June 28, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Cincinnati News Release
After a week’s break from matches, FC Cincinnati will again begin a grueling stretch of three games in eight days, the third of such a stretch stretched over three concurrent segments prior to the kickoff of the 2024 League Cup.
The trip to Dallas represents an opportunity to get back to winning ways after a frustrating defeat at the hands of New England a week ago. FC Cincinnati overcame several hurdles but fell just short of getting the result. Now, with a week’s break to get refreshed, FCC can try to put that loss behind them and start the week in a positive way, knowing how challenging the rest of the week could be.
FCC will begin the week with a depleted group as the team looks to rebound from injury and suspension. Matt Miazga was announced as having undergone knee surgery this week, which placed him on the season-ending injury list, and Nick Hagglund’s broken Fibula leaves the club depleted even further on the back line. Obinna Nwobodo will be unavailable due to suspension after receiving a red card last Saturday and trusted reserve Malik Pinto may be unavailable after an ankle strain sustained in an FC Cincinnati 2 match last Sunday. With the depth again tested, Pat Noonan is looking to keep the standards at their usual high level, with some new faces perhaps getting opportunities to step up in others’ absences.
“We feel that’s the next man up approach,” Noonan said Thursday from his press conference. “Yeah, we’re depleted in the midfield a little bit, and along the back line, but I think we’ve seen enough guys in different spots to feel comfortable moving things around a little bit to accommodate what we have and still be able to field a strong team.”
With the trip to Texas bringing an unfamiliar opponent at this time of lineup uncertainty, the mashup of potential newness to the FC Cincinnati starting lineup mixed with FC Dallas operating with a new coach and some new philosophies makes Saturday night’s matchup more interesting by the minute.
“They’ve changed things around a little bit,” Noonan said of the last three games under an interim Head Coach. “Different personnel on the field in terms of how they play and they’re confident in moving the ball from their goalkeeper up the field. (There are) little tweaks that you’ve seen in the last couple games that we need to be mindful of…you can evaluate other teams, but how does that make sense to our group and our…
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