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WATCH: FC Cincinnati's Luciano Acosta ensures more Philadelphia Union struggles | MLSSoccer.com Official MLS highlights, classic matches, video series and features.

APRIL 9, 2023 • MLSSOCCER.COM

Acosta's PK goal lifts Cincinnati over Philadelphia 1-0

Luciano Acosta scored on a second-half penalty kick and FC Cincinnati continued the best start in club history with a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Union

APRIL 9, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Creates four chances in win Acosta took a shot on target and created four chances in Saturday's 1-0 victory against Inter Miami. He also made an interception in the match.

Impact Acosta has racked up 10 chances created across his last two games, but still just has one assist on the season for Cincinnati.

APRIL 2, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Why FC Cincinnati is confident it can extend Luciano Acosta's contract Not surprisingly, Acosta is seeking to secure his future. In 2022, he wedged his named into the league's MVP conversation.

MARCH 30, 2023 • CINCINNATI.COM

Creates six chances vs. Nashville Acosta took a shot and created six chances in Saturday's 1-0 victory against Nashville SC. He also made an interception and won one of two tackles in the match.

Impact Acosta returned to the XI in attacking midfield Saturday after recovering from a minor knock, and he remained a huge passing threat to his opponents in the narrow victory.

MARCH 29, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Records assist in draw Acosta subbed into Saturday's match against the Fire in the 80th minute, creating two chances and assisting a goal in the 3-3 draw.

Impact Acosta was only fit enough to start Saturday's game from the bench, but he subbed on for the final 10 minutes and still set up a Sergio Santos goal with an incredible lobbed pass, his first assist of the season. He will aim to continue recovering from injury and be healthy enough to return to the starting lineup for Saturday's clash against Nashville SC, especially with fellow midfielder Junior Moreno missing the match while on international duty.

MARCH 22, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Santos, Moreno rally Cincinnati to 3-3 draw with Chicago

Sergio Santos and Junior Moreno scored goals three minutes apart late in the second half to rally FC Cincinnati to a 3-3 draw with the Chicago Fire

MARCH 19, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Returns to bench Acosta (undisclosed) is on the bench for Saturday's clash with Chicago.

Impact Acosta returns to the bench Saturday. The midfielder is a nailed-on starter when fully fit, so whatever forced him into individual training is clearly causing some concerns. Still a return straight to the bench is positive for Acosta.

MARCH 18, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Training individually Acosta (undisclosed) was doing individual work in training with FC Cincinnati on Thursday, but he's not listed in the injury report for Saturday's clash against the Fire.

Impact Acosta's status will be one to monitor heading into the weekend, but he seems expected to remain fit and ready to start in midfield against Chicago.

MARCH 16, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Creates chance in win Acosta made a clearance, two interceptions and created a chance in Saturday's 1-0 victory against the Sounders. He also won one of one tackles in the match.

Impact Acosta was relatively quiet by his standards in attacking midfield on Saturday, but he will not complain about a win over Seattle to remain undefeated in MLS through three games this season. He still managed a secondary assist for Brenner's match-winning goal.

MARCH 15, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Cincinnati holds on for 1-0 victory over Sounders

Brenner Souza da Silva scored in the 63rd minute and Roman Celentano made it stand up as FC Cincinnati blanked the Seattle Sounders 1-0

MARCH 12, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Takes four shots against Orlando Acosta took four shots (three on target) and created two chances in Saturday's 0-0 draw against Orlando City. He also made an interception in the match.

Impact Acosta was once again very dangerous from midfield on Saturday, but it wasn't enough to break the stalemate as his side settled for a draw with a rotated Orlando side. Acosta has tallied six shots (five on target) and four chances created across his first two games of the season, but he's still looking for his first goal involvement in 2023.

MARCH 7, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Takes two shots in opening day win Acosta took two shots on target and created two chances in Saturday's 2-1 victory against the Dynamo. He also made two interceptions and won two of three tackles in the match.

Impact Acosta played well on both sides of the ball Saturday alongside Junior Moreno and Obinna Nwobodo in a midfield trio. Acosta finished as MLS's leader in assists in the regular season last year, notching 13 to go along with 11 goals overall.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Creates four chances against Philly Acosta took two shots (one on target) and created four chances in Thursday's 1-0 Eastern Conference semifinal defeat against the Union. He also made a clearance, an interception an...

