The FC Cincinnati Chronicle
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Window shuts: 15 in, 0 out at FC Cincinnati
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 15 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
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
Kekuta Manneh turns down FC Cincinnati
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati supporters have found a favourite in Ender Echenique
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Ender Echenique has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match8 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati get the job done against Inter Miami CF
A 2‑0 win over Inter Miami CF, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dylan Steffen steps up from the FC Cincinnati academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dylan Steffen 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
FC Cincinnati promote Ryan Morris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan Morris 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.
In brief
- Market Jordan Adams steps up from the FC Cincinnati academy
- Player ratings Pavel Bucha takes the honours
- Squad FC Cincinnati are still strangers to each other