FC Cincinnati vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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FC Cincinnati

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Seattle Sounders FC

Sat 22 Aug 2026 · 22:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Evander 24' 1–0

1–1 83' Kalani Kossa-Rienzi

Y 38' Ryan Sailor

Bryan Ramirez 64' Y

Y 75' Peter Kingston

Overview

Match Preview

FC Cincinnati vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at TQL Stadium.

FC Cincinnati 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Drew Fischer

24 games this season 🟨 2.9/game ⚽ 10.8 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

FC Cincinnati 4 games · Avg 2.5 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-22 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-03-12 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2022-09-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2019-03-03 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
19 Aug	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
15 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
01 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	4–2	W
25 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
22 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	4–3	W

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	1–1	D
20 Aug	Austin FC	H	1–2	L
17 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	L
02 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
25 Jul	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
23 Jul	Austin FC	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

FC Cincinnati		Seattle Sounders FC
#8	Position	#23
46	Points	46
34	Played	34
12 / 10 / 12	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
67	Scored	44
75	Conceded	46
-8	GD	-2
1.35	PPG	1.35
35%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

FC Cincinnati are 8th (46 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

0-15

6/3

16-30

5/11

31-45

10/11

46-60

8/13

61-75

6/7

76+

17/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

Kevin Denkey	17 G	2 A
Evander	14 G	13 A
Tom Barlow	10 G	4 A
Pavel Bucha	6 G	3 A

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between FC Cincinnati and Seattle Sounders FC is underway.
5' Miles Robinson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 26 cards already picked up this season.
10' Bryan Ramirez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
15' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Cincinnati is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
20' USA international Antino Lopez has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
24' Against the run of play, Evander has scored! This game has turned on its head.
29' The travelling Seattle Sounders FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
34' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 34 minutes.
38' Ryan Sailor catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 38.
43' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
48' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Seattle Sounders FC winning 0% of all matches.
53' Paul Rothrock has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 31 appearances with only 3 goals this season.
58' Seattle Sounders FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
59' FC Cincinnati manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kevin Denkey is hanging Kenji Mboma on the field on 59 minute.
61' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Snyder Brunell is replaced by Danny Musovski.
64' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Bryan Ramirez.
69' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
73' A change in the FC Cincinnati ranks — Bryan Ramirez exits the field as Pavel Bucha enters on 73.
75' The referee shows Seattle Sounders FC player a card on 75.
77' Albert Rusnak has so much to prove this time. He replaces Antino Lopez on 77 minute.
82' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
83' Assisted by Albert Rusnak with the perfectly-timed delivery and Kalani Kossa-Rienzi makes no mistake. 1-1!
88' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pat Noonan will be considering his options from the bench.
89' A change in the FC Cincinnati ranks — Ender Echenique exits the field as Alvas Powell enters on 89.
90' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Sebastian Gomez is replaced by Kee-hee Kim.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Evan Louro
2
Alvas Powell ↑ 89'
4
Nick Hagglund
20
Pavel Bucha ↑ 73'
5
Obinna Nwobodo ↑ 89'
9
Kevin Denkey ↑ 59'
24
Kyle Smith
15
Teenage Hadebe
99
Ayoub Jabbari ↑ 73'

Coach Pat Noonan

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Albert Rusnak ↑ 77'
24
Stefan Frei
5
Nouhou Tolo
16
Alex Roldan ↑ 77'
19
Danny Musovski ↑ 61'
20
Kee-hee Kim ↑ 90'
32
Xavi Gnaulati
42
Rafael Jauregui

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brenner da Silva	3
Jordan Morris	2
Kelvin Leerdam	1
Fredy Montero	1
Kalani Kossa-Rienzi	1
Evander	1
Raul Ruidiaz	1

Head to Head

FC Cincinnati Form

2026-08-22 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-08-19 FC Cincinnati 2–1 New York City FC W 2026-08-15 Orlando City SC 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2026-08-01 FC Cincinnati 4–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-07-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 FC Cincinnati L 2026-07-22 FC Cincinnati 4–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2026-08-22 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-08-20 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Austin FC L 2026-08-17 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2026-08-02 Portland Timbers 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2026-07-25 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2026-07-23 Austin FC 3–1 Seattle Sounders FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.79 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.52 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Cincinnati47% Draw24% Seattle Sounders FC29%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.31

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw

71%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

53%

FC Cincinnati or Seattle Sounders FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Cincinnati33% Draw42% Seattle Sounders FC25%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 2

6.4%

1 – 0

5.9%

2 – 0

5.9%

0 – 0

5.2%

3 – 1

5.1%

0 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 2

3.9%

1 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	19%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	16%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.