2025 FC Cincinnati season

FC Cincinnati
2025 season
General manager	Chris Albright
Head coach	Pat Noonan
Stadium	TQL Stadium
MLS	Conference: TBD ; Overall: TBD
MLS Cup Playoffs	TBD
Leagues Cup	TBD
CONCACAF Champions Cup	TBD
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2025 season will be 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 is TQL Stadium. It is the fourth season with the club for general manager Chris Albright and head coach Pat Noonan.^{[citation needed]}

Club

Roster

As of September 23, 2024^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
1	Alec Kann	United States	GK	(1990-08-08) August 8, 1990 (age 34)	Atlanta United FC
18	Roman Celentano (GA)	United States	GK	(2000-09-14) September 14, 2000 (age 24)	Indiana Hoosiers
36	Evan Louro	United States	GK	(1996-01-19) January 19, 1996 (age 28)	Tampa Bay Rowdies
2	Alvas Powell	Jamaica	DF	(1994-07-18) July 18, 1994 (age 30)	Philadelphia Union
4	Nick Hagglund	United States	DF	(1992-09-14) September 14, 1992 (age 32)	Toronto FC
6	Chidozie Awaziem	Nigeria	DF	(1997-01-01) January 1, 1997 (age 27)	Boavista F.C.
12	Miles Robinson	United States	DF	(1997-03-14) March 14, 1997 (age 27)	Atlanta United
14	Kipp Keller (GA)	United States	DF	(2000-07-14) July 14, 2000 (age 24)	Austin FC
15	Bret Halsey (GA)	United States	DF	(2000-06-01) June 1, 2000 (age 24)	Colorado Springs Switchbacks
16	Teenage Hadebe	Zimbabwe	DF	(1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 (age 29)	Konyaspor
21	Matt Miazga	United States	DF	(1995-07-19) July 19, 1995 (age 29)	Chelsea F.C.
32	Ian Murphy	United States	DF	(2000-01-16) January 16, 2000 (age 24)	Duke Blue Devils
33	Isaiah Foster	United States	DF	(2003-08-12) August 12, 2003 (age 21)	Colorado Springs Switchbacks
34	London Aghedo	United States	DF	(2000-05-31) May 31, 2000 (age 24)	Air Force Falcons
91	DeAndre Yedlin	United States	DF	(1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 (age 31)	Inter Miami CF
5	Obinna Nwobodo (INTL, DP)	Nigeria	MF	(1996-11-29) November 29, 1996 (age 28)	Göztepe S.K.
10	Luciano Acosta (DP)	Argentina	MF	(1994-05-31) May 31, 1994 (age 30)	Atlas
20	Pavel Bucha	Czech Republic	MF	(1998-03-11) March 11, 1998 (age 26)	FC Viktoria Plzeň
22	Gerardo Valenzuela (HG)	United States	MF	(2004-09-28) September 28, 2004 (age 20)	FC Cincinnati Academy
23	Luca Orellano	Argentina	MF	(2000-03-22) March 22, 2000 (age 24)	CR Vasco da Gama
26	Malik Pinto	United States	MF	(2002-08-09) August 9, 2002 (age 22)	FC Cincinnati Academy
27	Yamil Asad	Argentina	MF	(1994-07-27) July 27, 1994 (age 30)	D.C. United
37	Stiven Jimenez (HG)	United States	MF	(2007-06-24) June 24, 2007 (age 17)	FC Cincinnati Academy
7	Yuya Kubo (INTL)	Japan	FW	(1993-12-23) December 23, 1993 (age 31)	K.A.A. Gent
9	Nicholas Gioacchini	United States	FW	(2000-07-25) July 25, 2000 (age 24)	Como 1907
11	Corey Baird (HG)	United States	FW	(1996-01-30) January 30, 1996 (age 28)	Houston Dynamo
17	Sérgio Santos	Brazil	FW	(1994-09-04) September 4, 1994 (age 30)	Philadelphia Union
19	Kevin Kelsy	Venezuela	FW	(2004-07-27) July 27, 2004 (age 20)	FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Player movement

In

Date	No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes
January 1, 2025	9	FW	Kévin Denkey	Cercle Brugge	Transfer^[2]
January 1, 2025	23	MF	Luca Orellano	Vasco da Gama	Transfer^[3]

Out

Date	No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes
December 9, 2024	6	DF	Chidozie Awaziem	Colorado Rapids	Trade^[4]
December 9, 2024	32	DF	Ian Murphy	Colorado Rapids	Trade^[5]
December 13, 2024	14	DF	Kipp Keller	Minnesota United FC	Re-Entry Draft Stage 1^[6]

Loans In

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Loan start date	Loan end date

Loans Out

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Loan start date	Loan end date

2025 MLS SuperDraft picks

Round	Pick #	Player	Pos	College	Notes
3	80	Ben Augee	MF	Gonzaga

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

All matches are in Eastern Time

Preseason

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Major League Soccer

League tables

Eastern Conference

MLS Eastern Conference table (2025)
Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Atlanta United FC	Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2	Chicago Fire FC	Qualification for round one
3	FC Cincinnati
4	Charlotte FC
5	Columbus Crew

