2011 Los Angeles Galaxy season

The 2011 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the club's 17th year of existence as well as their 16th season in Major League Soccer and their 16th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer. The Galaxy entered the season as the defending MLS Supporters' Shield titleholders.

Los Angeles Galaxy

2011 season
Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Coach	Bruce Arena
Major League Soccer	1st
MLS Cup	Winners
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
Honda SuperClasico	Won (2–0–0)
California Clasico	Won (1–0–1)
Top goalscorer	League: Landon Donovan (12) All: Landon Donovan (13)
Highest home attendance	27,000 (three matches)
Lowest home attendance	14,458 v Houston Dynamo (May 25, 2011)
Average home league attendance	23,051
Home colors Away colors Third colors
← 2010 2012 →

Most notably, the Galaxy became the third straight team to win consecutive Supporters' Shields, after D.C. United (2006–07) and Columbus Crew (2008–09). The Galaxy clinched their fourth Shield on October 8, after Seattle Sounders FC lost 0–2 at home to Philadelphia Union. They also won their third MLS Cup, defeating Houston Dynamo 1–0 in the final.

Outside of league play, the Galaxy participated in the CONCACAF Champions League and the U.S. Open Cup, reaching the Quarterfinals in both competitions. Along with these competitive tournaments, the Galaxy played in the friendly-match World Football Challenge, losing to Real Madrid and drawing to Manchester City.

Their record in all competitions (yet excluding their Asia-Pacific tour) was 28–9–11, earning 95/144 points from 48 matches.

Season summary

Preseason

The Galaxy had a busy month in January, mostly with transfers. On January 10, club striker, and Golden Boot-finalist, Edson Buddle left the Galaxy to sign with second division German club, Ingolstadt 04 through the end of the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga season.

On January 9, 2010, rumors about David Beckham potentially ending his three-and-a-half-year MLS career by signing with Tottenham Hotspur or going on loan with the Premier League club ended. The Galaxy announced that Beckham would be training with Tottenham for two weeks,^[1] before joining Los Angeles for the start of pre-season training. The news made it the first time since 2008 that Beckham did not go on an off-season loan to Europe.

Regular season

March

"We just did not play well. None of our guys had a good game. That's pretty obvious..."

Bruce Arena, LA Galaxy Head Coach, following the 4–1 defeat to Real Salt Lake.^[2]

The Galaxy opened the MLS regular season with a 0–1 victory over the Sounders at Qwest Field in rainy Seattle on March 15. Second-year midfielder Juninho had the lone goal of the match. Although they were back home at the Home Depot Center for the second match of the season on March 20, the Galaxy once again played in the rain. A rare Southern California rainstorm made for difficult conditions in the 1–1 draw with the New England Revolution. Juninho scored the equalizer for the Galaxy, his second goal of the season – which already matched his goal total from his debut 2010 season. The toughest test of the early season came on March 26 – and the Galaxy failed. Traveling to Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah without captain Landon Donovan (who was away on international duty with the USA national team), the Galaxy lost 4–1 to Real Salt Lake. To be fair, Rio Tinto is a difficult venue for any visiting club, as Real hasn't lost at home in nearly two years. The only consolation was seeing Juan Pablo Ángel open his Galaxy goal account in his first start for his new club. Ángel had been suffering from a virus and didn't start the first two matches (though he did come on as a substitute in the second half against the Revolution).^{[citation needed]}

April

The Galaxy rebounded from the loss to Real Salt Lake with a 1–0 victory over the Philadelphia Union at the Home Depot Center on April 2. Donovan Ricketts and Omar Gonzalez saw their first action of the season after recovering from minor injuries. Leonardo headed in a David Beckham free kick in the 33rd minute for the game's only goal. It was the defender's first goal in a Galaxy shirt. A 53rd minute red card for Chris Birchall meant that the Galaxy had to spend the majority of the second half protecting their narrow lead a man down.

