Luis Sánchez

Right Midfielder - Nashville SC
20 Sep 2028
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Luis Sánchez

76 Edition

The Chiapas Herald

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Chiapas's wait for a win

25 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chiapas has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Frankie Amaya

Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at Chiapas

Erik Pimentel 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

Frankie Amaya is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.38 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Chiapas come up short against Pachuca

Pachuca left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Donovan Moreno 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

Back issues
76 Edition

The Nashville SC Post

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Still no name above the door at Nashville SC

Day 40 of the vacancy. Candidates have been priced, sounded out and quietly ruled out — and the caretaker’s win ratio is becoming an argument all by itself.

Squad

Tempers go at Nashville SC

Jeisson Palacios 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.

Market

Cristian Espinoza linked with a move away

The name of Cristian Espinoza keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Nashville SC say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Daniel Parra 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 Nashville SC, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Hany Mukhtar has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Hany Mukhtar keeps the shirt for now, at Nashville SC's convenience rather than his own.

Market

Nashville SC pick up Luis Sánchez for nothing

The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Luis Sánchez arrives at Nashville SC with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.

In brief

26 Edition

The Chiapas Herald

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Luis Sánchez 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 Chiapas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Chiapas sign Donovan Moreno for $200.0K

The paperwork is done: Donovan Moreno joins from Toluca in a deal worth $200.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Tempers go at Chiapas

Erik Pimentel 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

A bad afternoon for Chiapas against Club America

0‑1 to Club America, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

No hiding place for Antonio De María y Campos

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Antonio De María y Campos, and the manager let it.

Squad

Frankie Amaya signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Frankie Amaya commits to Chiapas for another 4 years.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ozziel Herrera

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

No place for Dionicio Escalante on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Chiapas pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Player ratings

Diego Abella leaves them behind him

Shots: 5. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

23 Edition

The Chiapas Herald

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Xavier Báez

Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Erik Pimentel 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 Chiapas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Erik Pimentel

Marked 9.54 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Match

Erik Pimentel the difference as Chiapas beat Puebla

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Erik Pimentel. 1‑0 against Puebla, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Alan Acosta runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Luis Donaldo Hernández

Marked 8.09 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

No hiding place for Welligton

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

Market

Luis Sánchez told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Luis Sánchez has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Chiapas.

Squad

Somebody is after Xavier Báez’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Xavier Báez suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Chiapas have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief