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Uneasy
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 29. 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Morelia
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Morelia are no longer polite ones.
Match19 Sep 2026
5 matches without a goal for Morelia
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 5 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Morelia will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Morelia
Marco Antonio Bueno 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.
Transfer targets21 Sep 2026
Morelia asked and Platense said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad21 Sep 2026
José Alonso Flores 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.
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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Xavier Báez
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
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Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Morelia
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Morelia are no longer polite ones.
Match12 Sep 2026
4 matches without a goal for Morelia
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Morelia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Uziel García was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Olimpia have kept their man, and Morelia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brian Figueroa, and the manager let it.
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Morelia
Víctor Guajardo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Arturo Palma beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Hugo Edson after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
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Crisis
Squad7 Sep 2026
8 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 28 signed and 1 gone
That is the business done at Morelia until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
No thanks: Simon Becher rejects the move
Morelia had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at St. Louis CITY SC, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Morelia
Rubén Del Campo 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.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Morelia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Uziel García was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match5 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Morelia against Pachuca
0‑1 to Pachuca, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
René López is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and René López has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
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Crisis
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at New England Revolution is saying, and nobody at Morelia is enjoying the guessing.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Morelia
Rubén Del Campo 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 approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match29 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑1, 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 Gonzalo Berterame, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
20 new faces, and Morelia 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.
The dugout31 Aug 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 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Hugo Edson to a room that had heard them before.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Morelia will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
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Uneasy
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 63. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match19 Aug 2026
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Mauro Nambo obliged against Dorados. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Morelia.
Match19 Aug 2026
There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Morelia scored in the 107th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $380.0K sale of Jaziel Martínez
He is going to Dorados, the club has $380.0K 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Brian Figueroa 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Dorados pay $380.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Morelia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Uziel García was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
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Crisis
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
The clubs have shaken hands with Veracruz; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Juan Ignacio Duma would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Juan Ignacio Duma is living that version at Morelia, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Allam Wlk
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Morelia have done the hard part with Lanús, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Morelia had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Patronato, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Morelia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
Morelia 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. San Luis have kept their man, and Morelia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match15 Aug 2026
0‑1 to Cruz Azul, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Morelia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and José Joaquín Martínez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Crisis
Squad10 Aug 2026
There were 6 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Gonzalo Berterame would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Gonzalo Berterame is living that version at Morelia, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Toluca have kept their man, and Morelia go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Morelia pay Morón $460.0K for a proper upgrade
Morón did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $460.0K for Gonzalo Berterame, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Everything agreed with Patronato, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Jaziel Martínez has agreed terms with Puebla for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” René López and Morelia agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Morelia
Brian Figueroa 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.
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Crisis
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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
$460.0K on the table at Morón. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Uziel García and Morelia agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Morelia
Brian Figueroa 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
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Arturo Palma gets it from the manager
“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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
9 new faces, and Morelia 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.