The Austin FC Gazette
Squad10 Jan 2028
A falling-out at Austin FC
Mikkel Desler and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Darius Lane 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. Darius Lane has, at Austin FC, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Jan 2028
A row about effort at Austin FC
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nicolás Dubersarsky was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad10 Jan 2028
CJ Fodrey signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” CJ Fodrey and Austin FC agree another 4 years.
The dugout10 Jan 2028
Brandon Vázquez 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.
Market10 Jan 2028
Austin FC sign Darius Lane, one for the future
Darius Lane is 20, and Austin FC have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- The dugout Nicholas Gioacchini gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Guilherme Biro knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Owen Wolff linked with a move away