It’s about time to show FC Cincinnati some love here at Nati Sports. What better way than giving the greatest Lion of all time-time his flowers?
Over the weekend, Lucho made history yet again.
A space opened up for Acosta in the first minute after Kubo made a run into the box. Right back DeAndre Yedlin lofted a nice through ball to play Acosta into the right side of the box. From there, it was all Lucho. Acosta cut back inside very reminiscent of Mohammad Salah’s style and deftly slotted the ball past GK Gallese at the post.
The goal was Acosta’s fifth of 2024 and put the reigning Major League Soccer MVP on yet another historic pedestal for FC Cincinnati as the club’s all-time top goal scorer (41 goals). Transferring from Liga MX club FC Atlas in 2021 for a reported fee of only $2.47m, Acosta has staked his claim as the all-time best player for FCC, and he is unlikely to be surpassed anytime soon. What is almost as impressive as his 41 goals are his 45 assists in that time, amassing 86 goal involvements. The best part is, Lucho is nowhere near done. At 29, he seems to be hitting his prime and playing a very aggressive brand of soccer.
FC Cincinnati Notebook
Having won 21 points from 11 matches played, FCC sits second in the Eastern Conference with a game in hand against conference leaders Inter Miami. Cincinnati has conceded the least goals in the MLS to this point (only 9), so snapping their cold streak with Lucho’s historic goal puts them back on track to continue dominating. Roman Celentano is shining, leading the MLS in Save % stopping 95.8% of shots on goal.
Cincinnati takes on Columbus Crew this Saturday who comes into the matchup having drawn their last 5 straight matches. Columbus has not won a match since March 16th, but also has a stingy defense – tied with FCC for the least goals conceded. Look for Lucho to have a goal involvement and Celentano to be busy – Columbus may not have a ton of goals, but they take a lot of shots.
