| | First Half starts. |
| 3' | | Alvas Powell - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick in defence. |
| 3' | | Fouled by Djibril Diani - Charlotte FC |
| 3' | | Djibril Diani - Charlotte FC - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 4' | | New attacking attempt. Luca Orellano - FC Cincinnati - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - DeAndre Yedlin. |
| 10' | | Missed chance. Iuri Tavares - Charlotte FC - shot with right foot from the right side of the six yard box missed to the left. |
| 11' | | Fouled by Liel Abada - Charlotte FC |
| 11' | | Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 14' | | Missed chance. Kerwin Vargas - Charlotte FC - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Liel Abada. |
| 15' | | Delay in match - injury Adilson Malanda - Charlotte FC |
| 17' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 20' | | Goal! FC Cincinnati 0, Charlotte FC 1. Iuri Tavares - Charlotte FC - shot with left foot inside of six yard box - left side to the left corner. Assist - Ashley Westwood with a cross. |
| 22' | | Goal! FC Cincinnati 0, Charlotte FC 2. Liel Abada - Charlotte FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assist - Ashley Westwood with a through ball. |
| 24' | | Fouled by Miles Robinson - FC Cincinnati |
| 24' | | Iuri Tavares - Charlotte FC - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 24' | | Offside - Charlotte FC. Nathan Byrne is in offside. |
| 25' | | Andrew Privett - Charlotte FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 25' | | Fouled by Luca Orellano - FC Cincinnati |
| 27' | | New attacking attempt. Nathan Byrne - Charlotte FC - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Ashley Westwood. |
| 27' | | Corner - Charlotte FC. Conceded by Roman Celentano. |
| 29' | | Alvas Powell - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick in defence. |
| 29' | | Fouled by Jere Uronen - Charlotte FC |
| 31' | | Delay in match - Charlotte FC |
| 32' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 33' | | Alvas Powell - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick in defence. |
| 33' | | Fouled by Iuri Tavares - Charlotte FC |
| 34' | | Fouled by Yamil Asad - FC Cincinnati |
| 34' | | Nathan Byrne - Charlotte FC - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 34' | | Offside - Charlotte FC. Iuri Tavares is in offside. |
| 36' | | Missed chance. Yamil Asad - FC Cincinnati - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assist - Luca Orellano. |
| 38' | | Missed chance. Kerwin Vargas - Charlotte FC - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Djibril Diani. |
| 39' | | Shot blocked. Yuya Kubo - FC Cincinnati - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Yamil Asad. |
| 39' | | Corner - FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Djibril Diani. |
| 40' | | Missed chance. Miles Robinson - FC Cincinnati - shot with the head from few metres is high and wide to the right. Assist - Luca Orellano with a cross after corner. |
| 42' | | Missed chance. Luca Orellano - FC Cincinnati - shot with left foot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assist - Luciano Acosta. |
| 43' | | Fouled by Kevin Kelsy - FC Cincinnati |
| 43' | | Nathan Byrne - Charlotte FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 44' | | Missed chance. DeAndre Yedlin - FC Cincinnati - shot with the head from the centre of the box is very close to the goal. Assist - Yuya Kubo. |
| 45+1' | | Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Charlotte FC 2. Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati - shot with right foot from the left side of the box to the right corner. Assist - Yamil Asad. |
| 45+2' | | Fouled by Iuri Tavares - Charlotte FC |
| 45+2' | | Yuya Kubo - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45+3' | | Fouled by Ashley Westwood - Charlotte FC |
| 45+3' | | Pavel Bucha - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45+3' | | Ashley Westwood - Charlotte FC - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 45+4' | | Missed chance. Kevin Kelsy - FC Cincinnati - shot with left foot from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Luca Orellano. |
| 45+7' | | New attacking attempt. Luca Orellano - FC Cincinnati - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Yamil Asad. |
| 45+8' | | First Half ended - FC Cincinnati 1, Charlotte FC 2. |
| 45' | | Second Half starts FC Cincinnati 1, Charlotte FC 2. |
| 45' | | Substitution - FC Cincinnati. Gerardo Valenzuela for Alvas Powell. |
| 45' | | Substitution - FC Cincinnati. Sergio Santos for Kevin Kelsy. |
| 46' | | Missed chance. Pavel Bucha - FC Cincinnati - shot with right foot from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Luciano Acosta. |
| 47' | | Shot blocked. Gerardo Valenzuela - FC Cincinnati - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Yamil Asad. |
| 47' | | Penalty conceded by Adilson Malanda - Charlotte FC - with a hand ball in the penalty area. |
| 47' | | Adilson Malanda - Charlotte FC - receive yellow card for hand ball. |
| 48' | | Penalty saved. Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati - shot with right foot saved in the right corner. |
| 49' | | Offside - FC Cincinnati. Yamil Asad is in offside. |
| 49' | | GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Luca Orellano - FC Cincinnati - scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review. |
| 51' | | VAR Decision: No Goal FC Cincinnati 1-2 Charlotte FC. |
| 52' | | New attacking attempt. Luca Orellano - FC Cincinnati - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Sergio Santos with a cross. |
| 54' | | Fouled by Jere Uronen - Charlotte FC |
| 54' | | Luca Orellano - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick in defence. |
