The Atlanta United FC Courier
Match4 Mar 2028
7 matches without a win for Atlanta United FC
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Atlanta United FC are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Paulo Díaz, 33, rolls back the years — 8.05
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.05 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market6 Mar 2028
Franco Morales hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atlanta United FC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Alexey Miranchuk signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexey Miranchuk and Atlanta United FC agree another 2 years.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
Graduation day at Atlanta United FC
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Junior Alonso gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Abdullah Monkhallah 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 Atlanta United FC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market6 Mar 2028
Miles Brooks steps up from the Atlanta United FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Miles Brooks 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Atlanta United FC promote Mark Zardes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Zardes 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.
In brief
- Market Mark Dest steps up from the Atlanta United FC academy
- Player ratings A masterclass from Emmanuel Latte Lath
- Match Atlanta United FC and CF Montreal take a point apiece