Ultimately, a tense, tight postseason derby was decided by a point-blank finish from about a yard out – a very simple goal to score, particularly for a star striker who cost a club-record $16 million-plus fee last winter.

Yet Kévin Denkey ’s winner vs. the Columbus Crew might just be the hardest tap-in FC Cincinnati have ever tallied.

“It's a goal I know how to score,” the Togolese international told MLS Season Pass sideline reporter Jillian Sakovits after Cincy’s tight 1-0 Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs victory over their Hell Is Real rivals on Monday night, a hint of subtle humor in his wry understatement.

“But this one is important.”

Denkey delivers

After plenty of free-flowing soccer, adding up to an average of 3.67 goals per game in the first six matches of this year’s playof

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