LAFC fired first-year coach Marc Dos Santos on Sunday with six MLS regular-season games left, after winning only two of its last 13 matches in all competitions. The club will immediately seek a replacement but has not said who will coach its Oct. 10 game.
The firing came less than 24 hours after a 1-0 loss to FC Dallas dropped LAFC to sixth in the Western Conference. The club's record was 11-9-8.
LAFC began Dos Santos' tenure unbeaten in its first 11 matches in all competitions, scoring 27 goals and conceding three, and reached the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals before losing to eventual winner Toluca. It then went 6-9-7 in MLS play; six key players, including leading scorer Denis Bouanga and captain Son Heung-min, were away with their national teams for the Dallas match.
