FC Cincinnati aims to maintain the high level shown in the 2026 Major League Soccer season, but a Liga MX club threatens to take away one of its best players.
The Orange and Blue finished the regular season in second place in the Eastern Conference with 65 points, just one behind the Philadelphia Union.
Despite its good campaign, Cincinnati fell in the Conference Semifinals 0-4 against champion Inter Miami. The club’s goal of staying at the highest level has just gotten more complicated, since an important club has made an offer for one of its stars.
According to The Athletic’s Tom Bogert, Liga MX side CF Monterrey has made an offer to sign winger Luca Orellano.
Liga MX’s Monterrey Makes Offer to Sign FC Cincinnati’s Luca Orellano
Orellano, 25, played 35 games in the 2025 season, scoring three goals and providing six assists. In the 2024 campaign, he accumulated 42 appearances, recording 12 goals and five assists.