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FC Cincinnati Clinch Playoff Berth with Victory over Union
Ayoub Jabbari scored in the 70th minute, and Roman Celentano made six saves as Cincinnati earned its fifth straight postseason berth.
- FC Cincinnati clinched a Major League Soccer playoff spot for the fifth straight season with a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Union at TQL Stadium on Saturday.
- Substitute Ayoub Jabbari scored the winning goal in the 70th minute, securing the result in a vintage Noonan-era performance that relied on the team's characteristic defensive grinding.
- Goalkeeper Roman Celentano made six saves to earn the team's second shutout in three games, anchored by veterans Nick Hagglund, Teenage Hadebe, and Kyle Smith on the back line.
- Sitting in the seven seed in the Eastern Conference, Cincinnati can avoid the wild-card game by defeating Nashville Nov at TQL Stadium on Decision Day.
- Coach Pat Noonan said, "I couldn't be more pleased with that level of fight," as the team prepares for Nashville with a full week to recover and at least 11 days before the first playoff match.
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FC Cincinnati clinches playoff berth with victory over Union
Ayoub Jabbari tapped in a rebound in the 70th minute, and that was all FC Cincinnati needed to clinch a playoff berth with a 1-0 home win over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday. Cincinnati (12-11-10, 46 points) became the seventh team to lock up a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference after the sixth-place Union
Repeated Union misfires result in a 1-0 loss against FC Cincinnati in penultimate regular season match
Though the visitors outshot the hosts 15-7, including 6-2 in shots on target, a lack of clinicality and a few good stops by Cincinnati goalkeeper Roman Celentano kept the door shut.
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FC Cincinnati beats Philadelphia to clinch MLS playoff berth
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