The FC Cincinnati Chronicle
Market3 Aug 2026
Pavel Bucha puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at FC Cincinnati, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market3 Aug 2026
FC Cincinnati say no — this time
The offer from Seattle Sounders for Kévin Denkey was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 5 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Evander signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Evander commits to FC Cincinnati for another 4 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
Inter Miami CF take the points off FC Cincinnati
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Evander 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Evander's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Pavel Bucha knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Pavel Bucha trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kévin Denkey finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. FC Cincinnati have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
In brief
- Market No place for Kyle Smith in the plan
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Kévin Denkey