The Charlotte Football Club Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Charlotte Football Club turn down KAA Gent for Allan Saint-Maximin
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$610.0K settles it between the clubs for Devin Padelford
Minnesota United FC have accepted the money. What Charlotte Football Club do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Charlotte Football Club walk away from AJ Marcucci
$2.2M was the most the club would pay and New York Red Bulls were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 16 signed and 1 gone
That is the business done at Charlotte Football Club 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Charlotte Football Club go back to the board over Devin Padelford
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $696.8K — a club that wants Devin Padelford enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Charlotte Football Club
Allan Saint-Maximin was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luca De La Torre signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luca De La Torre and Charlotte Football Club agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Owen Ferreira steps up from the Charlotte Football Club academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Owen Ferreira 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Matt Moore steps up from the Charlotte Football Club academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matt Moore 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
- Market Charlotte Football Club promote Aaron Howard from within
- Match A bad afternoon for Charlotte Football Club against Chicago Fire
- Squad Idan Toklomati wants to go home