LAFC’s season opener is less than a month away, yet the team opened training camp this week with just 16 players under contract.
“You only need 11,” one team executive said.
Although that’s true, general manager John Thorrington said Thursday he’s making progress on filling the 14 vacant roster spots just the same.
“Nobody [more] than me would love to have the full roster right now,” he said. “I wish it was done. But there are reasons for it. It’s not because we’re not working.”
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Those reasons, Thorrington said, include the shortest offseason in club history following a 2023 season that was the most arduous in league history.