The Union La Calera Gazette
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Union La Calera
Nicolás Avellaneda 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.
Boardroom15 Feb 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Union La Calera
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market15 Feb 2027
Union La Calera promote Francisco Sanchez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francisco Sanchez 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Gonzalo Aranguiz steps up from the Union La Calera academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gonzalo Aranguiz 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Matias Meneses steps up from the Union La Calera academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matias Meneses 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
One of our own: Ivan Diaz joins the Union La Calera first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Diaz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Nicolás Palma gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Carlo Villanueva
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words at Union La Calera training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matías Ríos is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Match Union La Calera draw a blank against O'Higgins
- Squad When it matters, Alan Brítez plays
- Boardroom Union La Calera spend it where nobody looks