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2018 FC Cincinnati season

The 2018 FC Cincinnati season was the club's third season of existence, and their third in the United Soccer League (USL). It was FC Cincinnati's second season as a second-tier team in the U.S. soccer pyramid, as the United States Soccer Federation provisionally promoted the USL from Division III to Division II for the 2017 season. FC Cincinnati played in the Eastern Conference of the USL.

FC Cincinnati
2018 season
General managerJeff Berding
Head coachAlan Koch
StadiumNippert Stadium
USL1st (Eastern Conference)
USL PlayoffsConference Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup4th round
Top goalscorerEmmanuel Ledesma (16)
Highest home attendance31,478
(September 29 vs. Indy)
Lowest home attendance22,532
(May 5 vs. Atlanta 2)
Average home league attendance25,717
← 2017
2019 →

This was the final season of the club's USL incarnation. On May 29, 2018, Major League Soccer awarded the FCC ownership group an expansion franchise, which began play in MLS under the FC Cincinnati name in 2019.[1]

On September 26, 2018, the club clinched their first USL Regular Season Championship with a 4–1 victory over the Richmond Kickers.[2]

Club

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Coaching staff

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Alan Koch started as head coach in 2017.
Position Staff
Head coach   Alan Koch
Assistant coach   Yoann Damet
Goalkeeper coach   Jack Stern
Technical director   Luke Sassano
Athletic Trainer   Aaron Powell
Strength & Conditioning   Austin Berry
UC Health   Dr. Angelo Colosimo
  Dr. Brian Grawe

Roster

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The players and staff celebrate winning the USL 2018 regular season trophy.

On October 25, 2017, general manager Jeff Berding held a press conference to make the first announcements about the 2018 roster. The return of nine players from 2017 was confirmed at this press conference: Matt Bahner, Kenney Walker, Danni König, Corben Bone, Jimmy McLaughlin, Garrett Halfhill, Justin Hoyte, Sem de Wit, and Josu. Six additional players from the 2017 roster—Austin Berry, Mitch Hildebrandt, Djiby Fall, Harrison Delbridge, Andrew Wiedeman, and Paul Nicholson—were mentioned as still under consideration for 2018, pending contract discussions and future announcements. Berding also confirmed they would not renew contracts or exercise options for any other former players.[3] In the following weeks, Djiby Fall implied he would not be returning via Twitter,[4] and Paul Nicholson announced his retirement from professional soccer.[5]

The club began announcing new signings in November 2017. The team signed Israeli defender Dekel Keinan on November 10,[6] as well as Canadian forward Daniel Haber on November 15.[7]

On April 16, 2018, the club announced they had mutually agreed to part ways with defender Josu.[8]

On April 17, 2018, the club announced they had reach an agreement for the free release of defender Garrett Halfhill. Halfhill subsequently join the New York Cosmos B of the NPSL.[9]

On July 9, 2018, the club announced the free transfer of forward Daniel Haber to Ottawa Fury FC.

On July 30, 2018, forward Fanendo Adi was acquired from the Portland Timbers as the first MLS designated player for FC Cincinnati.[10] The club also announced the acquisition of midfielder Fatai Alashe from the San Jose Earthquakes.[11]

On August 1, 2018, the club announced the acquisition of defender Pa Konate from Serie A S.P.A.L.[12]

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Evan Newton   United States
2 DF Matt Bahner   United States
3 DF Forrest Lasso   United States
4 MF Tyler Gibson   United States
5 MF Nazmi Albadawi   United States
6 MF Kenney Walker   United States
7 FW Russell Cicerone   United States
9 FW Fanendo Adi   Nigeria
10 FW Emery Welshman   Guyana
11 FW Danni König   Denmark
12 DF Pa Konate (on loan from SPAL)   Sweden
13 MF Michael Lahoud   Sierra Leone
16 MF Richie Ryan   Ireland
17 GK Mark Village   Canada
18 GK Spencer Richey (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)   United States
19 MF Corben Bone   United States
20 MF Jimmy McLaughlin   United States
21 DF Dekel Keinan   Israel
23 DF Blake Smith   United States
24 FW Tomi Ameobi   England
27 MF Fatai Alashe (on loan from San Jose Earthquakes)   United States
29 DF Paddy Barrett   Ireland
32 DF Justin Hoyte   Trinidad and Tobago
45 MF Emmanuel Ledesma   Argentina
51 DF Sem de Wit   Netherlands

