2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process
27 Edition

The Progreso Post

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Progreso turn down Kudrivka for Matteo Copelotti

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Words exchanged at Progreso

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Squad

Matteo Copelotti stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Matteo Copelotti and Progreso agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Sebastián Cardozo 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.

Squad

Silvio López is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Silvio 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.

The dugout

Matteo Copelotti knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Matteo Copelotti trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

Back issues
26 Edition

The Progreso Post

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Progreso

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Progreso

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marco Saravia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Lucas Viana

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Viana, and the manager let it.

Market

The Agustín Paz talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Progreso know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout

The manager makes Mathías Cubero a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Progreso. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Squad

Lucas Viana has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Progreso will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

In brief

25 Edition

The Progreso Post

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Progreso

Marco Saravia 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Progreso

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emiliano Álvarez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

No place for Sebastián Cardozo in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Sebastián Cardozo has his answer from Progreso; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

24 Edition

The Progreso Post

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Matteo Copelotti says no to Al Gaish

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Matteo Copelotti had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market

Agustín Requena hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Progreso can pretend not to have heard.

Market

The Cerro Largo deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Federico Ruiz reports back to Progreso with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad

A falling-out at Progreso

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

The dugout

No hiding place for Mathías Cubero

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mathías Cubero, and the manager let it.

Market

Progreso promote Manuel Ramirez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Manuel Ramirez 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.

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adrián Colombino 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 dugout

A door opens for José Vanetta

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

The dugout

Sebastián Cardozo knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Sebastián Cardozo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

23 Edition

The Progreso Post

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Terms done: Agustín Paz is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Argentinos Juniors waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Progreso is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market

Juan Sebastián Rivero hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Progreso can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Silvio López arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Silvio López has, at Progreso, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Market

Al Gaish join the queue for Matteo Copelotti

Add another name to the list: Al Gaish have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Matteo Copelotti. The answer from Progreso has not changed — yet.

Squad

Words exchanged at Progreso

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Squad

Marco Saravia 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.

Squad

Silvio López stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Silvio López and Progreso agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

The Federico Ruiz conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Cerro Largo will make the call about Federico Ruiz this week. Progreso have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

The dugout

Mathías Cubero has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Mathías Cubero has written the date down.

In brief

22 Edition

The Progreso Post

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sebastián Cardozo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Progreso can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Oriental come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Progreso did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Marco Saravia 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 Progreso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Argentinos Juniors are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Progreso will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emiliano Álvarez 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 dugout

No hiding place for Lucas Viana

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Viana, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Marco Saravia has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Marco Saravia has written the date down.

Squad

Lucas Viana has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Progreso will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

Market

The Facundo de León question follows Progreso around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Facundo de León’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

21 Edition

The Progreso Post

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

San Marcos de Arica come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Progreso did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Eyes on Agustín Paz again

The phone has started ringing about Agustín Paz again, and this time the name on the line is Argentinos Juniors. Progreso are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market

Marco Saravia has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Progreso can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Market

David Santo is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Progreso is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez 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 Progreso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A muscle injury sidelines Federico Andueza for 14 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Progreso will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Renzo Bacchia

“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.

Squad

Ayrton Cougo 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 dugout

José Vanetta knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Progreso, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

20 Edition

The Progreso Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Progreso

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

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marco Saravia 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.

Market

Carlos Araujo steps up from the Progreso academy

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

Market

Juan Sebastián Rivero told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Juan Sebastián Rivero has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Progreso.

The dugout

José Vanetta asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Diego Sánchez talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Progreso know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

19 Edition

The Progreso Post

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Progreso

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

Squad

A row about effort at Progreso

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emiliano Álvarez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Sebastián Cardozo 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.

Market

Federico Ruiz told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Federico Ruiz has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Progreso.

Boardroom

Open for business: Progreso enter the window

The registration window is open and the phone has started. Between now and the deadline this club will be linked with forty players and sign three, which is the usual ratio.

The dugout

Marco Saravia has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Marco Saravia has written the date down.

