LA Galaxy today confirmed Greg Vanney, who previously led Toronto FC, as their new coach.
The job has been vacant since Guillermo Barros Schelotto was fired with three games left in the 2020 regular season, a season in which the Galaxy failed to make the postseason for the third time in four years.
Kinnear, Galaxy’s assistant for part of the last four seasons, has taken on a temporary role for the second time in his tenure with the club.
Vanney resigned from Toronto on December 1, after an affair with the Reds, which lasted almost seven seasons. Prior to his arrival, Toronto never qualified for the MLS Cup playoffs, but with Vanney the team became one of the elite MLS teams.
In 2017, the Reds won a domestic triple of the MLS Cup, Supporters Shield and the Canadian Championship. Toronto reached the MLS Cup final two more times and also won the Canadian championship in 2016 and 2018. His overall red record was 112-82-56.
Announcing his departure from Toronto after a season in which the team had to move to Hartford, Connecticut for part of the campaign due to travel restrictions induced by COVID-19, Vanney gave mixed signals about how soon he would return. to conduct.
On the one hand, he said that he is not the kind of person who “stays calm for a long time”, but also said that he needs “a break from mental health”. It now appears that his tenure will be very short.
In Los Angeles, Vanney will try to bring the Galaxy back to its former glory, a story that includes five MLS Cups.
Vanney spent seven seasons with the Galaxy during his playing career, one that saw him join the teams that won the Supporters Shield in 1998, the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 2000 and the US Open Cup in 2001. He was also a part from the team. for DC United, which won the Supporters Shield in 2007.
Vanney also spent time as a player for Bastia, FC Dallas and Colorado Rapids.
Internationally, Vanney played 37 games for USMNT, scoring one goal. He was part of the team that claimed the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.