The Monterrey Gazette
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Álvaro Angulo keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Monterrey may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
Gilberto Mora, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 8.02
A mark of 8.02 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
Jorge Rodríguez pops up at the right end — 7.95
7.95, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Santos Laguna tell Monterrey: Ricardo Echeverría is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Monterrey
Germán Berterame 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.
Market24 Jul 2028
Monterrey may not be able to give Sebastián Vegas what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Sebastián Vegas wants continental football; whether Monterrey can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Monterrey
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.
The terraces24 Jul 2028
One of their own: Gilberto Mora
He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match22 Jul 2028
Monterrey get the job done against Puebla
A 2‑0 win over Puebla, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Market Francisco Ochoa steps up from the Monterrey academy
- Market Cesar Romo steps up from the Monterrey academy
- Market Monterrey promote Francisco Ramirez from within