Fortaleza CEIF U18

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The Fortaleza CEIF Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match12 Aug 2026

Fortaleza CEIF through in the cup

A 1‑1 win over Deportes Tolima, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Williams Barlasina is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Williams Barlasina: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Richardson Rivas in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Fortaleza CEIF this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

One of their own: Jerónimo Barrera

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Jerónimo Barrera was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.24. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Santiago Cuero 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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Jhon Solís

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Sebastián Ramírez gives it away

There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. Fortaleza CEIF lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

When it matters, Williams Barlasina plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

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The Fortaleza CEIF Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Fortaleza CEIF

Richardson Rivas 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Miguel Perez joins the Fortaleza CEIF first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miguel Perez 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

Carlos Santos steps up from the Fortaleza CEIF academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Santos 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

Jesus Garcia steps up from the Fortaleza CEIF academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jesus Garcia 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

Fortaleza CEIF promote Wilmar Gonzalez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Wilmar Gonzalez 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

The dressing room has a star in it

Sebastián Navarro arrived with a record at a bigger club than this one, and the room has treated him accordingly. The young ones watch him train; the senior ones watch to see whether it lasts.

In brief

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The Fortaleza CEIF Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Sebastián Navarro signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sebastián Navarro commits to Fortaleza CEIF for another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Fortaleza CEIF

Richardson Rivas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Santiago Cuero 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

The clock runs on Sebastián Herrera's contract

36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad3 Aug 2026

7 new faces, and Fortaleza CEIF are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Market3 Aug 2026

Fortaleza CEIF and Jhon Velásquez are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief