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Columbus Crew
FT
2–1
26 Jul 2026
FC Cincinnati
MLS Sun 26 Jul, 00:15London ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, Columbus, Ohio Allen Chapman

Timeline

  1. 9' Kévin Denkey assist Evander
  2. 41' Jamal Thiaré assist Dylan Chambost
  3. 45' André Gomes for Sékou Tidiany Bangoura
  4. 64' Tom Barlow for Kenji Mboma Dem
  5. 64' Bryan Ramirez for Ender Echenique
  6. 66' Matt Miazga Yellow Card
  7. 70' Tarun Karumanchi for Dylan Chambost
  8. 70' Kyle Smith for Matt Miazga
  9. 70' Ayoub Jabbari for Kévin Denkey
  10. 79' Hugo Picard for Jamal Thiaré
  11. 85' Tah Anunga for Obinna Nwobodo
  12. 85' Chase Adams for Dániel Gazdag
  13. 85' Malte Amundsen for Steven Moreira
  14. 90'+4' Gerardo Valenzuela Red Card

Match stats

52.8% Possession 47.2%
13 Shots 12
6 On target 5
11 Fouls 8
0 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 1
2 Offsides 2
4 Saves 4
481 Accurate passes 410

Lineups

Columbus Crew 3-4-2-1
28 Schulte
25 Zawadzki 4 Camacho 31 Moreira
27 Arfsten 17 Bangoura 7 Chambost 23 Farsi
8 Gazdag 19 Thiaré
16 Habroune
FC Cincinnati 3-4-3
18 Celentano
12 Robinson 21 Miazga 11 Gidi
66 Echenique 5 Nwobodo 22 Valenzuela 20 Bucha
10 Evander 9 Denkey 17 Dem
Columbus Crew 3-4-2-1
  1. 28 Patrick Schulte G
  2. 4 Rudy Camacho CD
  3. 25 Sean Zawadzki CD-L
  4. 31 Steven Moreira ▼ CD-R
  5. 17 Sékou Tidiany Bangoura ▼ CM-L
  6. 7 Dylan Chambost ▼ CM-R
  7. 27 Max Arfsten LM
  8. 23 Mohamed Farsi RM
  9. 19 Jamal Thiaré ▼ F
  10. 8 Dániel Gazdag ▼ CF-L
  11. 16 Taha Habroune CF-R

