2022 FC Cincinnati season explained

Club:FC Cincinnati
Season:2022
Manager:Pat Noonan
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Chairman:Chris Albright
Chrtitle:General manager
Stadium:TQL Stadium
League:MLS
League Result:Conference

5th
Overall: 10th

Cup1:MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:Conference semifinals
Cup2:U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:Round of 32
League Topscorer:Brenner &<br>Vazquez (18)
Season Topscorer:Vazquez (19)
Highest Attendance:League/All; 25,037
(8/13 v. ATL)
(8/27 vs. CLB)
Lowest Attendance:League: 19,365
(3/19 v. MIA)
All: 5,458
(4/19 v. PIT, USOC)
Average Attendance:
Largest Win:CIN 6–0 SJE (9/10)
Largest Loss:ATX 5–0 CIN (2/26)
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Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 FC Cincinnati season was the club's fourth season in MLS, and the seventh season playing under the FC Cincinnati brand after three years in the lower-division USL Championship. FC Cincinnati home matches were played at TQL Stadium.

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

Summary

2022 FC Cincinnati defeated Atlanta United FC (2–1) after two late goals by captain and MVP front-runner Luciana Acosta. Then later Vazquez scored the game-winner to clinch a playoff spot in the Audi 2022 MLS Cup playoffs. This led FC Cincinnati to play New York Red Bulls in the opening round beating New York (2–1). A PK was scored by the MVP Luciano Acosta in the seventy-fourth minute to tie the game. Then a goal from leading goal scorer Brandon Vazquez assisted by Sergio Santos in the eighty-sixth minute to win the game. FC advancing to the semi-finals fell short to Philadelphia Union (1–0) with a goal from Leon Flach. FC Cincinnati ended their 2022 season going into the playoffs for the first time in club history. FC Cincinnati's overall record in the 2022 season was 12–13–9 placing 5th in the Eastern Conference. In the 2023 season, FC Cincinnati Is ranked first in the MLS with a record of 18-8-4FC Cincinnati started their 2023 season with seven straight wins at home. Making FC Cincinnati the 4th team in the MLS to win seven home games since 2000. The winning streak ended on matchday 8, to a defeat from St. Louis City SC (5–1).

Club

Roster

[2] [3]

No.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age)Previous club
1 8 August 1990 Atlanta United FC
18 14 September 2000 Indiana Hoosiers
25 10 January 1986 Los Angeles FC
30 30 June 2003 FC Cincinnati Academy
2 18 July 1994 Philadelphia Union
3 11 July 1998 FC Dallas
4 14 September 1992 Toronto FC
16 27 August 2000
20 11 July 1985 Queens Park Rangers F.C.
21 19 July 1995 Chelsea F.C.
22 9 July 1994 New York City FC
24 2 April 1994 Nottingham Forest
28 13 January 1990 Philadelphia Union
32 16 January 2000 Duke Blue Devils
5 29 November 1996
8 24 February 1996 C.S. Herediano
10 31 May 1994 Atlas
31 17 August 2000
35 8 February 2002 New York City FC
93 20 July 1993 D.C. United
7 23 December 1993 K.A.A. Gent
9 16 January 2000 São Paulo FC
11 4 September 1994 Philadelphia Union
12 20 March 2000 Wake Forest Demon Deacons
14 16 October 1992 Colorado Rapids
19 14 October 1998
29 5 August 2003 FC Cincinnati Academy
33 26 December 1999 Northern Illinois Huskies

Player movement

In

DateNumberPositionPlayerTransferred fromFee/notesRef
December 16, 20211GK Alec Kann Atlanta United FCFree transfer[4]
December 17, 20212DF Alvas Powell Philadelphia UnionFree transfer[5]
January 4, 202214FW Dominique Badji Colorado RapidsFree transfer[6]
January 5, 202228DF Ray Gaddis Philadelphia UnionFree transfer[7]
January 6, 20223DF John Nelson FC DallasStage 2 of the 2021 MLS Re-Entry Draft[8]
February 25, 202293MF Júnior Moreno D.C. United$250,000 in GAM[9]
February 25, 202235MF Harrison Robledo New York City FC$50,000 in GAM[10]
April 13, 20225MF Obinna Nwobodo Göztepe S.K.Transfer[11]
July 8, 202211FW Sérgio Santos Philadelphia Union[12]
August 5, 202221DF Matt Miazga Chelsea F.C.Free transfer[13]
August 22, 2022–GK Evan Louro Tampa Bay RowdiesFree transfer[14]

Out

DateNumberPositionPlayerTransferred toFee/notesRef
December 1, 20212DF Edgar CastilloOption declined [15]
December 1, 20214DF Maikel van der Werff PEC ZwolleContract expired
December 1, 202113DF Joe Gyau Degerfors IFOption declined
December 1, 202122GK Przemysław Tytoń AFC AjaxOption declined [16]
December 1, 202124MF Jonas Fjeldberg Indy ElevenOption declined [17]
December 1, 202126DF Chris Duvall Charleston BatteryOption declined
December 1, 202133MF Caleb Stanko PAS GianninaOption declined
December 1, 202139GK Ben Lundt Phoenix Rising FCOption declined
December 1, 202164MF Florian Valot Miami FCContract expired
January 18, 202215MF Kamohelo MokotjoContract buyout [18]
February 2, 202221MF Kyle Scott Orange County SCMutually agreed to part ways[19] [20]
March 28, 20225DF Gustavo Vallecilla Colorado Rapids$850,000 in GAM[21]
August 4, 20226MF Haris Medunjanin PEC ZwolleMutually agreed to part ways [22] [23]

Loans out

NumberPositionPlayerLoaned toLoan start dateLoan end dateRef
17MF Ben Mines Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCMarch 8, 2022End of season[24]
23FW Göztepe S.K.August 7, 2022May 2023[25]

2022 MLS SuperDraft picks

See also: 2022 MLS SuperDraft.

