2022 FC Cincinnati season

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FC Cincinnati
2022 season
FC Cincinnati 2018 primary wordmark orange-blue.svg
General managerChris Albright
Head coachPat Noonan
StadiumTQL Stadium
MLSConference:
Overall:
Average home league attendance22,183
Biggest defeatATX 5–0 CIN (2/26)
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The 2022 FC Cincinnati season will be the club's fourth season in MLS, and the seventh season of a team playing under the FC Cincinnati brand after three years in the lower-division USL Championship. The club finished with a league worst 4–22–8 record in their third MLS season in 2021. FC Cincinnati home matches will be played at TQL Stadium.

FC Cincinnati's offseason transfers will be executed by general manager Chris Albright. On December 14, 2021, Pat Noonan was hired as head coach.[1]

Club[]

Roster[]

As of March 10, 2022[2][3]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous club
1 Alec Kann  United States GK (1990-08-08) August 8, 1990 (age 31) United States Atlanta United FC
18 (GA)  United States GK (2000-09-14) September 14, 2000 (age 21) United States Indiana Hoosiers
25 Kenneth Vermeer (INTL)  Netherlands GK (1986-01-10) January 10, 1986 (age 36) United States Los Angeles FC
30 (HG)  United States GK (2003-06-30) June 30, 2003 (age 18) United States FC Cincinnati Academy
2 Alvas Powell  Jamaica DF (1994-07-18) July 18, 1994 (age 27) United States Philadelphia Union
3 John Nelson (GA)  United States DF (1998-07-11) July 11, 1998 (age 23) United States FC Dallas
5 Gustavo Vallecilla (INTL)  Ecuador DF (1999-05-28) May 28, 1999 (age 22) Ecuador S.D. Aucas
14 Nick Hagglund  United States DF (1992-09-14) September 14, 1992 (age 29) Canada Toronto FC
16 Zico Bailey (HG)  United States DF (2000-08-27) August 27, 2000 (age 21) Denmark FC Helsingør
20 Geoff Cameron  United States DF (1985-07-11) July 11, 1985 (age 36) England Queens Park Rangers F.C.
22 Rónald Matarrita  Costa Rica DF (1994-07-09) July 9, 1994 (age 27) United States New York City FC
24 Tyler Blackett (INTL)  England DF (1994-04-02) April 2, 1994 (age 27) England Nottingham Forest
28 Ray Gaddis  United States DF (1990-01-13) January 13, 1990 (age 32) United States Philadelphia Union
32 Ian Murphy  United States DF (2000-01-16) January 16, 2000 (age 22) United States Duke Blue Devils
6 Haris Medunjanin  Bosnia and Herzegovina MF (1985-03-08) March 8, 1985 (age 37) United States Philadelphia Union
8 Allan Cruz (DP)  Costa Rica MF (1996-02-24) February 24, 1996 (age 26) Costa Rica C.S. Herediano
10 Luciano Acosta (DP)  Argentina MF (1994-05-31) May 31, 1994 (age 27) Mexico Atlas
31 Álvaro Barreal (INTL)  Argentina MF (2000-08-17) August 17, 2000 (age 21) Argentina Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
35 Harrison Robledo (HG)  United States MF (2002-02-08) February 8, 2002 (age 20) United States New York City FC
93 Júnior Moreno  Venezuela MF (1993-07-20) July 20, 1993 (age 28) United States D.C. United
7 Yuya Kubo (INTL)  Japan FW (1993-12-23) December 23, 1993 (age 28) Belgium K.A.A. Gent
9 Brenner (DP, INTL)  Brazil FW (2000-01-16) January 16, 2000 (age 22) Brazil São Paulo FC
12 Calvin Harris (INTL, GA)  England FW (2000-03-20) March 20, 2000 (age 22) United States Wake Forest Demon Deacons
14 Dominique Badji  Senegal FW (1992-10-16) October 16, 1992 (age 29) United States Colorado Rapids
19 Brandon Vazquez  United States FW (1998-10-14) October 14, 1998 (age 23) United States Atlanta United FC
23 Isaac Atanga (INTL)  Ghana FW (2000-06-14) June 14, 2000 (age 21) Denmark FC Nordsjælland
29 Arquimides Ordonez (HG)  United States FW (2003-08-05) August 5, 2003 (age 18) United States FC Cincinnati Academy
33 Nick Markanich  United States FW (1999-12-26) December 26, 1999 (age 22) United States Northern Illinois Huskies

