A fresh chapter in Detroit City FC soccer history has officially begun.



Former manager Ben Pirmann left the club in December, and Le Rouge executives had been on the hunt since then for a new headman to lead DCFC as it prepares for a leap to a newly created professional league.



Less than a month later, they found their guy.



On Jan. 4, the 7-year-old franchise announced that Trevor James would replace Pirmann, who ran the show for the last six seasons. The England-born James has a rich background in the sport. His professional playing career concluded in 1985, and since then he’s been a coach, scout and player development bigwig for various clubs, including England’s men’s national team. In the states, James is best known for his time with Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy, a franchise he worked for as an assistant coach from 2006-10. His most recent gig came in 2017, when he was the technical director of the Indy Eleven prior to...