The UTC Herald
Squad14 Sep 2026
Bruno Duarte falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Ignacio Barrios
“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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at UTC
Jhosep Núñez 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
A long bet from UTC on Miguel Ruidiaz
He is 15, and nobody at UTC signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market14 Sep 2026
UTC sign Sergio Reyna, one for the future
Sergio Reyna is 14, and UTC have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market14 Sep 2026
UTC and Francesco Cavagna are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market Francesco Cavagna runs his contract down
- Squad Ricardo Bettocchi has settled at UTC