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FT Saturday, February 22, 2025
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FC Cincinnati WLLWW 1
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Match Report

Kevin Denkey's goal in debut sends FC Cincinnati past Red Bulls

Kevin Denkey scored in the 70th minute of his MLS debut, lifting FC Cincinnati to a 1-0 victory over the visiting New York Red Bulls on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
3
51.9
Possession
48.1
15
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
418
Accurate Passes
349
507
Passes
470
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
63
25
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
15
20
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
8
36
Effective Clearances
32
36
Clearances
32

Head to Head

RBNY leads series 3-2

Lineups

CIN · 5-3-2

  1. 18Roman CelentanoG
  2. 12Miles RobinsonCD
  3. 16Teenage HadebeCD-L
  4. 3Gilberto FloresCD-R
  5. 29Lukas EngelLB
  6. 91DeAndre YedlinRB
  7. 5Obinna NwobodoCM
  8. 20Pavel BuchaCM-L
  9. 10EvanderCM-R
  10. 7Yuya KuboCF-L
  11. 9Kévin DenkeyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Noah AdnanSUB
  2. 19Stefan ChirilaSUB
  3. 37Stiven JimenezSUB
  4. 27Tah AnungaSUB
  5. 13Evan LouroSUB
  6. 15Bret HalseySUB
  7. 2Alvas PowellSUB
  8. 11Corey BairdSUB

RBNY · 3-4-2-1

  1. 31Carlos CoronelG
  2. 15Sean NealisCD
  3. 42Alexander HackCD-L
  4. 3Noah EileCD-R
  5. 75Daniel EdelmanCM-L
  6. 8Peter StroudCM-R
  7. 5Omar ValenciaLM
  8. 17Cameron HarperRM
  9. 13Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingF
  10. 10Emil ForsbergCF-L
  11. 9Lewis MorganCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Tim ParkerSUB
  2. 1Anthony MarcucciSUB
  3. 12Dylan NealisSUB
  4. 19Wikelman CarmonaSUB
  5. 44Raheem EdwardsSUB
  6. 22Dennis GjengaarSUB
  7. 20Felipe CarballoSUB
  8. 37Mohammed SofoSUB
  9. 16Julian HallSUB

Timeline

  1. 59' Alexander Hack (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 64' Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 70' Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, New York Red Bulls 0. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin with a through ball.
  4. 72' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tah Brian Anunga replaces Evander.
  5. 72' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Corey Baird replaces Yuya Kubo.
  6. 79' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Felipe Carballo replaces Peter Stroud.
  7. 79' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Julian Hall replaces Alexander Hack.
  8. 84' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Wiki Carmona replaces Daniel Edelman.
  9. 85' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Alvas Powell replaces Gilberto Flores.
  10. 88' Corey Baird (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+5' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Stefan Chirila replaces Pavel Bucha.

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