LAFC appoints Xavi Tamarit as interim coach of Son Heung-min's team

Los Angeles FC (LAFC) of Major League Soccer (MLS), the team of national soccer team striker Son Heung-min, has selected a temporary head coach to lead the remainder of the season.

LAFC announced on the 2nd (Korean time) that it had appointed Xavi Tamarit (44) as interim coach.

LAFC, currently ranked 6th in the Western Conference in MLS this season with 11 wins, 8 draws, 9 losses, and 41 points, fired coach Mark Dos Santos on the 28th of last month and looked for a new coach.

According to the club, Spanish coach Tamarit has accumulated over 20 years of elite leadership experience in the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, and Argentina's First Division, and joined the LAFC coaching staff in January of this year.

Coach Tamarit holds professional licenses from the European Football Association (UEFA) and the Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL), and is known to be fluent in English and Portuguese as well as Spanish.

“Coach Tamarit has a clear understanding of the strengths of our players and what the team needs today,” said John Sorrington, LAFC President of Football Operations. “We have full confidence in him and the coaching staff to bring out the best in our team. Our standards and goals remain the same and we will give everything we have to finish the 2026 season strong.”