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Josef looming
We're less than six minutes into the game and Josef Martinez hasn't done any significant damage yet but he's twice found pockets of space around Cincinnati's penalty spot. On the second of those two occasions, he partially deflected his own shot but it would have been trouble if he'd hit it cleanly. It's surprising to see a scorer of 98 goals in the this league - six of those have been against FCC - getting this kind of space from FCC's backline.
Go time
Referee Nima Saghafi whistled for the start of the match at 7:39 p.m.
The starters
With Junior Moreno (Venezuela) and Marco Angulo (Ecuador) are both in the starting lineup after returning midweek from international duty, and that means one FC Cincinnati makes one wholly unexpected change. Moreno's start isn't a surprise but Angulo's is. The reason for it is Obinna Nwobodo being out for the match due to a hamstring injury.
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FC Cincinnati starting XI: Roman Celentano (GK), Alvaro Barreal, Yerson Mosquera, Matt Miazga, Nick Hagglund, Ray Gaddis, Junior Moreno, Marco Angulo, Luciano Acosta (captain), Brenner Souza da Silva, Brandon Vazquez.
Inter Miami CF starting XI: Drake Callender (GK), Franco Negri, Christopher McVey, Serhiy Kryvtsov, DeAndre Yedlin, Jean Mota, Bryce Duke, Nicolás Marcelo Stefanelli, Rodolfo Pizarro, Robert Taylor, Josef Martinez.
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