MLS

FT Wednesday, May 31, 2023
FC Cincinnati WWWWW 3
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New York City FC LLLDL 1
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Yankee Stadium · 14,806 att.

Match Report

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Luciano Acosta, FC Cincinnati celebrate win over NYCFC

Luciano Acosta celebrated his 29th birthday goal by scoring late in the first half and MLS-best FC Cincinnati extended their winning streak to five games with a 3-1 victory over struggling host NYCFC on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
7
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
2
39.8
Possession
60.2
11
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
280
Accurate Passes
445
361
Passes
523
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
2
Crosses
25
0.5
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
50
18
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
6
14
Clearances
6

Highlights

00:58 Álvaro Barreal's screamer doubles FC Cincinnati's lead Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

NYC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NYC · 3-4-1-2

  1. 49Matt FreeseG
  2. 4Maxime ChanotCD
  3. 93Tony AlfaroCD-L
  4. 24Tayvon GrayCD-R
  5. 55Keaton ParksCM-L
  6. 6James SandsCM-R
  7. 10Santiago RodríguezAM
  8. 3Braian CufréLM
  9. 34Stephen TurnbullRM
  10. 19Gabriel SegalCF-L
  11. 11Gabriel PereiraCF-R

CIN · 3-4-1-2

  1. 18Roman CelentanoG
  2. 21Matt MiazgaCD
  3. 32Ian MurphyCD-L
  4. 15Yerson MosqueraCD-R
  5. 93Júnior MorenoCM-L
  6. 7Yuya KuboCM-R
  7. 10Luciano AcostaAM
  8. 31Álvaro BarrealLM
  9. 13Santiago AriasRM
  10. 14Dominique BadjiCF-L
  11. 19Brandon VázquezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 38' Goal! New York City FC 0, FC Cincinnati 1. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dominique Badji.
  2. 41' Braian Cufré (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 43' Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+5' Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 50' Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 53' Maxime Chanot (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' James Sands (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 58' Tayvon Gray (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 59' Goal! New York City FC 0, FC Cincinnati 2. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  10. 60' Substitution, New York City FC. Alfredo Morales replaces Tayvon Gray.
  11. 64' Goal! New York City FC 1, FC Cincinnati 2. Braian Cufré (New York City FC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alfredo Morales.
  12. 66' Gabriel Pereira (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 70' Goal! New York City FC 1, FC Cincinnati 3. Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  14. 72' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Marco Angulo replaces Yuya Kubo.
  15. 72' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Alvas Powell replaces Yerson Mosquera.
  16. 74' Substitution, New York City FC. Richard Ledezma replaces Gabriel Segal.
  17. 78' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Malik Pinto replaces Luciano Acosta.
  18. 82' Tony Alfaro (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 85' Substitution, New York City FC. Kevin O'Toole replaces Tony Alfaro.
  20. 87' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Raymon Gaddis replaces Álvaro Barreal.
  21. 87' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Arquímides Ordóñez replaces Dominique Badji.
  22. 88' Alfredo Morales (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 90'+1' Raymon Gaddis (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.

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