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FC Cincinnati

2021 season
General manager	Gerard Nijkamp (until Aug. 6) Chris Albright (from Oct. 4)
Head coach	Jaap Stam (until Sep. 27) Tyrone Marshall (interim)
Stadium	TQL Stadium
MLS	Conference: 14th Overall: 27th
U.S. Open Cup	Canceled
Highest home attendance	25,701 (7/9 v. CLB)
Lowest home attendance	6,000 (5/16 v. MIA)
Average home league attendance	21,157
Biggest win	TOR 0–2 CIN (6/26) CIN 2–0 TOR (9/11)
Biggest defeat	NYCFC 5–0 CIN (4/24)
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The 2021 FC Cincinnati season was the club's third season in MLS, and the sixth season of a team playing under the FC Cincinnati brand after three years in the lower-division USL Championship. The club finished with a league worst 4–15–4 record in their second MLS season in 2020, one shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio. The season was the first year that FC Cincinnati played home matches at newly built TQL Stadium.

FC Cincinnati's offseason transfers were executed under general manager Gerard Nijkamp and head coach Jaap Stam. On August 6, 2021, Nijkamp and the club mutually agreed to part ways. On September 27, 2021, Stam was relieved of his duties. The team ended the season with a 4–22–8 record, with the team not being able to qualify into the MLS Cup Playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Club

Roster

As of October 18, 2021

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
22	Przemysław Tytoń	Poland	GK	(1987-04-01) April 1, 1987 (age 37)	Deportivo La Coruña
25	Kenneth Vermeer (INTL)	Netherlands	GK	(1986-01-10) January 10, 1986 (age 39)	Los Angeles FC
30	Beckham Sunderland (HG)	United States	GK	(2003-06-30) June 30, 2003 (age 21)	FC Cincinnati Academy
2	Edgar Castillo	United States	DF	(1986-10-08) October 8, 1986 (age 38)	Atlanta United FC
3	Tyler Blackett (INTL)	England	DF	(1994-04-02) April 2, 1994 (age 30)	Nottingham Forest
4	Maikel van der Werff (INTL)	Netherlands	DF	(1989-04-22) April 22, 1989 (age 35)	SBV Vitesse
5	Gustavo Vallecilla (INTL)	Ecuador	DF	(1999-05-28) May 28, 1999 (age 25)	S.D. Aucas
12	Geoff Cameron	United States	DF	(1985-07-11) July 11, 1985 (age 39)	Queens Park Rangers F.C.
13	Joe Gyau	United States	DF	(1992-09-16) September 16, 1992 (age 32)	MSV Duisburg
14	Nick Hagglund	United States	DF	(1992-09-14) September 14, 1992 (age 32)	Toronto FC
16	Zico Bailey (HG)	United States	DF	(2000-08-27) August 27, 2000 (age 24)	FC Helsingør
18	Rónald Matarrita	Costa Rica	DF	(1994-07-09) July 9, 1994 (age 30)	New York City FC
26	Chris Duvall	United States	DF	(1991-09-10) September 10, 1991 (age 33)	Portland Timbers
6	Haris Medunjanin	Bosnia and Herzegovina	MF	(1985-03-08) March 8, 1985 (age 39)	Philadelphia Union
8	Allan Cruz (DP)	Costa Rica	MF	(1996-02-24) February 24, 1996 (age 28)	C.S. Herediano
11	Luciano Acosta (DP)	Argentina	MF	(1994-05-31) May 31, 1994 (age 30)	Atlas
15	Kamohelo Mokotjo (INTL)	South Africa	MF	(1991-03-11) March 11, 1991 (age 33)	Brentford F.C.
21	Kyle Scott	England	MF	(1997-12-22) December 22, 1997 (age 27)	Newcastle United
24	Jonas Fjeldberg (INTL)	Norway	MF	(1998-09-30) September 30, 1998 (age 26)	Dayton Flyers
33	Caleb Stanko	United States	MF	(1993-07-26) July 26, 1993 (age 31)	SC Freiburg
64	Florian Valot	France	MF	(1993-02-12) February 12, 1993 (age 31)	New York Red Bulls
7	Yuya Kubo (INTL)	Japan	MF/FW	(1993-12-23) December 23, 1993 (age 31)	K.A.A. Gent
20	Calvin Harris (INTL, GA)	England	MF/FW	(2000-03-20) March 20, 2000 (age 24)	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
31	Álvaro Barreal (INTL)	Argentina	MF/FW	(2000-08-17) August 17, 2000 (age 24)	Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
9	Brenner (DP, INTL)	Brazil	FW	(2000-01-16) January 16, 2000 (age 25)	São Paulo FC
19	Brandon Vazquez	United States	FW	(1998-10-14) October 14, 1998 (age 26)	Atlanta United FC
23	Isaac Atanga (INTL)	Ghana	FW	(2000-06-14) June 14, 2000 (age 24)	FC Nordsjælland
29	Arquimides Ordonez (HG)	United States	FW	(2003-08-05) August 5, 2003 (age 21)	FC Cincinnati Academy

