Chris Klein played for the Galaxy in 2008 and was its president in 2017, inglorious bookends to the period in between during which the Galaxy were the most dominant team in MLS.
Over those eight seasons the Galaxy won nearly twice as many games as they lost and made the MLS Cup final four times, winning three titles. On either side, however, was ignominy. In 2008, the team won only eight games, failed to reach the playoffs for the third consecutive season and fired its coach in mid-summer.
It was the worst season in franchise history — until the last one, when the team won just eight games, failed to reach the playoffs and fired its coach in mid-summer.