Round Pick #PlayerPositionCollegeNotes
12 Roman CelentanoIndiana
114 Ian MurphyDFPick acquired from LA Galaxy via trade on April 8, 2021
230 Nick MarkanichFWNIU

Competitions

Major League Soccer

See main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season.

League tables

Overall

Results

MLS Cup Playoffs

See main article: 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs.

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup.

Leagues Cup

See main article: 2022 Leagues Cup Showcase.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.|-! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers|-! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders|-! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders|-! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards|-! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players who have played for FC Cincinnati this season but have left the club:

Top scorers

RankPositionNo.NameTotal
1 FW 19 18 1 0 19
2 FW 9 18 0 0 18
3 MF 10 10 1 0 11
4 MF 31 5 0 3 8
5 DF 21 2 0 0 2
MF 93 2 0 0 2
7 DF 4 1 0 0 1
MF 7 1 0 0 1
MF 12 1 0 0 1
DF 22 1 0 0 1
MF 32 1 0 0 1
Total642369

Top assists

RankPositionNo.NameTotal
1 10 19 0 0 19
2 31 9 0 0 9
3 19 8 0 0 8
4 9 6 0 0 6
5 2 3 0 1 4
7 4 0 0 4
7 5 2 1 0 3
22 3 0 0 3
9 3 2 0 0 2
4 2 0 0 2
6 1 0 1 2
14 2 0 0 2
24 2 0 0 2
14 8 1 0 0 1
11 0 1 0 1
12 1 0 0 1
20 1 0 0 1
20 1 0 0 1
93 1 0 0 1
Total682272

Disciplinary record

PlayerMLSMLS CupUSOCTotal
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5 Obinna Nwobodo10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
4 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 1 0
24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
31 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
93 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
21 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
28 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Total 75224003008222

Clean sheets

No.NameTotalGames
18 5 0 1 6 29
1 1 0 0 1 7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FC Cincinnati hire Pat Noonan as head coach . FCCincinnati.com . December 15, 2021.
  2. Web site: Roster . mlssoccer.com . January 19, 2022.
  3. Web site: FC Cincinnati announce Preseason roster for Jan. 24 – Feb. 3 . FCCincinnati.com . January 26, 2022.
  4. Web site: FC Cincinnati sign goalkeeper Alec Kann . FCCincinnati.com . December 17, 2021.
  5. Web site: FC Cincinnati sign defender Alvas Powell . FCCincinnati.com . December 20, 2021.
  6. Web site: FC Cincinnati sign forward Dominique Badji . FCCincinnati.com . January 11, 2022.
  7. Web site: FC Cincinnati sign defender Ray Gaddis . FCCincinnati.com . January 11, 2022.
  8. Web site: FC Cincinnati sign defender John Nelson . FCCincinnati.com . January 11, 2022.
  9. Web site: FC Cincinnati acquire midfielder Júnior Moreno from D.C. United . FCCincinnati.com . February 25, 2022.
  10. Web site: 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. New York City FC.
  11. Web site: FC Cincinnati acquire Obinna Nwobodo as a Designated Player . FCCincinnati.com . April 13, 2022.
  12. Web site: FC Cincinnati acquire Sergio Santos from Philadelphia Union . FCCincinnati.com . July 10, 2022.
  13. Web site: FC Cincinnati acquire Matt Miazga from Chelsea FC . FCCincinnati.com . August 7, 2022.
  14. Web site: FC Cincinnati sign Evan Louro . FC Cincinnati . August 23, 2022.
  15. Web site: FC Cincinnati announce roster decisions ahead of 2022 season . FCCincinnati.com . December 15, 2021.
  16. Web site: Ajax signs Przemyslaw Tyton. Ajax.nl. March 7, 2022.
  17. Web site: Indy Eleven Adds Norwegian Midfielder Jonas Fjeldberg . uslchampionship.com . February 11, 2022 . February 22, 2022.
  18. Web site: FC Cincinnati announce exercise offseason buyout . January 18, 2022.
  19. Web site: FC Cincinnati mutually terminate contract with midfielder Kyle Scott . FCCincinnati.com . February 4, 2022.
  20. Web site: Orange County brings aboard midfielder Kyle Scott . USLChampionship.com . August 4, 2022 . August 5, 2022.
  21. Web site: FC Cincinnati trade Gustavo Vallecilla to the Colorado Rapids . FCCincinnati.com . April 3, 2022.
  22. Web site: Haris Medunjanin set to play his final match with FC Cincinnati . FCCincinnati.com . August 7, 2022.
  23. Web site: Haris Medunjanin tekent bij PEC Zwolle. Haris Medunjanin signs with PEC Zwolle. PEC Zwolle. nl. August 9, 2022. August 17, 2022.
  24. Web site: FC Cincinnati loan midfielder Ben Mines to Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC . FCCincinnati.com . March 10, 2022.
  25. Web site: Isaac Atanga joins Göztepe SK on loan . FCCincinnati.com . August 7, 2022.

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