Charles Boehm

Tyler Heaps is one of the bright young minds in North American soccer, a data wiz who helped build US Soccer’s analytics department and broke new ground as an analyst at Ligue 1 power AS Monaco, before becoming the youngest sporting director in MLS with San Diego FC .

He’s constructed a squad on course to become the most successful expansion side in league history, at least in terms of regular-season results.

“ For sure, it’s even exceeded my expectations, how quickly we've been able to get it together, how quickly we've been able to find a group of players that are completely bought into what we want to do,” Heaps told MLSsoccer.com this week, as the Chrome-and-Azul prepare to visit the San Jose Earthquakes for a Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire clas

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