History told FC Cincinnati that balancing Major League Soccer’s early regular-season days alongside the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the continent’s premier club tournament, would be a trying exercise. Now, FC Cincinnati is living that reality.

FC Cincinnati managed a scoreless draw against D.C. United at TQL Stadium on Sunday afternoon in front of an announced sellout of 25,513, some of whom booed at the final whistle. The match was FCC’s second draw in MLS play at home in as many matches. That’s coming from a club that went 13-2-2 at TQL Stadium in 2023.

Including Thursday’s 1-0 Champions Cup defeat to CF Monterrey, a Mexican powerhouse, FCC has been blanked in three of its four home outings so far in 2024. Four goals against Jamaica’s Cavalier FC back on Feb. 28 hasn’t buoyed fans or the club itself since then.

“An overall frustrating afternoon. Just in terms of the overall play and certainly trying to figure out how to score goals,” FC Cincinnati head coach Pat Noonan said afterward. “That’s kind of the missing piece of the end result at the moment. Keep trying to find some answers as to why we can’t find the goals at the moment. But a disappointing result.”