“You’ve got to look for every edge you can.”Thorrington plans to follow Eales’ advice, as well as his example. But because the team won’t begin play until 2018, Atlanta United has jumped the line to set the standard for an MLS expansion team. “We want to do things properly.”Either way Thorrington admits he’s been impressed, but not intimidated, by Atlanta’s swagger. LAFC won’t play its first game for 14 months, but it is already in negotiations with players and agents. “We have a pretty tightly defined profile of players that we want and how we want to play,” Thorrington said.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2017 01:08 UTC