The Ureña Herald
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Yilber García keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ureña may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Ureña lose Erick Sarmiento
33 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Ureña
Jorge Páez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Ureña
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
Carlos Ramírez 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Victor Rincon joins the Ureña first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Rincon 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: Sergio Cordova joins the Ureña first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergio Cordova 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: Luis Ramirez joins the Ureña first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luis Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
Alfredo Mendoza is still paying for one afternoon at Ureña
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
In brief
- Boardroom 91% of the income goes out in wages at Ureña
- The dugout The form table has caught Néstor Canelón
- Match Honours even between Ureña and Rayo Zuliano