The Sol de America Sentinel
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Sol de America
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match6 Feb 2027
Sol de America come up short against General Caballero
General Caballero left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Sol de America training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Fernando Román is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Aquilino Giménez 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 Sol de America this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Fabricio Arce
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Joel Jiménez
“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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Juan Almiron steps up from the Sol de America academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juan Almiron has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Federico Sanabria joins the Sol de America first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Federico Sanabria is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Roberto Martinez joins the Sol de America first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roberto Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Gustavo Santa Cruz joins the Sol de America first team
- Squad Rhuan signs on for more
- Boardroom Sol de America spend where nobody can see it