FC Cincinnati fell 5-1 to Tigres UANL in the second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 Thursday night at Estadio Universitario. With the result, Tigres won the two-legged series on aggregate, 5-4, to advance in the competition.
Following a 3-0 win in the first leg of the series on March 12 in Cincinnati, Tigres opened the scoring Thursday night and scored the first four goals of the match. Kévin Denkey’s 65th minute goal leveled the aggregate score, and with the away-goals tiebreaker, put FC Cincinnati back ahead in the series. But Tigres regained the lead eight minutes into second half stoppage time with a goal from Fernando Gorriarán to eliminate FC Cincinnati from the competition.
FC Cincinnati are back at TQL Stadium this Sunday, March 22 for Kids Day against CF Montréal. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. ET and tickets are available at FCCincinnati.com/Tickets or by calling 513-977-KICK.
GAME NOTES
- Kévin Denkey scored his sixth Concacaf Champions Cup goal, the most by any FC Cincinnati player in club history in the competition.
- Denkey scored his 23rd career goal for FC Cincinnati which moves him alone into fourth all-time in club history.
- Nick Hagglund made his FC Cincinnati debut in the Concacaf Champions Cup, his first appearance in the competition since March 13, 2018 with Toronto FC, also at Tigres UANL.
FC CINCINNATI GAME REPORT
FC Cincinnati at Tigres UANL
Date: March 19, 2026
Competition: Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16, Second Leg
Venue: Estadio Universitario | San Nicolás De Los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico
Kickoff: 9:06 p.m. ET/7:06 p.m. CST
Weather: 77 degrees, clear
SCORING SUMMARY: 1-2-FT
TIG: 2-3-5
CIN: 0-1-1
TIG – Rodrigo Aguirre (Garza) 5’, Ozziel Herrera (Brunetta) 10’, Ozziel Herrera (Aguirre) 46’, Rodrigo Aguirre (Herrera) 49’, Fernando Gorriarán (Gignac) 90’+8
CIN – Kévin Denkey (Evander) 65’
LINEUPS
CIN: Roman Celentano, Bryan Ramirez, Teenage Hadebe (Matt Miazga 46’), Miles Robinson (C), Gilberto Flores (Obinna Nwobodo 62’), Ender Echenique (Alvas Powell 46’), Samuel Gidi, Pavel Bucha, Evander (Nick Hagglund 87’), Tom Barlow (Tah Brian Anunga 78’), Kévin Denkey
Substitutes not used: Evan Louro, Fabrian Mrozek, Andrei Chirila, Ayoub Jabbari, Stiven Jimenez, Kyle Smith, Gerardo Valenzuela
Head Coach: Pat Noonan
TIG: Nahuel Guzman, Vladimir Loroña (Fernando Gorriarán 78’), Jesús Angulo, Joaquim Henrique, Jesus Garza (Marcelo Flores 87’), Angel Correa, Cesar Araujo (Diego Sánchez 87’), Juan Brunetta (C) (Edgar Lopez 90’+4), Diego Lainez, Rodrigo Aguirre, Ozziel Herrera (Andre-Pierre Gignac 78’)
Substitutes not used: Juan Carrera, Felipe Rodriguez, Juan Purata, Juan Vigon, Henrique Simeone, Rafael Guerrero, Osvaldo Rodriguez
Head Coach: Guido Pizarro
STATS SUMMARY: TIG/CIN
Shots: 21 / 8
Shots on Goal: 12 / 1
Saves: 0 / 7
Corner Kicks: 6 / 5
Fouls: 13 / 12
Offside: 4 / 0
Possession: 57.5 / 42.5
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
TIG – Angel Correa (Yellow Card) 15’
CIN – Gilberto Flores (Yellow Card) 21’
CIN – Teenage Hadebe (Yellow Card) 23’
TIG – Nahuel Guzman (Yellow Card) 24’
TIG – Cesar Araujo (Yellow Card) 61’
CIN – Matt Miazga (Yellow Card) 64’
TIG – Diego Lainez (Yellow Card) 68’
CIN – Tah Brian Anunga (Yellow Card) 87’
TIG – Fernando Gorriarán (Yellow Card) 90’+11
OFFICIALS
Referee: Mario Escobar
Ast. Referees: Luis Ventura, Humberto Panjoj
Fourth Official: Fernando Moron
