The Union Magdalena Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Ventforet Kofu join the queue for Bautista Farías
Add another name to the list: Ventforet Kofu have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Bautista Farías. The answer from Union Magdalena has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Víctor Cabezas 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 Union Magdalena this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Union Magdalena agree a free transfer for Juan David Ararat
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leonardo Rios steps up from the Union Magdalena academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonardo Rios 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
Union Magdalena promote Gustavo Borja from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gustavo Borja 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
One of our own: Kevin Garcia joins the Union Magdalena first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Garcia is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Union Magdalena come up short against Cortulua
Cortulua left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Duvan Quintero to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Christian Vargas dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Daniel Mera
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Dilan Ortiz
- Squad Somebody is after Víctor Cabezas’s shirt