Philadelphia Union traveled to TQL Stadium to face FC Cincinnati on Wednesday night, falling 4-3. Cincinnati opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a goal by Kevin Kelsy. The Union leveled the score in the 43rd minute when forward Tai Baribo scored his first career MLS goal. In the second half, Luciano Acosta converted a penalty kick in the 49th minute to give Cincinnati the lead. The Union responded in the 55th minute when midfielder Jesús Bueno registered his first career MLS goal. Cincinnati regained the lead in the 60th minute when Luca Orellano found the back of the net. Union forward Tai Baribo scored his second goal of the night in stoppage time to equalize the score, recording his first career brace in MLS play. Cincinnati took the lead with a goal from Luciano Acosta at the end of stoppage time.
The Union return to Subaru Park to host Charlotte FC on Saturday, June 22 (7:30 p.m. ET/ Apple TV).
FC Cincinnati 4 – Philadelphia Union 3
TQL Stadium (Cincinnati, OH)
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
REF: Jair Marrufo
AR1: Logan Brown
AR2: Jose Da Silva
4TH: Eric Tattersall
VAR: Jorge Gonzalez
AVAR: Craig Lowry
Weather: 91 degrees and sunny.
SCORING SUMMARY
CIN – Kevin Kelsy (Acosta, Kubo) 29’
PHI – Tai Baribo (Uhre, Mbaizo) 43’
CIN – Luciano Acosta (PK) 49’
PHI – Jesús Bueno (Wagner) 55’
CIN – Luca Orellano (Bucha) 60’
PHI – Tai Baribo (Wagner, Rafanello) 90+1’
CIN – Luciano Acosta (Asad) 90+10’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
CIN – Kipp Keller (caution) 6’
PHI – Kai Wagner (caution) 12’
PHI – Jack Elliott (caution) 12’
PHI – Jack McGlynn (caution) 81’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Oliver Semmle; Kai Wagner, Nathan Harriel, Jakob Glesnes, Jack Elliott, Olivier Mbaizo (Chris Donovan 83’); Leon Flach, Jesús Bueno (Jeremy Rafanello 71’) , Jack McGlynn; Mikael Uhre (Quinn Sullivan 71’), Tai Baribo (Markus Anderson 90’+4’).
Substitutes not used: Andrew Rick; Olwethu Makhanya, Sanders Ngabo, CJ Olney, David Vazquez.
FC Cincinnati: Roman Celentano; Ian Murphy, Kipp Keller (Alvas Powell 62’), Nick Hagglund (Yamil Asad 74’), Luca Orellano (Bret Halsey 86’) , Pavel Bucha, Obinna Nwobodo, DeAndre Yedlin, Luciano Acosta, Yuya Kubo (Gerardo Valenzuela 73’), Kevin Kelsy (Sergio Santos 86’).
Substitutes not used: Alec Kann; Aaron Boupendza, Malik Pinto, London Aghedo.
NOTES
- Forward Mikael Uhre becomes the ninth player in club history to record 40 goal contributions in MLS regular season play.
- Forward Tai Baribo netted his first career MLS brace against Cincinnati.
- Midfielder Jesús Bueno scored his first career MLS goal against Cincinnati.
- Defender Kai Wagner now leads the Union with six assists on the season.
The Union return to Subaru Park to host Charlotte FC on Saturday, June 22 (7:30 p.m. ET/ Apple TV).