Player movement[]

In[]

Date Number Position Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Ref
December 16, 2021 1 GK United States Alec Kann United States Atlanta United FC Free transfer [4]
December 17, 2021 2 DF Jamaica Alvas Powell United States Philadelphia Union Free transfer [5]
January 4, 2022 14 FW Senegal Dominique Badji United States Colorado Rapids Free transfer [6]
January 5, 2022 28 DF United States Ray Gaddis United States Philadelphia Union Free transfer [7]
January 6, 2022 3 DF United States John Nelson United States FC Dallas Stage 2 of the 2021 MLS Re-Entry Draft [8]
February 25, 2022 93 MF Venezuela Júnior Moreno United States D.C. United $250,000 in GAM [9]
February 25, 2022 35 MF United States Harrison Robledo United States New York City FC $50,000 in GAM [10]

Out[]

Date Number Position Player Transferred to Fee/Notes Ref
December 1, 2021 2 DF United States Edgar Castillo Option declined [11]
December 1, 2021 4 DF Netherlands Maikel van der Werff Netherlands PEC Zwolle Contract expired [11]
December 1, 2021 13 DF United States Joe Gyau Sweden Degerfors IF Option declined [11]
December 1, 2021 22 GK Poland Przemysław Tytoń Option declined [11]
December 1, 2021 24 MF Norway Jonas Fjeldberg United States Indy Eleven Option declined [11][12]
December 1, 2021 26 DF United States Chris Duvall Option declined [11]
December 1, 2021 33 MF United States Caleb Stanko Greece PAS Giannina Option declined [11]
December 1, 2021 39 GK Germany Ben Lundt United States Phoenix Rising FC Option declined [11]
December 1, 2021 64 MF France Florian Valot United States Miami FC Contract expired [11]
January 18, 2022 15 MF South Africa Kamohelo Mokotjo Contract buyout [13]
February 2, 2022 21 MF England Kyle Scott Mutually agreed to part ways [14]

Loans in[]

Number Position Player Loaned from Loan start date Loan end date Ref

Loans out[]

Number Position Player Loaned to Loan start date Loan end date Ref
17 MF United States Ben Mines United States Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC March 8, 2022 End of season [15]

2022 MLS SuperDraft picks[]

See also: 2022 MLS SuperDraft
Round Pick # Player Position College Notes
1 2 United States GK Indiana
1 14 United States Ian Murphy DF Duke Pick acquired from LA Galaxy via trade on April 8, 2021
2 30 United States Nick Markanich FW NIU

Competitions[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason[]

January 28 Preseason FC Cincinnati 3–1 South Florida Bulls Clearwater, Florida
3:00pm EST Vazquez 21'
Harris 52' (pen.)
Ordonez 90'		 Report 80' Stadium: Walter Campbell Sports Park
February 3 Preseason FC Cincinnati 1–1 Philadelphia Union Clearwater, Florida
11:00am EST Hagglund Yellow card 20'
Kubo 38'		 Carranza 2' Stadium: Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex
February 11 Preseason FC Cincinnati 4–0 St. Louis City SC Clearwater, Florida
12:00pm EST Acosta 11' (pen.), 36'
Markanich 63' (Vazquez)
Harris Yellow card 75'
Hagglund 90'		 Report Stadium: Walter Campbell Sports Park
February 15 Preseason FC Cincinnati 3–2 Nashville SC Clearwater, Florida
12:00pm EST Atanga 5' (Harris)
Harris 47'
Powell Yellow card 67'
Robledo 100'		 Report Haakenson 3' (Muyl)
Muyl 50'
Note: Extra 30-minute period played after two 45-minute halves.
February 18 Preseason Orlando City SC 2–2 FC Cincinnati Orlando, Florida
1:00pm EST Pato 53'
Akindele 90+2'		 Report Acosta 25', 77' Stadium: Exploria Stadium

Major League Soccer[]

Main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season

League tables[]

Eastern Conference[]
Pos Team
  • v
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Atlanta United FC 4 2 1 1 8 8 0 7 Qualification for the Playoffs first round
7 D.C. United 4 2 2 0 5 4 +1 6
8 FC Cincinnati 4 2 2 0 5 8 −3 6
9 New York City FC 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 4
10 New England Revolution 4 1 2 1 6 8 −2 4
Updated to match(es) played on March 20, 2022. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall[]
Pos Team
  • v
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
13 D.C. United 4 2 2 0 5 4 +1 6
14 LA Galaxy 4 2 2 0 4 4 0 6
15 FC Cincinnati 4 2 2 0 5 8 −3 6
16 Houston Dynamo 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 5
17 Portland Timbers 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 5
Updated to match(es) played on March 20, 2022. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Results[]

