The 2026 FC Cincinnati season is the 11th season for FC Cincinnati and their 8th in Major League Soccer (MLS), the highest level of men's professional soccer in the United States. Their home stadium is TQL Stadium. It is the fourth season with the club for general manager Chris Albright and head coach Pat Noonan.
Club
Roster
No.NameNationalityPositionDate of birth (age)Previous club 13 Evan Louro GK Tampa Bay Rowdies 18 Roman Celentano GK Indiana Hoosiers 2 Alvas Powell DF Philadelphia Union 3 Gilberto Flores DF Sportivo Trinidense 4 Nick Hagglund DF Toronto FC 12 Miles Robinson DF Atlanta United 15 Teenage Hadebe DF Konyaspor 21 Matt Miazga DF Chelsea24Kyle SmithDF Orlando City–Félix Samson CanadaDF CF Montréal 5 Obinna Nwobodo MF Göztepe 11 Samuel Gidi MF Žilina 20 Pavel Bucha MF Viktoria Plzeň 22 Gerardo Valenzuela MF FC Cincinnati Academy 27 Brian Anunga MF Nashville SC30Ademar Chávez MexicoMF FC Cincinnati 2 37 Stiven Jimenez MF FC Cincinnati Academy 66 Ender Echenique FW Caracas F.C. 9 Kévin Denkey FW Cercle Brugge 10 Evander FW Portland Timbers14Kristian FletcherFW D.C. United16Tom BarlowFW Chicago Fire 17 Kenji Mboma Dem FW FC Cincinnati 2 19 Ștefan Chirilă FW FC Cincinnati 229Bryan Ramírez EcuadorFW Liga de Quito99Ayoub Jabbari MoroccoFW Grenoble
Player movement
In DatePlayerTransferred/loaned fromFee/notesJanuary 1, 202699FW Ayoub Jabbari GrenobleTransferJanuary 5, 202630MF Ademar Chávez FC Cincinnati 2Homegrown playerJanuary 6, 2026–DF Félix Samson CF MontréalLoanJanuary 7, 202624DF Kyle Smith Orlando CityFree agentJanuary 12, 202616DF Tom Barlow Chicago FireFree agentJanuary 13, 202614FW Kristian Fletcher D.C. UnitedTradeJanuary 15, 202629FW Bryan Ramírez Liga de QuitoTransferJanuary 22, 2026–DF Brian Schaefer FC Cincinnati 2Homegrown player
Out DatePlayerTransferred toFee/notesDecember 17, 202531FW Álvaro Barreal SantosTransferJanuary 11, 202623MF Luca Orellano MonterreyTransfer
Loans Out PlayerLoaned toLoan start dateLoan end date 25 GK Paul Walters Bohemians January 15, 2026 Through December 2026 –DF Brian Schaefer Tampa Bay RowdiesJanuary 22, 2026Through December 2026
2026 MLS SuperDraft picks
RoundPick #PlayerCollegeNotes 2 55 Ayoub Lajhar DF UConn Huskies
Competitions
All matches are in Eastern Time
Preseason and Friendlies Matches
Major League Soccer
League tables
Eastern Conference
Overall
Overview
Results summary
Results by round
Regular season
U.S. Open Cup
CONCACAF Champions Cup
Round one
Round of 16
Leagues Cup
League phase
References