The Atlas Courier
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Atlas's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Atlas has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Camilo Vargas keeps Atlas in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match26 Sep 2026
5 matches without a goal for Atlas
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 5 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Atlas
Camilo Vargas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Eric Villegas at Atlas
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Eric Villegas is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Luís Esteves 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Atlas against Tigres
0‑1 to Tigres, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market28 Sep 2026
Atlas may not be able to give Rodrigo Schlegel what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Rodrigo Schlegel wants continental football; whether Atlas can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Jorge Lainez: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Rodrigo Schlegel
- The dugout Atlas pick somebody else ahead of Víctor Guajardo
- Looking ahead A reunion for Jorge San Martín