Impact Acosta remained dangerous throughout Thursday's match but it just wasn't enough to get his side over the line and through to the conference final. Still, Cincinnati made the playoffs for the first time in club history and Acosta finished with the most assists in MLS (13, to go along with his 11 goals), so it was a pretty good season overall despite this tough loss.

OCTOBER 21, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Converts penalty in win Acosta scored a goal while taking three shots (two on goal), crossing seven times (three accurate) and creating four chances during Saturday's 2-1 win over New York Red Bulls.

Impact Acosta found the back of the net in the 74th minute converting a penalty for Cincinnati's first goal. The goal was the 11th in 31 appearances this season for the midfielder as he upped his crossing total to a team-high 143 while also upping his chances created to 97, the second highest amount in the league.

OCTOBER 15, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Cincinnati makes 1st MLS playoffs, visits Red Bulls Saturday

FC Cincinnati is headed to the playoffs for the first time

OCTOBER 14, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brenner scores 3, Cincinnati in MLS playoffs for first time

Brenner scored three goals and surging Cincinnati wrapped up its first MLS playoff spot, defeating DC United 5-2

OCTOBER 9, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scores and assists in win Acosta scored one goal and assisted once from one shot and two chances created in Sunday's 5-2 victory against D.C. United.

Impact Acosta is among the lead's best players of assist with a total of 13 assist and six secondary assists. He tied his career high of goal with 10 and finished off the year with a season high of 137 crosses (31 accurate). The Argentinian has been Cincinnati's best player for distributing the ball, assisting goals, and creating chances. He averaged 4.5 crosses, and 3.1 chances created a match this campaign.

OCTOBER 9, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

D.C. United seeks to break losing streak in matchup with Cincinnati

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OCTOBER 8, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

'You gotta be kidding me, man': An oral history of Wayne Rooney's most tenacious assist Rooney's signature play in MLS wasn't a goal, but a feat of pure effort that still gets revisited years later

OCTOBER 6, 2022 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Fire beat Cincinnati, clinching playoff berth for NYC

Jhon Durán scored twice to build a three-goal lead, and the Chicago Fire beat Cincinnati 3-2 in a result that clinched a playoff berth for defending champion New York City

OCTOBER 2, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scores late against Chicago Acosta scored one goal to go with five shots (two on target), 11 crosses (zero accurate), and three corners in Saturday's 3-2 loss to Chicago Fire.

Impact Acosta and the rest of his attacking mates generated a number of scoring opportunities throughout this contest but were just unable to finish clinically in front of net. Although he scored in the 89th minute of this one, it was simply too-little-too-late for his trailing squad. FC Cincinnati will need Acosta at his very best in the season finale Sunday in DC if they wish to be guaranteed a playoff spot.

OCTOBER 1, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Contributes on both ends Acosta took one shot (zero on target), sent in four crosses (two accurate) and delivered two corners in Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Seattle Sounders. He also logged two tackles.

Impact Although he didn't officially find the score sheet, Acosta's 24th minute through-ball helped key his squad's only goal of the game. He added two tackles on the defensive end, had a free kick blocked by the wall and took quite a few touches offensively overall. This particular outing was disappointing for fantasy purposes, but Tuesday's usage suggests Acosta could contribute any given match.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Relatively quiet against Salt Lake Acosta had one off-target shot, sent in two crosses (one accurate) and drew three fouls during Saturday's 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake.

Impact Acosta was far from his best version here but, despite not having significant fantasy contributions, still was very important for his side to win all three points. In the the 76th minute, the attacker made a huge play that resulted in the goal that sealed the 2-1 win but a deflection by a defender prevented him from being credited with an assist. With eight goals and 12 assists over 27 appearances so far this season, Acosta will try to keep it up during Sep. 27 visit to Seattle.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

PK or not? FC Cincinnati captain Luciano Acosta goes down | MLSSoccer.com Official MLS highlights, classic matches, video series and features.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022 • MLSSOCCER.COM