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Results Table

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumAAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHAHHHHHHAAHAHAAHAA
ResultWWLDDWWWLWLWWDWDWDWWWDWWWWWWWWWWDD
Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

|text_H=Home|text_A=Away

March 17, 2018 1 Charleston Battery 0–1 FC Cincinnati Charleston, South Carolina
7:00 EDT Guerra   51'
van Schiak   80'
Griffith   90+2'
CIN Report
CHS Report
Smith   18'
Laing   63'
Lasso   85'
König   90+2'
Ryan   90+7'
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
March 31, 2018 2 Indy Eleven 0–1 FC Cincinnati Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 EDT Ferreira   41'
McInerney   45+4'
CIN Report
IND Report
Welshman   26'
Keinan   54'
Lasso   74'
Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 17,535
Referee: Malik Badawi
April 7, 2018 3 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Louisville City FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00PM ET Ledesma   35'
Keinan   61'
Laing   76'
CIN Report
LOU Report
Box Score
Lancaster   13'   47'
Ilić   90+4'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 25,667 (USL record for home opener)
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
April 15, 2018 4 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
3:00 EDT Burke   15'   83'
Chiluya   66'
BTH Report Albadawi   72' Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Amber O'Connor
Assistant referees: Gjovalin Bori
Assistant referees: Ben Pilgrim
Fourth official: Michael Guzzetta
April 21, 2018 5 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00 EDT König   59'
Ledesma   68'
Walker   78'
Keinan   88'
Laing   90+2'
CIN Report
PIT Report
Box Score
Dover   6'   36'
Vancaeyezeele   73'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 24,505
Referee: Greg Dopka
April 28, 2018 6 Ottawa Fury FC 0–3 FC Cincinnati Ottawa, Ontario
2:00 EDT Reid   63' CIN Report
OTT Report
Box Score
Lasso   50'
Smith   57'
Walker   68'
Bone   69'
Ledesma   56'   77'
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 2,785
May 2, 2018 7 Indy Eleven 2–3 FC Cincinnati Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 EDT Jack McInerney   24'
Ayoze   30' (pen.)   88'
CIN report
IND report
Box score
Kenney Walker   7' (pen.)   75'
Jimmy McLaughlin   41'
Corben Bone   54'
Forrest Lasso   60'
Emery Welshman   72'
Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 8,079
Referee: Marco de Oliveira
Assistant referees: Joe Zawistowski
Assistant referees: Kevin Fikar
Fourth official: Michael Nickerson
May 5, 2018 8 FC Cincinnati 4–2 Atlanta United 2 Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00 EDT König   26'
Ledesma   28'   48'
Keinan   30'
Bone   39'
CIN Report
ATL Report
Box Score
Gallagher   31'
Kissiedou   37'   41'
Carleton   87'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 22,532
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
May 12, 2018 9 Charlotte Independence 4–1 FC Cincinnati Matthews, North Carolina
7:30 EDT Cato   38'
Ekra   45+2'
Voser   57'
Martínez   68'
Zayed   87'
CIN Report
CLT Report
Box Score
Ledesma   45+1'
König   51'
Ryan   71'
Lasso   75'
Keinan   85'
Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 2,314
Referee: Kevin Broadley
May 19, 2018 10 FC Cincinnati 4–1 North Carolina FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT Smith   29'
Albadawi   11', 45'
Ledesma   62' (pen.)
König   69'   75'
CIN Report
NCFC Report
Bekker   65'
Lomis   86'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 22,884
Referee: Victor Rivas
May 26, 2018 11 FC Cincinnati 0–2 Louisville City FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT Barrett   28'
Ryan   33'
Keinan   81'
CIN Report
LOU Report
Lancaster   15'
Craig   55'
Davis IV   73'
Williams   85'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 26,495
June 2, 2018 12 New York Red Bulls II 1–2 FC Cincinnati Harrison, New Jersey
1:00 EDT Moreno   7'
Stauffer   69'
CIN Report
NYRB Report
Box Score
Welshman   52'
Barrett   61'
Ledsema   65'
Ryan   71'
König   77'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 613
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
June 9, 2018 13 North Carolina FC 0–2 FC Cincinnati Cary, North Carolina
7:00 EDT CIN Report
NCFC Report
Ledesma   36'
König   37'   52'
Hoyte   72'
McLaughlin   87'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,039
Referee: Mark Allatin
June 13, 2018 14 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT Albadawi   66'
Cicerone   68'
CIN Report
BTH Report
Jones   29'
Mbaizo   52'
Herbers   69'   86'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 22,407
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson
Assistant referees: Benjamin Hall-Volpenhein
Fourth official: Jason Ulrich
June 16, 2018 15 FC Cincinnati 4–0 Richmond Kickers Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT Ledesma   8', 67'
Albadawi  36'
König   60'
Welshman  82'
Keinan  90+1'
CIN Report
RIC Report
Cordovés  33'
Williams  90'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 28,026
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Assistant referees: Jeffrey Swartzel
Assistant referees: Adrienne McDonald
Fourth official: Luke Sobota
June 27, 2018 16 Toronto FC II 3–3 FC Cincinnati Toronto, Ontario
7:00 EDT Akinola   28'
Bjornethun   45'
Boskovic   70'
Hamilton   75'
Campbell   88'
CIN Report
TOR Report
Albadawi   8'
Welshman   38'
Ledesma   40'
Stadium: Lamport Stadium
Attendance: 288
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
June 30, 2018 17 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Ottawa Fury FC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT König   16'
Smith   86'
Albadawi   90+2'
CIN Report
