FC Cincinnati Retains Awaziem

FC Cincinnati Retains Awaziem

Sampson Adedeji

The Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati has released a list of retained players for the upcoming 2025 season, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Prominent on the list of retained players is Super Eagles defender Chidozie Awaziem.

Awaziem moved to the United States following the expiration of his contract with Portuguese Primera Liga side Boavista.

Former FC Porto defender has been one of the key players for the club and his performance also helped the club to a respectable position on the league table.

Awaziem was part of the Super Eagles team at the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.

FC Cincinnati’s roster is currently structured as follows:

Goalkeeper (4): Roman Celentano, Alec Kann, Evan Louro, Paul Walters

Defender (7): Chidozie Awaziem, Teenage Hadebe, Matt Miazga, Ian Murphy, Alvas Powell, Miles Robinson, DeAndre Yedlin

Midfielder (7): Luciano Acosta, Álvaro Barreal*, Pavel Bucha, Stiven Jimenez, Obinna Nwobodo, Luca Orellano, Gerardo Valenzuela

Forward (5): Corey Baird, Stefan Chirila, Kévin Denkey, Yuya Kubo, Sergio Santos