All thirty clubs: fifteen in the Eastern Conference and fifteen in the Western Conference, the same field as 2025 — San Diego FC, who joined that year, are the newest. Each club plays its fourteen conference rivals home and away and six clubs from the other conference once, 34 games in all; every game counts in its own conference table, three points for a win. Clubs level on points are separated by wins, then goal difference, then goals scored, then their head-to-head record; the league's later steps (disciplinary points, home and away splits) are not applied here, so clubs still level share a place. Seeds one to seven in each conference go straight to Round One of the playoffs; eight and nine play a single Wild Card game, hosted by the eighth, for the last place. The best record across both conferences wins the Supporters' Shield.
2–2
Full time
PENS
Saturday 19 September
Guilherme 38′
M. Bogusz 51′ pen
Bryan Josías Ramírez León 73′
K. Denkey 90+7′ pen
How it looked going in
the market at kick-off, margin removed
47% Houston Dynamo
25% draw
29% FC Cincinnati
How the odds moved in play
140 price samples · 19 Sep 20:30 – 22:51
0% Houston Dynamo
100% draw
0% FC Cincinnati
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What happened
13 on the timeline
90+7′
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K. Denkey▶Penalty · FC Cincinnati · 2–2
90+4′
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D. McGuireSubstitution · Houston Dynamo
Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Duncan McGuire replaces Guilherme.
87′
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A. JabbariSubstitution · FC Cincinnati
Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Ayoub Jabbari replaces Gerardo Valenzuela.
84′
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K. SmithSubstitution · FC Cincinnati
Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Kyle Smith replaces Pavel Bucha.
81′
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Matthew AranaSubstitution · Houston Dynamo
Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Matthew Arana replaces Héctor Herrera.
81′
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A. IbrahimSubstitution · Houston Dynamo
Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Ibrahim Aliyu replaces Lawrence Ennali.
73′
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Bryan Josías Ramírez León▶▶▶Goal · FC Cincinnati · assist K. Denkey · 2–1
67′
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D. SamassékouSubstitution · Houston Dynamo
Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Diadié Samassékou replaces Agustín Bouzat.
54′
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T. HadebeSubstitution · FC Cincinnati
Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Teenage Hadebe replaces Nick Hagglund.
54′
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T. BarlowSubstitution · FC Cincinnati
Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tom Barlow replaces Obinna Nwobodo.
54′
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Bryan Josías Ramírez LeónSubstitution · FC Cincinnati
Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Bryan Ramírez replaces Ender Echenique.
51′
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M. Bogusz▶Penalty · Houston Dynamo · 2–0
38′
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GuilhermeGoal · Houston Dynamo · 1–0
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Line-ups
Houston Dynamo4-4-2
- 31J. BondG
- 3Antônio CarlosCD-R
- 5Lucas HalterCD-L
- 21F. NegriLB
- 36Felipe AndradeRB
- 6ArturCM-R
- 11L. EnnaliRM
- 16H. HerreraCM-L
- 19M. BoguszLM
- 20GuilhermeCF-R
- 30A. BouzatCF-L
Substitutes
- 18D. Samassékou↳ for A. Bouzat 67′
- 24A. Ibrahim↳ for L. Ennali 81′
- 22Matthew Arana↳ for H. Herrera 81′
- 23D. McGuire↳ for Guilherme 90'+4′
- 14D. Holmes
- 17N. Markanich
- 26B. Gillingham
- 35Logan Erb
- 37G. Rivera
FC Cincinnati3-4-3
- 18R. CelentanoG
- 4N. HagglundCD
- 11S. GidiCD-L
- 12M. RobinsonCD-R
- 5O. NwobodoCM-L
- 17K. Mboma DemLM
- 20P. BuchaCM-R
- 66E. EcheniqueRM
- 9K. DenkeyF
- 10EvanderCF-L
- 22G. ValenzuelaCF-R
Substitutes
- 29Bryan Josías Ramírez León↳ for E. Echenique 54′
- 16T. Barlow↳ for O. Nwobodo 54′
- 15T. Hadebe↳ for N. Hagglund 54′
- 24K. Smith↳ for P. Bucha 84′
- 99A. Jabbari↳ for G. Valenzuela 87′
- 2A. Powell
- 13E. Louro
- 14K. Fletcher
- 88A. Chirila