In the coldest home match in FC Cincinnati history, The Orange and Blue kept their cool, stayed red hot on the ball and delivered a revenge win over Philadelphia Union 1-0 in a rematch of the 2022 Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Yerson Mosquera found the match winner in stoppage time, taking a touch on an Ian Murphy header to the center of the box and firing the shot on net past a diving Philadelphia Union goalkeeper. The goal was the Colombian center backs first MLS Cup Playoffs finish and his third for FC Cincinnati across all competitions.
The late goal earned FC Cincinnati their first ever trip to the Eastern Conference Finals where they will take on Columbus Crew on Saturday, December 2nd at TQL Stadium in an all Ohio MLS Cup Eastern Conference Finals showdown.
Yes- definitely a bit nervious about HIR but hey- to be the best you gotta beat the rest. Let’s go