The Atlanta United FC Courier
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Saba Lobzhanidze
Successful dribbles: 53. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market7 Sep 2026
Atlanta United FC say no — this time
The offer from Pogon for Miguel Almirón was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Match5 Sep 2026
Atlanta United FC come up short against New York City
New York City left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Sep 2026
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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Elías Báez is the month’s best young player
At 21 he was better than everybody his age in the division for four weeks running, which is harder than one good afternoon. Atlanta United FC will try not to make too much of it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Atlanta United FC
Evan Bush 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.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Enea Mihaj 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
International break empties Atlanta United FC
5 call-ups is a compliment to the squad and a headache for the man running it. He will get them back in a fortnight, tired, in various states of repair.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Matt Zardes: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- The dugout Zach Ryan asks for a word with the manager
- Player ratings Zach Ryan wins it from the bench
- The dugout Will Reilly does not fit this one