The Black and Gold qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup at the eleventh hour after beating America in a last-second qualifier, before taking one point from three matches. And after an early elimination in the Leagues Cup, LAFC decided to splurge an MLS-record fee of $26.5 million on Heung-min Son, who joined from Tottenham Hotspur.
As one of the greatest players to grace the Premier League in this century, and as the best Asian player in world soccer, Son has a global appeal that perhaps only Lionel Messi can rival in MLS. He's helped bring out a number of Korean supporters to LAFC matches, both home and away, and he's helped inject LAFC with a new dose of confidence and quality.