FC Cincinnati’s Luciano ‘Lucho’ Acosta and Luca Orellano have been named to the MLS Staff of the Matchday for Matchday 21, the league introduced Thursday.
Acosta earned his eleventh Staff of the Matchday honor this season, matching his membership file 11 appearances on the TOTMD from his MLS Most Precious Participant marketing campaign final season. He additionally leads all gamers in MLS with essentially the most choices on the Staff of the Matchday this season.
Acosta’s historic evening Wednesday in FC Cincinnati’s 4-3 win over Philadelphia Union was highlighted by his game-winning objective 10 minutes into second-half stoppage time. Taking the ball on the high of the field, the Argentine took over, weaving out and in of visitors to fireside off a shot to ship Cincinnati forward deep into the evening.
By scoring twice and including an help, Acosta grew to become the seventh participant to file 100 objective contributions (43 targets, 57 assists) in common season play over a four-season span in league historical past. He additionally handed Cobi Jones and Diego Valeri along with his 92nd profession MLS help, and he now stands alone at ninth all time.
Acosta has 11 game-winning objective contributions this season. 27 of 29 golf equipment in MLS don’t have as many wins as a workforce in 2024.
Orellano earned his second-career spot on the MLS Staff of the Matchday. Within the sixtieth minute, the younger Argentine scored a world class objective. Seeing the Philadelphia keeper off his line, Orellano fired a rocket along with his left foot from close to the midfield line, netting an MLS Purpose of the Matchday finalist.
Acosta’s and Orellano’s weekly Staff of the Matchday honors are the twenty second and twenty third recognitions for an FC Cincinnati participant or coach on the weekly workforce this season. A full record of 2024 FC Cincinnati matchday honors:
2024 FC Cincinnati MLS Staff of the Matchday Participant Recognitions
– Luciano Acosta (3, 5, 6-Bench, 10, 11, 12-Bench, 13, 14-Bench, 15, 20, 21)
– Miles Robinson (3, 5-Bench, 14)
– Matt Miazga (6)
– DeAndre Yedlin (7-Bench)
– Corey Baird (11-Bench)
– Kevin Kelsy (14-Bench)
– Luca Orellano (16, 21)
– Yuya Kubo (20)
2024 FC Cincinnati MLS Staff of the Matchday Coach Recognitions
– Pat Noonan (13, 16)
The complete workforce for Matchday 21 is listed under.
2024 MLS Staff of the Matchday offered by Audi (Matchday 21)
F: Sam Surridge (NSH), Petar Musa (DAL)
M: Latif Blessing (HOU), Luciano Acosta (CIN), Djordje Mihailovic (COL), Evander (POR), Andrés Gómez (RSL)
D: Luca Orellano (CIN), Jackson Ragen (SEA), Ian Fray (MIA)
GK: Brad Guzan (ATL)
Coach: Peter Luccin (DAL)
Bench: John McCarthy (LA), Sergi Palencia (LAFC), Julian Gressel (MIA), Thiago Almada (ATL), Diego Luna (RSL), Facundo Torres (ORL), Tai Baribo (PHI), Willy Agada (SKC), Dejan Joveljic (LA)
The Orange and Blue return to TQL Stadium Saturday, June 22 towards the New England Revolution. Tickets can be found at FCCincinnati.com/Tickets or by calling (513) 977-5425 (KICK). The house match will air on MLS Season Move on Apple TV. Followers may hearken to the match on ESPN 1530 in Cincinnati and iHeart.