The Atlanta United FC Courier
Squad27 Dec 2027
Emmanuel Latte Lath wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Atlanta United FC know it.
The dugout27 Dec 2027
When it matters, David Martínez plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market27 Dec 2027
The Elías Báez question follows Atlanta United FC around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Elías Báez’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout27 Dec 2027
Luke Brennan asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Emmanuel Latte Lath takes up the language
The least glamorous thing a foreign signing ever does and the one that decides most of them. A player who can hear the shout behind him is a different footballer from one who cannot.
Boardroom27 Dec 2027
Atlanta United FC keep producing them
16 graduates from an academy now rated 9 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
In brief
- Squad Good reports on Miguel Almirón
- Boardroom The Atlanta United FC board choose calm
- Squad Michael Howard is fit again