Market

Sebastián Cardozo placed on the list

Progreso have made Sebastián Cardozo available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

The dugout

Lucas Viana asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

The manager comes out for Agustín Paz

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Agustín Paz has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

In brief

18 Edition

The Progreso Post

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Progreso

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Squad

Progreso lose Lucas Viana

30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adrián Colombino 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 dugout

Renzo Bacchia asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

A door opens for Mathías Cubero

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market

The Mauro Martín talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Progreso know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

17 Edition

The Progreso Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Only the photograph left for David Santo

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. David Santo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Progreso the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez 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 Progreso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marco Saravia 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.

Squad

Pablo Porcile out for 16 days

The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Pablo Porcile, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout

Renzo Bacchia asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

International call for Marco Saravia

Marco Saravia joins up with his country. Progreso lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

In brief

16 Edition

The Progreso Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Progreso

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

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Squad

A muscle injury and 14 days out for Agustín Lema

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Progreso will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Market

The Diego Sánchez talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Progreso know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout

The manager makes Marco Saravia a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Progreso. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Squad

Marco Saravia goes off with his country

A call-up flatters the player and the club that produced him in the same breath. Progreso would like him back in one piece and know they will not be consulted.

In brief

15 Edition

The Progreso Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Progreso

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Squad

Nicolás Fernández out for 25 days

The medical room confirms 25 days on the sidelines for Nicolás Fernández, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Progreso promote Nahuel Viera from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nahuel Viera 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.

Market

One of our own: Bruno Rivera joins the Progreso first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bruno Rivera is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad

Sebastián Cardozo 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 dugout

The manager makes Mathías Cubero a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Progreso. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

14 Edition

The Progreso Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A row about effort at Progreso

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marco Saravia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Tempers go at Progreso

Agustín Pinheiro 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.

Squad

Lucas Viana out for 61 days

The medical room confirms 61 days on the sidelines for Lucas Viana, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout

Mathías Cubero 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.

The dugout

José Vanetta knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and José Vanetta trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

The manager makes Renzo Bacchia a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Progreso. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

13 Edition

The Progreso Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

David Santo has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Progreso they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Agustín Ocampo 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 Progreso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez 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 dugout

The manager makes an example of Marco Saravia

“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.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Progreso

19 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout

José Vanetta knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Progreso, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

12 Edition

The Progreso Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Marco Saravia 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.

Squad

A falling-out at Progreso

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

The dugout

Matteo Copelotti 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.

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adrián Colombino 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.

Market

No place for Agustín Requena in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Agustín Requena has his answer from Progreso; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Market

The Diego Sánchez talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Progreso know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout

Mathías Cubero has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Mathías Cubero has written the date down.

The dugout

Lucas Viana knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Lucas Viana trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

Agustín Requena wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Progreso have no good answer.

In brief

11 Edition

The Progreso Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Lucas Ferreira breaks a bone — 21 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 21 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Words exchanged at Progreso

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Squad

Sebastián Cardozo signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sebastián Cardozo and Progreso agree another 3 years.

Squad

A row about effort at Progreso

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marco Saravia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

One of our own: Martin Varela joins the Progreso first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Martin Varela is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout

Renzo Bacchia knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Renzo Bacchia trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

10 Edition

The Progreso Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

29 days out for Lucas Ferreira after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Progreso will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Tempers go at Progreso

Agustín Ocampo 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.

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emiliano Álvarez 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.

In brief

9 Edition

The Progreso Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Only the photograph left for David Santo

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. David Santo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Progreso the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez 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 Progreso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

19 new faces, and Progreso 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.

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adrián Colombino 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 dugout

A door opens for Mathías Cubero

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market

The Facundo de León story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Facundo de León signs something — a contract at Progreso or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

8 Edition

The Progreso Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Progreso

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

Squad

Marco Saravia 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.

Market

The Diego Sánchez talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Progreso know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout

Renzo Bacchia has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Renzo Bacchia has written the date down.

Market

The shop window has Agustín Requena in it

Progreso have let the market know Agustín Requena can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Squad

The penny has dropped for Emiliano Álvarez

He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Progreso the difference is visible from the back of the stand.

