Marked for Gabriel Herrera
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Uneasy
Match6 Nov 2027
13 matches without a win for Veracruz
The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around Veracruz are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Defensive actions: 36, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Alexis Dos Santos 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.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rolando Flores, and the manager let it.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 14 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings8 Nov 2027
A defender's afternoon for Freddy Arias
Defensive actions: 13. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Match6 Nov 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Chiapas came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad8 Nov 2027
A club that lets a breach of discipline pass invites the next one, so a week's wages have gone. The matter is closed, officially at least.
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Uneasy
Match30 Oct 2027
12 matches without a win for Veracruz
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Veracruz are no longer polite ones.
Match27 Oct 2027
Veracruz bow out of the cup
Club America go through and Veracruz go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Match1 Nov 2027
Veracruz sink to position 16
11 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad1 Nov 2027
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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings1 Nov 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings1 Nov 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.41, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Nestor Gutierrez, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Nov 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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Steady
Squad30 Aug 2027
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match25 Aug 2027
Veracruz march on in the cup
Dorados are out and Veracruz go through, 0‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 24 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Alexis Dos Santos 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.
Squad30 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.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.27, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Raúl Torres misses from twelve yards
It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.
Squad30 Aug 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Guillermo Araujo knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
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Steady
Match19 Jul 2027
Veracruz are in real trouble now
Position 16, 29 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market19 Jul 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Alexis Dos Santos 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.
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Steady
Squad31 May 2027
Rodolfo Corona: 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.” Veracruz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad31 May 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kevin Martínez, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Squad24 May 2027
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.
Squad24 May 2027
A season average of 7.02 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Nashville SC know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Marked 8.88 — 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.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Marked 8.67 — 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.
Squad24 May 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.
Player ratings24 May 2027
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.10, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match22 May 2027
It needed Hany Mukhtar to find the net to bring anything home at all: 3‑3 against DC United, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad24 May 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Nashville SC have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Steady
Match24 May 2027
Every point is an argument now for Veracruz
Position 16 and 29 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad24 May 2027
Alonso Ramírez: 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.” Veracruz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad24 May 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 May 2027
Kevin Martínez 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.
Squad24 May 2027
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Veracruz would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Loan watch24 May 2027
17 starts now, an average of 6.87, and the team sheet at Deportes Quindio has stopped being a question. Exactly what everybody signed up for.
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Steady
Squad17 May 2027
Diego Jimenez 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.
Squad17 May 2027
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market17 May 2027
He is 20, and nobody at Veracruz signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
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Steady
Market10 May 2027
“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 Nashville SC, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 May 2027
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.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad10 May 2027
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.
Squad10 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Francisco Fraga, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings10 May 2027
A defender's afternoon for Jack Maher
Defensive actions: 14. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings10 May 2027
Shots: 9. 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.
Match8 May 2027
Point won or two lost for Nashville SC?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Columbus Crew? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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Crisis
Market26 Apr 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.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Apr 2027
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.
Match24 Apr 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Apr 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad26 Apr 2027
No hiding place for Alex Muyl
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alex Muyl, and the manager let it.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
4.08 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
Shots: 5, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Reed Baker-Whiting trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Match26 Apr 2027
Every point is an argument now for Veracruz
Position 16 and 29 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad26 Apr 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Alonso Ramírez
“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
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jonathan Rodriguez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Loan watch26 Apr 2027
14 starts and a season average of 6.89. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
Loan watch26 Apr 2027
8 starts now, an average of 6.78, and the team sheet at Nashville SC has stopped being a question. Exactly what everybody signed up for.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Apr 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad19 Apr 2027
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.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
A performance of 9.14 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad19 Apr 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.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match17 Apr 2027
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
4.42 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Market19 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nashville SC know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Somebody is after Sam Surridge’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Sam Surridge suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Nashville SC have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Steady
Squad19 Apr 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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad19 Apr 2027
26 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
Market29 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.
Market29 Mar 2027
Portland Timbers pay $2.1M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad29 Mar 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nashville SC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Marked 8.97 — 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Andy Najar
“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.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Shots: 11. 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.
Match27 Mar 2027
It needed Hany Mukhtar to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against CF Montreal, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
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.
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Steady
Match29 Mar 2027
Every point is an argument now for Veracruz
Position 16 and 29 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Diego Jimenez 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kevin Martínez commits to Veracruz for another 4 years.
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Uneasy
Market22 Mar 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 Nashville SC can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad22 Mar 2027
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.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Marked 8.61 — 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.
Market22 Mar 2027
A conversation is coming this week. Nashville SC will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad22 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.
Match20 Mar 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.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
The one thing Sam Surridge could not do
Shots: 10, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
Market22 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nashville SC know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
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
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nashville SC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market1 Mar 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.
Market1 Mar 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Nashville SC has been clear about where Reed Baker-Whiting stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market1 Mar 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Patrick Yazbek may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Nashville SC would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
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Crisis
Player ratings1 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 37. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match1 Mar 2027
Every point is an argument now for Veracruz
Position 16 and 25 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Nestor Vega: 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.” Veracruz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Diego Jimenez 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.
Match27 Feb 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Raúl Torres 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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Crisis
Squad15 Feb 2027
Diego Jimenez 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.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market15 Feb 2027
Add another name to the list: Nashville SC have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Gabriel Herrera. The answer from Veracruz has not changed — yet.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Diego Jimenez is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.28 with 10 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match13 Feb 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Marked 3.89, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Cesar Lozano
“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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Rodolfo Gallardo’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Marked 5.56, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
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Steady
Squad23 Nov 2026
Gabriel Herrera: 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.” Veracruz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market23 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A season average of 7.47 with 9 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match21 Nov 2026
Three points for Veracruz, 3‑1 the final word against Leon in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.20, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.84, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.54 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad23 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Guilherme
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Guilherme, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Match24 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Veracruz's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Veracruz has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Marked 9.17 — 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Raúl Torres 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 Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.84 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A season average of 7.32 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
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Steady
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Jesus Herrera
Defensive actions: 29. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market7 Sep 2026
Veracruz say no — this time
The offer from Tijuana for Nestor Vega 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 ratings7 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.16, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Raúl Torres 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Diego Jimenez’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Veracruz.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Marco Romo 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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Marked 8.29 — 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.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 18, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Nestor Vega 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 Veracruz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Veracruz can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Diego Jimenez 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Three points for Veracruz, 3‑2 the final word against Santos Laguna in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market31 Aug 2026
The name of Nestor Vega has come up in conversations Veracruz were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market31 Aug 2026
Hugo Corona has left for Chiapas in a $120.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.98 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Marked 8.63 — 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.
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Uneasy
Match19 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Veracruz
1‑1 against Chiapas, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
Veracruz say no — this time
The offer from Pachuca for Sebastian Ramirez 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Veracruz's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Veracruz has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Freddy Arias 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
1‑2 to Club America, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.78, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
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Crisis
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
Toluca come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Veracruz did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Freddy Arias 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 Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
0‑2 to Queretaro, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Guillermo Araujo, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jose Salcedo and Veracruz agree another 3 years.
Market17 Aug 2026
Austin FC are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Veracruz will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Angel Ochoa 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A mark of 5.49 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Raul Ramirez has come up in conversations Veracruz were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market3 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market3 Aug 2026
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Veracruz heard it as anything else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jesus Herrera commits to Veracruz for another 2 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
1‑2 to Guadalajara, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.69, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Diego Jimenez, and the manager let it.
Market3 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Veracruz has been clear about where Jonathan Rodriguez stands, which is more than many ever get.