Came on

  1. 30 Hugo Picard ▲ SUB
  2. 18 Malte Amundsen ▲ SUB
  3. 46 Chase Adams ▲ SUB
  4. 50 Tarun Karumanchi ▲ SUB
  5. 20 André Gomes ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 1 Nicholas Hagen SUB
  2. 14 Amar Sejdic SUB
  3. 45 Owen Presthus SUB
  4. 90 Nariman Akhundzade SUB
  5. 12 Cesar Ruvalcaba SUB
FC Cincinnati 3-4-3
  1. 18 Roman Celentano G
  2. 21 Matt Miazga ▼ CD
  3. 12 Miles Robinson CD-L
  4. 11 Samuel Gidi CD-R
  5. 5 Obinna Nwobodo ▼ CM-L
  6. 22 Gerardo Valenzuela CM-R
  7. 66 Ender Echenique ▼ LM
  8. 20 Pavel Bucha RM
  9. 9 Kévin Denkey ▼ F
  10. 10 Evander CF-L
  11. 17 Kenji Mboma Dem ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 99 Ayoub Jabbari ▲ SUB
  2. 24 Kyle Smith ▲ SUB
  3. 16 Tom Barlow ▲ SUB
  4. 27 Tah Anunga ▲ SUB
  5. 29 Bryan Ramirez ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 15 Teenage Hadebe SUB
  2. 13 Evan Louro SUB
  3. 4 Nick Hagglund SUB
  4. 2 Alvas Powell SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Columbus Crew 2, FC Cincinnati 1.
  2. 90'+5' Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 2, FC Cincinnati 1.
  3. 90'+4' Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  4. 90'+3' Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  5. 90'+3' Foul by Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati).
  6. 90'+2' Offside, Columbus Crew. Chase Adams is caught offside.
  7. 90'+2' Offside, FC Cincinnati. Kyle Smith is caught offside.
  8. 90'+1' Attempt blocked. Ayoub Jabbari (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Evander with a cross.
  9. 90'+1' Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Rudy Camacho.
  10. 90'+1' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  11. 90' Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  12. 90' Foul by Ayoub Jabbari (FC Cincinnati).
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  1. 85' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Malte Amundsen replaces Steven Moreira.
  2. 85' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Chase Adams replaces Dániel Gazdag.
  3. 85' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tah Brian Anunga replaces Obinna Nwobodo.
  4. 82' Foul by Tarun Karumanchi (Columbus Crew).
  5. 82' Ayoub Jabbari (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  6. 82' Foul by Tarun Karumanchi (Columbus Crew).
  7. 82' Bryan Ramírez (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  8. 81' Offside, FC Cincinnati. Ayoub Jabbari is caught offside.
  9. 81' Attempt saved. Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati). Assisted by Sean Zawadzki.
  10. 80' Attempt missed. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gerardo Valenzuela following a fast break.
  11. 79' Attempt missed. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Obinna Nwobodo following a fast break.
  12. 79' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Hugo Picard replaces Jamal Thiaré.
  13. 76' Attempt missed. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gerardo Valenzuela.
  14. 76' Attempt saved. Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati). Assisted by Jamal Thiaré.
  15. 75' Attempt blocked. Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Evander.
  16. 73' Offside, Columbus Crew. Max Arfsten is caught offside.
  17. 70' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Ayoub Jabbari replaces Kévin Denkey.
  18. 70' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Kyle Smith replaces Matt Miazga.
  19. 70' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Tarun Karumanchi replaces Dylan Chambost.
  20. 68' Attempt saved. Tom Barlow (FC Cincinnati) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner by Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew). Assisted by Evander with a cross.
  21. 68' Foul by Jamal Thiaré (Columbus Crew).
  22. 68' Samuel Gidi (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  23. 67' Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Mohamed Farsi.
  24. 66' Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  25. 66' Jamal Thiaré (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  26. 66' Foul by Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati).
  27. 64' Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Matt Miazga.
  28. 64' Attempt blocked. Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Max Arfsten.
  29. 64' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Bryan Ramírez replaces Ender Echenique.
  30. 64' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tom Barlow replaces Kenji Mboma Dem.
  31. 63' Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  32. 63' Foul by Evander (FC Cincinnati).
  33. 63' Attempt blocked. Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Taha Habroune.
  34. 61' Jamal Thiaré (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  35. 61' Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
  36. 55' Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Roman Celentano.
  37. 55' Attempt saved. Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati). Assisted by Taha Habroune.
  38. 53' Foul by Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
  39. 53' Evander (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  40. 52' Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  41. 52' Foul by Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati).
  42. 48' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  43. 47' Delay in match because of an injury Samuel Gidi (FC Cincinnati).
  44. 47' Attempt missed. Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by André Gomes.
  45. 45' Substitution, Columbus Crew. André Gomes replaces Sékou Bangoura.
  46. 45' Second Half begins Columbus Crew 2, FC Cincinnati 1.
  47. 45'+7' First Half ends, Columbus Crew 2, FC Cincinnati 1.
  48. 45'+6' Goal! Columbus Crew 2, FC Cincinnati 1. Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  49. 45'+3' Penalty Columbus Crew. Max Arfsten draws a foul in the penalty area.
  50. 45'+3' Penalty conceded by Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati) after a foul in the penalty area.
  51. 45'+2' Sékou Bangoura (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  52. 45'+2' Foul by Kenji Mboma Dem (FC Cincinnati).
  53. 45'+1' Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  54. 45' Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Patrick Schulte.
  55. 45' Attempt saved. Evander (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew). Assisted by Kévin Denkey.
  56. 43' Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Miles Robinson.
  57. 41' Goal! Columbus Crew 1, FC Cincinnati 1. Jamal Thiaré (Columbus Crew) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dylan Chambost with a cross following a corner.
  58. 41' Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Roman Celentano.
  59. 41' Attempt missed. Jamal Thiaré (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Max Arfsten with a cross.
  60. 39' Attempt missed. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Evander following a fast break.
  61. 37' Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew).
  62. 37' Evander (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  63. 35' Foul by Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew).
  64. 35' Ender Echenique (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  65. 33' Attempt saved. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal by Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew).
  66. 31' Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew).
  67. 31' Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  68. 28' Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Sean Zawadzki.
  69. 27' Attempt missed. Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jamal Thiaré.
  70. 24' Foul by Sékou Bangoura (Columbus Crew).
  71. 24' Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  72. 22' Attempt missed. Kenji Mboma Dem (FC Cincinnati) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Pavel Bucha with a cross.
  73. 20' Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Max Arfsten.
  74. 19' Attempt missed. Jamal Thiaré (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dániel Gazdag.
  75. 18' Attempt missed. Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Steven Moreira.
  76. 14' Attempt saved. Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati). Assisted by Dylan Chambost.
  77. 12' Attempt saved. Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew). Assisted by Obinna Nwobodo.
  78. 11' Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  79. 11' Foul by Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew).
  80. 9' Goal! Columbus Crew 0, FC Cincinnati 1. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Evander.
  81. 6' Foul by Jamal Thiaré (Columbus Crew).
  82. 6' Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  83. 6' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  84. 4' Delay in match because of an injury Sékou Bangoura (Columbus Crew).
  85. 3' Foul by Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew).
  86. 3' Samuel Gidi (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  87. First Half begins.
  88. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Columbus Crew L W W D L

  • L at New York Red Bulls 3-2 MLS
  • D at Philadelphia Union 1-1 MLS
  • W New York City FC 1-0 U.S. Open Cup
  • W Atlanta United 2-0 MLS
  • L New York City FC 2-1 MLS

FC Cincinnati W W D L D

  • D at Charlotte FC 2-2 MLS
  • L Inter Miami 5-3 MLS
  • D at San Diego FC 3-3 MLS
  • W Orlando City 6-2 MLS
  • W Vancouver Whitecaps 4-3 MLS

Head to head

series tied 2-2-1

  • 8 Nov 2025 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Columbus Crew 2025 MLS
  • 2 Nov 2025 Columbus Crew 4–0 FC Cincinnati 2025 MLS
  • 27 Oct 2025 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Columbus Crew 2025 MLS
  • 13 Jul 2025 FC Cincinnati 2–4 Columbus Crew 2025 MLS
  • 18 May 2025 Columbus Crew 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2025 MLS