The Ureña Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Francisco Castillo out for 35 days
35 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Ureña lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marcos Gafaro has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ureña they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jorge Páez gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Jorge Páez has just signed for Ureña, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Ureña to lose Marcos Gafaro for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Marcos Gafaro has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Ureña
Jorge Páez 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Fernando García will join Ureña for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Fernando García has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Ureña have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jose Gonzalez steps up from the Ureña academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jose Gonzalez 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
Francisco Castillo steps up from the Ureña academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Francisco 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ureña promote David Rondon from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Rondon 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
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Marcos Gafaro
- Squad This league is too small for Jhon González
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Yilber García