Michael López

Striker - Plaza Colonia
22 May 2027
Saturday
Process
38 Edition

The Plaza Colonia Chronicle

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Michael López

“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.

Match

No goals between Plaza Colonia and Montevideo City Torque

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Montevideo City Torque will be the happier side with the point.

Loan watch

Álvaro López keeps scoring at Albion

8 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

In brief

Back issues
37 Edition

The Plaza Colonia Chronicle

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Plaza Colonia see off Defensor Sporting

Three points for Plaza Colonia, 2-0 the final word against Defensor Sporting in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Diego Tissera

“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.

Squad

Michael López 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.

In brief

31 Edition

The Plaza Colonia Chronicle

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gonzalo Bueno

“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.

Match

Plaza Colonia and Cerro Largo take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Michael López is off the mark for Plaza Colonia

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

30 Edition

The Plaza Colonia Chronicle

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Michael López signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Michael López commits to Plaza Colonia for another 3 years.

Squad

Pablo García 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Plaza Colonia against Danubio

0-1 to Danubio, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

26 Edition

The Plaza Colonia Chronicle

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Plaza Colonia put Yacouba Meïté up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Yacouba Meïté may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Squad

Santiago Otegui knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Plaza Colonia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Michael López keeps his manager's vote

The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Michael López plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.

22 Edition

The Plaza Colonia Chronicle

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Matías Velázquez asks to leave Plaza Colonia

“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

Joaquín Silva 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.

Market

Experience through the door at Plaza Colonia

Diego Tissera arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

In brief

15 Edition

The Plaza Colonia Chronicle

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Matías Velázquez

“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.

Squad

Joaquín Silva knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Plaza Colonia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

The manager comes out for Michael López

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Michael López has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.