Landon Donovan

But I think for the Galaxy and for Greg Vanney, candidly,

Once you win a championship, I think people understand this in sports, you get some leeway.

You get some time.

You can't be as bad as the Galaxy were consistently or you're going to lose your job.

To me, they're at a real crossroads.

I have no idea what to expect.

They were so reliant and dependent on Ricky Pooj in 2024 that in 2025, it all just fell apart because they didn't know what to do.

They didn't know how to play without him.

And so has Vanny learned from that?

What things are they going to change?

How are they going to look different to be competitive again?

That's a really good point.

And I said last week, I read this book that Paul Tenorio wrote about the Messi effect.

The one thing that came through so clearly in that book is how competitive he is, Messi is.

And so we're going to learn a ton about him.

Not that we don't know everything about Lionel Messi, but this is one of those moments now after the World Cup.

Forget about what happens before then, whatever.

After the World Cup,

can he do it again and be crazy motivated like he's always?

Everything about human nature tells me no way.