Galaxy hire Greg Vanney as next coach to lead rebuilding project

Greg Vanney coaches Toronto FC in 2018.Few MLS coaches know Galaxy history better than Greg Vanney, who wrote some of the early chapters himself.

He led the fledgling team in appearances in 1996, helped it to three MLS Cup finals and lifted the first three trophies the club won. So when the Galaxy, mired in a franchise-worst six-year title drought, approached Vanney last month and asked him to come home and rebuild that legacy, no one had to explain to him what that meant.

“The Galaxy is the most important club in MLS, and it’s our job to get this club back to where people expect it to be,” said Vanney, who will be introduced Wednesday as the club’s 12th manager in 25 years. “And I love that…