The FC Cincinnati Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $5.0M for Matt Freese
FC Cincinnati have gone to New York City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati close the window on a squad of their own making
13 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati go back to the board over Matt Freese
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $5.2M — a club that wants Matt Freese enough to be asked twice.
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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for FC Cincinnati against Inter Miami CF
1‑2 to Inter Miami CF, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Deadline beats FC Cincinnati to Jack Skahan
The clock did what San Jose Earthquakes would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tim Johnson steps up from the FC Cincinnati academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tim Johnson 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 One of our own: Alex Turner joins the FC Cincinnati first team
- Market Brandon McKennie steps up from the FC Cincinnati academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Bryan Ramírez