The Sousa Post
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Arthur Alves is out at Sousa
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Market16 Apr 2029
Alejandro Hales asks to leave Sousa
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Douglas Xavier takes charge at Sousa
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Sousa
Ítalo Henrique 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Sousa
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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Alejandro Hales 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Sousa promote Danilo Teixeira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Danilo Teixeira 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Sousa promote Diego Freitas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Freitas 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Sousa promote Douglas Nogueira from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Douglas Nogueira 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Sousa pay $12.6K to end Arthur Alves's contract
- The dugout A clean slate for Juan Fernando Garro
- The dugout Dênis knocks on the manager’s door