Apr 26, 2025 at 2:30 pm

Match Commentary

The game concludes with FC Cincinnati securing a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City.

90'

The second half has concluded, with the final score showing FC Cincinnati 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.

90'

Stephen Afrifa commits a foul for Sporting Kansas City.

90'

Alvas Powell from FC Cincinnati earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.

90'

The fourth official has indicated that there will be three minutes of stoppage time.

90'

Missed opportunity. Evander from FC Cincinnati took a right-footed shot from the center of the penalty area.

90'

Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Corey Baird comes on to take the place of Kévin Denkey.

89'

Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Sporting Kansas City 1. Zorhan Bassong scores for Sporting Kansas City with a powerful right-footed shot from the center of the box, finding the top right corner of the net. The goal was set up by Erik Thommy after a set piece.

88'

Stephen Afrifa from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick on the left flank.

88'

DeAndre Yedlin commits a foul for FC Cincinnati.

88'

Manu García from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick on the left flank.

88'

Pavel Bucha commits a foul for FC Cincinnati.

87'

A shot from outside the penalty area by Kévin Denkey of FC Cincinnati is stopped in the middle of the goal. The attempt was set up by Sergio Santos.

87'

Substitution for Sporting Kansas City: Stephen Afrifa comes on to take the place of Shapi Suleymanov.

86'

Substitution for Sporting Kansas City: Andrew Brody comes on to take the place of Khiry Shelton.

86'

Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Alvas Powell comes on to take the place of Luca Orellano.

86'

Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Brad Smith comes on to take the place of Lukas Engel.

84'

Manu García of Sporting Kansas City is awarded a free kick in the opponent's half.

84'

Manu García from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in the opponent's half.

84'

Evander commits a foul against FC Cincinnati.

82'

A shot attempt has been thwarted. Manu García from Sporting Kansas City took a right-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but it was blocked. The assist came from Dejan Joveljic.

80'

A shot attempt is thwarted. Lukas Engel of FC Cincinnati takes a left-footed strike from the left side of the penalty area, but it's blocked. The assist came from Sergio Santos.

79'

Kévin Denkey of FC Cincinnati receives a yellow card for celebrating too exuberantly.

78'

Goal! FC Cincinnati leads 2-0 against Sporting Kansas City. Kévin Denkey scores with a right-footed shot from the center of the box after a corner kick.

77'

Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after John Pulskamp allowed the ball to go out of play.

77'

Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after a deflection off John Pulskamp.

75'

Obinna Nwobodo from FC Cincinnati is awarded a free kick in his team's defensive zone.

75'

Zorhan Bassong from Sporting Kansas City commits a foul.

75'

The attempt is thwarted. Zorhan Bassong from Sporting Kansas City heads the ball from the middle of the box, but the goalkeeper makes the save.

74'

Offside call against FC Cincinnati. Kévin Denkey has been flagged for being in an offside position.

74'

Missed opportunity! Obinna Nwobodo from FC Cincinnati takes a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it goes over the bar and to the right.

73'

Substitution for Sporting Kansas City: Erik Thommy comes on to take the place of Dániel Sallói.

71'

Shot on goal denied. Evander from FC Cincinnati takes a right-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but the goalkeeper makes the save.

71'

A shot attempt is thwarted. Luca Orellano from FC Cincinnati takes a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but it gets blocked. The assist came from Pavel Bucha.

70'

Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after Jacob Bartlett allowed the ball to go out of play.

69'

Offside call against FC Cincinnati. Lukas Engel has been flagged for being in an offside position.

69'

Sergio Santos from FC Cincinnati earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.

69'

Sergio Santos from FC Cincinnati earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.

66'

FC Cincinnati is flagged for offside as Lukas Engel is found to be in an offside position.

66'

Substitution for Sporting Kansas City: Zorhan Bassong comes on to take the place of Nemanja Radoja.

65'

Dejan Joveljic of Sporting Kansas City receives a yellow card.

65'

Dejan Joveljic from Sporting Kansas City has fallen to the ground, but the referee rules that he has exaggerated the situation.

64'

Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after Jacob Bartlett allowed the ball to go out of play.

64'

A shot is deflected. Evander from FC Cincinnati takes a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but it's blocked. The attempt was set up by Luca Orellano.

63'

Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Sergio Santos comes on to take the place of Matt Miazga.

63'

Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Obinna Nwobodo comes on to take the place of Tah Brian Anunga.

62'

Lukas Engel from FC Cincinnati earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.

62'

Jansen Miller commits a foul for Sporting Kansas City.

62'

The shot was deflected. Shapi Suleymanov of Sporting Kansas City tried a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but it was blocked. Jacob Bartlett provided the assist.

61'

Offside call against Sporting Kansas City. Logan Ndenbe has been flagged for being in an offside position.

56'

FC Cincinnati is flagged for offside. DeAndre Yedlin is the player who was in an offside position.

56'

Offside call against Sporting Kansas City. Dejan Joveljic has been flagged for being in an offside position.

52'

Corner kick awarded to Sporting Kansas City after Tah Brian Anunga allowed the ball to go out of play.

