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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Universidad Catolica against Iquique
0‑2 to Iquique, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
Universidad Catolica promote Juan Vargas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Vargas 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: Francisco Beausejour joins the Universidad Catolica first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francisco Beausejour 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
Universidad Catolica promote Felipe Castillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Felipe Castillo 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Universidad Catolica dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Jhojan Valencia's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Nicolás Franco behind
- Squad 10 new faces, and Universidad Catolica are still learning each other
- The dugout Francisco Davila answers for it