OTT Report
Box score
Oliveira   71' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 27,107
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
July 7, 2018 18 Nashville SC 0–0 FC Cincinnati Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 EDT Moloto   15' CIN Report
NSH Report
Keinan   17' Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 18,228
Referee: Lorant Varga
July 14, 2018 19 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT Ledesma   54',   63'
König   84'
CIN Report
TBR Report
Flemmings   23' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 25,416
Referee: Malik Badawi
July 18, 2018 20 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Charlotte Independence Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT Keinan   7'
Lasso   20'
Ledesma   67'
Welshman   87'
CIN Report
CLT Report
Duckett   28'
Zayed   65'
Voser   87'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 25,251
Referee: Jon Freemon
July 21, 2018 21 FC Cincinnati 2–1 New York Red Bulls II Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT Lasso   17'
Barrett   22',   35'
Smith   60'
CIN Report
NYRB Report
Tinari   14'
König   25' (o.g.)
Barlow   53'
Stauffer   80'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 23,602
Referee: Michael Radchuk
August 4, 2018 22 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT König   1',   71'
Lasso   30'
Walker   60'
CIN Report
NSH Report
Hume   85'
Mensah   90+1'
Davis   90+3'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 27,426
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
August 12, 2018 23 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Penn FC Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00 EDT Ledesma   80' CIN Report
PENN Report
Baffoe   43'
Tribbett   79'
Mkosana   83'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 24,249
Referee: Mark Allatin
August 18, 2018 24 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Charleston Battery Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT Ledesma   13',   21'
Bone   45+1'
Barrett   53'
Thomas   90+5' (o.g.)
CIN Report Anunga   30'
Svantesson   87'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 27,142
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
Assistant referees: Benjamin Hall-Volpenhein
Assistant referees: James Duling
Fourth official: Luke Sobota
August 22, 2018 25 Atlanta United 2 1–5 FC Cincinnati Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 EDT Bello   16'
Nicklaw   65'
Gallagher   90+1'
CIN Report
ATL Report
Bone   18'
Albadawi   25', 55'
Konate   36'
Alashe   45+1',   53'
Welshman   87'
Stadium: Coolray Field
Attendance: 1,638
Referee: JJ Bilinsk
August 25, 2018 26 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–2 FC Cincinnati St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 EDT Taku   1'
Cole   15'
Poku   43',   75'
Portillos   68'
Oduro   80'
Diakité   82'   85'
Report Ledesma   2' (pen.), 86' (pen.)
Smith   50'   62'
Barrett   88'
Newton   90+2'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,963
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 1, 2018 27 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT Lasso   38'
Keinan   80'
Adi   88',   88'
USL Report
CIN Report
Parkes   57' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 25,735
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
September 11, 2018 28 Louisville City FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 EDT DelPiccolo   90+3' USL Report
CIN Report
Bone   23'
Richey   90+2'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 10,009
Referee: Joshua Brooks
September 16, 2018 29 FC Cincinnati 4–3 Toronto FC II Cincinnati, Ohio
4:30 EDT Lasso   31'
Adi   45+2'
Bone   78',   88'
Report
CIN Report
Endoh   24',   45+4',   73'
Johnson   29'
Hundal   63'
Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 27,275
Referee: Lorant Varga
September 22, 2018 30 Penn FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00 EDT Calvano   7'
Paulo   33'
Osae   45+1'
CIN Report
PENN Report
König   7'
Ledesma   32',   68'
Bone   84'
Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 3,117
Referee: Thomas Snyder
September 26, 2018 31 Richmond Kickers 1–4 FC Cincinnati Richmond, Virginia
7:00 EDT Eaton   14'
Cordovés   32'
Luiz Fernando   50'
Sekyere   72'
Shanosky   85'
CIN Report
RIC Report
Report
Albadawi   16'
Ledesma   40',   44',   45+3'
Alashe   45+5'
Welshman   63'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 1,519
Referee: Nickrod Fateh
September 29, 2018 32 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Indy Eleven Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT König   31',   65'
Adi   34'
Mitchell   74' (og)
CIN Report
IND Report
Report
Matern   31' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 31,478 (USL record)
Referee: Timothy Ford
October 6, 2018 33 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–0 FC Cincinnati Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 EDT CIN Report
PIT Report
Report
Lasso   35' Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,205
Referee: Eric Tattersall
October 13, 2018 34 Nashville SC 3–3 FC Cincinnati Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 EDT Hume   5'
LaGrassa   40'
Allen   80'
Akinyode   90'
CIN Report Albadawi   39',  63'
Bone   52',  81'
Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 9,083
Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Cincinnati (X) 34 23 8 3 72 34 +38 77 Conference Playoffs
2 Louisville City FC (C) 34 19 9 6 71 38 +33 66
3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 34 15 14 5 47 26 +21 59
4 Charleston Battery 34 14 14 6 47 34 +13 56
5 New York Red Bulls II 34 13 13 8 71 59 +12 52
Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion

