FCCincinnati.com\/Summer-Of-Soccer<\/a>.<\/p>\nAS IT HAPPENED\u00a0
ORL: Mart\u00edn Ojeda, PENALTY KICK GOAL \u2013 15\u2019 (0-1) \u2013 Orlando striker Mart\u00edn Ojeda converted from the penalty spot after Kyle Smith was called for a foul on Tiago in the box.\u00a0
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CIN: Kenji Mboma Dem, GOAL \u2013 42\u2019 (1-1) \u2013 Evander\u2019s corner kick found Kenji Mboma Dem in the middle of the box and he was able to head the ball into the top left corner of the net to tie the match. The goal was FCC\u2019s league-leading 13th set piece goal of the season.<\/p>\n
CIN: Evander, GOAL \u2013 45\u2019+3 (2-1) \u2013 After assisting on Kenji Mboma Dem\u2019s goal minutes earlier, Evander notched a goal of his own after a perfect cross-field pass from Pavel Bucha. The Brazilian\u2019s left boot drove the ball past a diving keeper.<\/p>\n
ORL: Mart\u00edn Ojeda, GOAL \u2013 48\u2019 (2-2) \u2013 Orlando tied the match early in the second half as Mart\u00edn Ojeda secured a brace with his second goal on a free kick, from just outside the box.<\/p>\n
CIN: Kenji Mboma Dem, GOAL \u2013 52\u2019 (3-2) \u2013 The Orange and Blue quickly responded to retake the lead when Evander skillfully dribbled into the box, and for the second time in the game, connected a pass to Kenji Mboma Dem, who found just enough space to strike one into the net.<\/p>\n
CIN: Evander, GOAL \u2013 58\u2019 (4-2) \u2013 Evander swiftly moved through Orlando\u2019s defense, dribbling from midfield to just outside of the 18-yard box. He quickly struck a strong and low shot into the bottom right corner of the net.<\/p>\n
CIN: K\u00e9vin Denkey, GOAL \u2013 77\u2019 (5-2) \u2013 K\u00e9vin Denkey notched his ninth goal of the season after fighting off contact from two Orlando players and sneaking a shot just past goalkeeper Maxime Cr\u00e9peau. On this goal, Evander set the club record for five goal contributions in a single match with his assist into Denkey.<\/p>\n
CIN: Tom Barlow, GOAL \u2013 90\u2019+1 (6-2) \u2013 Ender Echenique kept a ball in play down the right side and found Tom Barlow who cleanly finished his career-high fifth goal of the season.<\/p>\n
GAME NOTES\u00a0
– FC Cincinnati\u2019s six goals matched a club record high for an MLS match (9\/10\/22 vs SJ; 7\/6\/24 vs MIA).\u00a0
– With his 75th career MLS win in his 151st MLS match, Head Coach Pat Noonan matched the MLS-post shootout era record in becoming the fastest coach to reach 75 regular season wins (Brian Schmetzer).\u00a0
– Evander set a new club record for single-game goal contributions (5) with his two goals and three assists.
– Saturday marked Evander\u2019s third game of multiple goal contributions. His 17 career multi-goal contribution games in his two seasons with FCC place him second in club history.\u00a0
– Evander now has a goal contribution in five straight games, matching his longest streak from last season (6\/25 \u2013 7\/16, 2025: at MTL, at ORL, vs CHI, vs CLB, vs MIA).\u00a0
– Kenji Mboma Dem netted his first career MLS brace, scoring his third goal in the past two games.\u00a0
– Cincinnati have scored multiple goals in eight consecutive games, which extends the longest streak in FCC\u2019s MLS history.\u00a0
– Tom Barlow scored his fifth goal of the season and in his second consecutive match. Barlow\u2019s five goals set a career high for goals in a season.\u00a0
– At the end of Saturday evening, Cincinnati leads the league in goals scored in MLS play with 36 goals.\u00a0
– Cincinnati native Kyle Smith surpassed 10,000 career MLS minutes with tonight\u2019s start against his former club.
– FC Cincinnati\u2019s 13 points earned from trailing positions lead MLS.<\/p>\n
FC CINCINNATI GAME REPORT
FC Cincinnati vs Orlando City SC
Date: May 23, 2026
Competition: MLS Regular Season
Venue: TQL Stadium | Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 25,513 (sellout)
Kickoff: 7:40 p.m. ET
Weather: 73 degrees, cloudy<\/p>\n
SCORING SUMMARY: 1-2-FT\u00a0
CIN: 2-4-6
ORL: 1-1-2<\/p>\n
CIN \u2013 Kenji Mboma Dem (Evander) 42\u2019, Evander (Bucha) 45\u2019+3, Kenji Mboma Dem (Evander, Denkey) 52\u2019, Evander (Miazga, Nwobodo) 58\u2019, K\u00e9vin Denkey (Evander, Ramirez) 77\u2019, Tom Barlow (Echenique, Bucha) 90\u2019+1<\/p>\n
ORL \u2013 Mart\u00edn Ojeda \u2013 PK 16\u2019, Mart\u00edn Ojeda 48\u2019<\/p>\n
LINEUPS\u00a0
CIN: Roman Celentano, Bryan Ramirez, Kyle Smith, Matt Miazga, Samuel Gidi (Nick Hagglund 90\u2019+2), Pavel Bucha, Obinna Nwobodo (Tah Brian Anunga 74\u2019), Gerardo Valenzuela (Ender Echenique 83\u2019), Evander, Kenji Mboma Dem (Tom Barlow 83\u2019), K\u00e9vin Denkey (Ayoub Jabbari 90\u2019+5)<\/p>\n
Substitutes not used: Evan Louro, Gilberto Flores, Andrei Chirila, Ayoub Jabbari
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Head Coach: Pat Noonan
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ORL: Maxime Cr\u00e9peau, Adri\u00e1n Mar\u00edn (Duncan McGuire 72\u2019), David Brekalo, Robin Jansson (C), Griffin Dorsey (Wilder Cartagena 72\u2019), Braian Ojeda (Lu\u00eds Ot\u00e1vio 85\u2019), Eduard Atuesta, Tiago (Tyrese Spicer 46\u2019), Iv\u00e1n Angulo, Justin Ellis (Marco Pa\u0161ali\u0107 57\u2019), Mart\u00edn Ojeda<\/p>\n
Substitutes not used: Javier Otero, Zakaria Taifi, Tahir Reid-Brown, Iago<\/p>\n
Interim Head Coach: Mart\u00edn Perelman<\/p>\n
STATS SUMMARY: CIN\/ORL
Shots: 23 \/ 20
Shots on Goal: 11 \/ 9
Saves: 7 \/ 5
Corner Kicks: 6 \/ 9
Fouls: 17 \/ 13
Offside: 0 \/ 1
Possession: 56.8 \/ 43.2
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MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
ORL \u2013 Adri\u00e1n Mar\u00edn (Yellow Card) 10\u2019
CIN \u2013 Gerardo Valenzuela (Yellow Card) 32\u2019
ORL \u2013 Tiago (Yellow Card) 41\u2019
CIN \u2013 Matt Miazga (Yellow Card) 47\u2019
ORL \u2013 David Brekalo (Yellow Card) 70\u2019<\/p>\n
OFFICIALS\u202f
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
Ast. Referees: Cory Richardson, Oscar Michell-Carvalho
Fourth Official: Allen Chapman
VAR: Ismir Pekmic
AVAR: TJ Zablocki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC\u00a0Cincinnati earned a dominant 6-2 win over Orlando City SC Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[119413,4799,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-282541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-cinvsorl-05-23-2026","tag-match-recap","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}