The FC Cincinnati Chronicle
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 15 signed and 1 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pavel Bucha wants more than FC Cincinnati are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Gustavo Lopez is a medical away from FC Cincinnati
The deal with Cortulua is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at FC Cincinnati
Miles Robinson 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.
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 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Chris Brady
FC Cincinnati asked and Chicago Fire said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati promote Tyler Wright from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tyler Wright has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Adam Reyna joins the FC Cincinnati first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adam Reyna is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cameron Adams steps up from the FC Cincinnati academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cameron Adams has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Player ratings Evander in the eights
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Bryan Ramírez
- Squad FC Cincinnati are still strangers to each other