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It’s just one match, but FCC had no answer for Nashville’s onslaught on Saturday. Most of the focus during this transfer window was in the midfield and the attack. We’re very happy with Calvin.”Īfter allowing an MLS record number of goals in their inaugural season, FCC managed seven clean sheets last season, including four scoreless draws. “He’s shown in preseason he can use his pace to open things up and go forward. “He’s a very young player with a lot of qualities to improve,” Stam said of Harris. Locadia, who was kept out of the starting XI due to a thigh issue, came on in the 61st minute, replacing Calvin Harris, who made his MLS debut. Nashville nearly went ahead three minutes later when Dave Romney hit the bar, setting up a nail-biting finish. “We need to attack the ball faster and more aggressive. “Jurgen Locadia cleared the corner, but not too strong,” Tyton said. And they got a moment of quality from Neal to equalize in the 64th minute.įCC cleared a corner, but only as far as Leal, who gathered and delivered a strike from the edge of the box that snuck into the top left corner just out of the reach of Tyton and took a carom on the way in. Halftime mercifully arrived for FCC with the one-goal lead intact but with adjustments needed for the Orange and Blue after Nashville had six shots on goal in the half to just two for FCC.īut the pressure was persistent from Nashville. He later had a kick save at the near post as Nashville began to make inroads in FCC’s final third. Nashville pulled one back in the 20th minute when Jhonder Cadiz scored from close range off a cross from Randall Leal.Ī lunging save followed a comfortable catch and punch to deny Nashville an equalizer. He’s going to be an important player for us this season.” “I’m happy for him that he scored his first MLS goal. “Brenner is a great player,” Acosta said. Play continued, but replay later awarded the penalty and Brenner made it 2-0. Two minutes later, Brenner nearly took the ball off Nashville keeper Joe Willis and got taken in the box. What I took from this match is the sacrifice the team made in this match.” “The goal is important,” Acosta said via interpreter Anwar Chagollan. Ronald Matarrita fed Lucho Acosta, who stayed onside and neatly tucked away his first goal for the Orange and Blue to make the score 1-0 eight minutes into the match.ĭespite pleas for offsides from the hometown fans, the goal stood. Saturday’s match didn’t seem destined for a draw in the first 15 minutes, when FCC came out blazing. Saturday was the first MLS meeting between the two clubs. The clubs met four times in 2018, with three draws and one match won by FC Cincinnati on penalty kicks. We have to take this as a winning point.”

If you watch the game, they had more chances than we had. If you’re leading 2-0 away, we all want to win. “It was a tough game,” the Polish international keeper said. It’s also a credit to Przemyslaw Tyton, who withstood 32 shots, including 13 on target. It’s a credit to FCC’s resilience that a third goal didn’t come for either side. Nashville was so relentless in its attack it just felt like if a winner was coming, it was going to come from a player in black and yellow. The final whistle after five minutes of stoppage time brought a collective sigh of relief for everyone in Orange and Blue.

We also were playing a very difficult opponent.” We saw some good football from ourselves. “We needed to fight for a point and that’s what we did,” FC Cincinnati coach Jaap Stam said. The fact that it came after grabbing a two-goal lead in the first 12 minutes and that in the end it was less of a draw and more of an escape, is a concern.īut if Saturday’s reunion with an old USL rival can be considered a first step, it was a step forward. But in the end, Nashville SC and the Orange and Blue did what they’ve done since their USL days – share the points.Ī hard-fought 2-2 draw on the road wouldn’t normally be thought of as a bad result. – It was Music City mayhem at times in front of FC Cincinnati’s goal on Saturday night at Nissan Stadium.