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Match3 Oct 2026
11 matches without a win for Chiapas
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Chiapas are no longer polite ones.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for José Saldivar
50 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Chiapas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market5 Oct 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Chiapas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match3 Oct 2026
The goals have deserted Chiapas
4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Chiapas can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Chiapas
Jorge Torres Nilo 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Fernando Valenzuela 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Cervantes commits to Chiapas for another 1 years.
Match3 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Squad28 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Rodrigo Lugo
There were 11 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match26 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for Chiapas
10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match26 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑6 by Club America, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match26 Sep 2026
Chiapas leaking at the back
10 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Chiapas
Jorge Torres Nilo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match26 Sep 2026
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Chiapas and Club America, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Chiapas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fernando Valenzuela was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match26 Sep 2026
3 matches without a goal for Chiapas
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.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jorge Torres Nilo, and the manager let it.
In brief
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Boardroom
Inquest at Chiapas
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Player ratings
Hugo Camberos runs at them all day
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The dugout
The manager’s verdict
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Crisis
Match19 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Chiapas's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chiapas has to find a result from somewhere.
Match19 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑3 by Morelia, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match19 Sep 2026
No clean sheets in sight for Chiapas
9 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Chiapas
José Joaquín Martínez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“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.
Boardroom21 Sep 2026
Nobody left the Chiapas dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑3 defeat, delivered by Guillermo Marquez to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Jero is still paying for one afternoon at Chiapas
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
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The dugout
The form table has caught Marvin Piñón
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Looking ahead
The leaders are next for Chiapas
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Player ratings
A day to forget for Jero
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Crisis
Squad14 Sep 2026
14 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
8 matches without a win for Chiapas
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Chiapas are no longer polite ones.
Match12 Sep 2026
Chiapas are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 8 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Jorge Torres Nilo 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market14 Sep 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andres Rodriguez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Chiapas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jero 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 dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Ezequiel Viola
“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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Chiapas are still strangers to each other
23 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
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Match5 Sep 2026
Nowhere to hide for Chiapas
2‑5 against Puebla, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Match5 Sep 2026
7 matches without a win for Chiapas
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Chiapas are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match5 Sep 2026
Chiapas are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 7 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Chiapas close the window on a squad of their own making
30 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market7 Sep 2026
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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Chiapas
Jorge Torres Nilo 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Chiapas and Puebla, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
No deal for Bryan Gamboa at that price
Chiapas offered $150.0K; Cruz Azul said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
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Match29 Aug 2026
The wait goes on for Chiapas
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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 Chiapas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match29 Aug 2026
Chiapas leaking at the back
6 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Chiapas
Jorge Torres Nilo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
The offer went to Cruz Azul this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Chiapas offered $300.0K; Toluca said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Match29 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Diego Abella, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Chiapas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fernando Valenzuela was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Match22 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Chiapas
A 0‑4 beating by Cruz Azul was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad24 Aug 2026
9 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.
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Chiapas out
Out, 1‑4 to Veracruz, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ángel Rico beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 33. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
Chiapas are taken apart by Veracruz — and the town wants answers
It finished 1-4. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Hugo Camberos, 19, steals the show — 7.71
Marked 7.71 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market24 Aug 2026
“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.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Chiapas's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chiapas has to find a result from somewhere.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Lugano keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
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Squad17 Aug 2026
12 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑4 by Monterrey, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market17 Aug 2026
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Chiapas have paid $3.0M for Fernando Valenzuela, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jorge Torres Nilo 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Diego Abella 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Chiapas cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
“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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Chiapas dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
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Squad10 Aug 2026
10 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
0‑4 to Pumas UNAM, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The deal with Queretaro is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Chiapas
Jorge Torres Nilo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rodrigo Lugo, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hector Guardado 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Santiago Lozano 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Guillermo Arteaga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hector Salcedo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
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Boardroom
Nobody left the Chiapas dressing room in a hurry
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Squad
No place for Hugo Weckmann in the new shape
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Squad
Chiapas are still strangers to each other
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Crisis
Match1 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Chiapas
A 0‑8 beating by Tigres was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
The offer went to Queretaro this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Amador commits to Chiapas for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Chiapas
Pablo López and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match1 Aug 2026
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 8 goals between Chiapas and Tigres, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Chiapas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Abella 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 dugout3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Daniel Amador
“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.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Chiapas dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.