Player movement

In

Date	Number	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Ref
December 29, 2020	18	DF	Rónald Matarrita	New York City FC	$600,000
December 30, 2020	17	MF/FW	Ben Mines	New York Red Bulls	End-of-year waivers draft
December 30, 2020	1	GK	Cody Cropper	Houston Dynamo	Free transfer
February 5, 2021	9	FW	Brenner	São Paulo FC	$13 million
March 17, 2021	11	MF	Luciano Acosta	Atlas	$250,000
March 31, 2021	23	FW	Isaac Atanga	FC Nordsjælland	Transfer
April 13, 2021	2	DF	Edgar Castillo	Atlanta United FC	Free transfer
May 7, 2021	25	GK	Kenneth Vermeer	Los Angeles FC	Waivers
May 13, 2021	12	DF	Geoff Cameron	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer
July 2, 2021	29	FW	Arquimides Ordonez	FC Cincinnati Academy	Homegrown player
August 5, 2021	3	DF	Tyler Blackett	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer
August 5, 2021	64	MF	Florian Valot	New York Red Bulls	$50,000
August 20, 2021	26	DF	Chris Duvall	Portland Timbers	Free transfer
August 31, 2021	21	MF	Kyle Scott	Newcastle United	Free transfer

1. FC Cincinnati will pay $50,000 in allocation money for the 2022 season and an additional $50,000 if certain performance incentives are met

Out

Date	Number	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Ref
November 9, 2020	1	GK	Bobby Edwards	Indy Eleven	Option declined
November 9, 2020	2	DF	Kendall Waston	Saprissa	Option declined
November 9, 2020	4	DF	Greg Garza		Option declined
November 9, 2020	11	MF	Siem de Jong	SC Heerenveen	Option declined
November 9, 2020	17	DF	Mathieu Deplagne	San Antonio FC	Option declined
November 9, 2020	18	GK	Spencer Richey	Seattle Sounders FC	Waived
November 9, 2020	20	MF	Jimmy McLaughlin	Louisville City FC	Option declined
November 9, 2020	25	MF	Rey Ortiz	Chattanooga Red Wolves	Option declined
November 9, 2020	26	MF	Tommy McCabe	Orange County SC	Option declined
November 9, 2020	47	DF	Hassan Ndam		Option declined
November 9, 2020	81	FW	Rashawn Dally	Memphis 901 FC	Option declined
November 9, 2020	96	DF	Andrew Gutman	Atlanta United FC	Selected in 2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft
April 13, 2021	12	DF	Saad Abdul-Salaam	Columbus Crew SC	Waived
April 20, 2021	24	MF	Frankie Amaya	New York Red Bulls	$950,000
July 29, 2021	3	DF	Tom Pettersson	Lillestrøm SK	Mutually agreed to part ways

1. New York could pay an additional $125,000 in allocation money if certain performance incentives are met

Loans in

Number	Position	Player	Loaned from	Loan start date	Loan end date	Ref
10	FW	Jürgen Locadia	Brighton & Hove Albion	February 3, 2020	June 30, 2021
21	FW	Franko Kovačević	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II	October 12, 2020	July 28, 2021
27	DF	Gustavo Vallecilla	S.D. Aucas	April 5, 2021	December 31, 2021

Loans out

Number	Position	Player	Loaned to	Loan start date	Loan end date	Ref
39	GK	Ben Lundt	Phoenix Rising FC	May 6, 2021	End of season
27	DF	Avionne Flanagan	Orange County SC	May 21, 2021	July 5, 2021
17	MF	Ben Mines	Orange County SC	August 16, 2021	End of season
1	GK	Cody Cropper	Memphis 901 FC	August 25, 2021	End of season

2021 MLS SuperDraft picks

Round	Pick #	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	2	Calvin Harris	FW	Wake Forest
2	29	Avionne Flanagan	DF	South Florida
3	54	Jonas Fjeldberg	MF	Dayton	From Columbus Crew SC
4	56	Matthew Vowinkel	FW	Hofstra

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason

April 10 Preseason	FC Cincinnati	1–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Milford, Ohio
1:30 p.m. EDT	Harris 1st half'	Report	Dikwa 1st half' Griffin 80'	Stadium: Mercy Health Training Center

Major League Soccer

League tables

Eastern Conference

1. ^ Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
2. As 2021 Canadian Championship winners

