2017 FC Cincinnati season

The 2017 FC Cincinnati season was the club's second season of existence, and their second in the United Soccer League (USL). It was FC Cincinnati's first season as a second-tier team in the U.S. soccer pyramid, as the United States Soccer Federation provisionally promoted the USL from Division III to Division II for the 2017 season. FC Cincinnati plays in the Eastern Division of USL.

FC Cincinnati
2017 season
General managerJeff Berding
Head coachAlan Koch
StadiumNippert Stadium
USLSixth, Eastern Conference
USL PlayoffsQuarterfinals
U.S. Open CupSemifinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Baye Djiby Fall (11)
All: Baye Djiby Fall (15)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 30,417
(September 16 vs. New York)
All: 33,250
(August 15 vs. New York)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 15,244
(April 19 vs. Tampa Bay)
All: 6,519
(May 31 vs. Louisville City)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 21,199
All: 21,696
Biggest winCIN 4–0 STL (4/15)
Biggest defeatLOU 5–0 CIN (8/12)

The season is best remembered for FC Cincinnati's championship run in the U.S. Open Cup. They won matches against five teams, including Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire of MLS (the highest division of U.S. soccer), to advance to the semifinals, a feat not achieved by a lower-division team since 2009. Their run was also noted for setting many attendance records; their matches against the New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire were respectively the 2nd and 3rd highest-attended U.S. Open Cup matches ever, beaten only by the 2011 Final.[1] Their match against Chicago Fire aired on ESPN, marking the first time a match from the Round of 16 received a national television broadcast.[2]

Club

Coaching staff
Alan Koch became the club's head coach on February 17.
Yoann Damet was hired as assistant coach on March 28.
Position Staff
Head Coach Alan Koch
Assistant Coach Yoann Damet
Goalkeeper Coach David Schureck
Scout/Youth Coordinator
Athletic Trainer Aaron Powell
Strength & Conditioning Ben Yauss
UC Health Dr. Angelo Colosimo
Dr. Brian Grawe

The club announced on October 21, 2016 that assistant coach Ryan Martin would not be returning for the 2017 season.[3] On December 14, 2016, the club announced that Alan Koch, former head coach of the Whitecaps FC 2, would be taking Martin's place as an assistant coach, in addition to acting as the director of scouting and analytics.[4] On February 17, 2017, the club announced that head coach John Harkes was relieved of his coaching duties and replaced with Alan Koch. On March 28, 2017, Yoann Damet was added to the staff as assistant coach.[5]

Roster
FCC's starting eleven before a match

As of December 15, 2016, FC Cincinnati has confirmed the return of seventeen players from the 2016 roster, as well as the signing of one new player. Fifteen of these players were announced on November 14, and goalkeeper Mitch Hildebrandt was announced three days later.[6][7] On December 15, the return of Eric Stevenson and the new signing of Kadeem Dacres were announced.[8] The club held a public tryout with over eighty participants on December 18, 2016.[9] On January 6, 2017, the club announced the signings of Andy Craven, Marco Dominguez, and Aaron Walker (who was selected from the public tryout).[10] On February 6, 2017, the club announced they acquired striker, Victor Mansaray, on loan from Seattle Sounders FC.[11] On March 29, 2017, the club signed Justin Hoyte, a former defender for Premier League club Arsenal.[12] On May 10, 2017, the club traded forward Andy Craven to the OKC Energy FC for forward Danni König.[13] On May 15, 2017, the club announced the signing of defender Josu.[14]

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.[15]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Mitch Hildebrandt  United States
2 DF Matt Bahner  United States
3 DF Tyler Polak  United States
4 DF Harrison Delbridge  Australia
5 MF Aodhan Quinn  United States
6 MF Kenney Walker  United States
7 FW Kadeem Dacres  United States
8 MF Paul Nicholson  England
9 FW Djiby Fall  Senegal
11 FW Danni König  Denmark
12 MF Aaron Walker  United States
15 DF Pat McMahon  United States
16 FW Kyle Greig (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)  United States
19 MF Corben Bone  United States
20 MF Jimmy McLaughlin  United States
21 MF Marco Dominguez  Canada
22 DF Austin Berry  United States
23 FW Andrew Wiedeman  United States
26 DF Garrett Halfhill  United States
27 GK Dan Williams  United States
30 GK Dallas Jaye  Guam
32 DF Justin Hoyte  Trinidad and Tobago
51 DF Sem de Wit  Netherlands
70 FW Kevin Schindler  Germany
74 DF Mélé Temguia  Germany
99 DF Josu  Spain