In brief

7 Edition

The Progreso Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Matteo Copelotti turns Karpaty down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Boardroom

Lautaro Fernández has agreed to leave Progreso for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Progreso

Gonzalo Silva 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.

Market

Progreso promote Manuel Acosta from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Manuel Acosta 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.

Market

Nahuel Rodriguez steps up from the Progreso academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nahuel Rodriguez 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Lucas Viana

“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.

Market

Carlos Techera is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Progreso has been clear about where Carlos Techera stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout

José Vanetta knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and José Vanetta trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

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7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Diego Sánchez wins it after the whistle should have gone

92 minutes played. Diego Sánchez found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Miramar Misiones went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Market

Karpaty join the queue for Matteo Copelotti

Add another name to the list: Karpaty have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Matteo Copelotti. The answer from Progreso has not changed — yet.

Player ratings

Ayrton Cougo beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

Tempers go at Progreso

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Match

Diego Sánchez the difference as Progreso beat Miramar Misiones

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Diego Sánchez. 3‑2 against Miramar Misiones, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces

Progreso supporters have found a favourite in Nahuel López

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Nahuel López has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ayrton Cougo 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.

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez makes it 100

100 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.

Player ratings

Nobody on the pitch touched Diego Sánchez

7.67, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Progreso had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

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Player ratings

Agustín Paz beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market

David Santo is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Progreso is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez 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 Progreso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at Progreso

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marco Saravia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Mathías Cubero

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mathías Cubero, and the manager let it.

Match

Facundo de León the difference as Progreso beat Boston River

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Facundo de León. 1‑0 against Boston River, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Emiliano Álvarez

Marked 8.22 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Progreso are still strangers to each other

19 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.

The dugout

A satisfied Alvaro Garcia

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Alvaro Garcia could afford to be generous.

In brief

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Market

Progreso may not be able to give Marco Saravia what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Marco Saravia wants continental football; whether Progreso can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

A falling-out at Progreso

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

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Match

Montevideo City Torque take the points off Progreso

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

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 1‑3 defeat, delivered by Alvaro Garcia to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout

Gianfranco Trasante 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.

The dugout

Renzo Bacchia knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Renzo Bacchia trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Looking ahead

The leaders are next for Progreso

Boston River top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.

Looking ahead

Ayrton Cougo goes back to face Boston River

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Ayrton Cougo’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Progreso needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

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Player ratings

Mauro Martín beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 37. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

The cup run ends for Progreso

0‑1 against Tacuarembo, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Squad

Words exchanged at Progreso

Emiliano Álvarez 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Progreso against Defensor Sporting

1‑2 to Defensor Sporting, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

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 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Alvaro Garcia to a room that had heard them before.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Sebastián Cardozo

“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.

Squad

Words at Progreso training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adrián Colombino 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 dugout

Renzo Bacchia knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Renzo Bacchia trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

The first one for Agustín Ocampo

Every signing waits for it and every press conference asks about it until it comes. It has come, Progreso have their man off the mark, and the second one is always easier.

In brief

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10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Mathías Cubero gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Mathías Cubero has just signed for Progreso, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez 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 Progreso this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Nicolás Fernández

At 23 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.

Market

One of our own: Pablo Aguirre joins the Progreso first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pablo Aguirre is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Progreso promote Lucas Ferreira from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lucas Ferreira 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.

Market

Nahuel Castro steps up from the Progreso academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nahuel Castro 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.

Market

One of our own: Gaston Diaz joins the Progreso first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gaston Diaz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Match

Progreso find a way past Nacional

Nacional made Progreso work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near José Vanetta

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

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3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Federico García has agreed to leave Progreso for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad

Emiliano Álvarez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Emiliano Álvarez and Progreso agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

David Santo has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Progreso they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Tempers go at Progreso

Agustín Ocampo 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.

Player ratings

Ayrton Cougo runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A row about effort at Progreso

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emiliano Álvarez was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

The clock runs on Emiliano Álvarez's contract

49 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.

Squad

18 new faces, and Progreso 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.

Market

Progreso and Facundo de León 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

  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Match Progreso and Cerro cancel each other out
  • Looking ahead Ayrton Cougo faces his old club