The Patriotas Chronicle
Match23 Jan 2027
Whatever happens, Patriotas do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match23 Jan 2027
4 matches without a win for Patriotas
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Patriotas are no longer polite ones.
Match23 Jan 2027
4 matches without a goal for Patriotas
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Brayan Fernández 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 Patriotas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Patriotas
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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Leonardo Medina steps up from the Patriotas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leonardo Medina 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Patriotas promote Brian Bacca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Brian Bacca 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Jesus Restrepo joins the Patriotas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jesus Restrepo 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: James Castillo joins the Patriotas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Castillo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Alexis Ordóñez falls out with a teammate over standards
- Loan watch Juan Sebastián Sarmiento wants to come home
- Squad The manager has not finished forgetting Kevin Salazar's mistake