Five years after FC Cincinnati won a regular season championship in the United Soccer League, the second tier of US Soccer, the club is celebrating the equivalent title in MLS.
This year, Cincinnati claimed MLS’s Supporters’ Shield — the silverware awarded to the team that finishes top of the overall regular standings across the Eastern and Western Conferences combined.
This success marks a complete turnaround for the club since they joined the league in 2019. They were not promoted to MLS because of that USL success in 2018, as there
