The Once Caldas Sentinel
Squad25 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Andrés Roa
118 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Once Caldas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match23 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Once Caldas's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Once Caldas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Jaime Alvarado 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 Once Caldas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Luis Sánchez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Graduation day at Once Caldas
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Michael Barrios 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Gustavo Sanchez joins the Once Caldas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gustavo Sanchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Fabian Herrera joins the Once Caldas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fabian Herrera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
Fabian Quintero steps up from the Once Caldas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fabian Quintero 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Gabriel Martinez joins the Once Caldas first team
- Loan watch Juan Esteban Gallego counts the days
- Squad The manager makes an example of Jáder Quiñónes