The Veracruz Courier
Squad24 Jul 2028
132 days out for Kevin Ochoa after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Veracruz will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match22 Jul 2028
Chastening afternoon for Veracruz
A 0‑3 beating by Leon was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market24 Jul 2028
Lusiel Gómez 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 Veracruz can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Jul 2028
The step up is real for Jose Herrera
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Market24 Jul 2028
Marcos Rilo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Veracruz is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market24 Jul 2028
Veracruz may not be able to give Mathías Tomás what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Mathías Tomás wants continental football; whether Veracruz can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Mathías Tomás 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.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 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.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Mathías Tomás
“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 A late step up for Jonathan Herrera
- Market Javier Moreno steps up from the Veracruz academy
- Boardroom A promise the Veracruz board did not keep