The Deportivo Miranda Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Tomás Barbero would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Tomás Barbero is living that version at Deportivo Miranda, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Deportivo Miranda
Tomás Barbero 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
Luis Otero steps up from the Deportivo Miranda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luis Otero 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: Andres Osorio joins the Deportivo Miranda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andres Osorio 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
Deportivo Miranda promote Darwin Casseres from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Darwin Casseres 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
Roberto Castillo steps up from the Deportivo Miranda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roberto Castillo 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
100 appearances for José Dario Ascanio
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tomás Barbero needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Deportivo Miranda know which stage they are at.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Radamés Davis 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.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Match Deportivo Miranda draw a blank against Academia Puerto Cabello B
- The dugout Rodrigo Gallo left out for tactical reasons at Deportivo Miranda