Cincinnati vs Chicago 2025 MLS, Regular Season

FC Cincinnati

19': Evander
50': Kévin Denkey

FT
2 - 1

Chicago Fire FC

55': Philip Zinckernagel

FC Cincinnati sweep Fire, move into first place in East

Despite missing three regular starters, host FC Cincinnati outlasted the Chicago Fire 2-1 on Saturday night to take sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
19': Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Chicago Fire FC 0. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Luca Orellano.
45': Second Half begins FC Cincinnati 1, Chicago Fire FC 0.
50': Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Chicago Fire FC 0. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Evander following a fast break.
53': Kei Kamara (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55': Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Chicago Fire FC 1. Philip Zinckernagel (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Andrew Gutman.
68': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Gerardo Valenzuela replaces Kei Kamara.
73': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Brad Smith replaces Luca Orellano.
73': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Maren Haile-Selassie replaces Brian Gutiérrez.
73': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jonathan Dean replaces Leonardo Barroso.
76': Jonathan Bamba (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Tom Barlow replaces Sergio Oregel.
83': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Omari Glasgow replaces Jonathan Bamba.
90': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Teenage Hadebe replaces Evander.
90': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Corey Baird replaces Kévin Denkey.
90'+4': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Sam Williams replaces Philip Zinckernagel because of an injury.
90'+7': Jack Elliott (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+9': Second Half ends, FC Cincinnati 2, Chicago Fire FC 1.

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: TQL Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 25,513

MLS Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+16	Philadelphia Union	22	43	5
+4	FC Cincinnati	22	42	6
+13	Nashville SC	22	41	5
+9	Columbus Crew	22	41	3

Full Table

Statistics

CHI		CIN
13	Fouls	8
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
10	Corner Kicks	1
2	Saves	4
53.1	Possession	46.9
15	SHOTS	13
5	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
401	Accurate Passes	374
460	Passes	423
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	0
24	Crosses	7
0.1	Cross %	0.0
43	Long Balls	52
26	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.6	Long Balls %	0.7
7	Blocked Shots	3
11	Effective Tackles	7
20	Tackles	17
0.6	Tackle %	0.4
8	Interceptions	9
15	Effective Clearances	38
15	Clearances	38

Line-Ups

FC Cincinnati (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
18	Roman Celentano (GK)
21	Matt Miazga
29	Lukas Engel
2	Alvas Powell
20	Pavel Bucha
27	Tah Anunga
10	Evander
23	Luca Orellano
91	DeAndre Yedlin
9	Kévin Denkey
85	Kei Kamara

Substitutes:

Evan Louro, Stefan Chirila, Kenji Mboma Dem, Teenage Hadebe, Brad Smith, Paul Walters, Corey Baird, Gerardo Valenzuela, Stiven Jimenez.

Chicago Fire FC (4-3-3)

No.	Name
25	Jeff Gal (GK)
3	Jack Elliott
5	Samual Rogers
15	Andrew Gutman
2	Leonardo Barroso
22	Mauricio Pineda
17	Brian Gutiérrez
35	Sergio Oregel
9	Hugo Cuypers
19	Jonathan Bamba
11	Philip Zinckernagel