Cincy’s Pavel Bucha struck quickly from just outside the box in the 3rd minute. Tigres would respond in the 17th when Nicolás Ibañez out jumped defender Teenage Hadere to angle a header down under the keeper’s legs.
Pavel Bucha scored an early goal for FC Cincinnati, which played to a 1-1 draw against visiting Tigres UANL on Tuesday in the opening leg of a CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 series.
Pavel Bucha scored the second and third goals of his first MLS season and FC Cincinnati kept pace in the Eastern Conference and Supporters' Shield race with a 3-2 victory at D.C.