The Veracruz Courier
Boardroom25 Jul 2033
Veracruz part company with Interim Coach
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Squad25 Jul 2033
Brayton Vázquez damages knee ligaments — 133 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 133 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom25 Jul 2033
An empty coaching office at Veracruz
There is nobody left to promote and nobody left to run a session. The board have brought in a name the supporters do not know, and the question of how a club gets here will outlast whoever answers it.
Boardroom25 Jul 2033
Interim Coach takes charge at Veracruz
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Squad25 Jul 2033
Facundo Ledesma keeps Veracruz in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The dugout25 Jul 2033
Óscar Soto: 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.
Boardroom25 Jul 2033
9 academy graduates step up at Veracruz
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets25 Jul 2033
Door shut on Ángel Zapata
Veracruz asked and Club America said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad25 Jul 2033
Angel Brambila 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.
In brief
- Market Veracruz promote Erick Martin from within
- Market Veracruz promote Santiago Salcedo from within
- Market Veracruz promote Hector Ramirez from within