p.m. EDT	Bauer 39' Tagseth 90+2'	Report	Evander 43' Denkey 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 25,640 Referee: Drew Fischer

April 12 8	D.C. United	0–1	FC Cincinnati	Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT	MacNaughton 25' Rowles 41' Schnegg 69'	Report	Valenzuela 28' Engel 50'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 16,152 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

April 19 9	Chicago Fire FC	2–3	FC Cincinnati	Chicago, Illinois
8:30 p.m. EDT	Cuypers 31' Gutiérrez 85' (pen.) Acosta 88'	Report	Evander 9', 71' Denkey 42', 43' Celentano 90+5' Orellano 90+6'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 17,732 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	65	20	9	5	52	40	+12	9	5	3	27	19	+8	11	4	2	25	21	+4

March 8 3	FC Cincinnati	2–0	Toronto FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EST	Evander 66' Denkey 73' (pen.) Kubo 88' Powell 89'	Report	Thompson 50'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 23,088 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

March 22 5	FC Cincinnati	2–2	Atlanta United FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
2:30 p.m. EDT	Engel 9' Kubo 28' Yedlin 59' Evander 70', 75'	Report	Reilly 28' Latte Lath 50', 90+1' Edwards 69' Powell 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 23,120 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

April 5 7	FC Cincinnati	1–0	New England Revolution	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Denkey 14' Orellano 39' Santos 65'	Report	Polster 52' Miller 83'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 22,912 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

April 26 10	FC Cincinnati	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Cincinnati, Ohio
2:30 p.m. EDT	Anunga 17' Denkey 43', 78', 79'	Report	Joveljić 65' Bassong 89'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Allen Chapman

May 4 11	New York City FC	1–0	FC Cincinnati	New York, New York
5:00 p.m. EDT	Fernández 9' Freese 39' Wolf 72' Haak 75'	Report	Miazga 12' Evander 90+2'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 21,611 Referee: Drew Fischer

May 10 12	FC Cincinnati	2–1	Austin FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Evander 12' Denkey 35' Valenzuela 76'	Report	Vázquez 48' (pen.) Šabović 69'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Tori Penso

May 14 13	Toronto FC	0–1	FC Cincinnati	Toronto, Ontario
7:30 p.m. EDT	Bernardeschi 19'	Report	Denkey 18' Flores 24' Evander 32' Engel 90'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 14,018 Referee: Jair Marrufo

May 17 14	Columbus Crew	1–1	FC Cincinnati	Columbus, Ohio
7:00 p.m. EDT	Rossi 54' (pen.)	Report	Denkey 6' Bucha 20'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 20,363 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

May 25 15	Atlanta United FC	4–2	FC Cincinnati	Atlanta, Georgia
7:00 p.m. EDT	Williams 15' Fortune 20' Slisz 66' Thiaré 90+4'	Report	Robinson 15', 48' Nwobodo 38' Valenzuela 70' Yedlin 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 40,919 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	65	20	9	5	52	40	+12	9	5	3	27	19	+8	11	4	2	25	21	+4

May 28 16	FC Cincinnati	3–3	FC Dallas	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Powell 2' Bucha 30' Denkey 42' (pen.) Hadebe 78' Valenzuela 86' Baird 90+4'	Report	Farfan 8' Kaick 44' Musa 50', 62' Julio 68' Ibeagha 90+2'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 24,524 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

May 31 17	FC Cincinnati	1–2	D.C. United	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Denkey 15' Miazga 45+4'	Report	Pirani 2' Antley 19' Peltola 44' Murrell 45+4' Servania 69' Badji 90+4' Zouhir 90+5'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Alexis Da Silva

June 14 18	New England Revolution	0–1	FC Cincinnati	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:30 p.m. EDT	Ceballos 16' Fofana 90+3'	Report	Denkey 26' Kamara 40' Orellano 52' Yedlin 59'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 27,184 Referee: Filip Dujic

June 25 19	CF Montréal	1–3	FC Cincinnati	Montreal, Quebec
7:30 p.m. EDT	Clark 20' Sealy 58' Owusu 90' Bugaj 90+3'	Report	Evander 45', 83' Orellano 65'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 15,012 Referee: Ricardo Montero

June 28 20	Orlando City SC	1–2	FC Cincinnati	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Pašalić 45', 87' Enrique 54' Brekalo 90+5'	Report	Flores 43' Yedlin 45' Evander 45+4', 74' Baird 90+4'	Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium Attendance: 20,061 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

July 5 21	FC Cincinnati	2–1	Chicago Fire FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Evander 19' Denkey 50' Kamara 53' Miazga 83'	Report	Zinckernagel 55' Bamba 76' Elliott 90+7'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

July 12 22	FC Cincinnati	2–4	Columbus Crew	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Bucha 1', 45' Evander 5', 45+5' Anunga 18' Robinson 86'	Report	Rossi 42' Arfsten 45+3' Chambost 53' Robinson 59' (o.g.) Gazdag 68' Russell-Rowe 78' Habroune 90+3', 90+5'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Alexis Da Silva

July 16 23	FC Cincinnati	3–0	Inter Miami CF	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Valenzuela 16' Evander 50', 70' Hadebe 81'	Report		Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

July 19 24	Real Salt Lake	0−1	FC Cincinnati	Sandy, Utah
8:30 p.m. EDT	Katranis 31' Vera 39'	Report	Baird 16' Hadebe 27' Flores 42' Yedlin 73' Orellano 87'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,836 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez