FC Cincinnati Midfielder Gerardo Walenzuela was in the right place at the right time in the 76th minute on Saturday night, holding a crossoror from Forward Evander and moving a right-foot-winning target against Austin FC 2–1.
This victory put Cincinnati (8-3-1, 25 digits) at home (5–0-1).
FC Cincinnati did not take a long time to go on board. Ewender, his major scorer, put a shot in the lower-right corner of the net in the 12th minute.
This was the seventh goal of the Ewender’s team-Agni of the season. Cincinnati was much more aggressive in the first half than its previous match, losing 1-0 to New York City FC on Sunday.
Cincinnati kept Austin FC goalkeeper Brad Stuver busy keeping his team in the match.
But as he performed in the second half of his 32-match US Open Cup round on Wednesday, Austin FC (5-6-1, 16 points) fought back in the second half.
He gave Austin a penalty shot attempt to Austin in the 48th minute with a dishonesty by the Cincinnati defender Kishore incident to get a chance to tie the game.
FC Cincinatti’s 2023 team, which won the Shield of MLS supporters, buried the penalty shot to tie the game 1–1.
The accident was in the match as an alternative to Cincinnati defender and Captain Matt Miazga, who came out late in the first half with Hamstring tightness.
The two teams had opportunities to break the tie before the target of Walanzuela, which kept FC Cincinnati tied with the Columbus crew at the Eastern Conference.
Stuver made five savings for Austin, while Roman Celebentano had one for Cincinnati.
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At the time when this recap was presented, there was no additional update on 2023 MLS Defender of the Year.
