St. Louis CITY SC fell 3-1 to FC Cincinnati at TQL Stadium on Saturday night. Lucho Acosta won and scored a penalty for the hosts in the 26th minute before providing assists to Yuya Kuba and Sergio Santos in the second half. CITY SC got in the board in the second half through an own goal by Matt Miazga, but the goal was not enough to alter the scoreline in the end. St. Louis will return to CITYPARK next Saturday to face Seattle Sounders.
Postgame Notes
- Hosei Kijima made his first career MLS start
Goal-Scoring Plays
CIN: Luciano Acosta (penalty), 26th minute – Luciano Acosta scored from penalty with a right footed shot.
CIN: Yuya Kubo (Luciano Acosta), 49th minute – Yuya Kubo scored with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
STL: Matt Miazga (own goal), 54th minute – Matt Miazga scored an own goal from the central position outside the box.
CIN: Sergio Santos (Luciano Acosta, Luca Orellano), 80th minute – Sergio Santos scored with a left footed shot from the center of the box.
Scoring Summary
CIN: Luciano Acosta (penalty), 26
CIN: Yuya Kubo (Luciano Acosta), 49
STL: Matt Miazga (own goal), 54
CIN: Sergio Santos (Luciano Acosta, Luca Orellano), 80
Misconduct Summary
STL: Hosei Kijima (caution), 35
CIN: Ian Murphy (caution), 36
STL: Sam Adeniran (caution), 44
Lineups
CIN: GK Roman Celentano; D Nick Hagglund, D Matt Miazga, D Ian Murphy (Kipp Keller 86’); M Bret Halsey (Yamil Asad 67’), M Obinna Nwobodo, M Pavel Bucha, M Luca Orellano, M Luciano Acosta © (Malik Pinto 86’); F Yuya Kubo (Sergio Santos 67’), F Gerardo Valenzuela (Kevin Kelsy 59’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Alec Kann, D Miles Robinson, D Isaiah Foster, M Stiven Jimenez
TOTAL SHOTS: 15; SHOTS ON GOAL: 8; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 3
STL: GK Roman Bürki ©; D Nikolas Dyhr (Tim Parker 46’), D Joakim Nilsson, D Kyle Hiebert, D Akil Watts; M Hosei Kijima (Tomáš Ostrák 46’), M Njabulo Blom (Chris Durkin 60’), M Célio Pompeu (Indiana Vassilev 60’), M Aziel Jackson; F Sam Adeniran (Eduard Löwen 75’), F Klauss
Substitutes Not Used: GK Ben Lundt, F Nökkvi Thórisson, D Jake Nerwinski, M Rasmus Alm
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 5
Referee: Timothy Ford
Assistant Referees: Eric Weisbrod, Chantal Boudreau
Fourth Official: Ismir Pekmic
VAR: Fotis Bazakos
AVAR: Jozef Batko
Venue: TQL Stadium
Weather: Partly cloudy, 76 degrees
