The Atlas Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Rivaldo Lozano has said yes to Puebla
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Atlas have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Adonis Frías signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Adonis Frías and Atlas agree another 4 years.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Agustín Rodríguez
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hirving Corona steps up from the Atlas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hirving Corona has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ivan Herrera steps up from the Atlas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Herrera has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Atlas promote Gerardo Moreno from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gerardo Moreno has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match8 Aug 2026
Late, late show earns Atlas a point
Minute 96, against Leon, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jorge Rodríguez in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Atlas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Atlas are still strangers to each other
11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- Match Atlas and Leon take a point apiece
- The dugout Jorge Sánchez knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Efrain Rodriguez on the draw