Luca Orellano scored an excellent free-kick purpose within the 52nd minute, and FC Cincinnati twice got here again from one-goal deficits en path to a 2-2 draw towards Nashville SC on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.
Luciano Acosta added a purpose for Cincinnati (17-8-5, 56 factors), which stays in second place within the Japanese Convention with 4 matches remaining however is tied on factors with the Columbus Crew, a 4-3 winner over Orlando Metropolis SC. Columbus additionally has a match in hand.
Nashville (8-13-9, 33 factors) noticed its two-match profitable streak come to an finish. It completed the night a degree behind the ninth and remaining playoff spot within the East with 4 matches remaining, however with 4 groups above it within the desk.
Trailing 2-1 within the first half, Cincinnati appeared to have made it 2-2 within the thirty ninth minute earlier than an offside name negated what would have been Nicholas Gioacchini’s first purpose for the membership. However Orellano finally knotted issues up within the 52nd minute together with his ninth purpose of the season, a well-struck free kick from past the field that sailed previous a diving Joe Willis.
Nashville opened the scoring within the fourth minute. Jonathan Perez’s cross from the appropriate facet of the field deflected off Taylor Washington in entrance of purpose and located its option to Sam Surridge, who deftly booted it into the again of the web for a 1-0 lead.
After Acosta tied it at 1-1 within the ninth minute with a strike from outdoors the field that was assisted by Orellano, Surridge scored his second purpose of the evening within the twenty fifth minute — and his third in two matches — heading a Hany Mukhtar nook kick previous Roman Celentano to make it 2-1.
The lead lasted till the 52nd minute, as Orellano’s purpose put an finish to the evening’s scoring.
Sergio Santos added an help for Cincinnati.
–Discipline Stage Media
