John Thorrington was on dad duty Saturday morning, which may not have been exactly how the Los Angeles Football Club executive vice president had planned out his day. But given the circumstances of his team’s season-ending playoff loss two days earlier, it wasn’t a bad way to spend the day.
“They move on so quickly,” Thorrington said of his three kids, aged 7, 5 and 2. “Family and children offer a refreshing perspective on things and help remind us of what really matters.”
Not that Thorrington needed much help with the perspective thing. Because while LAFC’s early exit was unexpected the team made history by earning 57 points, a record for an expansion team, and finishing third in the regular-season standings, something only one other first-team team had done in the last two decades.