LOS ANGELES — Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was in Los Angeles 10 days ago. But he wasn't checking out the hotel or scouting the training facilities ahead of his team's upcoming visit.
"I went to Magic Castle," he said. "Have you been?"
It wasn't Ancelotti's first pleasure trip to Southern California since he has a stepdaughter who lives here. Nor will this week's return for Sunday's Rose Bowl friendly with Christian Pulisic and AC Milan be his first business trip here — Ancelotti and Real Madrid beat Juventus before a crowd of more than 93,000 last summer.
