The FC Cincinnati Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Justen Glad
FC Cincinnati and Real Salt Lake have settled on $660.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 16 signed and 0 gone
That is the business done at FC Cincinnati until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati baulk at the price for Elijah Wynder
LA Galaxy wanted more than $1.1M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati go back to the board over Elijah Wynder
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.2M — a club that wants Elijah Wynder enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at FC Cincinnati
Roman Celentano and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
David Douděra wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at FC Cincinnati hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lawrence Ennali stays at Houston Dynamo as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. FC Cincinnati will try again when the window opens; Houston Dynamo may not be selling by then.
Squad10 Aug 2026
David Douděra signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Douděra commits to FC Cincinnati for another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at FC Cincinnati
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Evander was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Matt Yedlin joins the FC Cincinnati first team
- Market Josh Moore steps up from the FC Cincinnati academy
- Market Justin McKennie steps up from the FC Cincinnati academy