LOS ANGELES — The clock could strike midnight on Carlos Vela's MLS career in June. That's when his contract with LAFC runs out, and unless he and the team agree to a new one, the ball will be over for the former league MVP and the face of the franchise.
"You know how sports are. It's a business too," Vela said. "Who knows where I can be in six months? So I live in the present."
So does the team. Because after watching Vela struggle through two injury-plagued seasons in which he missed more games than he played, LAFC general manager John Thorrington has shown little urgency to get a new deal done.
