Newcomer Kévin Denkey scored in the 70th minute and Roman Celentano made three saves — all in the second half — to lead FC Cincinnati to a 1-0 victory over the defending Eastern Conference-champion New York Red Bulls in a season opener on Saturday night.

FC Cincinnati kicked off its 2025 Major League Soccer season Saturday night, doing battle against the New York Red Bulls.

After years of early playoff exits, the Red Bulls were the surprise story of the 2024 MLS post-season, knocking out the reigning champion Columbus Crew, before stunning New York City FC and Orlando City.

FC Cincinnati are all set to lock horns with the New York Red Bulls in the MLS 2025 season's Eastern Conference fixture.

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For FC Cincinnati and the New York Red Bulls, their performances in 2024 seemed like a tale of two seasons. FC Cincinnati started strong before fading in the final months.

Then a warm-up will occur this weekend into early next week. According to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, quite a bit of cloud cover and some flurries are forecast for Friday morning. Then the day will continue with mostly cloudy to overcast skies which should keep temperatures a bit on the colder side.