# FC Cincinnati 2

FC Cincinnati 2 is an American professional soccer team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the reserve team of FC Cincinnati and participates in MLS Next Pro.

## History

On December 6, 2021, FC Cincinnati were named as one of 21 clubs that would field a team in the new MLS Next Pro league beginning in the 2022 season. On February 22, 2022, FC Cincinnati unveiled the name and coaching staff of the new team.

## Stadium

On February 24, 2022, the team announced that for their inaugural season, they would use three different venues as their home stadium. Their first seven home matches would be played at NKU Soccer Stadium, a 1,000-capacity venue at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky. Four of their remaining five matches would be played at Mercy Health Training Center, the team's training facility in Milford, Ohio which includes a 500-capacity stadium. One match would be played at TQL Stadium, the first team's 26,000-capacity home venue in Cincinnati, Ohio.

## Players and staff
### Roster

    As of January 17, 2024
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 4 | DF | Nick Hagglund | United States |
| 19 | FW | Stefan Chirila | United States |
| 25 | MF | Gerardo Valenzuela | United States |
| 25 | GK | Paul Walters | United States |
| 30 | GK | Nathan Crockford | United States |
| 32 | DF | Noah Adnan | United States |
| 35 | FW | Kenji Mboma Dem | France |
| 38 | DF | Brian Schaefer | United States |
| 40 | DF | Dilan Hurtado | Colombia |
| 41 | FW | Monsuru Opeyemi | Nigeria |
| 42 | DF | Amir Daley | United States |
| 44 | MF | Xhosa Manyana (on loan from Cape Town City FC) | South Africa |
| 45 | FW | Tega Ikoba | United States |
| 48 | DF | Juan Machado | Colombia |
| 49 | FW | Peter Mangione | United States |
| 50 | MF | Yeiner Valoyes | Colombia |
| 52 | MF | Yair Ramos | Venezuela |
| 60 | DF | William Kuisel | United States |
| 61 | DF | Ademar Chávez | Mexico |
| 63 | MF | Carson Locker | United States |
| 64 | DF | Connor Stout | United States |
| 77 | DF | Yorkaeff Caicedo | Ecuador |
| 88 | DF | Andrei Chirilla | United States |
| 99 | GK | Slade Hall | United States |
| — | MF | Ben Augee | United States |
| — | FW | Andrés Dávila | Colombia |

### Staff

* Tyrone Marshall – Head coach
* Shavar Thomas – Assistant coach
* Ryan Coulter – Goalkeepers coach

## Team records
### Year-by-year

| Season | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | MLS Next Pro | Playoffs | Top Scorer | Top Scorer |
| Season | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Conference | Overall | Playoffs | Player | Goals |
| 2022 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 65 | 17 | 10th, Eastern | 21st | Did not qualify | Nick Markanich Arquimides Ordonez | 4 |
| 2023 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 65 | 27 | 12th, Eastern | 24th | Did not qualify | Arquimides Ordóñez | 9 |
| 2024 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 34 | 54 | 1st, Group A | 3rd | Qualified | Kenji Mboma Dem & Ben Stitz (tie) | 7 |

### Head coaches record

    As of September 24, 2023
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Tyrone Marshall | Jamaica | February 22, 2022 | present | 52 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 64 | 130 | 021.15 |