The Austin FC Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Besard Šabović pops up at the right end — 7.77
7.77, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 16 signed and 0 gone
That is the business done at Austin FC until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Austin FC make their move for Lawrence Ennali
$840.0K on the table at Houston Dynamo. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Austin FC bid $740.0K for Dante Sealy
The offer went to CF Montreal this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tiago Caballero due for a Austin FC medical
Everything agreed with Olimpia, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Facundo Torres stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Facundo Torres and Austin FC agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Austin FC
Mikkel Desler and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Austin FC walk away from Tomás Romero
$220.0K was the most the club would pay and New York City were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Brenden Johnson steps up from the Austin FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brenden Johnson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: John Wright joins the Austin FC first team
- Market One of our own: Jack Johnson joins the Austin FC first team
- Market Austin FC promote Tyler Dest from within