The Ureña Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ureña
Diego Méndez 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 Aug 2026
Words at Ureña training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stifensón Pérez 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Junior Osorio steps up from the Ureña academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Junior Osorio 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Salomon Gonzalez joins the Ureña first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Salomon Gonzalez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ureña promote Rafael Cordova from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rafael Cordova has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gabriel Rincon steps up from the Ureña academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Rincon 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Diego Méndez
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Diego Méndez, and the manager let it.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Ureña against Barquisimeto
0‑1 to Barquisimeto, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Néstor Canelón
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Ureña will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Squad 15 new faces, and Ureña are still learning each other
- The dugout Carlos Rosales faces the questions
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Luis Corredor