First match(es) will be played: February 22, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall

Overall MLS standings table
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Austin FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Chicago Fire FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	FC Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Charlotte FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Columbus Crew	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 22, 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overview

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 or 23, 2025	TBD, 2025	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
MLS Cup Playoffs	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Leagues Cup	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CONCACAF Champions Cup	February 19th, 2025	TBD	Round One	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: MLS Results
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Resutls by round

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
Result
Points
Position (East)

Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Conference leader; = Playoffs berth; = Wild card berth

Match results

Win Draw Loss Void Postponed

February 22 1	FC Cincinnati	v	New York Red Bulls	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EST				Stadium: TQL Stadium

March 1 2	Philadelphia Union	v	FC Cincinnati	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 p.m. EST				Stadium: Subaru Park

March 8 3	FC Cincinnati	v	Toronto FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EST				Stadium: TQL Stadium

March 15 4	Charlotte FC	v	FC Cincinnati	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Bank of America Stadium

March 22 5	FC Cincinnati	v	Atlanta United FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
2:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

March 29 6	Nashville SC	v	FC Cincinnati	Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Geodis Park

April 5 7	FC Cincinnati	v	New England Revolution	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

April 12 8	D.C. United	v	FC Cincinnati	Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Audi Field

April 19 9	Chicago Fire FC	v	FC Cincinnati	Chicago, Illinois
8:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Soldier Field

April 26 10	FC Cincinnati	v	Sporting Kansas City	Cincinnati, Ohio
2:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

May 4 11	New York City FC	v	FC Cincinnati	New York, New York
5:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Citi Field

May 10 12	FC Cincinnati	v	Austin FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

May 14 13	Toronto FC	v	FC Cincinnati	Toronto, Ontario
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: BMO Field

May 17 14	Columbus Crew	v	FC Cincinnati	Columbus, Ohio
7:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Lower.com Field

May 25 15	Atlanta United FC	v	FC Cincinnati	Atlanta, Georgia
7:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium

May 28 16	FC Cincinnati	v	FC Dallas	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

May 31 17	FC Cincinnati	v	D.C. United	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

June 14 18	New England Revolution	v	FC Cincinnati	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Gillette Stadium

June 25 19	CF Montréal	v	FC Cincinnati	Montreal, Quebec
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Saputo Stadium

June 28 20	Orlando City SC	v	FC Cincinnati	Orlando, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium

July 5 21	FC Cincinnati	v	Chicago Fire FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

July 12 22	FC Cincinnati	v	Columbus Crew	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

July 16 23	FC Cincinnati	v	Inter Miami CF	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

July 19 24	Real Salt Lake	v	FC Cincinnati	Sandy, Utah
8:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: America First Field

July 26 25	Inter Miami CF	v	FC Cincinnati	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Chase Stadium

August 10 26	FC Cincinnati	v	Charlotte FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

August 16 27	Portland Timbers	v	FC Cincinnati	Portland, Oregon
10:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Providence Park

August 23 28	FC Cincinnati	v	New York City FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

August 30 29	FC Cincinnati	v	Philadelphia Union	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

September 13 30	FC Cincinnati	v	Nashville SC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

September 20 31	LA Galaxy	v	FC Cincinnati	Carson, California
10:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

September 27 32	FC Cincinnati	v	Orlando City SC	Cincinnati, Ohio
2:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

October 4 33	New York Red Bulls	v	FC Cincinnati	Harrison, New Jersey
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Sports Illustrated Stadium

October 18 34	FC Cincinnati	v	CF Montréal	Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: TQL Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

v

Leagues Cup

v

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Round One

February 19 1st Leg	Motagua	v	FC Cincinnati	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
10:00 p.m. EST				Stadium: Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés

February 26 2nd Leg	FC Cincinnati	v	Motagua	Cincinnati, Ohio
6:30 p.m. EST				Stadium: TQL Stadium

References

^ "Roster". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
^ "FC Cincinnati acquire Togolese striker Kévin Denkey as Designated Player". Major League Soccer. November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
^ "FC Cincinnati permanently acquire Luca Orellano". Major League Soccer. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
^ "Colorado Rapids acquire Awaziem, Murphy from FC Cincinnati". Major League Soccer. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ "Colorado Rapids acquire Awaziem, Murphy from FC Cincinnati". Major League Soccer. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ "Minnesota United select Kipp Keller in Re-Entry Draft". Major League Soccer. December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

[1] "Roster". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

[2] "FC Cincinnati acquire Togolese striker Kévin Denkey as Designated Player". Major League Soccer. November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.

[3] "FC Cincinnati permanently acquire Luca Orellano". Major League Soccer. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.

[4] "Colorado Rapids acquire Awaziem, Murphy from FC Cincinnati". Major League Soccer. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[5] "Colorado Rapids acquire Awaziem, Murphy from FC Cincinnati". Major League Soccer. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[6] "Minnesota United select Kipp Keller in Re-Entry Draft". Major League Soccer. December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

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