Next up was a 3-games-in-8-days cross-country road trip. To complicate matters, the Galaxy would be without captain Landon Donovan, who did not travel with the club while he nursed a knee injury. The first match of the trip came at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., on April 9. Mike Magee nodded in a Beckham corner to give the Galaxy the early lead. But Charlie Davies drew a dubious penalty and converted from the spot himself in the 90th minute to save the draw for D.C. United. The squad traveled to Toronto to take on Toronto FC 4 days later. The fans at BMO Field saw a largely unentertaining affair resulting in a scoreless draw. Most notable from a Galaxy perspective was the sending off of Juninho in stoppage time of the 2nd half. Also, Beckham received his 5th yellow card of the season in the 44th minute. These two events meant that the Galaxy would be without 3/4ths of their preferred midfield (Donovan, Beckham, and Juninho) when they finished their trip on April 17 in Bridgeview, Illinois against the Chicago Fire. Yet it was no problem as the Galaxy won 1–2 behind goals from Chad Barrett and Gonzalez with Miguel López providing the assists on both goals. Although there was one concerning casualty on the Toyota Park field – Leonardo picked up a right knee injury late in the match. It was revealed a couple days later that he tore the ACL and LCL in the knee, and he is expected to miss the remainder of the season.^[3] Heading home to LA, the Galaxy had picked up a very respectable 5 points on their travels.

Squad

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JAM Donovan Ricketts 2 DF  USA Todd Dunivant 3 DF  USA Gregg Berhalter 4 DF  USA Omar Gonzalez 5 DF  USA Sean Franklin 6 DF  USA Frankie Hejduk 7 MF  USA Jovan Kirovski 8 MF  TRI Chris Birchall 10 FW  USA Landon Donovan (captain) 11 FW  USA Chad Barrett 12 GK  PUR Josh Saunders 14 FW  IRL Robbie Keane 15 MF  NZL Dan Keat 16 MF  USA Héctor Jiménez 17 FW  USA Adam Cristman 18 FW  USA Mike Magee

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  BRA Juninho (on loan from São Paulo) 20 DF  USA A. J. DeLaGarza 21 MF  USA Dustin McCarty 22 DF  BRA Leonardo (on loan from São Paulo) 23 MF  ENG David Beckham 24 GK  USA Brian Perk 25 MF  ARG Miguel López (on loan from Quilmes) 26 MF  USA Michael Stephens 27 FW  USA Bryan Jordan 28 DF  USA Ryan Thomas 30 MF  URU Paolo Cardozo 32 FW  USA Jack McBean 33 DF  USA Sean Alvarado 55 DF  USA Joshua Kelly 29 DF  USA Dasan Robinson

Last updated: August 19, 2011.
Source: LA Galaxy

Squad information

No.	Nat.	Player	Birthday	At LAG since	Previous club	MLS appearances	MLS goals
Goalkeepers
1		Donovan Ricketts	(1977-06-07) June 7, 1977 (age 48)	2009	Village United	59	0
12		Josh Saunders	(1981-03-02) March 2, 1981 (age 44)	2009	Miami FC	12	0
24		Brian Perk	(1989-07-21) July 21, 1989 (age 36)	2010	Philadelphia Union	1	0
Defenders
2		Todd Dunivant	(1980-12-26) December 26, 1980 (age 44)	2009	Toronto FC	59	2
3		Gregg Berhalter	(1973-08-01) August 1, 1973 (age 52)	2009	1860 Munich	41	0
4		Omar Gonzalez	(1988-10-11) October 11, 1988 (age 36)	2009	Maryland Terrapins	62	4
5		Sean Franklin	(1985-03-21) March 21, 1985 (age 40)	2008	San Fernando Valley Quakes	72	0
6		Frankie Hejduk	(1974-08-05) August 5, 1974 (age 51)	2011	Columbus Crew	1	0
20		A. J. DeLaGarza	(1987-11-04) November 4, 1987 (age 37)	2009	Maryland Terrapins	44	2
22		Leonardo	(1988-02-08) February 8, 1988 (age 37)	2010	on loan from São Paulo	17	1
28		Ryan Thomas	(1989-03-20) March 20, 1989 (age 36)	2011	Stanford Cardinal	0	0
55		Joshua Kelly	(1989-08-31) August 31, 1989 (age 35)	2011	University of California, Riverside	0	0
29		Dasan Robinson	(1984-06-06) June 6, 1984 (age 41)	2011	Toronto FC	85	3
Midfielders
7		Jovan Kirovski	(1976-03-18) March 18, 1976 (age 49)	2008	San Jose Earthquakes	46	6
8		Chris Birchall	(1984-05-05) May 5, 1984 (age 41)	2009	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	0
15		Dan Keat	(1987-09-28) September 28, 1987 (age 37)	2011	Team Wellington	0	0
16		Héctor Jiménez	(1988-11-03) November 3, 1988 (age 36)	2011	California Golden Bears	0	0
19		Juninho	(1989-01-05) January 5, 1989 (age 36)	2010	on loan from São Paulo	31	4
21		Dustin McCarty	(1988-10-12) October 12, 1988 (age 36)	2011	North Carolina Tar Heels	0	0
23		David Beckham	(1975-05-02) May 2, 1975 (age 50)	2007	Real Madrid	63	11
25		Miguel López	(1988-06-09) June 9, 1988 (age 37)	2011	on loan from Quilmes	5	0
26		Michael Stephens	(1989-04-03) April 3, 1989 (age 36)	2010	Chicago Fire Premier	25	1
30		Paolo Cardozo	(1989-06-09) June 9, 1989 (age 36)	2011	Quilmes	5	0
Strikers
10		Landon Donovan	(1982-03-04) March 4, 1982 (age 43)	2005	Bayer Leverkusen	148	71
11		Chad Barrett	(1985-04-30) April 30, 1985 (age 40)	2011	Toronto FC	7	1
14		Robbie Keane	(1980-07-08) July 8, 1980 (age 45)	2011	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0
17		Adam Cristman	(1985-01-08) January 8, 1985 (age 40)	2011	D.C. United	0	0
18		Mike Magee	(1984-09-02) September 2, 1984 (age 40)	2009	New York Red Bulls	44	4
27		Bryan Jordan	(1985-09-13) September 13, 1985 (age 39)	2008	Portland Timbers	37	2
32		Jack McBean	(1994-12-15) December 15, 1994 (age 30)	2011	IMG Soccer Academy	0	0

