Los Angeles Football Club star Carlos Vela has been linked with a potential exit from the club, much to the fear of the club's fans. Vela has been one of the club's best players in recent years and has also been an integral part of the club since joining them some years ago. The forward played a part in LAFC's run in the FIFA Club World Cup and also helped guide them to the competition, making them the first-ever Major League Soccer side to feature in a FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
However, they would fall to a defeat to Mexican outfit Tigres UANL after they lost concentration and conceded two goals in quick succession despite scoring the opening goal. The Mexican outfit then knocked out the American giant club out of the competition and would then go on to lose the final to German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.