2019 FC Cincinnati season

The 2019 FC Cincinnati season was the club's debut season in Major League Soccer (MLS), and the fourth season of a team playing under the FC Cincinnati brand after three years in the lower-division United Soccer League (since renamed the USL Championship). The club finished with a league worst 6–22–6 record in their inaugural MLS season, setting a league record for the most goals given up with 75. FC Cincinnati missed the playoffs.

Club Coaching staff

PositionStaffGeneral Manager Gerard NijkampTechnical Director Luke SassanoHead Coach Ron JansAssistant Coach Yoann DametGoalkeeper Coach Jack SternAthletic Trainer Aaron PowellStrength & Conditioning Austin BerryUC Health Dr. Angelo Colosimo Dr. Brian Grawe

Head coach Alan Koch was fired on May 7, 2019, after a 2–7–2 start to the 2019 season. Yoann Damet served as interim coach until Ron Jans was named head coach on August 3, 2019, becoming the third head coach since the club moved to the MLS.

Roster

No.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age)Previous club Goalkeepers 13 Jimmy Hague GK Michigan State Spartans 18 Spencer Richey GK FC Cincinnati (USL) 22 Przemysław Tytoń GK Deportivo de La Coruña Defenders 2 Kendall Waston (c) DF Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 Greg Garza DF Atlanta United FC 14 Nick Hagglund DF Toronto FC 17 Mathieu Deplagne DF Troyes AC 23 Maikel van der Werff DF SBV Vitesse 32 Justin Hoyte DF FC Cincinnati (USL) 92 Alvas Powell DF Portland Timbers 96 Andrew Gutman DF Celtic FC Midfielders 6 Leonardo Bertone MF BSC Young Boys 7 Roland Lamah MF FC Dallas 8 Víctor Ulloa MF FC Dallas 15 Allan Cruz MF C.S. Herediano 16 Derrick Etienne Jr. MF New York Red Bulls 19 Corben Bone MF FC Cincinnati (USL) 20 Jimmy McLaughlin MF FC Cincinnati (USL) 24 Frankie Amaya MF UCLA Bruins 26 Tommy McCabe MF Notre Dame Fighting Irish 27 Fatai Alashe MF FC Cincinnati (USL) 33 Caleb Stanko MF SC Freiburg 36 Joe Gyau MF MSV Duisburg 45 Emmanuel Ledesma MF FC Cincinnati (USL) 93 Kenny Saief MF Anderlecht Forwards 9 Fanendo Adi FW FC Cincinnati (USL) 11 Darren Mattocks FW D.C. United 31 Kekuta Manneh FW FC St. Gallen 81 Rashawn Dally FW Memphis 901 FC

2019 MLS SuperDraft picks

Round Pick #PlayerPositionCollegeNotes 1 1 Frankie Amaya Midfielder UCLA 1 13 Logan Gdula Defender Wake Forest From Philadelphia Union 2 29 Tommy McCabe Midfielder Notre Dame From Philadelphia Union via Chicago Fire 2 30 Jimmy Hague Goalkeeper Michigan State From Toronto FC 2 37 Ben Lundt Goalkeeper Akron From Philadelphia Union 3 49 Rashawn Dally Midfielder Quinnipiac

Player movement In DatePlayerPositionFrom ClubRefJuly 2, 2019 Maikel van der Werff DF SBV Vitesse August 7, 2019 Joe Gyau MF MSV Duisburg

Out DatePlayerPositionNotesTransferred toRefAugust 2, 2019 Emery Welshman F Waived Hapoel Haifa FC August 5, 2019 Eric Alexander MF Waived FC Dallas

Loans in PlayerPositionLoaned fromLoan start dateLoan end dateRef Caleb Stanko MF SC Freiburg January 23, 2019 Kenny Saief MF Anderlecht March 6, 2019 June 11, 2019 Andrew Gutman DF Celtic FC August 3, 2019 End of 2020 season Derrick Etienne MF New York Red Bulls August 7, 2019 End of 2019 season

Loans out PlayerPositionLoaned toLoan start dateLoan end dateRef Ben Lundt G Louisville City FC February 7, 2019 Tommy McCabe MF North Carolina FC February 15, 2019 May 29, 2019 Logan Gdula DF Hartford Athletic August 5, 2019 Rashawn Dally F Memphis 901 March 5, 2019 May 20, 2019 Emery Welshman F Forge FC March 8, 2019 August 2, 2019 Frankie Amaya MF Orange County SC April 17, 2019 May 2, 2019 Hassan Ndam DF Charlotte Independence May 1, 2019 Nazmi Albadawi MF North Carolina FC May 29, 2019 Forrest Lasso DF Nashville SC July 25, 2019

