The Galaxy have chosen Dennis Te Kloese, a former Chivas USA executive and director of national teams for the Mexican soccer federation, to fill its recently re-created position of general manager.
The team declined to comment Thursday, but Te Kloese, who has already begun working with the Galaxy, is expected to meet with supporter groups on Monday ahead of a formal announcement of his hiring, which would be made early next week.
Te Kloese, 44, will be in charge of all soccer-related decisions with the Galaxy, beginning with the hiring of a permanent coach. Dominic Kinnear, a two-time MLS champion with the Houston Dynamo, has been the team’s interim coach since Sigi Schmid was fired in September and is the only person the team has publicly identified as a candidate for the full-time job.