The Atlas Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Duk runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Atlas
Camilo Vargas 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Camilo Vargas
“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
One of our own: Rodolfo Romo joins the Atlas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rodolfo Romo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andres Guardado joins the Atlas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andres Guardado is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Roberto Ramirez joins the Atlas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roberto Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Gabriel Jimenez joins the Atlas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gabriel Jimenez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
11 new faces, and Atlas are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Match Atlas and Leon take a point apiece
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Florián Monzón