The Deportes Santa Cruz Sentinel
Match12 Feb 2028
8 matches without a win for Deportes Santa Cruz
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Deportes Santa Cruz are no longer polite ones.
Market14 Feb 2028
As if he never left: Santiago Carrero returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Santiago Carrero is a Deportes Santa Cruz player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Deportes Santa Cruz
Javier Calderón and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Deportes Santa Cruz
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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Diego Urzúa 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.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Diego Urzúa gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market14 Feb 2028
Deportes Santa Cruz promote Jose Montecinos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jose Montecinos 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Ivan Davila steps up from the Deportes Santa Cruz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Davila 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Gonzalo Valencia steps up from the Deportes Santa Cruz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gonzalo Valencia 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
- Match A bad afternoon for Deportes Santa Cruz against Santiago Morning
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Pablo Alza
- Boardroom A promise the Deportes Santa Cruz board did not keep