For a team with a first-year general manager and head coach, the LA Galaxy are in a decent spot.



Even after losing 4-0 to Portland on the Saturday before the All-Star game, the Galaxy sit in third place in the Western Conference. In all of MLS, only crosstown rival LAFC and the Seattle Sounders average more points per game.



All things considered, that’s pretty good, especially with how much room those in the organization think there is to grow.



“I think, internally, we feel there are more positives than negatives,” general manager Dennis te Kloese said recently.



So first: The positives.



The Galaxy have Zlatan Ibrahimović, first and foremost, talker of shit and destroyer of worlds. Ibrahimović has scored 16 goals in 18 games. For a team in transition, throwing it up top to the big man when all else fails has proven to be a heck of a Plan B.



The team’s lack of draws — its overall record is...