FC Cincinnati 2 is an American

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team based in

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, United States. It is the reserve team of

FC Cincinnati Football Club Cincinnati, commonly known as FC Cincinnati, is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Cincinnati. The club plays in the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The ...

and participates in

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History

On December 6, 2021, FC Cincinnati were named as one of 21 clubs that would field a team in the new

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

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, a 1,000-capacity venue at

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. Four of their remaining five matches would be played at Mercy Health Training Center, the team's training facility in

Milford, Ohio Milford is a city in Clermont and Hamilton counties founded in 1796, in the U.S. state of Ohio, along the Little Miami River and its East Fork in the southwestern part of the state. It is a part of the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. The po ...

which includes a 500-capacity stadium. One match would be played at

TQL Stadium TQL Stadium, called West End Stadium during construction, is a soccer-specific stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the home of FC Cincinnati, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team that had been temporarily playing at Nippert Stadium. The stadium is lo ...

, the first team's 26,000-capacity home venue in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Players and staff

Roster

Staff

Tyrone Marshall Tyrone Everton Marshall (born 12 November 1974) is a retired Jamaican footballer and current head coach of FC Cincinnati 2, the reserve team of Major League Soccer's FC Cincinnati. Career Youth and College Marshall moved to the Fort Lauderdal ...

– ''Head coach'' *

Shavar Thomas Shavar Thomas (born 29 January 1981 in Hannah Town) is a retired Jamaican footballer and current assistant coach of FC Cincinnati 2 of MLS Next Pro. Career Amateur and college Thomas played as a youth for Hazard United in Jamaica and at The ...

– ''Assistant coach'' * Ryan Coulter – ''Goalkeepers coach''

Team records

Year-by-Year

Head coaches record

References

External links

* Association football clubs established in 2021 2021 establishments in Ohio FC Cincinnati Soccer clubs in Ohio Reserve soccer teams in the United States MLS Next Pro teams {{Ohio-footyclub-stub