Luca Orellano helps FC Cincinnati earn draw vs. Nashville SC

Luca Orellano scored an excellent free-kick aim within the 52nd minute, and FC Cincinnati twice got here again from one-goal deficits en path to a 2-2 draw in opposition to Nashville SC on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.

Luciano Acosta added a aim for Cincinnati (17-8-5, 56 factors), which stays in second place within the Jap 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 closing 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 aim for the membership. However Orellano ultimately knotted issues up within the 52nd minute along with his ninth aim 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 correct facet of the field deflected off Taylor Washington in entrance of aim and located its technique to Sam Surridge, who deftly booted it into the again of the online 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 aim of the night time 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 aim put an finish to the night time’s scoring.

Sergio Santos added an help for Cincinnati.

–Subject Stage Media