FC Cincinnati opened their Major League Soccer slate with a 1-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night in front of 22,747 fans at TQL Stadium.An opening kick temperature of 30 degrees made it the coldest match in FC Cincinnati's history.It was a stalemate over the first hour of the match, but one of Cincinnati's most high-profile signings of the offseason broke a scoreless game in the 70th minute.DeAndre Yedlin, who was arguably the best player on the pitch for Cincinnati, lifted a ball into the penalty box from midfield. Kevin Denkey, signed from Europe this summer, outran a Red Bull defender and played it off a bounce, heading it past New York goalkeeper Carlos Coronel for his first goal in MLS play and to give Cincinnati a 1-0 lead."The idea isn't just to lump balls up the field; there has to be purpose behind it," head coach Pat Noonan said after the game. "If a team is playing a high line and we have time and space on the ball, how do we look at different ways to run into space? All I saw was the ball check up, and Kevin finishes. If that was the purpose of the pass in that moment, with the time he had and the run of Kevin, then great. We have no problem attacking in that way."More chances for Cincinnati would follow, with excellent looks from Lukas Engel, Corey Baird, and Denkey again, but the Orange and Blue were not able to find a second goal.Thanks to the play of Roman Celentano and a backline anchored by Olympian Miles Robinson, a second goal wasn't needed, as the USMNT invitee posted his 25th career clean sheet in MLS play."Our backline was바카라 게임 웹사이트�the three center backs, specifically바카라 게임 웹사이트�I'm really happy for those guys, that they got to keep a clean sheet," Noonan said, highlighting the effort of Cincinnati's back five. "For Gilberto Flores' first game, he was up for it. He was really impressive tonight, on both sides of the ball. He looked into the game, aware of pressing, covering. Simple concepts, but they're not always that simple, and he made it look easy."I could talk about Miles every game. Miles is miles. Incredible," Noonan continued. "Teenage Hadebe, because of where he's at physically along with Gilberto, to push it 90 minutes and play the way he did as well, the defense stood out tonight."The Orange and Blue were able to keep their clean sheet despite missing the services of Matt Miazga, who is still working to come back to playing shape from a season-ending knee surgery last summer.Neither team put a tally on the scoreboard in the opening 45 minutes of the match, but both teams had plenty of chances.The best opportunity for Cincinnati came in the 16th minute of the half, when Cincinnati's two high-profile newcomers nearly teamed up for a beautiful opening salvo.New York thought it was clearing a previous Cincinnati buildup, but Evander kept it alive, playing a clearance off his shin. He eventually found Kevin Denkey, who launched a slow dribbler past Red Bulls goalkeeper Carlos Coronel and to the goal, but hit off the post to keep Cincinnati off the scoreboard.Fifteen minutes later, Evander was in the middle of another strong scoring chance, finding DeAndre Yedlin바카라 게임 웹사이트�who blew past New York's defense on every run down the sideline바카라 게임 웹사이트�on a ball floated into the box, but he was taken down by a Red Bulls defender cleanly (at least, according to match referee Lukasz Szpala, who allowed play to continue).In the closing minutes of the half, FCC again threatened but was kept off the scoreboard.In the 44th minute, Evander slipped a ball to Yedlin, who again outran his Red Bull counterpart into the box. From there, Yedlin turned around and found Pavel Bucha at the top of the box.Bucha launched a shot, but it went off a pair of Red Bull defenders and out, ending the threat.Despite the official match stats showing New York holding the lead on shots at halftime, 6-1, it was Cincinnati who had the more quality chances.That's not to say New York was without them, though.Two of their best opportunities came off the foot of Cameron Harper: In the 15th minute, he had a wide-open run down the right side of the pitch, dribbling in for an open look, but hit the side of the net.Ten minutes later, he ran down the center of the pitch and put a full boot on one, but it sailed to the left of the goal post and a diving Roman Celentano.FCC was out-possessed by the visitors, but barely, 50.7% to 49.3%, but it didn't feel like it as the Orange and Blue kept the pressure on New York's defense, especially in the final 20 minutes as they looked for a second goal.New York was also credited with more chances than Cincinnati바카라 게임 웹사이트�again, barely, at 10-9바카라 게임 웹사이트�but, again, it didn't feel like it, with most of FCC's chances ending before a true shot on goal could be recorded.Saturday night's win moves FC Cincinnati to 2-0 for the 2025 calendar year, after their 4-1 win Wednesday night in Honduras in the first round of the Concacaf Champions Cup. Noonan said after the match that the club's new players are finding quickly that the bar for success is very high."Hopefully they're getting up to speed with the expectations of our group," Noonan said. "This is now what the norm is. If you're new to the team, I would think by now that this shouldn't be a surprise. It's not easy, but that's just where we're at, and that's a good thing. We'll try to be humble in how we go at it and how we expect it and always looking to improve."But, if you're a new player on our team, I think you should probably be excited about who you play for."Cincinnati will return to the pitch on Wednesday, against Motagua, for the second leg of their Champions Cup first-round matchup. FCC leads by three goals on aggregate. If that advantage does not completely close, they will move on to the round of 16.FCC returns to MLS play on Saturday when they'll head to Philadelphia to take on the Union. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.