The Austin FC Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brandon Vázquez damages knee ligaments — 25 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Austin FC make their move for Indiana Vassilev
$5.4M on the table at Philadelphia Union. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market10 Aug 2026
New England Revolution come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Austin FC did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Vintage Christian Ramírez — 7.88
At 35 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.88, and nobody on the pitch better.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Window shuts: 15 in, 0 out at Austin FC
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 15 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Facundo Torres signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Facundo Torres commits to Austin FC for another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Žan Kolmanič 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 Austin FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Devin Padelford
Austin FC asked and Minnesota United FC said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Deadline beats Austin FC to Jack Skahan
The clock did what San Jose Earthquakes would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.
In brief
- Market Tyler Adams steps up from the Austin FC academy
- Market Walker Howard steps up from the Austin FC academy
- Market Aaron Howard steps up from the Austin FC academy