The Atlas Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Camilo Vargas
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match8 Aug 2026
Atlas taken apart
0‑3 to Leon, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ulises Rivas arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Ulises Rivas has, at Atlas, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Atlas go back to the board over Pedro Villalba
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $70.0K — a club that wants Pedro Villalba enough to be asked twice.
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 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Atlas rebuffed over Jorge Berlanga
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pachuca have kept their man, and Atlas go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Adonis Frías 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 Atlas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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
Daniel Ramirez steps up from the Atlas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Ramirez 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: Rodolfo Vega joins the Atlas first team
- Market One of our own: Guillermo Pineda joins the Atlas first team
- Market Uriel Araujo steps up from the Atlas academy