Joaquín Valiente

Central Midfielder - FC Dallas
13 Dec 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Joaquín Valiente

9 Edition

The FC Dallas Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Christian Cappis hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what FC Dallas can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at FC Dallas

Santiago Moreno 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.

Match

FC Dallas see off Colorado Rapids

Three points for FC Dallas, 2‑1 the final word against Colorado Rapids in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

One of those days for Santiago Moreno

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.96, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Joaquín Valiente in the eights

A performance of 8.47 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

No hiding place for Alec Kann

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alec Kann, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The FC Dallas Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

The unthinkable, invoiced: Petar Musa sold

Brighton arrived with $15.1M and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.

Squad

Alec Kann decides it from twelve yards

2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match

Cup progress for FC Dallas

A 2‑2 win over Inter Miami CF, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Ramiro

Defensive actions: 35. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Tempers go at FC Dallas

Santiago Moreno 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.

Player ratings

Lalas Abubakar shuts the door

Defensive actions: 23, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Santiago Moreno

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

One of those days for Joaquín Valiente

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.96, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Joaquín Valiente the difference as FC Dallas beat St. Louis CITY SC

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Joaquín Valiente. 1‑0 against St. Louis CITY SC, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

2 Edition

The FC Dallas Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Dynamo Kyiv come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and FC Dallas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Osaze Urhoghide hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what FC Dallas can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Eyes on Logan Farrington again

The phone has started ringing about Logan Farrington again, and this time the name on the line is Pumas UNAM. FC Dallas are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Herman Johansson signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Herman Johansson commits to FC Dallas for another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at FC Dallas

Santiago Moreno 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.

Squad

Herman Johansson 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.

In brief

1 Edition

The FC Dallas Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

FC Dallas turn down Lazio for Petar Musa

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Christian Cappis asks to leave FC Dallas

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Petar Musa stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Petar Musa and FC Dallas agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Petar Musa in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FC Dallas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Petar Musa the difference as FC Dallas beat LA Galaxy

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Petar Musa. 2‑1 against LA Galaxy, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Market

24 months and counting on Ramiro

Still no offer on the table, and Ramiro’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Squad

Herman Johansson asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Player ratings

Joaquín Valiente runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Patrickson Delgado 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.

In brief