The Galaxy have named SVP/Player Personnel Will Kuntz GM, giving him the "opportunity to guide one of the marquee clubs in MLS" as it looks to "turn things around" after missing the playoffs in five of the last seven years. Kuntz will be "responsible for soccer operations from the first team through the academy, including all aspects of roster building -- scouting, player acquisitions, salary cap and budgets -- and will report directly to AEG president and CEO Dan Beckerman." Coach Greg Vanney, who "stepped into the sporting director role last December" when former club president Chris Klein was suspended by MLS, can "now focus on coaching, while others in the sporting department, which includes longtime technical director Jovan Kirovski, will continue in their respective roles." Kuntz becomes one of the "only Black executives at the top of a sporting department as coach or GM for an MLS club" (THE ATHLETIC, 12/5).