The CSA Herald
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Leandro Soares keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” CSA may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market17 Apr 2028
Cristian Ordóñez asks to leave CSA
“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.
Player ratings17 Apr 2028
Age has not caught Lucas Salinas yet — 7.81
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.81 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words exchanged at CSA
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.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
2 academy players handed senior numbers at CSA
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at CSA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gabriel Xavier 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.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Cássio
“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.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Victor Pereira joins the CSA first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Pereira is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Apr 2028
CSA promote Danilo Borges from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Danilo Borges 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Kayque ran the middle of the pitch — 6.82
- Squad 100 appearances for Héctor Villamayor
- Boardroom CSA let a promise lapse