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHA
ResultLLWW
Source:[citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
February 26 1 Austin FC 5–0 FC Cincinnati Austin, Texas
6:00PM EDT Domínguez 2', 61'
Ring 14'
Driussi 43'
Kann 90+3' (o.g.)		 Report Cruz Yellow card 12'
Kubo Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Q2 Stadium
Attendance: 20,738
Referee: Ismail Elfath
March 5 2 FC Cincinnati 0–1 D.C. United Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00PM EDT Blackett Yellow card 90+4' Report Nyeman Red card 80'
B. Smith Yellow card 90+1'
Kamara 90+8' (pen.)		 Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 22,183
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
March 12 3 Orlando City SC 1–2 FC Cincinnati Orlando, Florida
7:30PM EDT Urso 42', Yellow card 73'
Jansson Yellow card 58'
Carlos Yellow card 81'		 Report Vazquez 13', Yellow card 37', 53'
Blackett Yellow card 61'
Kubo Yellow card 63'
Kann Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 16,512
Referee: Chris Penso
March 19 4 FC Cincinnati 3–1 Inter Miami CF Cincinnati, Ohio
1:00PM EDT Matarrita 18' Yellow card 33'
Vazquez 24' 82'
Moreno Yellow card 56'
Kann Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Higuaín 30' (pen.)
Adams Yellow card 47'
Gregore Yellow card 53'
Lowe Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 19,365
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
March 26 5 Charlotte FC v FC Cincinnati Charlotte, North Carolina
6:00PM EDT Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
April 2 6 FC Cincinnati v CF Montreal Cincinnati, Ohio
4:00PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
April 9 7 Seattle Sounders FC v FC Cincinnati Seattle, Washington
10:00PM EDT Stadium: Lumen Field
April 16 8 Atlanta United FC v FC Cincinnati Atlanta, Georgia
6:00PM EDT Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
April 24 9 FC Cincinnati v Los Angeles FC Cincinnati, Ohio
5:00PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
April 30 10 Toronto FC v FC Cincinnati Toronto, Canada
3:00PM EDT Stadium: BMO Field
May 4 11 FC Cincinnati v Toronto FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
May 7 12 Minnesota United FC v FC Cincinnati St. Paul, Minnesota
8:00PM EDT Stadium: Allianz Field
May 14 13 Chicago Fire FC v FC Cincinnati Chicago, Illinois
8:00PM EDT Stadium: Soldier Field
May 21 14 FC Cincinnati v New England Revolution Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
May 28 15 CF Montreal v FC Cincinnati Montreal, Canada
7:30PM EDT Stadium: Saputo Stadium
June 18 16 Philadelphia Union v FC Cincinnati Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30PM EDT Stadium: Subaru Park
June 24 17 FC Cincinnati v Orlando City SC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
June 29 18 FC Cincinnati v New York City FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
July 3 19 New England Revolution v FC Cincinnati Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:30PM EDT Stadium: Gillette Stadium
July 9 20 FC Cincinnati v New York Red Bulls Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
July 13 21 FC Cincinnati v Vancouver Whitecaps FC Cincinnati, Ohio
8:00PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
July 17 22 Columbus Crew v FC Cincinnati Columbus, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: Lower.com Field
July 23 23 FC Cincinnati v Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
July 30 24 Inter Miami CF v FC Cincinnati Miami, Florida
8:00PM EDT Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
August 6 25 FC Cincinnati v Philadelphia Union Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
August 13 26 FC Cincinnati v Atlanta United FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
August 20 27 New York Red Bulls v FC Cincinnati Harrison, New Jersey
6:00PM EDT Stadium: Red Bull Arena
August 27 28 FC Cincinnati v Columbus Crew Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
September 3 29 FC Cincinnati v Charlotte FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
September 7 30 New York City FC v FC Cincinnati The Bronx, New York
TBD Stadium: Yankee Stadium
September 10 31 FC Cincinnati v San Jose Earthquakes Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
September 17 32 Real Salt Lake v FC Cincinnati Sandy, Utah
9:30PM EDT Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
October 1 33 FC Cincinnati v Chicago Fire FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30PM EDT Stadium: TQL Stadium
October 9 34 D.C. United v FC Cincinnati Washington, DC
TBD Stadium: Audi Field