References

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  1. ^ "Cincinnati awarded MLS expansion club, will start play in 2019". MLSSoccer.com.
  2. ^ "USL REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Kimura, Fumi (October 25, 2017). "Nine Return for 2018". FC Cincinnati. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  4. ^ Fall, Djiby [@baye_djiby] (October 31, 2017). "Thank Mr carld Jeff. Alan and all the staff my teammates people in the administration and the fantastic fans wish the klub all the best 🙏🙏🙏" (Tweet). Retrieved November 7, 2017 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Kimura, Fumi (November 6, 2017). "Paul Nicholson Announces Retirement". FC Cincinnati. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  6. ^ Kimura, Fumi (November 10, 2017). "FCC Inks Maccabi Haifa Captain Dekel Keinan". FC Cincinnati. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  7. ^ Kimura, Fumi (November 15, 2017). "FCC Signs Forward Daniel Haber". FC Cincinnati. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  8. ^ Kimura, Fumi. "FCC JOSU AGREE TO PART WAYS". FCCincinnati.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  9. ^ Switzer, D.J. "FC CINCINNATI RELEASE HALFHILL, JOINS NEW YORK COSMOS". FCCincinnati.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  10. ^ "FCC ANNOUNCES ADI AS FIRST MLS DESIGNATED PLAYER". FCCincinnati.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "FC CINCINNATI ADDS FATAI ALASHE FROM SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES". FCCincinnati.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  12. ^ "FC CINCINNATI TAKES PA KONATE ON LOAN FROM SERIE A'S S.P.A.L". FCCincinnati.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.