The Unión San Felipe Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Unión San Felipe
Norberto Palmieri 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sebastián Cabrera 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gary Diaz steps up from the Unión San Felipe academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gary Diaz 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
Cristian Pulgar steps up from the Unión San Felipe academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristian Pulgar 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: Rodrigo Fernandez joins the Unión San Felipe first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rodrigo Fernandez 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
Unión San Felipe promote Francisco Valencia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francisco Valencia 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Javier Balbuena 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Unión San Felipe come up short against Rangers de Talca
Rangers de Talca left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Unión San Felipe
16 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout Marcelo Nunez: “No excuses”
- Squad The formation has left Gary Tello behind
- Looking ahead Unión San Felipe take on the side everybody is chasing