Arena: 'There is a real upside of having Ashley Cole'

Former England international Ashley Cole (107 caps) has signed with the LA Galaxy following his release from Roma, for which he had not played a competitive game since March 2015. LA Galaxyhead coach and general manager Bruce Arena talked about why the signing of a 35-year-old left back made sense — and was a risk — particularly in light of the Englishman’s remarks a yearand half earlier that he was “not ready to relax on a beach yet.”