The America de Cali Sentinel
Match12 Aug 2026
America de Cali march on in the cup
Universitario Popayan are out and America de Cali go through, 5‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Dorlan Pabón scores twice — 9.56
Two goals and a mark of 9.56 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Yeison Guzmán takes the afternoon — 8.10
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Yeison Guzmán provided it, and the 8.10 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market17 Aug 2026
America de Cali say no — this time
The offer from Estoril Praia for Yojan Garcés 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Tilman Palacios, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.80
A mark of 7.80 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Jhon Murillo beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Luis Quiñones 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 America de Cali this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
America de Cali supporters have found a favourite in Jan Franc Lucumí
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Jan Franc Lucumí has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match15 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for America de Cali against La Equidad
0‑1 to La Equidad, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Match Dorlan Pabón at the heart of a fast America de Cali start
- The dugout Hector Borja: “No excuses”
- The dugout Jean has become a man the manager trusts