FC Cincinnati 2
![]() | |||
Full name | FC Cincinnati 2 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Founded | December 6, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-06) | ||
Stadium | NKU Soccer Stadium Highland Heights, Kentucky | ||
Capacity | 1,000 | ||
Head coach | Tyrone Marshall | ||
League | MLS Next Pro | ||
2023 | 12th, Eastern Conference Playoffs: Did not qualify | ||
Website | Club website | ||
| |||
![]() |
FC Cincinnati 2 is an American professional soccer team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the reserve team of FC Cincinnati and participates in MLS Next Pro.
History
On December 6, 2021, FC Cincinnati were named as one of 21 clubs that would field a team in the new MLS Next Pro league beginning in the 2022 season.[1][2] On February 22, 2022, FC Cincinnati unveiled the name and coaching staff of the new team.[3]
Stadium
On February 24, 2022, the team announced that for their inaugural season, they would use three different venues as their home stadium. Their first seven home matches would be played at NKU Soccer Stadium, a 1,000-capacity venue at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky. Four of their remaining five matches would be played at Mercy Health Training Center, the team's training facility in Milford, Ohio which includes a 500-capacity stadium. One match would be played at TQL Stadium, the first team's 26,000-capacity home venue in Cincinnati, Ohio.[4]
Players and staff
Roster
- As of January 17, 2024
No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Alec Kann ([A]) | ![]() |
4 | DF | Nick Hagglund ([A]) | ![]() |
14 | DF | Kipp Keller ([A]) | ![]() |
15 | MF | Bret Halsey ([A]) | ![]() |
22 | MF | Gerardo Valenzuela ([A]) | ![]() |
25 | GK | Paul Walters ([A]) | ![]() |
26 | MF | Malik Pinto ([A]) | ![]() |
27 | MF | Yamil Asad ([A]) | ![]() |
30 | GK | Hunter Morse | ![]() |
33 | DF | Isaiah Foster ([A]) | ![]() |
34 | DF | London Aghedo ([A]) | ![]() |
35 | FW | Kenji Mboma Dem | ![]() |
36 | GK | Evan Louro ([A]) | ![]() |
37 | DF | Stiven Jimenez ([A]) | ![]() |
38 | DF | Brian Schaefer | ![]() |
40 | MF | Alejandro Guido | ![]() |
41 | DF | Nico Benalcazar | ![]() |
42 | DF | Amir Daley | ![]() |
43 | MF | Jesús Castellano | ![]() |
44 | MF | Ben Stitz | ![]() |
45 | FW | Moises Tablante | ![]() |
46 | FW | Guilherme Santos | ![]() |
48 | DF | Juan Machado | ![]() |
49 | FW | Peter Mangione | ![]() |
50 | MF | Yeiner Valoyes | ![]() |
52 | MF | Yair Ramos | ![]() |
55 | MF | Illia Tyrkus ([B]) | ![]() |
56 | DF | Ashton Kamdem | ![]() |
60 | DF | Will Kuisel ([B]) | ![]() |
61 | MF | Nicholas Samways ([B]) | ![]() |
62 | DF | Haroun Conteh ([B]) | ![]() |
64 | DF | Connor Stout ([B]) | ![]() |
67 | DF | Blake Bayless ([B]) | ![]() |
68 | MF | Justin Hylton ([B]) | ![]() |
77 | FW | Stefan Chirilla ([B]) | ![]() |
80 | DF | Lincoln Matuskiewicz ([B]) | ![]() |
81 | MF | Ryan Belal ([B]) | ![]() |
90 | GK | Luke Laramore ([B]) | ![]() |
96 | DF | Gaël Gibert | ![]() |
98 | GK | Luke Broz ([B]) | ![]() |
99 | GK | Kayne Rizvanovich ([B]) | ![]() |
- ^ Signed to first team contract with the FC Cincinnati.
- ^ FC Cincinnati academy player.
Staff
- Tyrone Marshall – Head coach
- Shavar Thomas – Assistant coach
- Ryan Coulter – Goalkeepers coach
Team records
Year-by-year
Season | MLS Next Pro | Playoffs | Top Scorer | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Conference | Overall | Player | Goals | |||
2022 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 65 | 17 | 10th, Eastern | 21st | Did not qualify | ![]() ![]() | 4 | |
2023 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 65 | 27 | 12th, Eastern | 24th | Did not qualify | ![]() | 9 |
Head coaches record
- As of September 24, 2023
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tyrone Marshall[4] | ![]() | February 22, 2022 | present | 52 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 64 | 130 | 021.15 |
See also
References
- ^ "MLS NEXT Pro unveils 21 clubs for inaugural season starting March 2022". Retrieved December 6, 2021.
- ^ "Opinion: Albright, Noonan act on plans with hire of first staff". Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "FC Cincinnati unveil MLS NEXT Pro team, FC Cincinnati 2". FC Cincinnati. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ a b "FC Cincinnati 2 announce schedule ahead of inaugural 2022 MLS NEXT Pro Season". FCCincinnati.com. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
External links
- Official website
- v
- t
- e
- USL players
- MLS players
- 2018 MLS Expansion Draft
- Seasons
- Nippert Stadium (2016–2020)
- TQL Stadium (2021–present)
- FC Cincinnati 2 (MLS Next Pro)
- Owners
- Carl Lindner III
- Meg Whitman
- Scott Farmer
- CEO
- Carl Lindner III
- Jeff Berding
- General manager
- Chris Albright
- Head coach
- Pat Noonan
![]() ![]() | This article about a soccer club from Ohio is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e