LAFC hired Marc Dos Santos as the third head coach in club history, elevating the assistant coach who spent the past four seasons helping guide the team to three major trophies, the soccer club announced today.

Dos Santos replaces Steve Cherundolo, who stepped down after the 2025 MLS season. Cherundolo guided LAFC to the 2022 MLS Cup, the 2022 Supporters' Shield and the 2024 U.S. Open Cup title.

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"Marc (Dos Santos) understands as well as anyone what the best version of LAFC looks like: an entertaining, front-foot style of play grounded in ambition, intensity and a collaborative culture that reflects who

we are as a club," LAFC Co-President and General Manager John Thorrington said in a statement. "He has earned the

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