"I'm very excited about it," he said. "I'm very confident they'll be successful."
"I have birthed a lot of babies in my 19 years as MLS commissioner," he said. "And they are all very special in their own way."
LAFC might be extra special, though. Its ownership group is among the largest and most diverse in U.S. professional sports, with 30 members from five countries — though just one of those owners, former World Cup and Olympic champion Mia Hamm, is a woman.
It's among the richest ownership groups in MLS history too, having paid a record $110-million fee just to join, then setting another record by sinking $350 million into the team's stadium.