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FC Cincinnati Weekly Update: April 19, 2021

Published on April 19, 2021 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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CINCINNATI - FC Cincinnati will be back on the road for a second consecutive match when the team travels to face New York City FC at Yankee Stadium at 1 p.m., on Saturday, April 24.

FCC (0-0-1, 1 pt.) enter the second game of the 2021 season coming off a 2-2 draw at Nashville SC (0-0-1, 1 pt.). The Orange and Blue opened the scoring in the eighth minute. Ronald Matarrita connected with Luciano Acosta, who scored his first goal for Cincinnati. Brenner doubled the lead with a clinical finish from the penalty spot four minutes later. Nashville cut into the lead in the first half before Randall Leal scored the equalizer in the 64th minute. Przemysław Tytoń recorded a single-game best 11 saves in the match.

New York City FC (0-1-0 0 pts.) fell short at Audi Field against D.C. United (1-0-0, 3 pts.) in their season opener. Valentin Castellanos put the visiting team ahead in the 15th minute of action. NYCFC were unable to hold on to their lead. Brendan Hines-Ike found the equalizer with a long-range goal. Minutes before halftime, Russell Canouse scored the game-winning goal, volleying a shot following a corner kick.

Acosta, Brenner score in debuts

Luciano Acosta and Brenner scored in their FC Cincinnati debuts this past weekend, becoming the third and fourth players to do so ... Leonardo Bertone scored in FC Cincinnati's MLS debut at Seattle Sounders on March 2, 2019 ... Jürgen Locadia scored in his FCC debut at New York Red Bulls on March 1, 2020

Matarrita adds assist in debut

Ronald Matarrita became the third player in FC Cincinnati's MLS history to record an assist in his club debut ... he joins Kenny Saief and Brandon Vazquez as the only players to accomplish the feat for FCC ... Matarrita started and played all 90 minutes for the Orange and Blue in the season opener

Tytoń soars in strong performance

Przemysław Tytoń recorded a single-game best 11 saves against Nashville SC on Saturday ... the previous single-game high from an FC Cincinnati goalkeeper was six saves, done twice by Spencer Richey and once by Tytoń ... the only goalkeeper to earn start in every season for FCC has now amassed 92 saves in MLS with the Orange and Blue

El Capitán!

Luciano Acosta wore the captain's armband for the 2021 MLS season opener ... Acosta became the sixth player in FCC's MLS history to start a match as captain, joining Kendall Waston (41), Haris Medunjanin (6), Nick Hagglund (4), Justin Hoyte (4) and Greg Garza (2)

Quickest two-goal advantage in club history

FC Cincinnati recorded two goals within the first 15 minutes of a match for the first time in club history when Luciano Acosta and Brenner scored at Nashville SC on April 17 ... prior to the 2021 season opener, FCC scored a combined five goals within the first fifteen minutes of matches through two seasons ... in addition, the two-goal advantage marked FC Cincinnati's seventh-ever multi-goal lead in an MLS match ... FCC are 5-0-2 all-time when leading by multiple goals in a match

Same faces, new places

Midfielder Yuya Kubo and defender Joseph-Claude Gyau opened the 2021 season for FC Cincinnati deployed in new positions on the pitch ... while Kubo typically played as an attacking midfielder or winger last season, he played FCC's first match at Nashville SC as a holding midfielder alongside Kamohelo Mokotjo ... Gyau primarily played as a winger last season, however, he has now shifted to right back

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