The Galaxy entered December without a general manager, a full-time coach or any public assurances that Zlatan Ibrahimovic, their best player, would be back next season.
The team crossed two of those things off its to-do list last week. But it was the one thing that didn’t get done that best shows how much work the Galaxy still have to do.
Less than a day before the Galaxy hoped to introduce Porter as its new coach, his name was suddenly dropped from consideration, surfacing instead in Columbus, where he was negotiating a deal to take over the Crew.