The FC Cincinnati Chronicle
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Kristian Fletcher: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” FC Cincinnati have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad23 Nov 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at FC Cincinnati
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Carlos Abeldaño was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Kyle Smith gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market23 Nov 2026
The Pavel Bucha story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Pavel Bucha signs something — a contract at FC Cincinnati or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Nick DePuy has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at FC Cincinnati will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- The dugout Nick Hagglund asks for a word with the manager
- Loan watch Samuel Gidi's loan at Columbus Crew nearly up