Competitions

Major League Soccer

League tables Eastern Conference

Overall

Results

Statistics Appearances and goals

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

! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers

! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders

! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders

! colspan=12 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards

! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Left Club During Season

Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Rank ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Position ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Number ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Total |- | 1 |MF |15 |align="left"| Allan Cruz |7 |0 |0 |7 |- |2 |MF |45 |align="left"| Emmanuel Ledesma |6 |0 |0 |6 |- |3 |FW |31 |align="left"| Kekuta Manneh |4 |0 |1 |5 |- |4 | FW |11 |align="left"| Darren Mattocks |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |5 | FW |9 |align="left"| Fanendo Adi |1 |0 |1 |2 |- | rowspan="8"|6 |DF |2 |align="left"| Kendall Waston |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |6 |align="left"| Leonardo Bertone |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |7 |align="left"| Roland Lamah |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |DF |17 |align="left"| Mathieu Deplagne |1 |0 |0 |1 |- | MF |27 |align="left"| Fatai Alashe |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |93 |align="left"| Kenny Saief |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |FW |81 |align="left"| Rashawn Dally |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |8 |align="left"| Víctor Ulloa |1 |0 |0 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 29 ! 0 ! 2 ! 31

Top assists {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Rank ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Position ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Number ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Total |- |1 |MF |45 | align="left"| Emmanuel Ledesma | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |- | rowspan="3"|2 |FW |31 | align="left"| Kekuta Manneh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |- | FW | 11 | align="left"| Darren Mattocks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |- |FW |7 |align="left"| Roland Lamah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |- |rowspan="4"|3 | MF | 93 | align="left"| Kenny Saief | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- | MF | 6 | align="left"| Leonardo Bertone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- |MF | 8 |align="left"| Víctor Ulloa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- |DF |17 |align="left"| Mathieu Deplagne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- |rowspan="4"|4 |MF |19 |align="left"| Eric Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |- |MF | 15 |align="left"| Allan Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |- |DF |96 |align="left"| Andrew Gutman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |- | 36 | MF | align="left"| Joe Gyau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 25 ! 0 ! 1 ! 26

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;" |- | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=120|Player | colspan="3"|MLS | colspan="3"|MLS Playoffs | colspan="3"|U.S. Open Cup | colspan="3"|Total |- !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;|

|| 6 ||MF ||align=left| Leonardo Bertone || |9|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 9|| |0|| |0 |- || 2 ||DF ||align=left| Kendall Waston || |8|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |8|| |1|| |0 |- | 15 ||MF ||align=left| Allan Cruz || |5|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 5|| |0|| |0 |- || 8 ||MF ||align=left| Víctor Ulloa || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 4|| |0|| |0 |- || 45 ||MF ||align=left| Emmanuel Ledesma || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 4|| |0|| |0 |- || 17 ||DF || align=left| Mathieu Deplagne || |4|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 4|| |0|| |0 |- | 14 ||DF ||align=left| Nick Hagglund || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| 3|| |0|| |0 |- || 32 ||DF ||align=left| Justin Hoyte || |3|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 3|| |0|| |0 |- || 33 ||MF ||align=left| Caleb Stanko || |3|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 3|| |0|| |0 |- || 3 ||DF ||align=left| Forrest Lasso || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 2|| |0|| |0 |- || 24 ||MF ||align=left| Frankie Amaya || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 2|| |0|| |0 |- || 9 ||FW ||align=left| Fanendo Adi || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| 2|| |0|| |0 |- || 23 ||DF || align=left| Maikel van der Werff || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 2|| |0|| |0 |- || 96 ||DF || align=left| Andrew Gutman || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 2|| |0|| |0 |- || 27 ||MF ||align=left| Fatai Alashe || |2|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 2|| |0|| |0 |- || 4 ||DF || align=left| Greg Garza || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 1|| |0|| |0 |- | 18 ||GK ||align=left| Spencer Richey || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 1|| |0|| |0 |- || 92 ||DF || align=left| Alvas Powell || |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 1|| |0|| |0 |- || 31 ||FW ||align=left| Kekuta Manneh || |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| 1|| |0|| |1 |- | 7 ||MF ||align=left| Roland Lamah ||0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 0|| |0|| |1 |- | 36 ||MF ||align=left| Joe Gyau ||0|| |0|| |1|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| |0|| 0|| |0|| |1 |- !colspan=3|Total !!56!!1!!3!!0!!0!!0!!3!!0!!0!!59!!1!!3

Clean sheets {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| No. ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| MLS ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| U.S. Open Cup ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| Total ! style="background:#003087; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FE5000;" scope="col"| Games played |- | 18 | align=left| Spencer Richey |2||0||2||19 |- | 22 | align=left| Przemysław Tytoń |3||0||3||17

Honors and awards

MLS Team of the Week WeekPlayerOpponentPositionRef2 Nick HagglundAtlanta United FC DF Kenny Saief Bench3 Spencer RicheyPortland Timbers GK Kendall Waston Bench Víctor Ulloa Bench4 Kenny Saief (2)New England Revolution MF Kekuta Manneh FW Greg Garza Bench6 Darren Mattocks Sporting Kansas City Bench 11 Víctor Ulloa (2) Montreal Impact MF 18 Emmanuel Ledesma Houston Dynamo MF 19 Kendall Waston (2) Chicago Fire DF 23 Przemysław Tytoń Columbus Crew GK 28 Allan Cruz Montreal Impact Bench 31 Przemysław Tytoń (2) D.C. United GK

MLS Goal of the Week WeekPlayerOpponentRef3 Allan Cruz Portland Timbers4 Kekuta Manneh New England Revolution

MLS Coach of the Week WeekCoachOpponentRef3 Alan Koch Portland Timbers 4 Alan Koch New England Revolution

References