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

USL
Main article: 2017 USL season

Results Table
Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAAAHHHAAHHHAHHHAAHAHHHAAHHAHAAAA
ResultLWLWDDLDLWWLDDWDLWWWLDLLWDDWDWLW
Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
1
Charleston Battery2–1FC Cincinnati
Lasso  8' 38'
Portillo 71' (pen.)		 CIN Report
CHS Report
Box Score		 Fall 59'
Attendance: 2,247
Referee: Geoff Gamble
2
Pittsburgh Riverhounds0–1FC Cincinnati
Agbossoumonde  31'  42'
Washington  84'		 CIN Report
PIT Report
Box Score		 Dacres  45+1'
Fall 55'
Mansaray  84'
Attendance: 2,586
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
3
Bethlehem Steel FC2–0FC Cincinnati
Burke  28'
McKenzie  33'
Jones  45+1'
Conneh 47', 60'		 CIN Report
BTH Report
Box Score		 Nicholson  23'
Attendance: 3,005
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
4
FC Cincinnati4–0Saint Louis FC
Mansaray  38'
Fall 35', 45+2', 48', 62'		 CIN Report
STL Report
Box Score		 Guzman  63'
Attendance: 23,144
Referee: Brandon Artis
5
FC Cincinnati1–1Tampa Bay Rowdies
Delbridge 36'
Bahner  58'
Dacres  75'		 CIN Report
TB Report
Box Score		 Schäfer 7'
Lowe  20'
Nanchoff  65'
Boden  70'
Attendance: 15,244
Referee: Jon Freemon
6
FC Cincinnati1–1Louisville City FC
Mansaray  30'
Berry  50'
Walker  69'
Quinn 78'
Fall  86'		 CIN Report
LOU Report
Box Score		 Ownby 19'
Totsch  20'
DelPiccolo  83'
Attendance: 20,437
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
7
Bethlehem Steel FC1–0FC Cincinnati
Seku Conneh  42'
Wijnaldum  59'
Moar  80'
Roberts 87'		 CIN Report
BST Report
Box Score		 Polak  85'
Craven  90+4'
Attendance: 3,086
Referee: Danielle Chesky
8
Richmond Kickers1–1FC Cincinnati
Sekyere 7' CIN Report
Box Score		 McLaughlin 70'
Delbridge  86'
Attendance: 4,008
Referee: Charles Murphy
9
FC Cincinnati0–2Orlando City B
Bahner  15'
Quinn  35'
König  39'
McLaughlin  58'
Bone  67'		 CIN Report
OCB Report
Box Score		 Hines  33'
da Silva 75' (pen.)
Laryea  80' 90+1'
Donovan  90+3'
Attendance: 19,310
Referee: Calin Radosav
10
FC Cincinnati2–1Bethlehem Steel FC
König 18', 52'
Fordyce  43'
Quinn  86'		 CIN Report
BST Report
Box Score		 Conneh 33' (pen.)  47'
Nanco  45'
Tribbett  64'
Brown  90'
Attendance: 18,441
Referee: Malik Badawi
11
FC Cincinnati1–0Toronto FC II
König 18'
Delbridge  27'
Quinn  35'		 CIN Report
TOR Report
Box Score		 Alseth  84'
Attendance: 18,214
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
12
Rochester Rhinos1–0FC Cincinnati
Kamdem 65' CIN Report
ROC Report
Box Score		 Walker  63'
Halfhill  90'
Attendance: 2,158
Referee: Jorge Ramirez
13
FC Cincinnati1–1Charlotte Independence
K. Walker  43'
Hoyte 45'		 CIN Report
Box Score		 E. Martínez  17'  90'
A. Martínez 18'
Waechter  56'
Attendance: 21,115
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
14
FC Cincinnati2–2Charleston Battery
Djiby 4'
König  45+1'
Wiedeman 80'		 CIN Report
CHS Report
Box Score		 Romario Williams  49' 58'
Lasso 72'
Attendance: 21,074
Referee: Eric Tattersall
15
FC Cincinnati2–0Saint Louis FC
Cochran 7' (o.g.)
Djiby  52'
König 66'		 CIN Report
STL Report
Box Score		 Guzmán  28'
Cabalceta  50'
Cochran  72'
Charpie  86'
Attendance: 20,125
Referee: Victor Rivas
16
Orlando City B1–1FC Cincinnati
Schweitzer 2'
Hines  45+1'
Clowes  46'
da Silva  87'		 CIN Report
OCB Report
Box Score		 Djiby 16'
Berry  75'
Attendance: 980
Referee: Lorant Varga
17
Tampa Bay Rowdies2–0FC Cincinnati
Paterson 39'
Cole 44'
Savage  68'
Mkandawire  90+1'		 CIN Report
TBR Report
