How FC Cincinnati's Evander earned MLS Player of the Month for May
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FC Cincinnati midfielder Evander has been named MLS Player of the Month for May 2026.
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Evander’s honor is the second Player of the Month of his MLS career (August/September 2024) and his first with FC Cincinnati. He is the third player in FC Cincinnati history to be named Player of the Month. Brenner won it once in 2022. Luciano Acosta won it four times, once in 2022 and 2024 and twice in 2023.
MLS Player of the Month is voted upon by a group of select national and local media members in a process conducted by MLS Communications. Evander joins Nashville's Sam Surridge (February/March) and San Jose's Timo Werner (April) as 2026 winners.
In five games this month, Evander caught fire, scoring seven times and adding five more assists. His 12-goal contributions are the most he has ever produced in a single month in his career (seven in June 2024). No player in MLS had more goals in May than Evander, and he ranked second in the league in assists. Of Cincinnati’s 17 goals in May, Evander scored or assisted on 71 percent of those.
Evander began May with his first career hat trick in a 3-2 win at Chicago Fire FC, his sixth multi-goal game with FC Cincinnati. He scored again at Charlotte FC and then at home against Inter Miami CF. On May 16, Evander added two assists in a 3-3 draw against San Diego FC. He closed out the month with a dominant, record-breaking performance against Orlando City SC. He scored twice and assisted three more in a 6-2 victory for the Orange and Blue, earning MLS Player of the Matchday honors.
FC Cincinnati scored 17 goals in May and now sits at 36 on the season, both of which are the second-most across the league. Cincinnati scored eight of their 17 May goals on the road, helping the Orange and Blue go unbeaten away from home in May.
In his FC Cincinnati career, Evander now has 48 goal contributions (27 goals, 21 assists) in just 46 MLS matches and sits one goal contribution shy of Brandon Vazquez (49) for the second-most in club history. Across his four-year MLS career, the Brazilian is averaging nearly one goal contribution per game, with 96 goal contributions in 101 regular-season appearances.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: FC Cincinnati's Evander earns MLS Player of the Month for May 2026