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FC Cincinnati Edges Out Chicago Fire in Thrilling 3-2 Victory
Chicago, Illinois – FC Cincinnati secured a thrilling 3-2 victory over the Chicago Fire at Soldier Field in a Major League Soccer regular season match (game 13). Officiated by Lorenzo Hernandez, the match was a back-and-forth affair filled with intensity.
Evander opened the scoring for FC Cincinnati in the 10th minute, assisted by Sergio Santos. Chicago Fire equalized in the 31st minute through a goal by H. Cuypers, assisted by J. Bamba. K. Denkey put FC Cincinnati back in the lead just before halftime (42nd minute), again assisted by Sergio Santos. Denkey received a yellow card in the 43rd minute.
In the second half, Evander scored his second goal for FC Cincinnati in the 71st minute, assisted by L. Orellano. Chicago Fire pulled one back with a penalty converted by B. Gutierrez in the 85th minute. The closing stages saw yellow cards for Acosta and three FC Cincinnati players (Celentano, Orellano). FC Cincinnati held on for the win despite Chicago Fire’s possession advantage (57% to 43%). Cincinnati, however, had more shots on target (9 vs 5).
Substitutions chicago fire: at minute 21 S. Rogers came in and C. Teran went out., at minute 64 M. Haile-Selassie came in and S. Oregel went out., at minute 64 D. D’Avilla came in and M. Pineda went out., at minute 70 K. Acosta came in and P. Zinckernagel went out.
Substitutions fc cincinnati: at minute 46 G. Flores came in and M. Miazga went out., at minute 54 L. Orellano came in and Sergio Santos went out., at minute 80 G. Valenzuela came in and Evander went out., at minute 86 A. Powell came in and D. Yedlin went out., at minute 86 C. Baird came in and K. Denkey went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Chicago Fire
Titulares:
FC Cincinnati
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