{"id":417821,"date":"2026-01-20T02:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417821\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T02:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:12:09","slug":"fc-cincinnati-announce-roster-for-2026-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417821\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Cincinnati announce roster for 2026 preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FC Cincinnati arrived today in Clearwater, Florida to continue preparations for the 2026 season. The Orange and Blue will spend their fifth consecutive season in Clearwater training at the Walter Campbell Sports Park with four closed-door preseason friendlies scheduled as part of the 30-day stint leading into the 2026 season opener in the Concacaf Champions Cup on Wednesday, February 18 at O&amp;M FC in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The full FC Cincinnati traveling party to Clearwater is listed below:<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers (4): Roman Celentano, Connor Dale^^^, Bryan Dowd^^, Evan Louro<\/p>\n<p>Defenders (11): Andrei Chirila^^, Ender Echenique, Gilberto Flores, Teenage Hadebe, Nick Hagglund, Ayoub Lajhar^, Matt Miazga, Alvas Powell, Bryan Ramirez*, Miles Robinson, Kyle Smith<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders (7): Tah Brian Anunga, Pavel Bucha, Evander, Samuel Gidi, Stiven Jimenez, Obinna Nwobodo, Gerardo Valenzuela<\/p>\n<p>Forwards (7): Tom Barlow, Ademar Ch\u00e1vez, Stefan Chirila, K\u00e9vin Denkey, Kristian Fletcher, Ayoub Jabbari, Kenji Mboma Dem<\/p>\n<p>^ &#8211; Unsigned<br \/>^^ &#8211; Signed to FC Cincinnati 2<br \/>^^^ &#8211; FC Cincinnati Academy<br \/>* &#8211; Will fully integrate with the group upon receipt of his P-1 Visa<\/p>\n<p>The Orange and Blue\u2019s four preseason friendlies will come against the New England Revolution, Houston Dynamo FC, Detroit City FC and Orlando City SC. The full 2026 preseason schedule leading into the MLS season opener on February 21 vs Atlanta United FC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccincinnati.com\/tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[\\[Tickets On Sale Now<\/a>] can be found below.<\/p>\n<p>2026 FC Cincinnati Preseason Matches<br \/>Friday, Jan. 23 \u2013 vs. New England Revolution (IMG Academy; Bradenton, Fla.)<br \/>Wednesday, Jan. 28 \u2013 vs. Houston Dynamo FC (Al Lang Stadium; Tampa, Fla.)<br \/>Saturday, Feb. 7 \u2013 vs. Detroit City FC (Walter Campbell Sports Park; Clearwater, Fla.)<br \/>Wednesday, Feb. 11 \u2013 vs. Orlando City SC (Waters Sportsplex; Tampa, Fla.)<\/p>\n<p>Full 2026 FC Cincinnati Preseason Schedule<br \/>Jan. 10: Players began reporting to Cincinnati<br \/>Jan. 12-17: Preseason training in Cincinnati\u00a0<br \/>Jan. 19 \u2013 Feb. 16: Preseason training in Clearwater, Fla. (Walter Campbell Sports Park)<\/p>\n<p>2026 FC Cincinnati Season Opener and Home Opener<br \/>Wednesday, Feb. 18 \u2013 at O&amp;M FC \u2013 8 p.m. ET \u2013 Concacaf Champions Cup: Round One, Leg 1 (Estadio Cibao FC; Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic)<br \/>Saturday, Feb. 21 \u2013 vs. Atlanta United FC \u2013 4:30 p.m. ET \u2013 MLS Regular Season (TQL Stadium; Cincinnati, Ohio)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Cincinnati arrived today in Clearwater, Florida to continue preparations for the 2026 season. The Orange and Blue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-417821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}