The America de Cali Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Dylan Borrero scores twice — 8.18
Two goals and a mark of 8.18 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market10 Aug 2026
America de Cali sell Josen Escobar for $6.0M
Josen Escobar has left for Celta in a $6.0M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $6.0M sale of Josen Escobar
He is going to Celta, the club has $6.0M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Darwin Machís, 33, rolls back the years — 8.22
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.22 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market10 Aug 2026
America de Cali turn down Atalanta for Tilman Palacios
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Darwin Machís signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Darwin Machís and America de Cali agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at America de Cali
Jean was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jhon Murillo wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Match8 Aug 2026
America de Cali find a way past Jaguares
Jaguares made America de Cali work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Match Dylan Borrero at the heart of a fast America de Cali start
- Squad Darwin Machís knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Omar Bertel dropped after a run of poor form