Keanu Jones has joined LA Galaxy after he finished his Continental Pro License and he can't wait to start.

In the second episode we will take a look at our preseason, transfers, tactic, squad and the predictions for the season.

Preseason:

The start of preseason wasn't good for us. I was mainly just testing out the new tactics and getting my players fitness up.The first 4 games of preseason I got to know the squad and decided on tactics, so I didn't really care about the results. I was pretty delighted with the 2-0 win against FC Basel but I was really disappointed with the 1-1 tie against our second team. I'm confident that we'll do better once the season starts.

Capa:

What is Capa? For me it's short for Current ability potential ability. I use this to sign players. It is a score that determines if I will sign a player or not. So how does it work? The 5 attributes that come into play in this score are: Passing, Concentration, Flair, Positioning, and Work Rate. I add up all of those attributes and then I have the Capa score for that player. So for players 25 years and older they need to have a Capa score of 60+. If the player is 24 years old or younger then they need to have a Capa score of 50. Youth intake needs to reach a Capa score of 50 before the age of 21 or I will release them or let their contract run out.

Transfers:

The board gave me a transfer budget of $4 million. With those $4 million I bought a sweeper, a RWB and a LWB. I got an AMC, another RWB, and a goalkeeper on a free. I picked up another goalkeeper and a CM in the draft and transferred Nathan Smith and Ethan Zubak from the second team to the first team. On the other side I let 2 players go on loan and released a lot of players because of MLS’s rules. I had to let go 2 signings I just made weeks before because of the MLS rules. Also Tottenham is interested in our striker Giovani Dos Santos.

I made a lot of staff additions with most of them being scouts to Improve my scouting range and find more talent. I also got an assistant coach since I didn't have one when I came.

Squad Review:

I like to have a small squad, so each player gets more chances. If a position needs another player then I just transfer one from my second team and give him a chance in the team. Our 3 DP’s are Giovani Dos Santos, Romain Alessandrini, and Miguel Torrén. I expect them to be the stars of our squad. I transferred both Nathan Smith and Ethan Zubak to the first team because they both have a Capa score higher than 50 and they are both under the age of 24. I'm really excited to see how Ethan Zubak develops because he has good potential and is only 17 years old.

The tactic:

As I said before I tried out a lot of tactics in preseason. The 3 tactics I made are Corinthians current tactic which you can see above, Chelsea’s 3-4-3 Sweeper and Inter Milan’s 4-4-2 Diamond that they used back in the 09/10 season. I originally wanted to use the 3-4-3 primarily but didn't finish developing it and the 4-4-1-1 was more successful in preseason. So I'm probably going to use the 3-4-3 later in the season. In the current tactic that you see above I tried to create the current tactic Corinthians is using. It is very attacking trying to get the ball in the box as fast as possible and standing very tight when in defense.

Predictions:



These are the predictions for the upcoming season. Our team is predicted to win the supporters shield and the MLS Cup and I'm confident that we can do it.

Thank you for reading!!! The next episode will come out in the next 24 hours and after that expect to see about 3 posts per week.