Toronto FC vs FC Cincinnati, 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
· MLS
FT
2 - 3
2 - 3
FC Cincinnati beat Toronto FC, claim Supporters' Shield
Aaron Boupendza's second-half goal clinched both the MLS Supporters' Shield and FC Cincinnati's 3-2 victory over host Toronto FC on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Deandre Kerr (Toronto FC).
- 1': Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Deandre Kerr (Toronto FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 5': Foul by Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati).
- 7': Delay in match because of an injury Deandre Kerr (Toronto FC).
- 7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 8': Attempt saved. Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a cross.
- 9': Substitution, Toronto FC. Hugo Mbongue replaces Deandre Kerr because of an injury.
- 11': Latif Blessing (Toronto FC) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi with a cross.
- 11': Attempt missed. Alonso Coello (Toronto FC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 13': Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Foul by Aimé Mabika (Toronto FC).
- 13': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Sigurd Rosted.
- 14': Attempt missed. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a cross following a corner.
- 15': Foul by Themi Antonoglou (Toronto FC).
- 15': Santiago Arias (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 16': Foul by Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati).
- 16': Kobe Franklin (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Attempt missed. Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 17': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Michael Bradley.
- 18': Attempt missed. Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal.
- 21': Attempt saved. Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hugo Mbongue.
- 21': Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Themi Antonoglou (Toronto FC).
- 22': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Arias.
- 23': Attempt missed. Junior Moreno (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Obinna Nwobodo.
- 27': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Aimé Mabika.
- 28': Attempt saved. Santiago Arias (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 28': Goal! Toronto FC 0, FC Cincinnati 1. Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yerson Mosquera with a headed pass.
- 32': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Themi Antonoglou.
- 34': Foul by Latif Blessing (Toronto FC).
- 34': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Attempt saved. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal.
- 35': Goal! Toronto FC 0, FC Cincinnati 2. Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
- 39': Attempt saved. Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alonso Coello with a headed pass.
- 39': Goal! Toronto FC 1, FC Cincinnati 2. Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
- 40': Foul by Ian Murphy (FC Cincinnati).
- 40': Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 44': Goal! Toronto FC 2, FC Cincinnati 2. Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC) header from very close range to the bottom left corner.
- 45': Delay in match because of an injury Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati).
- 45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Santiago Arias (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a through ball.
- 45'+1': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Luka Gavran.
- 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Miazga with a headed pass.
- 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Latif Blessing.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Toronto FC 2, FC Cincinnati 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Toronto FC 2, FC Cincinnati 2.
- 46': Corner, Toronto FC. Conceded by Yerson Mosquera.
- 47': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 47': Latif Blessing (Toronto FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 49': Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 49': Foul by Sigurd Rosted (Toronto FC).
- 49': Foul by Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati).
- 49': Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Attempt saved. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Obinna Nwobodo.
- 54': Attempt saved. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 56': Delay in match because of an injury Latif Blessing (Toronto FC).
- 56': Delay in match because of an injury Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati).
- 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 59': Delay in match because of an injury Themi Antonoglou (Toronto FC).
- 60': Substitution, Toronto FC. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty replaces Latif Blessing because of an injury.
- 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 61': Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Ian Murphy (FC Cincinnati).
- 63': Attempt missed. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Brandon Vazquez.
- 64': Attempt saved. Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a through ball.
- 64': Attempt saved. Michael Bradley (Toronto FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kobe Franklin.
- 65': Attempt saved. Kobe Franklin (Toronto FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Themi Antonoglou with a cross.
- 65': Attempt saved. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 65': Alonso Coello (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati).
- 68': Corner, Toronto FC. Conceded by Yerson Mosquera.
- 69': Substitution, Toronto FC. Franco Ibarra replaces Alonso Coello.
- 70': Hand ball by Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC).
- 71': Attempt saved. Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 72': Attempt saved. Franco Ibarra (Toronto FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Bernardeschi.
- 72': Goal! Toronto FC 2, FC Cincinnati 3. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 74': Foul by Themi Antonoglou (Toronto FC).
- 74': Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Themi Antonoglou (Toronto FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76': Substitution, Toronto FC. Prince Osei Owusu replaces Hugo Mbongue.
- 77': Substitution, Toronto FC. Cristián Gutiérrez replaces Themi Antonoglou.
- 77': Substitution, Toronto FC. Víctor Vázquez replaces Michael Bradley.
- 78': Attempt blocked. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (Toronto FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Franco Ibarra.
- 79': Foul by Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati).
- 79': Kobe Franklin (Toronto FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 79': Attempt missed. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing misses to the right.
- 79': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Luka Gavran.
- 80': Attempt missed. Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a cross following a corner.
- 82': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Dominique Badji replaces Aaron Boupendza.
- 84': Attempt missed. Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Dominique Badji.
- 84': Foul by Prince Osei Owusu (Toronto FC).
- 84': Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Delay in match because of an injury Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati).
- 84': Prince Osei Owusu (Toronto FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 85': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Raymon Gaddis replaces Álvaro Barreal.
- 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 86': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Luciano Acosta tries a through ball, but Dominique Badji is caught offside.
- 87': Foul by Prince Osei Owusu (Toronto FC).
- 87': Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 88': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
- 88': Víctor Vázquez (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Yuya Kubo replaces Junior Moreno.
- 90': Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90': Foul by Sigurd Rosted (Toronto FC).
- 90'+1': Offside, Toronto FC. Franco Ibarra tries a through ball, but Cristián Gutiérrez is caught offside.
- 90'+3': Foul by Yerson Mosquera (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+3': Franco Ibarra (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Brandon Vazquez.
- 90'+4': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Luka Gavran.
- 90'+5': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Cristián Gutiérrez.
- 90'+7': Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Foul by Raymon Gaddis (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+8': Foul by Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+8': Franco Ibarra (Toronto FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+8': Attempt missed. Sigurd Rosted (Toronto FC) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty with a cross.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Toronto FC 2, FC Cincinnati 3.
- 0': Match ends, Toronto FC 2, FC Cincinnati 3.
Statistics
 CIN |
TOR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 5 | Saves | 10 |
| 55.3 | Possession | 44.7 |
| 25 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 13 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 380 | Accurate Passes | 286 |
| 465 | Passes | 379 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 8 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 22 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 44 | Long Balls | 67 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 15 |
| 14 | Tackles | 23 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 11 | Effective Clearances | 20 |
| 11 | Clearances | 20 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: BMO Field
Location: Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 24,658
Venue: BMO Field
Location: Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 24,658
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inter Miami CF | 12 | +14 | 24 |
| 2 | FC Cincinnati | 11 | +4 | 21 |
| 3 | Toronto FC | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 4 | New York Red Bulls | 11 | 0 | 17 |
Line-Ups
Toronto FC (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 90 | Luka Gavran (GK) |
| 4 | Michael Bradley |
| 6 | Aimé Mabika |
| 17 | Sigurd Rosted |
| 21 | Jonathan Osorio |
| 52 | Alonso Coello |
| 81 | Themi Antonoglou  |
| 19 | Kobe Franklin |
| 29 | Deandre Kerr |
| 11 | Latif Blessing |
| 10 | Federico Bernardeschi |
FC Cincinnati (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Roman Celentano (GK) |
| 21 | Matt Miazga |
| 32 | Ian Murphy |
| 15 | Yerson Mosquera |
| 93 | Júnior Moreno |
| 5 | Obinna Nwobodo |
| 10 | Luciano Acosta |
| 31 | Álvaro Barreal |
| 13 | Santiago Arias |
| 9 | Aaron-Salem Boupendza |
| 19 | Brandon Vázquez |
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