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FT Saturday, October 18, 2025
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FC Cincinnati LWWDW 3
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Match Report

Cincinnati knocks off Montreal 3-0 to claim second seed in Eastern Conference

Defender Nick Hagglund, Evander Da Silva Ferreira and Brenner Souza all scored and Roman Celentano was untouchable as FC Cincinnati claimed second place in the Eastern Conference with a 3-0 Decision Day victory over CF Montreal on Saturday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
12
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
3
53.6
Possession
46.4
9
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
348
Accurate Passes
315
420
Passes
365
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
17
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.4
49
Long Balls
32
27
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
2
21
Effective Tackles
14
29
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
3
Interceptions
14
16
Effective Clearances
23
16
Clearances
23

Highlights

00:48 Evander finds the back of the net for FC Cincinnati Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

CIN leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CIN · 3-4-1-2

  1. 18Roman CelentanoG
  2. 12Miles RobinsonCD
  3. 16Teenage HadebeCD-L
  4. 4Nick HagglundCD-R
  5. 5Obinna NwobodoCM-L
  6. 20Pavel BuchaCM-R
  7. 10EvanderAM
  8. 15Dominik MarczukLM
  9. 2Alvas PowellRM
  10. 8BrennerCF-L
  11. 85Kei KamaraCF-R

MTL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31Thomas GillierG
  2. 2Jalen NealCD-L
  3. 5Brandan CraigCD-R
  4. 13Luca PetrassoLB
  5. 19Bode HidalgoRB
  6. 18Hennadii SynchukAM
  7. 8Matthew LongstaffLM
  8. 22Victor LoturiRM
  9. 9Prince OwusuF
  10. 21Fabian HerbersAM-L
  11. 25Dante SealyAM-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Victor Loturi (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, CF Montréal 0. Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Evander with a cross following a corner.
  3. 42' Dante Sealy (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+4' Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+6' Penalty missed! Still FC Cincinnati 1, CF Montréal 0. Prince Owusu (CF Montréal) hits the right post with a left footed shot.
  6. 45' Substitution, CF Montréal. Fernando Álvarez replaces Jalen Neal because of an injury.
  7. 45' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Yuya Kubo replaces Dominik Marczuk.
  8. 45' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Samuel Gidi replaces Obinna Nwobodo.
  9. 45' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Gilberto Flores replaces Teenage Hadebe.
  10. 56' Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, CF Montréal 0. Evander (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nick Hagglund.
  11. 58' Substitution, CF Montréal. Olger Escobar replaces Dante Sealy.
  12. 58' Substitution, CF Montréal. Iván Jaime replaces Fabian Herbers.
  13. 61' Samuel Gidi (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 73' Substitution, CF Montréal. Giacomo Vrioni replaces Prince Owusu.
  15. 77' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tah Brian Anunga replaces Nick Hagglund.
  16. 78' Substitution, CF Montréal. Kwadwo Opoku replaces Iván Jaime because of an injury.
  17. 81' Substitution, CF Montréal. Bryce Duke replaces Hennadii Synchuk because of an injury.
  18. 84' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Gerardo Valenzuela replaces Kei Kamara.
  19. 88' Goal! FC Cincinnati 3, CF Montréal 0. Brenner (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gerardo Valenzuela.

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