Bad news can sometimes have positive consequences.
Consider the Galaxy, whose elimination in the knockoff round of this fall’s Major League Soccer playoffs marked its shortest postseason run in seven years.
But that also gave the team its longest off-season since 2008. And little of that time has been wasted.
With four designated players to squeeze into three spots, a big hole on the roster at goalkeeper and a number of decisions to make regarding contract options, the past five weeks have been busy for Bruce Arena, the team’s coach and general manager.