The names Rob Friend, Samuel and Baggio Husidic may well sound like a rejected FourFourTwo spineline, but for Galaxy fans they are now a reality, welcome or not. For more, read this week’s column and revel in the anticipation that is the MLS SuperDraft (ahem).

Now that I’ve (briefly) come up for air from a Breaking Bad watching binge, it’s worth noting that:

• Both the Galaxy and Chivas USA refined (and perhaps completed) their preseason plans by confirming games in Fresno and Las Vegas respectively.
• The USMNT has decamped to Brazil.
• Los Angeles Galaxy Academy U-18 coach and UCLA men’s soccer assistant coach Eddie Soto has been named the new head coach of the University of San Francisco.