{"id":597759,"date":"2026-04-11T20:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597759\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:49:12","slug":"short-handed-cincinnati-score-late-to-salvage-1-1-draw-with-toronto-fc-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/597759\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-handed Cincinnati score late to salvage 1-1 draw with Toronto FC | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775940552_428_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto FC defender Richie Laryea (22) and FC Cincinnati forward Tom Barlow (16) battle for the ball during first half MLS soccer action in Toronto on Saturday, April 11, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Frank Gunn<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tApr 11, 2026 | 12:32 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Down a man late in the match, a scrappy FC Cincinnati side scored a spectacular goal in added time to record a 1-1 draw against Toronto FC at BMO Field on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Kenji Mboma Dem scored with a left-footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. with Cincinnati striker Kevin Denkey sent off for picking up two yellow cards. The goal was assisted by Ayoub Jabbari, with the second assist by Samuel Gidi, after a quick counterattack up the field.<\/p>\n<p>The draw extended TFC\u2019s unbeaten streak to five games (3-0-2). The run started with a 1-0 win at Cincinnati on Match 8.<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati fell behind 1-0 in the 83rd minute on an own goal when centre back Gilbert Flores directed the ball over the line, giving Toronto a 1-0 lead. The ball was directed towards the goal by TFC\u2019s Josh Sargent before Flores accidentally put it past his goalkeeper, Roman Celentano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto FC defender Richie Laryea (22) and FC Cincinnati forward Tom Barlow (16) battle for the ball during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82,3302],"class_list":{"0":"post-597759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-central-vancouver-island","12":"tag-nanaimo","13":"tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","14":"tag-nanaimo-news","15":"tag-nanaimo-news-now","16":"tag-nanaimonewsnow","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-oceanside","19":"tag-parksville","20":"tag-qualicum","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}