http://atlas.theoffside.com News from FC Atlas Primera División de México football team Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:10:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Atlas lost last night to Puebla by the minimum difference of 0-1 in a game that was very exciting and could have gone either way. The loss comes especially hard since both Chivas and San Luis tied their games giving each of them a point over Atlas. Group 1 Standings: Toluca ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/atlas-0-1-puebla-start-lighting-the-veladoras.html Over the weekend Atlas tied at 1 with Pachuca, which isn't particularly exciting except for the fact that both San Luis and Chivas lost their games which gave Atlas a chance to makeup ground. The game was uneventful at most, except for the unsurprising sending off of Dario Botinelli for a ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/atlas-1-1-pachuca-slowly-but-surely.html Another loss over the weekend puts the chance of Atlas making the playoffs that much more of a pipe dream. Atlas' 0-2 loss away to Atlante keeps the team in fourth place of group 1 with 14 points. However, it's not all bleak since both San Luis and Chivas lost keeping ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/atlas-0-2-atlante-playoffs-playoffs.html Atlas lost 1-0 over the weekend to Querétaro, a result which dropped Atlas to fourth place in group 1, one point behind Chivas. The only goal of the game came by way of Margarito Gonzalez's head in the 30th minute. Atlas again suffered from having a fair share of scoring opportunities and ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/atlas-0-1-queretaro.html Atlas dropped two positions in group 2 over the weekend after Chivas and San Luis both won their makeup games. The updated group 1 is as follows: Toluca - 25 pts Chivas - 15 pts San Luis - 14 pts Atlas - 14 pts Querétaro - 6 pts Indios - 4 pts Atlas is trailing San Luis ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/atlas-drops-2-spots-without-doing-anything.html [caption id="attachment_52" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Atlas"][/caption]The Mexican U-17 National Team, led by José Luis González China traveled to Spain for a tour of exhibition matches against the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Honduras. These games are in preparation for the U-17 World Cup taking place in Nigeria later this month. Mexico ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/four-atlas-players-to-join-u-17-national-team.html I apologize for the long hiatus and seeing as I've never really like to write about much other than the team, I will skip the details of the hiatus and hit the ground running. With 11 weeks gone in the Apertura 2009 Atlas finds themselves in a pretty good spot. ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/and-were-back.html Atlas just got themselves a shiny new sponsor to go on the front of their equally nice and shiny Apertura 09 kits. The sponsor is "Jalisco es México" which is a new marketing campaign to drive tourism to Jalisco. The deal is set for the next sixth months and was ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/new-sponsor.html Atlas remain unbeaten at the estadio Jalisco after managing to outlast Santos 2-1 in a game of two halves. For his part Gerardo Espinoza scores his first goal with Atlas this season, as Ismael Fuentes scored the other goal for Atlas and keeper Barbosa makes his debut. The pitch at ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/atlas-2-1-santos-still-unbeaten-at-home.html The Atlas U-15 team has been eliminated from the 2009 installment of the Manchester United Premier Cup after having lost both of their match day two games by the identical score of 0-2. Last year Atlas made it to the finals of the tournament where they lost to Brazil's Fluminense and ... http://atlas.theoffside.com/team-news/atlas-out-of-manchester-united-premier-cup.html