Horacio Caceda

Striker - UTC U18
23 Dec 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Horacio Caceda

127 Edition

The UTC Herald

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Juan Manuel Crespo asks to leave UTC

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

UTC turn down Alianza Atletico for Jhosep Núñez

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Horacio Caceda out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Horacio Caceda, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Words exchanged at UTC

David Camacho 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Diego Campos

UTC asked and Melgar said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Junior Huerto is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at UTC has been clear about where Junior Huerto stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Tiago Marghetich

“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.

Squad

Words at UTC training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Gálvez 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.

Transfer targets

UTC try to borrow Brandon Gómez

Torres have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

Back issues
80 Edition

The UTC Herald

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Jhefferson Rodríguez has said yes to Ittihad

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. UTC have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad

Ignacio Barrios stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad

David Camacho 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 UTC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

Graduation day at UTC

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad

Luis Arce 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.

Match

3 matches without a goal for UTC

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Market

One of our own: Victor Ruidiaz joins the UTC first team

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

Market

UTC promote Paolo Abram from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Paolo Abram 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.

Market

Horacio Caceda steps up from the UTC academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Horacio Caceda 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.

In brief