Coaching staff The club announced on October 21, 2016, that assistant coach Ryan Martin would not be returning for the 2017 season. On December 14, 2016, the club announced that
Alan Koch, former head coach of the
Whitecaps FC 2, would be taking Martin's place as an assistant coach, in addition to acting as the director of scouting and analytics. On February 17, 2017, the club announced that head coach
John Harkes was relieved of his coaching duties and replaced with Alan Koch. On March 28, 2017,
Yoann Damet was added to the staff as assistant coach.
Roster As of December 15, 2016, FC Cincinnati has confirmed the return of seventeen players from the 2016 roster, as well as the signing of one new player. Fifteen of these players were announced on November 14, and goalkeeper
Mitch Hildebrandt was announced three days later. On December 15, the return of
Eric Stevenson and the new signing of
Kadeem Dacres were announced. The club held a public tryout with over eighty participants on December 18, 2016. On January 6, 2017, the club announced the signings of
Andy Craven,
Marco Dominguez, and
Aaron Walker (who was selected from the public tryout). On February 6, 2017, the club announced they acquired striker,
Victor Mansaray, on loan from
Seattle Sounders FC. On March 29, 2017, the club signed
Justin Hoyte, a former defender for
Premier League club
Arsenal. On May 10, 2017, the club traded forward
Andy Craven to the
OKC Energy FC for forward
Danni König. On May 15, 2017, the club announced the signing of defender
Josu. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. == Competitions ==