| 54' | | Nathan Byrne - Charlotte FC - receive yellow card. |
| 55' | | Shot blocked. Liel Abada - Charlotte FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Kerwin Vargas. |
| 55' | | New attacking attempt. Liel Abada - Charlotte FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved in the left corner. |
| 55' | | Offside - FC Cincinnati. Sergio Santos is in offside. |
| 57' | | Corner - FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Nathan Byrne. |
| 57' | | Shot blocked. Yuya Kubo - FC Cincinnati - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assist - Luciano Acosta with a cross. |
| 58' | | Missed chance. Djibril Diani - Charlotte FC - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assist - Ashley Westwood. |
| 59' | | Brandt Bronico - Charlotte FC - won a free kick in attack. |
| 59' | | Fouled by Miles Robinson - FC Cincinnati |
| 59' | | Miles Robinson - FC Cincinnati - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 60' | | Substitution - Charlotte FC. Brecht Dejaegere for Iuri Tavares. |
| 60' | | Substitution - Charlotte FC. Ben Bender for Djibril Diani. |
| 60' | | Fouled by Nathan Byrne - Charlotte FC |
| 60' | | Yamil Asad - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick in defence. |
| 61' | | Delay in match - injury Yamil Asad - FC Cincinnati |
| 62' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 63' | | Missed chance. Gerardo Valenzuela - FC Cincinnati - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed. Assist - Sergio Santos. |
| 64' | | Offside - FC Cincinnati. Luciano Acosta is in offside. |
| 64' | | Fouled by Yamil Asad - FC Cincinnati |
| 64' | | Nathan Byrne - Charlotte FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 65' | | Ben Bender - Charlotte FC - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 65' | | Fouled by DeAndre Yedlin - FC Cincinnati |
| 65' | | Corner - Charlotte FC. Conceded by Ian Murphy. |
| 66' | | Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Charlotte FC 3. Kerwin Vargas - Charlotte FC - shot with the head from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Ashley Westwood with a cross after corner. |
| 69' | | Missed chance. Kerwin Vargas - Charlotte FC - shot with left foot from the left side of the box missed to the left. Assist - Liel Abada. |
| 70' | | Corner - FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Andrew Privett. |
| 70' | | New attacking attempt. Yamil Asad - FC Cincinnati - shot with the head from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Luca Orellano with a cross. |
| 70' | | Corner - FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Kristijan Kahlina. |
| 70' | | Yuya Kubo - FC Cincinnati - hits the left post with a shot with right foot from outside the box after corner. |
| 72' | | Fouled by Miles Robinson - FC Cincinnati |
| 72' | | Kerwin Vargas - Charlotte FC - won a free kick in attack. |
| 72' | | Miles Robinson - FC Cincinnati - receive red card. |
| 72' | | Delay in match - injury Kerwin Vargas - Charlotte FC |
| 73' | | Substitution - FC Cincinnati. Bret Halsey for Yamil Asad. |
| 73' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 75' | | Offside - Charlotte FC. Andrew Privett is in offside. |
| 75' | | GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Andrew Privett - Charlotte FC - scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review. |
| 76' | | VAR Decision: No Goal FC Cincinnati 1-3 Charlotte FC. |
| 78' | | Substitution - FC Cincinnati. Kipp Keller for Yuya Kubo. |
| 81' | | Delay in match - injury Kerwin Vargas - Charlotte FC |
| 81' | | Delay in match - injury Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati |
| 81' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 81' | | Substitution - Charlotte FC. Tyger Smalls for Kerwin Vargas. |
| 83' | | Shot blocked. Bret Halsey - FC Cincinnati - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Luca Orellano. |
| 84' | | Delay in match - injury Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati |
| 84' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 86' | | Substitution - FC Cincinnati. Corey Baird for Luca Orellano. |
| 87' | | Ashley Westwood - Charlotte FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 87' | | Fouled by Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati |
| 87' | | Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati - receive yellow card. |
| 90' | | Missed chance. Liel Abada - Charlotte FC - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Ben Bender. |
| 90' | | New attacking attempt. Sergio Santos - FC Cincinnati - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assist - Gerardo Valenzuela. |
| 90' | | Corner - FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Kristijan Kahlina. |
| 90+1' | | Shot blocked. Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Gerardo Valenzuela with a cross. |
| 90+1' | | Missed chance. Pavel Bucha - FC Cincinnati - shot with left foot from outside the box missed after corner. |
| 90+2' | | Fouled by Ben Bender - Charlotte FC |
| 90+2' | | Ian Murphy - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick in defence. |
| 90+3' | | Substitution - Charlotte FC. Nicholas Scardina for Liel Abada. |
| 90+5' | | New attacking attempt. Ben Bender - Charlotte FC - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Nicholas Scardina. |
| 90+6' | | Delay in match - Charlotte FC |
| 90+7' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 90+7' | | Luciano Acosta went off injured after FC Cincinnati had used all subs. |
| 90+8' | | Fouled by Tyger Smalls - Charlotte FC |
| 90+8' | | Ian Murphy - FC Cincinnati - won a free kick in defence. |
| 90+8' | | Tyger Smalls - Charlotte FC - receive yellow card. |
| 90+10' | | Second Half ended - FC Cincinnati 1, Charlotte FC 3. |
| | Thats all. Game finished - FC Cincinnati 1, Charlotte FC 3. |