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FT Saturday, November 8, 2025
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FC Cincinnati DWWWL 2
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CIN wins series 2-1 · TQL Stadium · 25,513 att. · MLS Season Pass

Match Report

Brenner scores 2 goals, Cincinnati beats Crew 2-1 to advance to East semifinals

Brenner's double helped FC Cincinnati beat the Columbus Crew 2-1 on Saturday night and win the MLS Round 1 best-of-three series 2-1.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
6
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
4
63.4
Possession
36.6
14
SHOTS
16
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
438
Accurate Passes
222
518
Passes
293
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
24
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
54
12
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
10
17
Effective Clearances
34
17
Clearances
34

Highlights

00:19 Jacen Russell-Rowe gets on the scoresheet for Columbus Crew SC Watch on ESPN 00:45 Brenner gets on the scoresheet for FC Cincinnati Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

CLB leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CIN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 18Roman CelentanoG
  2. 12Miles RobinsonCD
  3. 16Teenage HadebeCD-L
  4. 4Nick HagglundCD-R
  5. 11Samuel GidiCM-L
  6. 20Pavel BuchaCM-R
  7. 29Lukas EngelLM
  8. 66Ender EcheniqueRM
  9. 9Kévin DenkeyF
  10. 8BrennerCF-L
  11. 10EvanderCF-R

CLB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 28Patrick SchulteG
  2. 25Sean ZawadzkiCD
  3. 18Malte AmundsenCD-L
  4. 31Steven MoreiraCD-R
  5. 6Darlington NagbeCM-L
  6. 7Dylan ChambostCM-R
  7. 27Max ArfstenLM
  8. 2Andrés HerreraRM
  9. 10Diego RossiF
  10. 16Taha HabrouneCF-L
  11. 30Hugo PicardCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 10' Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 35' Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Jacen Russell-Rowe replaces Taha Habroune.
  5. 63' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Luca Orellano replaces Lukas Engel because of an injury.
  6. 63' Goal! FC Cincinnati 0, Columbus Crew 1. Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrés Herrera with a cross.
  7. 67' Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Columbus Crew 1. Brenner (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Teenage Hadebe following a corner.
  8. 76' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Ayoub Jabbari replaces Kévin Denkey.
  9. 84' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Lassi Lappalainen replaces Andrés Herrera.
  10. 86' Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Columbus Crew 1. Brenner (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samuel Gidi.
  11. 87' Brenner (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  12. 88' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Obinna Nwobodo replaces Brenner.
  13. 88' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Alvas Powell replaces Ender Echenique.
  14. 90' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Ibrahim Aliyu replaces Max Arfsten.
  15. 90' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Yevhen Cheberko replaces Malte Amundsen.
  16. 90' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Dániel Gazdag replaces Dylan Chambost.

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