The Universidad Catolica Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Universidad Catolica
Branco Ampuero and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daniel González wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matías Palavecino stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Matías Palavecino and Universidad Catolica agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Erick Beausejour steps up from the Universidad Catolica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Erick Beausejour 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
Jean Isla steps up from the Universidad Catolica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jean Isla 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: Erick Mena joins the Universidad Catolica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Erick Mena is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
10 new faces, and Universidad Catolica are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Alexis Maripan chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
Universidad Catolica take on the side everybody is chasing
Palestino arrive as leaders. A side at the top is beaten roughly once a month, and the club that does it gets a week it remembers for a year.
In brief
- Player ratings Clemente Montes was unplayable
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Eugenio Mena
- Match No goals between Universidad Catolica and Iquique