The Atlas Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Up for the corner, and Luís Esteves delivers — 7.89
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Luís Esteves scored, was marked 7.89, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Denis Bouanga turns down Atlas
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Los Angeles Football Club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
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
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Atlas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adonis Frías is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
The game went through Alfonso González — 7.49
Marked 7.49 on 13 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Luís Esteves
“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
Atlas promote Angel Herrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Angel Herrera 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Alexis Lainez joins the Atlas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexis Lainez 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 One of our own: Raul Alvarez joins the Atlas first team
- Market Hector Lainez steps up from the Atlas academy
- Match Atlas see off Leon