April 23, 2016 Toronto FC II--Toronto FC II vs FC Cincinnati preview (from uslsoccer.com)

USL Preview: Toronto FC II vs. FC Cincinnati
04/23/2016, 9:04am EDT
By USLSoccer.com Staff
 
Toronto hosts Cincinnati looking to continue undefeated start

VAUGHN, Ont. – Toronto FC II will look to continue its undefeated start to the season 
on Sunday afternoon, but will get a big test from an FC Cincinnati side looking to bounce 
back on the road. Kickoff at the Ontario Soccer Centre is set for 4 p.m. ET.

Toronto FC II news and notes
•Current record: 1-0-2, 5 points
•Toronto narrowly missed out on a second consecutive victory last Sunday when Pittsburgh 
scored a stoppage-time equalizer to earn a 2-2 draw at the OSC. 
•Raheem Edwards scored his second goal in as many games for TFC II against the Riverhounds, 
after opening his account for the season against FC Montreal on April 9.
•Toronto announced the loan of goalkeeper Quillan Roberts, defender Ashtone Morgan, 
midfielder Jay Chapman and forward Jordan Hamilton to TFC II on Friday.
•Toronto has outscored opponents 3-1 in the first half this season, but has been 
outscored 4-3 in the second half.

FC Cincinnati news and notes
•Current record: 2-2-0, 6 points
•Cincinnati had a USL regular-season record crowd on hand as 20,497 fans packed into 
Nippert Stadium last Saturday night.
•Austin Berry scored his second goal in as many games to give Cincinnati an early lead 
in the contest, but a hat trick by Chandler Hoffman led Louisville to a 3-2 win.
•Berry is tied with Sean Okoli for the team-high with two goals this season. Corben Bone 
leads the team with two assists.
•Cincinnati has outshot its opponents 54-37 in four contests this season.

2016 Team leaders
•Goals: Toronto – Raheem Edwards, 2; Cincinnati – Sean Okoli, Austin Berry, 2
•Assists: Toronto – Molham Babouli, 1; Cincinnati – Corben Bone, 2

Series notes
•This is the first meeting between the teams.

Officials
•REF: David Barrie
•AR1: Peter Pendli
•AR2: Sean Hornsby
•4TH: Pierre Acouri

Game hashtag:
•#TORvCIN

Twitter social handles
•Toronto FC II – @TorontoFCII
•FC Cincinnati – @FCCincinnati

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