The America de Cali Sentinel
Squad18 Oct 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Omar Bertel
18 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. America de Cali lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match18 Oct 2027
Every point is an argument now for America de Cali
Position 18 and 37 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.
Market18 Oct 2027
Yeison Moreno 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 The request is on a desk at America de Cali, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad18 Oct 2027
A falling-out at America de Cali
Jean and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Rafael Carrascal
“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.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Andres Romero joins the America de Cali first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andres Romero is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
One of our own: Brian Martinez joins the America de Cali first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brian Martinez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market18 Oct 2027
Pablo Uribe steps up from the America de Cali academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pablo Uribe 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Darwin Machís 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.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured at America de Cali
- Loan watch Dominic Hernández counts the days
- The dugout The team sheet said everything about Yeison Moreno