Marked for Gio Robinson
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Uneasy
Squad21 Aug 2028
Mikkel Desler 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Daniel Pereira wants continental football; whether Austin FC can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words at Austin FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Žan Kolmanič is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
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Crisis
Squad24 Jul 2028
Mikkel Desler 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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
The medical room confirms 53 days on the sidelines for Gio Robinson, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match22 Jul 2028
Houston Dynamo left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Uneasy
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Successful dribbles: 40. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market6 Mar 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Myrto Uzuni and Austin FC agree another 2 years.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Mikkel Desler 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.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
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.
Match4 Mar 2028
Austin FC cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market6 Mar 2028
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matt Acosta 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
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matt Aaronson 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gio Robinson 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
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Squad
Words at Austin FC training over how hard people work
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Player ratings
Mikkel Desler stands above it all
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Squad
Too much change too quickly at Austin FC