CINCINNATI —

FC Cincinnati is 90 minutes from advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals but there's a tall task ahead of them: Sunday's Game 2 from the capital city against their archrival.

Since Lower.com Field opened in 2021, FCC have defeated the Columbus Crew just once in five matches (1W-1D-3L). Advertisement

Expand the results to the history of the series; the Orange and Blue still only have one win in Columbus, going 1W-2D-4L against the Crew since they first met as MLS foes in August 2019.

Head coach Pat Noonan said after Monday's win that FCC put themselves in a good position in the best-of-three series, but summed up the ultimate goal early in his postgame remarks.

"Win Game 2. That's it."

It's something FC Cincinnati did two years ago on their march to the Eastern Co

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