CARSON — A lot has changed since the last time Jack McBean participated in a training session with the Galaxy.

Last year, the Newport Beach native was loaned to Coventry City FC in August, missing the final two months of the regular season.

When he left for England, Bruce Arena was the coach and general manager of the Galaxy. Now, there’s a new general manager (Pete Vagenas) and coach (Curt Onalfo) as the Galaxy began preparation for the 2017 season Tuesday at StubHub Center.

“It was a new challenge and experience,” McBean, 22, said of his time at Coventry City. “It is good to be back.”

The 2017 Galaxy season could be viewed as the same as the club faces new challenges with the same expectations — all with a new coach.

For the time being, the Galaxy will go forward without the quartet of Jermaine Jones, Gyasi Zardes, Sebastian Lletget and Brian Rowe, who are all with the U.S. men’s national team.

The club’s first preseason game is set for Feb. 7 against Club Tijuana at StubHub Center.

Onalfo, who has been with Galaxy II, has seen the maturation of several players on the rosters.

“Being part of this organization for six years and now stepping into this role, it feels good,” Onalfo said. “But it isn’t about me, it is about the team and getting them ready.”

Onalfo said the players arrived in good shape, which should help the staff accomplish a lot in the early days of preseason camp.

Newly signed Portuguese midfielder Joao Pedro, 23, has arrived to strengthen the midfield. The expectations are that the Galaxy are not done adding to the roster. There have been reports linking them to Marseille midfielder Romain Alessandrini.

“We feel very good about where we are with our roster,” Onalfo said. “We’ve assembled an excellent (team) and we feel very good about how it looks on paper and now it is about making sure that we put the work in so that we can produce.”

“We’re always looking to add players to our team and there very well could be an addition prior to the start of the season.”

Currently, the club has one designated player spot filled (Giovani dos Santos). Onalfo said it would be “unlikely” to have all three DP’s in place by the start of the regular season.

Regardless of the impending moves, this is a season of opportunity for players like McBean, who hopes to use the experience he gained on loan to earn a larger role with the Galaxy this season.

McBean scored 12 goals with Galaxy II last year and added seven more with the Coventry City’s U-23 team. He also made six appearances for the first team.

“I think I saw a whole different side of the game over there,” he said. “Playing in the lower leagues, you kind of realize it is a grind. There’s a huge pool of players to pull from in a small country. It is such a fine line between who makes it and who doesn’t. That motivated me. I picked up some things on and off the field that will hopefully help my game.

“I’m going to take it day by day. Today was the second day of preseason. You’re not going to win a starting spot. The best way to do it is build on each day. You’re going to have ups and downs, but if every week you feel like you’ve gotten better, fitter, stronger, faster, that puts us all in a good spot.”