Brian Lopez

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Marked for Brian Lopez

64 Edition

The Santa Fe Herald

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market18 Oct 2027

Carlos Riascos puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Santa Fe, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad18 Oct 2027

A falling-out at Santa Fe

Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad18 Oct 2027

Words at Santa Fe training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luis Palacios is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout18 Oct 2027

The manager makes an example of Luis Palacios

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout18 Oct 2027

When it matters, Nahuel Bustos plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout18 Oct 2027

A promise honoured at Santa Fe

Something was said to Alexis Zapata and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

Squad18 Oct 2027

Young player of the week: Brian Lopez

At 17 he was the best of everybody his age in the division for one weekend. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.

Squad18 Oct 2027

A wage question at Santa Fe

Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.

Match18 Oct 2027

Santa Fe have something to play for

Position 5 on 72 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.

In brief

Back issues
63 Edition

The Santa Fe Herald

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad11 Oct 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jaen Pineda

16 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Santa Fe lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Defences have started doubling up on Nahuel Bustos

30 goals and a season average of 7.66 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Match11 Oct 2027

The season ends: position 5 for Santa Fe

The last league game has been played and the table has stopped moving: 72 points. The summer begins on Monday, and so does the argument about what it all meant.

Player ratings11 Oct 2027

Brian Lopez, 17, steals the show — 8.36

Marked 8.36 at 17, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Market11 Oct 2027

Duván Mósquera hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Santa Fe can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings11 Oct 2027

Yéicar Perlaza beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Words exchanged at Santa Fe

Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo 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.

Match9 Oct 2027

Santa Fe see off Deportivo Pereira

Three points for Santa Fe, 3‑1 the final word against Deportivo Pereira in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces11 Oct 2027

The crowd has taken to Jacob Gómez

At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief

26 Edition

The Santa Fe Herald

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market25 Jan 2027

Carlos Robles hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Santa Fe can pretend not to have heard.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Words exchanged at Santa Fe

Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo 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.

Boardroom25 Jan 2027

5 academy graduates step up at Santa Fe

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Words at Santa Fe training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leyvin Balanta is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match23 Jan 2027

Atletico Bucaramanga take the points off Santa Fe

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market25 Jan 2027

One of our own: Camilo Cordoba joins the Santa Fe first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Camilo Cordoba 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: Brian Lopez joins the Santa Fe first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brian Lopez 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: Duvan Muriel joins the Santa Fe first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Duvan Muriel is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Player ratings25 Jan 2027

Brayan Moreno did the work nobody counts — 7.56

10 combined actions and 7.56. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.

In brief