Overall

Results

May 22 5	CF Montréal	1–2	FC Cincinnati	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1:00 p.m. EDT	Mihailovic  35' 56' Brault-Guillard  43' Quioto  54' Wanyama  89'	Report	Locadia 70' Vallecilla 86'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: unknown Referee: Fotis Bazakos

May 29 6	FC Cincinnati	0–1	New England Revolution	Cincinnati, Ohio
3:00 p.m. EDT	Stanko  9' Kubo  69'	Report	Buchanan  33' Kessler  66' Buksa 70'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Dave Gantar

July 3 10	Houston Dynamo FC	1–1	FC Cincinnati	Houston, Texas
8:30 p.m. EDT	Pasher 3' Figueroa  48' Valentin  70' García  81'	Report	Barreal 5' Kubo  55'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 20,021 Referee: Marcos de Oliviera

July 9 11	FC Cincinnati	2–2	Columbus Crew SC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Castillo 1',  28' Acosta 24' Kubo  32' Cameron  45+7' Vallecilla  61' Barreal  72' Stanko  88'	Report	Afful  17'  42' Mensah  39' Zelarayán 45+1' Berry 77'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,701 Referee: Kevin Stott

July 17 12	CF Montréal	5–4	FC Cincinnati	Montreal, Quebec
7:30 p.m. EDT	Toye 21', 72' (pen.) Torres 34' Waterman  41' Hafez 74', 87'	Report	Medunjanin 6' Brenner 14',  45+1', 46' Kubo  28' Vallecilla  31', 42' Vermeer  67' Acosta  84'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Referee: Silviu Petrescu

July 24 14	Nashville SC	3–0	FC Cincinnati	Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 p.m. EDT	Sapong 13', 57',  68' Leal 35' Mukhtar  84'	Report	Vallecilla  38' Cameron  81'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 23,832 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

July 31 15	FC Cincinnati	0–0	D.C. United	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Gyau  36' Acosta  60' Hagglund  64'	Report	Moreno  15' Mora  41'  90+2' Nyeman  52' Reyna  72'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,060 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

August 7 17	FC Cincinnati	1–1	Orlando City SC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Brenner 42' Matarrita  53'	Report	Nani 56' Schlegel  68' Mueller  77' DeZart  84'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 24,113 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

August 21 19	New England Revolution	4–1	FC Cincinnati	Foxborough, Massachusetts
8:00 p.m. EDT	Buchanan 7',  73' Boateng 21' Buksa 33', 61' McNamara  68' Farrell  86'	Report	Brenner 54'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 18,268 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

September 4 21	FC Cincinnati	0–1	Inter Miami	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT		Report	Shea  18', 90' Gregore  62' Figal  69' Matuidi  73'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 22,234 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

September 29 26	Toronto FC	3–2	FC Cincinnati	Toronto, Ontario
7:00 p.m. EDT	Shaffelburg 48' Delgado 55' Achara  59', 65' Soteldo  76' Marshall-Rutty  90'	Report	Valot  32' Matarrita 38' Castillo  41' Vallecilla  59' Acosta 72' Stanko  74'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 5,110 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

October 20 30	FC Cincinnati	3–4	Chicago Fire FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 p.m. EDT	Acosta 28' Bailey  30' Vázquez 36' Gyau  48' Cameron  80' Blackett 90+1'	Report	Berić 14', 17' Kappelhof  45+1' Medrán 71' F. Navarro  68' G. Slonina  79' Stojanović 90+3'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 21,369 Referee: Jon Freemon

November 7 34	FC Cincinnati	1–2	Atlanta United FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
3:30 p.m. EST	Bailey 21' Stanko  33' Matarrita  88'	Report	Hernández  64' Robinson 70' Martínez 79' Araújo  86'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 23,663 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		Playoffs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	USA	Cody Cropper	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	GK	POL	Przemysław Tytoń	15	0	14+1	0	0	0
25	GK	NED	Kenneth Vermeer	19	0	19	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	USA	Edgar Castillo	14	1	12+2	1	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Tyler Blackett	11	1	8+3	1	0	0
5	DF	ECU	Gustavo Vallecilla	25	2	25	2	0	0
12	DF	USA	Geoff Cameron	28	0	26+2	0	0	0
14	DF	USA	Nick Hagglund	24	1	17+7	1	0	0
16	DF	USA	Zico Bailey	11	1	9+2	1	0	0
26	DF	USA	Chris Duvall	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
36	DF	CRC	Rónald Matarrita	22	2	22	2	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	BIH	Haris Medunjanin	29	3	18+11	3	0	0
7	MF	JPN	Yuya Kubo	29	0	29	0	0	0
8	MF	CRC	Allan Cruz	22	1	18+4	1	0	0
11	MF	ARG	Luciano Acosta	31	7	30+1	7	0	0
13	DF	USA	Joe Gyau	21	0	18+3	0	0	0
15	MF	RSA	Kamohelo Mokotjo	13	0	4+9	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Calvin Harris	16	0	4+12	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Kyle Scott	4	0	1+3	0	0	0
31	MF	ARG	Álvaro Barreal	33	3	26+7	3	0	0
33	MF	USA	Caleb Stanko	20	0	12+8	0	0	0
64	MF	FRA	Florian Valot	9	0	4+5	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	BRA	Brenner	33	8	33	8	0	0
11	FW	USA	Arquimides Ordonez	4	0	0+4	0	0	0
19	FW	USA	Brandon Vazquez	31	4	6+25	4	0	0
23	FW	GHA	Isaac Atanga	22	1	12+10	1	0	0
Players who have played for FC Cincinnati this season but have left the club:
3	DF	SWE	Tom Pettersson	4	0	4	0	0	0
10	FW	NED	Jürgen Locadia	9	1	2+7	1	0	0
21	FW	CRO	Franko Kovačević	3	0	0+3	0	0	0

