No decision yet on whether Carlos Vela will return to LAFC lineup vs. Rapids

LAFC forward Carlos Vela, right, vies for the ball with Austin FC midfielder Daniel Pereira Gil on April 17 at Banc of California Stadium.Desperate times call for bold leadership. And these are certainly desperate times for LAFC.

But LAFC coach Bob Bradley, whose team is in the conference cellar for the first time, still wasn’t ready to go big Thursday and promise Carlos Vela would be back in his starting lineup Saturday against the surging Colorado Rapids.

“There is a real discussion of how to handle his minutes,” Bradley said of his captain, who played 20 minutes off the bench last week. “No decision has been made. But [he’s] making progress in training every week. You can see him pushing…