The Cooper Courier
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Cooper part company with Eduardo Diaz
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Patricio Gregorio keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Cooper may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Jorge Fernandez minds the shop at Cooper
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Jorge Fernandez recited it perfectly.
Match10 Feb 2029
No end in sight to Cooper's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Cooper has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Yordi López 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 Cooper this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Cooper
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.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Door shut on Víctor Antúnez
Cooper asked and Salus said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Ademir Silva 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Cooper promote Jonathan Castro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Castro 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
- Market Cooper promote Daniel Perez from within
- Market Franco Rossi steps up from the Cooper academy
- Market One of our own: Rafael Rivera joins the Cooper first team