American side retain Chidozie Awaziem and Obinna Nwobodo

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

American side FC Cincinnati released their off-season roster at the end of the 2024 season.

Two Nigerian players were retained in the squad involving four goalkeepers, seven defenders, seven midfielders, and five forwards.

Nigeria defender, Chidozie Awaziem is amongst the players retained by the United States of America (USA) side.

He played 10 games for FC Cincinnati last season with two assists and four yellow cards in his debut season with the team after joining from the Portuguese side Boavista.

He previously played for Hajduk Split (Croatia), Alanyaspor (Turkey), and Leganese (Spain) amongst others.

Another Nigerian player in the squad is Obinna Nwobodo.

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 Donkey, Yuya Kubo, Sergio Santos