• Last updated: November 15, 2021
• Source: Team Stats

Top scorers

Rank	Position	No.	Name	MLS	Playoffs	Total
1	FW	9	Brenner	8	0	8
2	MF	11	Luciano Acosta	7	0	7
3	FW	19	Brandon Vazquez	4	0	4
4	MF	31	Álvaro Barreal	3	0	3
	MF	6	Haris Medunjanin	3	0	3
6	DF	5	Gustavo Vallecilla	2	0	2
	DF	18	Ronald Matarrita	2	0	2
8	DF	2	Edgar Castillo	1	0	1
	DF	3	Tyler Blackett	1	0	1
	MF	8	Allan Cruz	1	0	1
	FW	10	Jurgen Locadia	1	0	1
	DF	14	Nick Hagglund	1	0	1
	DF	16	Zico Bailey	1	0	1
	FW	23	Isaac Atanga	1	0	1
Total				37	0	37

• Last updated: November 15, 2021
• Source: Team Stats

Top assists

Rank	Position	No.	Name	MLS	Playoffs	Total
1	MF	11	Luciano Acosta	10	0	10
2	MF	36	Rónald Matarrita	5	0	5
3	DF	12	Geoff Cameron	3	0	3
	FW	19	Brandon Vazquez	3	0	3
	MF	31	Álvaro Barreal	3	0	3
6	MF	6	Haris Medunjanin	2	0	2
	FW	9	Brenner	2	0	2
	DF	16	Zico Bailey	2	0	2
	FW	23	Isaac Atanga	2	0	2
Total				32	0	32

• Last updated: November 15, 2021
• Source: Team Stats

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			Playoffs			Total
12	DF	Geoff Cameron	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
5	DF	Gustavo Vallecilla	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
14	MF	Rónald Matarrita	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
7	MF	Yuya Kubo	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
11	MF	Luciano Acosta	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
33	MF	Caleb Stanko	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
2	DF	Edgar Castillo	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	MF	Allan Cruz	5	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1
9	FW	Brenner	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
31	MF	Álvaro Barreal	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
13	MF	Joe Gyau	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
16	DF	Zico Bailey	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	FW	Brandon Vazquez	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	MF	Calvin Harris	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
64	MF	Florian Valot	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	DF	Tyler Blackett	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	MF	Haris Medunjanin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	DF	Nick Hagglund	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	MF	Kamohelo Mokotjo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	GK	Kenneth Vermeer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
26	DF	Chris Duvall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	FW	Isaac Atanga	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total			75	1	2	0	0	0	75	1	2

• Last updated: November 15, 2021
• Source: Team Stats

Clean sheets

No.	Name	MLS	Playoffs	Total	Games
25	Kenneth Vermeer	4	0	4	19
22	Przemysław Tytoń	2	0	2	14
1	Cody Cropper	0	0	0	1

• Last updated: November 15, 2021
• Source: Team Stats

Awards

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent	Position	Ref
1	Przemysław Tytoń	Nashville SC	GK
	Luciano Acosta		Bench
6	Geoff Cameron	CF Montréal	DF
	Jaap Stam		Coach
9	Luciano Acosta	Chicago Fire FC	Bench
10	Luciano Acosta	Toronto FC	MF
12	Luciano Acosta	Columbus Crew	Bench
13	Brenner	CF Montréal	FW
14	Kenneth Vermeer	Atlanta United FC	GK
24	Luciano Acosta	Toronto FC	MF

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• 2021 MLS season by team
• American soccer clubs 2021 season
• 2021 in sports in Ohio
• FC Cincinnati seasons