Photo: Craig Hunter
FC Cincinnati 0-0 Chicago Fire FC
CINCINATTI, OH—For the third time this season at Nippert Stadium (and fourth in the last five going back to last season), the match ended goalless. This time, it was between FC Cincinnati and Chicago Fire. As a result, two dubious streaks continued. For FC Cincinatti, it’s four matches without a goal since regular season play resumed. For the Fire, it’s now been 397 days since they last won a match away from home that was not in Orlando.
Bobby Shuttleworth returned in goal after missing last Saturday against NYCFC due to a groin injury and was vital from the get go making a first minute save on Maikel van der Werff off a free kick. Shuttleworth would make two other saves on the night.
Both teams had trouble moving the ball around on the turf—the Fire more so for the first half. However, they thought they had a goal in the 70th minute through Ignacio Aliseda, but VAR chalked it off for a handball on Boris Sekulic in the buildup.
Shots on target were at a premium on Wendesday night as the sides combined for just four (three from FC Cincy).
The Fire return to Soldier Field on Sunday to take on New England (6:30pm CT, WGN-TV) while FC Cincinnati travel to Columbus on Saturday to take on the Crew (7:30pm ET, TV-Star 64).
SCORING SUMMARY:
None
BOOKING SUMMARY:
CIN-Mathieu Deplagne (caution, reckless tackle) 90+6
CHI-Jonathan Bornstein (caution, reckless foul) 90+7
FC CINCINNATI (4-4-2): #22-Przemyslaw Tyton; #17-Mathieu Deplagne, #23-Maikel van der Werff, #2-Kendall Waston, #4-Greg Garza (#96-Andrew Gutman 76); #36-Joseph-Claude Gyau, #6-Haris Medunjanin (#33-Caleb Stanko 86), #24-Frankie Amaya, #11-Siem de Jong (#7-Yuya Kubo 63); #10-Jurgen Locadia, #9-Adrien Regattin (#8-Allan Cruz 63)
Subs not used: #1-Robert Edwards, #3-Tom Pettersson, #14-Nick Hagglund, #16-Zico Bailey, #19-Brandon Vazquez
CHICAGO FIRE (4-4-1-1): #1-Bobby Shuttleworth; #2-Boris Sekulic, #22-Mauricio Pineda (#20-Wyatt Omsberg 90+2), #5-Francisco Calvo, #6-Miguel Angel Navarro (#3-Jonathan Bornstein 62); #11-Przemyslaw Frankowski (#28-Elliot Collier 62), #30-Gaston Gimenez, #10-Alvaro Medran, #21-Fabian Herbers (#14-Djordje Mihailovic 62); #7-Ignacio Aliseda; #27-Robert Beric
Subs not used: #24-Connor Sparrow, #36-Andre Reynolds, #16-Michael Azira, #13-Brandt Bronico, #14-Djordje Mihailovic, #40-Brian Gutierrez, #28-Elliot Collier
TOTAL SHOTS: CIN 8-13 CHI
SHOTS ON GOAL: CIN 3-1 CHI
FOULS: CIN 12-17 CHI
OFFSIDES: CIN 3-0 CHI
CORNER KICKS: CIN 2-6 CHI
SAVES: CIN 1-3 CHI
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
Assistant Referees: Peter Manilkowski, Jeffrey Swartzel
Fourth Official: Ismir Pekmic
VAR: Sorin Stoica
Weather: Partly Cloudy and 80º
Man of the Match: Bobby Shuttleworth (CHI)