Box Score		 Quinn  7'
Dacres  45+2'
McLaughlin  74'
Attendance: 6,269
Referee: Jonathan Weiner
18
FC Cincinnati2–0Richmond Kickers
Djiby 3'
Nicholson  72'
Bahner  78'
Quinn 90+1' (pen.)		 CIN Report
RIC Report
Box Score		 Sekyere  87'
Attendance: 21,769
Referee: Joe Freemon
19
Louisville City FC2–3FC Cincinnati
Ilić 8' (pen.)
Smith  27'
Davis  36'
DelPiccolo  78'
Wiedeman 90+3' (o.g.)		 CIN Report
LOU Report
Box Score		 Djiby 16'
Bone  52'
Delbridge 55'
König 77'
Attendance: 11,632
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
20
FC Cincinnati3–0Harrisburg City Islanders
Djiby 32'
König 70'
McLaughlin 85'		 CIN Report
HAR Report
Box Score		 Thomas  62'
DiPrima  85'
Attendance: 18,334
Referee: Jorge Ramirez
21
FC Cincinnati2–3Rochester Rhinos
McLaughlin 29'
Djiby
Josu  44'
Berry  81'
Jaye  84'
König 86' (pen.)
Greig  87'
Walker  90+2'		 CIN Report
ROC Report
Box Score		 Graf 12'
Kamdem  54'
Fall (pen.)  78', 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 23,548
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
22
FC Cincinnati2–2Orlando City B
Greig 6'
Quinn  42'
König  90+2'		 CIN Report
OCB Report
Box Score		 Ellis-Hayden  8'
Martz 14'
Hines  45+1'
Barry 55'
Attendance: 25,308
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
23
Louisville City FC5–0FC Cincinnati
McCabe 16'
Spencer 45+2'
Kaye 57'
Ballard 72'
Reynolds 83'		 CIN Report
LOU Report
Box Score		 Schindler  13'
de Wit  36'
Walker  76'
Attendance: 13,812
Referee: Charles Murphy
24
New York Red Bulls II4–0FC Cincinnati
Bonomo 23' (pen.)
Tinari  41'
Ndam 42'
Flemmings 73', 74'
Scarlett  86'		 CIN Report
NYRB Report
USL Report		 Berry  60'
Josu
Nicholson  90+2'
Attendance: 730
Referee: Kevin Broadley
25
FC Cincinnati3–1Ottawa Fury FC
König 34'
McLaughlin 42'
Polak  52'
de Wit 57'		 CIN Report
OTT Report		 Manesio  24'
Dos Santos  48' 63'
Barden  50'
Attendance: 20,058
26
FC Cincinnati1–1Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Hildebrandt  34'
Wiedeman 40'
Walker  50'
Delbridge  82'		 CIN Report
PIT Report
Box Score		 Hertzog 3'
Jack  90+2'
Attendance: 22,643
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
27
Harrisburg City Islanders1–1FC Cincinnati
Brent  18'
McLaws  48'
Mendoza 51'
Miller  89'
Mensah  90+5'		 CIN Report
HAR Report
Box Score		 Dacres  56'
McLaughlin 90+6'
Attendance: 1,820
Referee: Jaroslaw Werel
28
FC Cincinnati4–2New York Red Bulls II
Berry 5'  9'
Fall  14'
Wiedeman  23'
Bahner  26'
Bone 32'  76'
Delbridge 67'  73'
Walker 72'		 CIN Report
NYRB Report
Box Score		 Valot 18' 80'
Baah  88'
Attendance: 30,417
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
29
Saint Louis FC2–2FC Cincinnati
Rudolph 42'
Volesky 59' (pen.)
Stojkov  87'
Radosavljevic  90+5'		 CIN Report
STL Report
Box Score		 Greig  41'
Bone 70'
König 90+5' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,376
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
30
Charlotte Independence0–1FC Cincinnati
Martínez  38' CIN Report
CHA Report
Box Score		 Schindler 75'
Walker
Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
31
Ottawa Fury FC4–0FC Cincinnati
Obasi 4'  90+1'
Haworth 13', 20'
Reid  24'
Dos Santos 47'
Venter  69'
Campbell  89'		 CIN Report
OTT Report
Box Score		 Fall  39'
Greig  70'
Attendance: 5,445
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
32
Toronto FC II3–4FC Cincinnati
Endoh 10', 31'
Spencer  27'
Hundal 53'
Onkony  90+2'
Taintor  90+4'		 CIN Report
TOR Report		 Delbridge  29'
König 41'
Walker 49'
Fall 66'
Hoyte 86'
Attendance: 1,119

