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Crisis
Match13 Nov 2027
7 matches without a win for Macarthur FC
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Macarthur FC are no longer polite ones.
Market15 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Macarthur FC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Adamu Hussaini : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Macarthur FC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
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Squad15 Nov 2027
Mauro Martín 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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Hernán Petryk 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.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
4 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Crisis
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match6 Nov 2027
6 matches without a win for Macarthur FC
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Macarthur FC are no longer polite ones.
Match6 Nov 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Ji Dong-Won 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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luke Vickery commits to Macarthur FC for another 4 years.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Steven Lustica 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.
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Steady
Market1 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad1 Nov 2027
140 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match23 Oct 2027
4 matches without a win for Macarthur FC
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Macarthur FC are no longer polite ones.
Market25 Oct 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Ethan Cox Ethan Cox keeps Macarthur FC in it on his own
Market25 Oct 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market25 Oct 2027
The shirt still fits. Bailey Robertson is back at Macarthur FC , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market25 Oct 2027
The shirt still fits. Ryan Spencer is back at Macarthur FC , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Alexandr Dolgov
“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.
Match23 Oct 2027
It finished 3-3, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad25 Oct 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Macarthur FC have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Steady
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jonathan dos Santos commits to Progreso for another 2 years.
Loan watch4 Oct 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Progreso , and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Diego Sánchez Diego Sánchez says Progreso went back on their word
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Uneasy
Squad20 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Jing Reec 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 Macarthur FC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market20 Sep 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Saná Gomes may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Squad30 Aug 2027
21 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Mark Natta , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Alexandr Dolgov keeps the shirt for now, at Macarthur FC 's convenience rather than his own.
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Upbeat
Match28 Aug 2027
A 2-0 win over Cerrito , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Ayrton Cougo
“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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A season average of 7.31 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad30 Aug 2027
At 26 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Progreso have a decision that made itself.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Progreso , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market30 Aug 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Wilman Moreira leaves Progreso the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Steady
Market23 Aug 2027
Perth Glory are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Progreso will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 21 days on the sidelines for Facundo Molina , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Ayrton Cougo left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Ayrton Cougo will call it something else in private.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Match21 Aug 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market23 Aug 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Crisis
Market16 Aug 2027
The name of Matteo Copelotti has come up in conversations Progreso were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Matěj Polidar
“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.
Match14 Aug 2027
Defensor Sporting left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Defensor Sporting to sit and watch. I want to come back to Progreso and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jonathan dos Santos keeps the shirt for now, at Progreso 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Progreso , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market2 Aug 2027
The bid was some way short and Progreso did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A season average of 7.30 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match31 Jul 2027
A 1-1 draw with Cerro leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Mario García 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 Progreso , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market2 Aug 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Federico López may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Market26 Jul 2027
The name of Matteo Copelotti has come up in conversations Progreso were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“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.
Match24 Jul 2027
A 1-0 win over Juventud , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad26 Jul 2027
50 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Agustín Paz unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Agustín Paz has let it be known that he does not like the way Progreso are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
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Crisis
Match19 Jun 2027
6 matches without a win for Progreso
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Progreso are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A one-man rearguard from Dyogo Alves
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market21 Jun 2027
Bunyodkor come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Progreso did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market21 Jun 2027
The fee is $410.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Deportivo Maldonado drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Match19 Jun 2027
Liverpool Montevideo left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexis Carvallo commits to Progreso for another 4 years.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Gary Silva 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Hernán Petryk may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Progreso , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match12 Jun 2027
5 matches without a win for Progreso
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Progreso are no longer polite ones.
Market14 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market14 Jun 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Progreso have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Dyogo Alves 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.
Match12 Jun 2027
0-1 to Penarol , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market14 Jun 2027
He is 18, and nobody at Progreso signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A new face in his position, and Federico Andueza suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Progreso have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Progreso , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Squad26 Apr 2027
A one-man rearguard from Dyogo Alves
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match24 Apr 2027
A 1-0 win over Nacional , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Gonzalo Silva
“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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
At 35 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Progreso are won quietly and lost loudly.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Matteo Copelotti 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.
Boardroom26 Apr 2027
A squad written off a fortnight ago has closed ranks. Whatever was said behind that door, it has held so far.
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Upbeat
Match27 Mar 2027
Plaza Colonia made Progreso work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matteo Copelotti and Progreso agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Facundo Kidd 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.
Market29 Mar 2027
Progreso have made Lucas Tabó available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Match27 Feb 2027
Penarol left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Progreso , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Market11 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market11 Jan 2027
“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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The Racing deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Bruno Buero reports back to Progreso with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Santiago Viera and Progreso agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Mauro Martín
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
José Vanetta 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.
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Upbeat
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Kleyber Cuesta reports back to Progreso with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Mauro Martín Mauro Martín says Progreso went back on their word
Market4 Jan 2027
The name of Matteo Copelotti has come up in conversations Progreso were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 48 days on the sidelines for Juan Sebastián Rivero , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“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.
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Upbeat
Market21 Dec 2026
Lautaro Fernández has left for River Plate in a $51.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Gonzalo 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.
Market21 Dec 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Kleyber Cuesta may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Crisis
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Agustín Paz and Progreso agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match1 Aug 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Agustín Paz '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
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.