Welcome to Cincinnati.com's live coverage of FC Cincinnati (3-5-2) versus Columbus Crew (4-3-4) on Friday at TQL Stadium. Refresh this page throughout the match for live updates analysis of the game, and follow Enquirer FC Cincinnati beat reporter Pat Brennan for additional updates (@PBrennanENQ).
In-match updates:
• 45th minute-plus – GOAL, Columbus Crew (2-1): Lucas Zelarayan hammered the ball in from long-range, freezing Cincinnati goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer and halving the visitors' deficit.
• 42nd minute – Red card, Columbus Crew's Harrison Afful: Afful hauled down Luciano Acosta near midfield and was assessed his second yellow card of the match, which consequently resulted in a red card and a sending-off.
• 24th minute – GOAL, FC Cincinnati (2-0): Luciano Acosta. Acosta's third of the year and second in the last two matches was a simple tap in that slid into the net under the outstretched Crew goalkeeper, Evan Bush.
• 1st minute – GOAL, FC Cincinnati (1-0): Edgar Castillo scored his first for the club and it was a big one, coming off a Luciano Acosta assist less than a minute into the rivalry match.
• Match underway at approximately 7:40 p.m.
Pre-match updates:
• FC Cincinnati starting XI (bench): Kenneth Vermeer (GK), Joseph-Claude Gyau, Geoff Cameron, Gustavo Vallecilla, Edgar Castillo, Haris Medunjanin, Yuya Kubo, Alvaro Barreal, Luciano Acosta, Isaac Atanga, Brenner Souza da Silva (Avionne Flanagan, Nick Hagglund, Franko Kovacevic, Ben Mines, Kamohelo Mokotjo, Arquimides Ordonez, Tom Pattersson, Caleb Stanko, Przemysław Tytoń).
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