FC Cincinnati vs Columbus Crew, 2024 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSFC Cincinnati earn draw vs. Crew to clinch playoff berth
Roman Celentano made three saves to help FC Cincinnati clinch a playoff spot by tying the visiting Columbus Crew 0-0 on Saturday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 4': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 10': Foul by Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
- 10': Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Yuya Kubo is caught offside.
- 12': Offside, Columbus Crew. Mohamed Farsi is caught offside.
- 14': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Cucho Hernández.
- 15': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (FC Cincinnati).
- 17': Foul by Nicholas Gioacchini (FC Cincinnati).
- 17': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Attempt saved. Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cucho Hernández with a through ball.
- 19': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 19': Foul by Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati).
- 21': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew).
- 26': Attempt missed. Kevin Kelsy (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 28': Foul by Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew).
- 28': Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Ramirez.
- 34': Attempt saved. Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pavel Bucha.
- 35': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati).
- 37': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Foul by Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati).
- 38': Offside, Columbus Crew. Diego Rossi is caught offside.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Nicholas Gioacchini (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 44': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Luciano Acosta is caught offside.
- 45': First Half ends, FC Cincinnati 0, Columbus Crew 0.
- 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
- 45': Second Half begins FC Cincinnati 0, Columbus Crew 0.
- 46': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (FC Cincinnati).
- 46': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 47': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
- 48': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Sean Zawadzki.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Kevin Kelsy (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 52': Delay in match because of an injury Nicholas Gioacchini (FC Cincinnati).
- 52': Delay in match because of an injury Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
- 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 58': Foul by Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
- 58': Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 59': Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 60': Foul by Kevin Kelsy (FC Cincinnati).
- 60': Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Christian Ramirez with a cross.
- 64': Offside, Columbus Crew. Diego Rossi is caught offside.
- 66': Attempt missed. Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kevin Kelsy.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 67': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew).
- 68': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card.
- 69': Attempt saved. Kevin Kelsy (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
- 69': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Luca Orellano.
- 71': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Sergio Santos replaces Kevin Kelsy.
- 72': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
- 72': Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati).
- 72': Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Chidozie Awaziem (FC Cincinnati).
- 73': Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati).
- 74': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Chidozie Awaziem.
- 75': Attempt saved. Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Diego Rossi with a cross.
- 77': Attempt missed. Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Chidozie Awaziem.
- 78': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Foul by Chidozie Awaziem (FC Cincinnati).
- 78': Chidozie Awaziem (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 81': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 82': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Luca Orellano.
- 82': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Malte Amundsen replaces Alexandru Matan.
- 82': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Jacen Russell-Rowe replaces Christian Ramirez.
- 82': Substitution, Columbus Crew. DeJuan Jones replaces Max Arfsten.
- 84': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Yamil Asad replaces Luca Orellano.
- 85': Attempt saved. Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) with an attempt from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Moreira with a cross.
- 85': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Roman Celentano.
- 86': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Diego Rossi with a cross following a corner.
- 87': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Andrés Herrera replaces Mohamed Farsi.
- 87': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
- 87': Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 88': Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Nicholas Gioacchini (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Yuya Kubo with a cross.
- 90'+3': Foul by DeJuan Jones (Columbus Crew).
- 90'+3': Yamil Asad (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Gerardo Valenzuela replaces Luciano Acosta.
- 90'+5': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. London Aghedo replaces Yuya Kubo.
- 90'+5': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Corey Baird replaces Nicholas Gioacchini.
- 90'+5': Foul by Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+5': Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+6': Foul by London Aghedo (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+7': Foul by Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew).
- 90'+7': Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+8': Attempt missed. Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cucho Hernández.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, FC Cincinnati 0, Columbus Crew 0.
- 0': Match ends, FC Cincinnati 0, Columbus Crew 0.
Statistics
 CLB |
CIN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 18 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 2 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 1 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 49.7 | Possession | 50.3 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 332 | Accurate Passes | 354 |
| 417 | Passes | 431 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 13 | Crosses | 8 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 56 | Long Balls | 55 |
| 22 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 24 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 8 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
| 8 | Clearances | 11 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: TQL Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 25,513
Venue: TQL Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 25,513
MLS Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inter Miami CF | 34 | +30 | 74 |
| 2 | Columbus Crew | 34 | +32 | 66 |
| 3 | FC Cincinnati | 34 | +10 | 59 |
| 4 | Orlando City SC | 34 | +9 | 52 |
Line-Ups
FC Cincinnati (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Roman Celentano (GK) |
| 6 | Chidozie Awaziem  |
| 2 | Alvas Powell |
| 91 | DeAndre Yedlin |
| 20 | Pavel Bucha |
| 5 | Obinna Nwobodo |
| 7 | Yuya Kubo |
| 23 | Luca Orellano |
| 19 | Kevin Kelsy |
| 9 | Nicholas Gioacchini |
| 10 | Luciano Acosta |
Columbus Crew (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 28 | Patrick Schulte (GK) |
| 4 | Rudy Camacho |
| 25 | Sean Zawadzki |
| 31 | Steven Moreira |
| 6 | Darlington Nagbe |
| 20 | Alexandru Matan |
| 27 | Maximilian Arfsten |
| 23 | Mohamed Farsi |
| 9 | Cucho Hernández |
| 10 | Diego Rossi |
| 17 | Christian Ramírez |
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