The Atlanta United FC Courier
Market11 Jan 2027
Mainz 05 come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Atlanta United FC did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Steven Alzate
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Mauricio Amaro 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Adrian Gill signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Adrian Gill and Atlanta United FC agree another 4 years.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Atlanta United FC
Will Reilly 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.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
When it matters, Tristan Muyumba 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
- The dugout Tomás Jacob knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Mauricio Amaro has seen what the next man earns
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Matías Galarza