The Caracas Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luis Del Pino Mago 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 Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Alejandro Rosales joins the Caracas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Rosales 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
Caracas promote Junior Ramirez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Junior Ramirez 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
Sergio Castillo steps up from the Caracas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergio Castillo 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
Fernando Savarino steps up from the Caracas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fernando Savarino 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Eduardo Fereira signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Eduardo Fereira and Caracas agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Rafael Arace
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. Caracas will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Match8 Aug 2026
Caracas caught on 85 minutes
The board was up, the win was priced in, and then Deportivo Tachira scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Alexander González runs at them all day
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.
In brief
- Squad 10 new faces, and Caracas are still learning each other
- Player ratings Jeriel De Santis takes the honours
- Match Honours even between Caracas and Deportivo Tachira