FC Cincinnati beat DC United 2-1 to move up to eighth in the East

FC Cincinnati beat DC United 2-1 at TQL Stadium, moving up to eighth place in the MLS Eastern Conference with four matches remaining.

FC Cincinnati beat D.C. United 2-1 at TQL Stadium on 21 October 2026, The Grueling Truth reported.

David Douděra opened the scoring for Cincinnati in the 14th minute. Kimito Nono equalised for D.C. United in the 38th, before Teenage Hadebe scored the winner in the 55th minute from Evander's free kick, the outlet reported.

The result took Cincinnati to 39 points and eighth place in the Eastern Conference, three points clear of tenth place, with four matches left to play, The Grueling Truth reported.

The photograph above shows FC Cincinnati hosting D.C. United at TQL Stadium in 2021, a general view of the stadium rather than action from this match. Credit: Cornfield948, "FC Cincinnati vs. D.C. United at TQL Stadium", Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0.

Sources: The Grueling Truth.