The Atlanta United FC Courier
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tristan Muyumba breaks a bone — 38 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 38 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market8 Mar 2027
Elías Báez hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atlanta United FC can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Enea Mihaj says Atlanta United FC went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Miguel Almirón signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Miguel Almirón and Atlanta United FC agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Home is on Miguel Almirón's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Atlanta United FC are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A last season at home is what Lucas Hoyos is after
It is sentimental, it is completely genuine, and it is the beginning of a departure nobody has announced. The club can be gracious about it or it can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Atlanta United FC
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market8 Mar 2027
Atlanta United FC promote Sam Dempsey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sam Dempsey 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Brandon Musah joins the Atlanta United FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Brandon Musah is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Ryan Pulisic steps up from the Atlanta United FC academy
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Giuliano Galoppo at his very best
- Match Honours even between Atlanta United FC and CF Montreal