CINCINNATI – The roar of the crowd when Fanendo Adi took the pitch for the first time at Nippert Stadium almost one month ago ranks right up there with all the greatest moments in FC Cincinnati’s three-year history.



The same goes for Saturday’s game-winning goal – his first for the Orange and Blue – to lift the United Soccer League Eastern Conference leaders to a 2-1 win over third-place Pittsburgh.



As FC Cincinnati’s first designated player for Major League Soccer, Adi carries an aura about him unlike any other to wear an FCC uniform. Excitement has been building around the former Portland Timbers forward since he signed with the club July 30, agreeing to play on loan with the USL team ahead of its rise to MLS next year.



And, fans who have embraced Adi as FCC’s new star will be just as anxious to find out who else will follow in joining the club for 2019, particularly any other designated player – the big...