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK United States USA Alec Kann 4 0 4 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Jamaica JAM Alvas Powell 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
4 DF United States USA Nick Hagglund 3 0 3 0 0 0
16 DF United States USA Zico Bailey 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
20 DF United States USA Geoff Cameron 4 0 4 0 0 0
22 DF Costa Rica CRC Rónald Matarrita 2 1 2 1 0 0
24 DF England ENG Tyler Blackett 4 0 4 0 0 0
28 DF United States USA Ray Gaddis 2 0 2 0 0 0
32 DF United States USA Ian Murphy 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Haris Medunjanin 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
7 MF Japan JPN Yuya Kubo 4 0 4 0 0 0
8 MF Costa Rica CRC Allan Cruz 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 MF Argentina ARG Luciano Acosta 4 0 4 0 0 0
31 MF Argentina ARG Álvaro Barreal 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
35 MF United States USA Harrison Robledo 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
93 MF Venezuela VEN Júnior Moreno 4 0 4 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW Brazil BRA Brenner 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
12 FW England ENG Calvin Harris (footballer) 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
14 FW Senegal SEN Dominique Badji 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
19 FW United States USA Brandon Vazquez 4 4 4 4 0 0
23 FW Ghana GHA Isaac Atanga 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 FW United States USA Nick Markanich 1 0 1 0 0 0

Top scorers[]

Rank Position No. Name MLS Playoffs Total
1 FW 19 United States Brandon Vazquez 4 0 4
2 DF 22 Costa Rica Rónald Matarrita 1 0 1
Total 5 0 5

Top assists[]

Rank Position No. Name MLS Playoffs Total
1 MF 7 Japan Yuya Kubo 2 0 2
MF 10 Argentina Luciano Acosta 2 0 2
DF 22 Costa Rica Rónald Matarrita 2 0 2
2 FW 14 Senegal Dominique Badji 1 0 1
FW 19 United States Brandon Vazquez 1 0 1
DF 24 England Tyler Blackett 1 0 1
Total 9 0 9

Disciplinary record[]

No. Pos. Player MLS Playoffs Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 GK United States Alec Kann 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 MF Japan Yuya Kubo 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
24 DF England Tyler Blackett 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8 MF Costa Rica Allan Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 FW United States Brandon Vazquez 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 DF Costa Rica Rónald Matarrita 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
93 MF Venezuela Júnior Moreno 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0

Clean sheets[]

No. Name MLS Playoffs Total Games

Awards[]

MLS Team of the Week[]

Week Player Opponent Position Ref
3 United States Brandon Vazquez Orlando City SC FW [16]
United States Pat Noonan Coach
4 United States Brandon Vazquez Inter Miami CF FW [17]
Costa Rica Rónald Matarrita Bench

See also[]

  • 2022 FC Cincinnati 2 season

References[]

  1. ^ "FC Cincinnati hire Pat Noonan as head coach". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Roster". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. ^ "FC Cincinnati announce Preseason roster for Jan. 24 – Feb. 3". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ^ "FC Cincinnati sign goalkeeper Alec Kann". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "FC Cincinnati sign defender Alvas Powell". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. ^ "FC Cincinnati sign forward Dominique Badji". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  7. ^ "FC Cincinnati sign defender Ray Gaddis". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  8. ^ "FC Cincinnati sign defender John Nelson". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  9. ^ "FC Cincinnati acquire midfielder Júnior Moreno from D.C. United". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  10. ^ FC, New York City. "New York City Football Club Acquires $50K in General Allocation Money from FC Cincinnati in Exchange for Homegrown Priority of Harrison Robledo". New York City FC.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "FC Cincinnati announce roster decisions ahead of 2022 season". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Indy Eleven Adds Norwegian Midfielder Jonas Fjeldberg". uslchampionship.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  13. ^ "FC Cincinnati announce exercise offseason buyout". Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  14. ^ "FC Cincinnati mutually terminate contract with midfielder Kyle Scott". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  15. ^ "FC Cincinnati loan midfielder Ben Mines to Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  16. ^ Sigal, Jonathan. "Team of the Week presented by Audi: A star is born, No. 10s shine & St. Clair makes case in Week 3". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Vazquez, Matarrita earn MLS Team of the Week honors". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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