MLS · Round 0
Soldier Field

Chicago Fire FC 2–3 FC Cincinnati starting lineups

Chicago Fire FC FC Cincinnati
2 - 3
Full time
Cuypers 16', 28'
Ferreira 24', 31', 90+7'

Chicago Fire FC and FC Cincinnati lineup images

Chicago Fire FC starting lineup vs FC Cincinnati, 4-3-3: Brady, Dean, Elliott, Mbokazi, Gutman, Salétros, D'Avilla, Lod, Zinckernagel, Cuypers, Haile-Selassie. MLS Round 0, Saturday, May 2, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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FC Cincinnati starting lineup vs Chicago Fire FC, 3-4-1-2: Celentano, Smith, Chirila, Gidi, Bucha, Valenzuela, Anunga, Ramírez, Ferreira, Denkey, Mboma Dem. MLS Round 0, Saturday, May 2, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

1 - 0Cuypersgoal
16'
24'
goalFerreira1 - 1
2 - 1Cuypersgoal
28'
31'
goalFerreira2 - 2
Half time · 2 - 2
46'
substitutionHagglund for Anunga
56'
Red cardSmith Red card
Bamba for Lodsubstitution
59'
66'
substitutionMiazga for Valenzuela
68'
Yellow cardDenkey Yellow card
77'
substitutionBarlow for Mboma Dem
77'
substitutionJabbari for Denkey
88'
substitutionLajhar for Ramírez
90'
Yellow cardLajhar Yellow card
D'Avilla Yellow cardYellow card
90+3'
Shokalook for Deansubstitution
90+7'
90+7'
goalFerreira2 - 3
90+12'
Yellow cardChirila Yellow card

Chicago Fire FC and FC Cincinnati team sheets and player ratings

Chicago Fire FC

4-3-3
Starting XI
1 United States Brady rating 5.5
24 United States Dean off 90' rating 7.5
3 England Elliott rating 6.0
4 South Africa Mbokazi rating 6.6
15 United States Gutman rating 6.3
6 Sweden Salétros rating 6.7
42 Côte d'Ivoire D'Avilla yellow card rating 5.7
17 Finland Lod off 59' rating 6.4
11 Denmark Zinckernagel rating 8.8
9 Belgium Cuypers 2 goals rating 8.7
7 Switzerland Haile-Selassie rating 7.7
Substitutes
19 Côte d'Ivoire Bamba on 59' rating 6.7
20 United States Shokalook on 90'
44 United States Cohen
16 Canada Waterman
14 Serbia Radojevic
22 United States Pineda
35 United States Oregel
27 United States Borso
12 South Africa Dithejane

FC Cincinnati

3-4-1-2
Starting XI
18 United States Celentano rating 9.0
24 United States Smith red card rating 5.2
88 United States Chirila yellow card rating 7.1
11 Slovakia Gidi rating 7.2
20 Czechia Bucha rating 7.0
22 United States Valenzuela off 66' rating 7.0
27 Cameroon Anunga off 46' rating 6.3
29 Ecuador Ramírez off 88' rating 8.3
10 Brazil Ferreira 3 goals rating 9.6
9 Togo Denkey yellow card off 77' rating 7.2
17 France Mboma Dem off 77' rating 7.7
Substitutes
4 United States Hagglund on 46' rating 6.1
21 United States Miazga on 66' rating 6.6
99 Morocco Jabbari on 77' rating 5.5
16 United States Barlow on 77' rating 6.1
55 Libya Lajhar yellow card on 88'
13 United States Louro
3 Paraguay Flores
66 Venezuela Echenique
37 United States Jimenez

Managers

Berhalter4-3-3Chicago Fire FC
Noonan3-4-1-2FC Cincinnati
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Chicago Fire FC 2–3 FC Cincinnati: match summary

FC Cincinnati beat Chicago Fire FC 3–2 at Soldier Field in Chicago on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in Round 0 of the MLS. Hugo Cuypers (16', 28') scored for Chicago Fire FC, Evander Ferreira (24', 31', 90+7') for FC Cincinnati. The match ratings read 6.9 for Chicago Fire FC and 7.0 for FC Cincinnati. Evander Ferreira of FC Cincinnati was the highest rated player on the pitch at 9.5, with Philip Zinckernagel at 9.0 and Roman Celentano at 9.0 next, and Kyle Smith of FC Cincinnati the lowest rated starter at 5.0. Chicago Fire FC lined up in a 4-3-3 under Berhalter, FC Cincinnati in a 3-4-1-2 under Noonan. FC Cincinnati finished with ten: Kyle Smith (56') was sent off. Kévin Denkey was booked on 68 minutes, Ayoub Lajhar on 90, Djé D'Avilla on 90 and Andrei Chirila on 90. Eastern standings taken on September 2, 2026 had Chicago Fire FC 3rd on 37 points and FC Cincinnati 6th on 31.

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