TAMPA, Fla. – FC Cincinnati goalkeeper Evan Newton has won the USL Fans’ Choice Save of the Week for Week 1 of the 2018 season as his brilliant reflex save in the first half of FCC’s 1-0 victory against the Charleston Battery last Saturday night took top spot in the weekly online poll.

Newton recorded a five-save shutout to help Cincinnati claim its first victory against the Battery in club history, highlighted by a tremendous save late in the first half. A good move by the Battery down the right set up a volleyed finish by Kotaro Higashi, but Newton got down quickly to his right to turn the effort aside.

Newton’s save earned 46 percent of the poll conducted online at USLSoccer.com that concluded on Thursday. Las Vegas Lights FC’s Ricardo Ferriño finished second with 40 percent for his diving safe to deny Fresno FC’s Christian Chaney, while Sacramento Republic FC’s Jose Cohen took third for his game-saving denial of San Antonio FC’s Alex Bruce to preserve a 2-1 win late.