51'

Shot on goal denied. Dániel Sallói of Sporting Kansas City takes a right-footed attempt from the left side of the penalty area, but the shot is stopped in the middle of the net. The effort was set up by Dejan Joveljic.

47'

Corner kick awarded to Sporting Kansas City after Miles Robinson allowed the ball to go out of play.

45'

The second half is underway with FC Cincinnati leading Sporting Kansas City 1-0.

45'

The first half concludes with FC Cincinnati leading Sporting Kansas City 1-0.

45'

The first half has concluded with FC Cincinnati leading Sporting Kansas City 1-0.

45'

Lukas Engel commits a foul for FC Cincinnati.

45'

Shapi Suleymanov of Sporting Kansas City is awarded a free kick on the right flank.

45'

The fourth official has indicated that there will be three minutes of stoppage time.

43'

Goal! FC Cincinnati takes the lead with a score of 1-0 against Sporting Kansas City. Kévin Denkey scores with a right-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area.

43'

A shot on goal was thwarted. Lukas Engel from FC Cincinnati fired a left-footed attempt from outside the penalty area, but it was successfully stopped in the bottom right corner. The effort was set up by Pavel Bucha.

42'

Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.

42'

Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in his own half.

38'

Tah Brian Anunga from FC Cincinnati commits a foul.

38'

Manu García from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in the opponent's half.

38'

The pause has ended. They're set to resume play.

37'

Match interruption - FC Cincinnati.

35'

Missed opportunity! Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City took a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it went wide.

32'

Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.

32'

Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.

27'

Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after Jacob Bartlett allowed the ball to go out.

24'

Offside call against FC Cincinnati. Lukas Engel has been flagged for being in an offside position.

23'

The pause has ended. They are set to resume play.

21'

The game is currently paused due to an injury to Roman Celentano from FC Cincinnati.

20'

Missed opportunity. Dejan Joveljic from Sporting Kansas City attempted a header from the middle of the penalty area.

19'

Manu García commits a foul for Sporting Kansas City.

19'

Manu García commits a foul for Sporting Kansas City.

19'

Evander from FC Cincinnati earns a free kick in their own half.

17'

Tah Brian Anunga from FC Cincinnati receives a yellow card for committing a serious foul.

17'

Manu García from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in the opponent's half.

17'

Tah Brian Anunga from FC Cincinnati commits a foul.

14'

Missed opportunity. Manu García from Sporting Kansas City takes a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it goes over the bar after a corner kick.

13'

Corner kick awarded to Sporting Kansas City after Evander allowed the ball to go out.

13'

A shot on goal was blocked. Dejan Joveljic from Sporting Kansas City took a right-footed attempt from the right side of the penalty area, but it was saved in the middle of the net. The assist came from Manu García.

11'

Missed opportunity. Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City took a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area.

9'

A shot on goal has been blocked. Luca Orellano from FC Cincinnati took a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but the goalkeeper made the save.

5'

Missed opportunity. Kévin Denkey from FC Cincinnati took a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area.

3'

Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after Nemanja Radoja allowed the ball to go out.

1'

Offside call against Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói has been flagged for being in an offside position.

The opening half is underway...

The team rosters have been revealed, and the players are currently going through their warm-up routines.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati

Formation: 3-4-2-1

Roman Celentano
Roman Celentano

Goalkeeper (#18)

Miles Robinson
Miles Robinson

Defender (#12)

Matt Miazga 
Matt Miazga 

Defender (#21)

Nick Hagglund 
Nick Hagglund 

Defender (#4)

DeAndre Yedlin
DeAndre Yedlin

Midfielder (#91)

Pavel Bucha
Pavel Bucha

Midfielder (#20)

Tah Anunga
Tah Anunga

Midfielder (#27)

Lukas Engel
Lukas Engel

Midfielder (#29)

Luca Orellano
Luca Orellano

Attacker (#23)

Evander
Evander

Attacker (#10)

Kévin Denkey
Kévin Denkey

Attacker (#9)

Sporting KC

Sporting KC

Formation: 4-3-3

John Pulskamp
John Pulskamp

Goalkeeper (#1)

Khiry Shelton 
Khiry Shelton 

Defender (#11)

Jansen Miller
Jansen Miller

Defender (#15)

Robert Voloder
Robert Voloder

Defender (#4)

Logan Ndenbe
Logan Ndenbe

Defender (#18)

Manu García
Manu García

Midfielder (#21)

Jacob Bartlett
Jacob Bartlett

Midfielder (#16)

Nemanja Radoja
Nemanja Radoja

Midfielder (#6)

Shapi Suleymanov
Shapi Suleymanov

Attacker (#93)

Dejan Joveljić
Dejan Joveljić

Attacker (#9)

Dániel Sallói
Dániel Sallói

Attacker (#10)

Statistics

FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati

 Sporting KC

Sporting KC

2

Goals

1

15

Shots

11

7

On Target

4

75

Attacks

93

533

Passes

454

3

Saves

5

0

Tackles

0

54%

% Possession

46%

4

Corners

5

5

Offsides

2

8

Fouls

6

2

Yellow Cards

1

0

Red Cards

0