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Uneasy
Market25 Oct 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 Dorados can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The medical room confirms 145 days on the sidelines for José Javier Abella , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match23 Oct 2027
Chiapas made Dorados work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Loan watch25 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 Dorados , and 1 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad25 Oct 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.
Squad25 Oct 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.
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Steady
Squad18 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Iván Moreno : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match16 Oct 2027
A bad afternoon for Leon against Toluca
0-2 to Toluca , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch18 Oct 2027
“I did not go to Dorados to sit and watch. I want to come back to Leon and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
Squad18 Oct 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
The name of Jaine Barreiro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad20 Sep 2027
A one-man rearguard from Rodolfo Cota
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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match18 Sep 2027
Leon get the job done against Puebla A 1-0 win over Puebla , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Loan watch20 Sep 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 Leon , and 3 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad20 Sep 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.
Market20 Sep 2027
The name of Jaine Barreiro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The shirt belongs to Ismael Díaz now
At 30 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Leon have a decision that made itself.
Market20 Sep 2027
Leon have made Aarón Arredondo available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Loan watch20 Sep 2027
7 starts and a season average of 6.95. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
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Uneasy
Match25 Aug 2027
Dorados through in the cupA 1-0 win over Morelia , and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match28 Aug 2027
Beaten 0-3 by Tigres , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from David Shrem
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.
Market30 Aug 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 Dorados can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Aug 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Edson Gutiérrez
“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.
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Crisis
Squad23 Aug 2027
Iván Moreno : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Leon 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Leon has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2027
41 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Match21 Aug 2027
Pumas UNAM left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 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.
Loan watch23 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Dorados to sit and watch. I want to come back to Leon and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Market23 Aug 2027
The name of Jaine Barreiro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The shirt belongs to Rodolfo Cota now
At 40 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Leon have a decision that made itself.
Market23 Aug 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Leo Suárez may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Match19 Jul 2027
Dorados sink to position 1717 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Geonathan Barrera and Dorados agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Emanuel Ley 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.
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Uneasy
Squad31 May 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.
Squad31 May 2027
The medical room confirms 53 days on the sidelines for Juan Pablo Domínguez , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad31 May 2027
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Jaine Barreiro , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad31 May 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Oliver Melgoza and Leon agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market31 May 2027
The name of Jaine Barreiro keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Leon say nothing, which says plenty.
Market31 May 2027
Luis Lee leaves for nothingContract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Luis Lee leaves Leon the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Jordan García
“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.
Loan watch19 Apr 2027
27 appearances away from home and 11 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market19 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad19 Apr 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 Leon , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Oliver Melgoza has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Market1 Mar 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 Mar 2027
Iván Moreno : 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.” Leon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match27 Feb 2027
1-3 to Guadalajara , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Dodô Dodô asks to leave Leon
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Sebastián Vegas
“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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Iván Rodríguez will call it something else in private.
Squad1 Mar 2027
One booking too many, and Juan Pablo Domínguez sits out. Leon lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
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Steady
Market15 Feb 2027
Leo Suárez hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leon can pretend not to have heard.
Market15 Feb 2027
The name of Oliver Melgoza has come up in conversations Leon were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad15 Feb 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
Toluca take the points off Leon Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Óscar Jiménez 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Leon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.