The Sol de America Sentinel
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Sol de America agree a free transfer for Fredy Colmán
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Sol de America training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fabricio Arce is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Sol de America
Oscar Coronel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Sol de America are still strangers to each other
10 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
When it matters, Cristian López plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of William González
“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.
In brief
- Squad Franco Ortellado is not doing himself any favours
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Emanuel Kovacs