La Tri. After four club visits in Guayaquil, Marcelo Gallardo’s staff stopped at the federation’s own base on Wednesday. Members of the coaching staff were at the Centro Técnico Dusan Draskovic in Daule, the FEF announced on X, as part of “our agenda of visits”.
The staff in Daule
“We keep touring the places where our football is built,” the federation wrote. It described the visit as “an opportunity to get to know our sports infrastructure up close and the spaces where the different national teams train, prepare and develop their talent.” As with the earlier stops, the FEF did not name the staff members, and the post was a 38-second video.
The complex in Daule, in Guayas province, is the FEF’s training center for teams working at sea level, mostly the youth national teams. In February the federation renamed it after Dusan Draskovic, the Montenegrin-born coach who led Ecuador from 1988 to 1993 and is credited with modernizing coaching in the country, according to El Diario. The visit follows Guayaquil City on Monday and Barcelona SC and Emelec, then Atlético FC on Tuesday.
Sarmiento: “It’s an honor”
Middlesbrough’s Jeremy Sarmiento, back in the squad for the Asia tour after almost two years away, spoke about his return in an interview released by the FEF and reported by ESPN on Wednesday. “It’s an honor, really. Wearing the shirt, being here with the guys, the people, it’s always a vibe you can’t explain,” he said. He said his best friend in the squad, John Yeboah, had messaged him asking whether he was finally coming back. On Gallardo, Sarmiento said “the impressions have been very good” and that the message in training is clear: “we want to dominate games,” and not just compete.
Mini Tri: the U-15s are in Baku
“La Tri is here in Baku for the FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival 2026,” La Tri announced on X on Wednesday, with a team photo of the squad and staff on the pitch. Ecuador are in Group U at the Hovsan Competition Complex and open against Cabo Verde on Saturday at 4:45 AM ET, then face the Kyrgyz Republic, Tonga, Uganda and Equatorial Guinea by Monday, according to FIFA’s schedule.
La Tri also posted a new photo from La Tri Desarrollo, the program for players born in 2012 and 2013, under the caption “Guiding the new generations.”
Youth finals at the Atahualpa on Friday
The FEF announced that both finals of the national youth championships will be played on Friday, October 23 at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito. Independiente del Valle play Universidad Católica in the U-17 final at 11:00 local time (12:00 PM ET), and Liga de Quito play Independiente del Valle in the U-19 final at 14:30 (3:30 PM ET).
Futsal: a loss for the U-20s
Ecuador’s U-20 futsal team lost 2-0 to Venezuela in their CONMEBOL Liga Evolución North Zone opener in Xanxerê, Brazil, according to Futsalplanet, after a goalless first half. We did not have a confirmed result from the senior team’s game against Venezuela at the time of writing. Both Ecuador teams face Colombia next. All of La Tri’s upcoming games are on our Schedule page.
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