The FC Dallas Gazette
The terraces5 Jun 2028
The mood at FC Dallas has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Match31 May 2028
FC Dallas out of the cup
Columbus Crew ended it 1‑4. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Player ratings5 Jun 2028
Nobody could get near Joaquín Valiente
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The terraces5 Jun 2028
A cup hiding at Columbus Crew leaves FC Dallas explaining themselves
1-4, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.
Market5 Jun 2028
Patrickson Delgado is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at FC Dallas is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Herman Johansson in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FC Dallas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Jack Kortkamp gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Words at FC Dallas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramiro is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom5 Jun 2028
Inquest at FC Dallas
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
In brief
- Loan watch Kaick: I did not sign for FC Dallas to play for other people
- Loan watch Ricky Louis counts the days
- Squad Jack Kortkamp has had enough of the bench