The FC Cincinnati Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$3.3M settles it between the clubs for Santiago Castañeda
SC Paderborn have accepted the money. What FC Cincinnati do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati close the window on a squad of their own making
14 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
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
Brian Valencia turns down FC Cincinnati
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: La Equidad 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati agree a free transfer for Victor Loturi
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Match8 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati come up short against Inter Miami CF
Inter Miami CF left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Roman Celentano
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market FC Cincinnati promote Gio Brooks from within
- Market Adam Wright steps up from the FC Cincinnati academy
- Market Tyler Sargent steps up from the FC Cincinnati academy