The Austin FC Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Facundo Torres
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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
Tempers go at Austin FC
Facundo Torres was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Owen Wolff
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match8 Aug 2026
Austin FC find a way past Portland Timbers
Portland Timbers made Austin FC work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Brandon Vázquez at his very best
Marked 8.16. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Austin FC.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Austin FC on Miles Adams
He is 16, and nobody at Austin FC signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Austin FC sign Cameron Moore, one for the future
Cameron Moore is 14, and Austin FC have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market10 Aug 2026
Austin FC buy the years ahead of Sam Zardes
He is 14, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
In brief
- Market Austin FC buy the years ahead of Michael Zardes
- Squad Austin FC pick somebody else ahead of Jesús Isijara
- Squad Brandon Vázquez finally opens his account