The Atlanta United FC Courier
Market22 Feb 2027
Paulo Díaz 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 Atlanta United FC can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Transfer targets22 Feb 2027
Atlanta United FC make their move for Gabe Segal
$490.0K on the table at DC United. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Atlanta United FC
Breel Embolo 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 targets22 Feb 2027
Door shut on Daniel Edelman
Atlanta United FC asked and St. Louis CITY SC said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Atlanta United FC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mauricio Amaro was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Matt Edwards signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matt Edwards and Atlanta United FC agree another 3 years.
Transfer targets22 Feb 2027
Atlanta United FC try to borrow Daniel Edelman
St. Louis CITY SC have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Steven Alzate 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 Atlanta United FC, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Junior Alonso has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Atlanta United FC will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Squad Tomás Jacob wants to know why he earns less
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Will Reilly