Q&A with LAFC’s Steve Cherundolo: ‘Eager about the next stage of my life’

For the first time since the news broke nearly three weeks ago that 2025 would be Steve Cherundolo’s fourth and final season as head coach of the Los Angeles Football Club, the 46-year-old American answered questions about his pending departure in the fall.
A day after FIFA announced that LAFC would play Club América for the right to occupy a vacant slot in this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup, Cherundolo spoke with the Southern California News Group about his decision to le