Los Angeles Galaxy
Major League Soccer club in Los Angeles, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Los Angeles Galaxy, branded as the LA Galaxy, are an American soccer team that plays in Major League Soccer in Carson, California. They shared their home field, Dignity Health Sports Park, with Chivas USA before that team folded at the end of the 2014 season.
Full name | LA Galaxy | ||
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Founded | June 15, 1994 (29 years ago) (1994-06-15)[1] | ||
Stadium | Dignity Health Sports Park Carson, California | ||
Capacity | 27,000[2] | ||
Owner | Philip Anschutz (AEG) | ||
President | Chris Klein | ||
Head coach | Guillermo Barros Schelotto | ||
League | Major League Soccer | ||
2018 | Western Conference: 7th Overall: 13th Playoffs: Did not qualify | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Until he left when his contract ended after the 2012 season, the team's best-known player was English icon David Beckham, signed from Real Madrid in 2007. Landon Donovan, the joint all-time leading goal scorer for the US national team, played with the Galaxy from 2005 until his first retirement in 2014, and briefly returned to the team in the last part of the 2016 season. Robbie Keane, the Republic of Ireland's captain, leading scorer, and most-capped (most games) player, was a Galaxy captain. The team also included longtime Liverpool and England star Steven Gerrard. Currently, the Galaxy's best-known player is Sweden all-time leading scorer Zlatan Ibrahimović.