FC Cincinnati Win Two at Home in Leagues Cup.

CINCINNATI, OH - FC Cincinnati defeated the Oldest Professional Club in Mexico, winning 3-1 against Club de Fútbol Pachuca at TQL Stadium on Tuesday evening, before defeating Pumas in a 2-0 win, their first clean sheet since April 25.

FC Cincinnati trailed early after former Feyenoord winger Oussama Idrissi beat Cincinnati defender Sami Gidi and assisted Adrián Alcaraz's header for the first goal of the match.

Pachuca would continue to statistically dominate the match, recording 23 shots in the match to Cincinnati's 10, with a total 7 shots on target includiung the opening goal. Cincinnati made the most of their chances.

18th minute, Evander equalized with a curling shot from outside the box.

Tied 1-1, Cincinnati's wingbacks Pavel Bucha and Bryan Ramírez, two of only four starters to start both the win on Saturday against San Jose Earthquakes and Tuesday night's win over CF Pachuca, as Ramírez's low cross goes untouched across the face of goal for an unmarked finish for Bucha at the back post.

Cincinnati would get a third on the break, Ender Echenique to Kenji Mboma Dem, a recipe repeated for the second goal in the second match of the week against Pumas.

The second match at TQL Stadium would happen just three days later on Friday night. After a short 17 minute weather delay, FC Cincinnati kicked off against LigaMX's Pumas.

Pumas played in Charlotte earlier in the week, losing 3-0 in the other Queen City. The Liga MX side had played in a traditional 4-3-3 system in the loss, but changed up their system to mirror Cincinnati.

Pumas played in a sort of 3-4-2-1, with former Houston Dynamo midfielder Coco Carrasquilla and Luciano Herrera as dueling 10s that stretched the field wide in possession. Kenji Mboma Dem of FC Cincinnati admitted after the match that Pumas playing in this system was a bit of a surprise and resulted in early adjustments for the hosts.

Despite that, FC Cincinnati kept their first clean sheet since April in a 2-0 win, scoring a goal in each half's stoppage time. Repeat goalscorers Pavel Bucha and Kenji Mboma Dem scored against the three-time UCL champion Keylor Navas in the win.

FC Cincinnati 3, CF Pachuca 1.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati (3-4-1-2): 13 Evan Louro; 11 Sami Gidi (12 Miles Robinson 82'), 21 Matt Miazga, 88 Andrei Chirila; 20 Pavel Bucha, 22 Dado Valenzuela, 27 Brian Anunga (5 Obinna Nwobodo 82'), 29 Bryan Ramírez (66 Ender Echenique 64'); 10 Evander (C); 16 Tom Barlow (9 Kévin Denkey 90'), 99 Ayoub Jabbari (17 Kenji Mboma Dem 64')

Head Coach: Pat Noonan

Unused Substitutes: 18 Roman Celentano, 93 Fabian Mrozek, 2 Alvas Powell, 4 Nick Hagglund, 14 Kristian Fletcher, 15 Teenage Hadebe, 24 Kyle Smith

CF Pachuca (4-2-3-1): 25 Carlos Moreno; 14 Carlos Sánchez (19 Illian Hernandez 78'), 4 Eduardo Bauermann, 2 Sergio Barreto, 26 Alan Bautista (7 Rodolfo Pizarro 67'); 16 Christian Rivera, 6 Mauricio Isais; 21 Nicolás Vallejo (8 Alexei Domínguez 58'), 9 Adrián Alcaraz, 11 Oussama Idrissi (187 Gael Álvarez 67'); 23 Salomón Rondón (10 Elías Montiel 58')

Head Coach: Benjamin Mora

Unused Substitues: 31 Jose Eulogio, 191 Jonatan Ramírez, 13 Jorge Berlanga, 15 Francisco Venegas, 22 Alan Mozo, 30 Sergio Rodríguez, 32 Pedro Budib

Scoring Summary

8' CF Pachuca - Adrián Alcaraz (Assist: Oussama Idrissi)

18' FC Cincinnati - Evander (Assist: Dado Valenzuela)

39' FC Cincinnati - Pavel Bucha (Assist: Bryan Ramírez)

70' FC Cincinnati - Kenji Mboma Dem (Assist: Ender Echenique)

Disciplinary Summary

15' Yellow Card - Carlos Sánchez (PAC)

30' Yellow Card - Sergio Barreto (PAC)

51' Yellow Card - Brian Anunga (CIN)

68' Yellow Card - Dado Valenzuela (CIN)

76' Yellow Card - Evander (CIN)

FC Cincinnati 2, Pumas 0.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati (3-4-1-2): 13 Evan Louro; 24 Kyle Smith, 12 Miles Robinson, 88 Andrei Chirila (11 Sami Gidi 63'); 20 Pavel Bucha (29 Bryan Ramírez 63'), 22 Dado Valenzuela (27 Brian Anunga 81'), 5 Obinna Nwobodo, 66 Ender Echenique; 10 Evander (C) (99 Ayoub Jabbari 88'); 17 Kenji Mboma Dem, 9 Kévin Denkey (16 Tom Barlow 63')

Head Coach: Pat Noonan

Unused Substitutes: 18 Roman Celentano, 93 Fabian Mrozek, 2 Alvas Powell, 4 Nick Hagglund, 14 Kristian Fletcher, 15 Teenage Hadebe, 21 Matt Miazga

Pumas UNAM (3-4-2-1): 1 Keylor Navas (C); 24 Antonio Leone, 6 Nathan Silva, 34 Angel Azuaje (12 Cristian Calderón 83'); 7 Rodrigo Lopez (22 Alan Medina 78'), 18 Victor Arteaga, 45 Pedro Vite (17 Sebastián Córdova 65', 9 Guillermo Martínez 85'), 77 Álvaro Angulo (21 Uriel Martínez 65'); 8 Coco Carrasquilla, 14 Luciano Herrera; 23 Juninho

Head Coach: Esteban Solari

Unused Substitues: 35 Pablo Lara, 212 Kevin Cuneo, 2 Pablo Bennevendo, 5 Rubén Duarte, 20 Santiago Trigos, 31 Robert Morales, 199 Kléber Carranza

Scoring Summary

45'+1' Goal, Cincinnati - Pavel Bucha (Assist: Evander)

90'+3' Goal, Cincinnati - Kenji Mboma Dem (Assist: Ender Echenique)

Disciplinary Summary

42' Yellow Card - Obinna Nwobodo (CIN)