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Louisville City FC (C) 32 18 8 6 58 31 +27 62 Conference Playoffs
2 Charleston Battery 32 15 9 8 53 33 +20 54
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 14 11 7 50 35 +15 53
4 Rochester Rhinos 32 14 11 7 36 28 +8 53
5 Charlotte Independence 32 13 9 10 52 40 +12 48
6 FC Cincinnati 32 12 10 10 46 48 −2 46
7 New York Red Bulls II 32 13 5 14 57 60 −3 44
8 Bethlehem Steel FC 32 12 8 12 46 45 +1 44
9 Orlando City B 32 10 12 10 37 36 +1 42
10 Ottawa Fury 32 8 14 10 42 41 +1 38
11 Harrisburg City Islanders 32 10 7 15 28 47 −19 37
12 Saint Louis FC 32 9 9 14 35 48 −13 36
13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 32 8 12 12 33 42 −9 36
14 Richmond Kickers 32 8 8 16 24 36 −12 32
15 Toronto FC II 32 6 7 19 27 54 −27 25
Source: 2017 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion

Statistics

Appearances
No. Pos. Name USL USL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
1 GK Mitch Hildebrandt 20-323
2 DF Matt Bahner 19-322
3 DF Tyler Polak 16-218
4 DF Harrison Delbridge 18-422
5 MF Aodhan Quinn 14-317
6 MF Kenney Walker 17-219
7 FW Kadeem Dacres 16-319
8 MF Paul Nicholson 9-211
9 FW Baye Djiby Fall 15-318
10 MF Eric Stevenson 1-34
11 MF Danni König 13-316
13 FW Cristian Martínez 1--1
14 MF Omar Cummings 3--3
15 DF Pat McMahon 2-13
16 MF Daryl Fordyce 9--9
16 FW Kyle Greig 7--7
19 DF Corben Bone 18-321
20 MF Jimmy McLaughlin 20-323
21 MF Marco Dominguez 3-36
22 DF Austin Berry 19-322
23 FW Andrew Wiedeman 20-424
24 DF Derek Luke --11
26 DF Garrett Halfhill 2-13
30 GK Dallas Jaye 1-12
32 DF Justin Hoyte 11-314
70 DF Mélé Temguia 1--1
74 FW Kevin Schindler 1--1
80 FW Victor Mansaray 10-111
99 FW Andy Craven 3--3
99 DF Josu 7-18
  • Updated to matches played on August 1, 2017.[16]

Goals
Baye Djiby Fall (left) led FC Cincinnati in goal scoring in 2017.
No. Pos. Name USL USL Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Total
4 DF Harrison Delbridge 2--2
5 MF Aodhan Quinn 2--2
9 FW Baye Djiby Fall 11-415
11 MF Danni König 8--8
16 FW Kyle Greig 1--1
19 DF Corben Bone --11
20 MF Jimmy McLaughlin 3--3
22 DF Austin Berry --11
23 FW Andrew Wiedeman 1--1
32 DF Justin Hoyte 1--1
  • Updated to matches played on August 17, 2017.[16]

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