Last updated: August 17, 2011.
Source: LA Galaxy

Transfers

See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2011

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 15, 2010	Juan Pablo Ángel	FW	New York Red Bulls	Re-Entry Draft	[4]
December 15, 2010	Luke Sassano	MF	New York Red Bulls	Re-Entry Draft, subsequently traded	[4]
December 15, 2010	Frankie Hejduk	DF	Sporting Kansas City	Acquired in exchange for Luke Sassano	[5]
January 11, 2011	Adam Cristman	FW	D.C. United	Acquired in exchange for a Supplemental Draft pick	[6]
January 13, 2011	Chad Barrett	FW	Toronto F.C.	Acquired in exchange for undisclosed future considerations	[7]
February 14, 2011	Paolo Cardozo	MF	Quilmes	SuperDraft, 1st round	[8]
February 14, 2011	Héctor Jiménez	MF	University of California, Berkeley	SuperDraft, 2nd round	[8]
February 14, 2011	Dan Keat	MF	Dartmouth College	Supplemental Draft, 1st round	[8]
February 14, 2011	Ryan Thomas	DF	Stanford University	Supplemental Draft, 1st round	[8]
February 14, 2011	Dustin McCarty	MF	University of North Carolina	Supplemental Draft, 2nd round	[8]
March 16, 2011	Sean Alvarado	DF	Unattached	Free	[9]
May 11, 2011	Kyle Davies	DF	Unattached	Free	[10]
August 15, 2011	Robbie Keane	FW	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed, believed to be roughly $4M transfer fee	[11]
September 15, 2011	Dasan Robinson	DF	Toronto FC	Acquired for Kyle Davies	[12]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 15, 2010	Eddie Lewis	MF	None	Retired	[13]
November 15, 2010	Chris Klein	MF	None	Retired	[14]
December 3, 2010	Dema Kovalenko	MF	None	Option declined, retired	[15]
December 15, 2010	Tristan Bowen	FW	Chivas USA	Traded for allocation money	[16]
December 15, 2010	Luke Sassano	MF	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for Frankie Hejduk	[5]
January 1, 2011	Alex Cazumba	MF	São Paulo	Loan expired, option declined	[17]
January 10, 2011	Edson Buddle	FW	Ingolstadt 04	Undisclosed	[18]
January 26, 2011	Yohance Marshall	DF	Vermont Voltage	Option declined, free transfer	[17]
August 17, 2011	Juan Pablo Ángel	FW	Chivas USA	Traded for a 2012 Supplemental Draft, 3rd round pick	[19]
September 15, 2011	Kyle Davies	DF	Toronto FC	Traded for Dasan Robinson	[12]

Loans

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 23, 2009	Leonardo	DF	São Paulo	Loan	[17][20]
December 23, 2009	Juninho	MF	São Paulo	Loan	[17][20]
January 28, 2011	Miguel López	MF	Quilmes	One year loan, terms undisclosed	[21]

Out

Competitions

Pre-season

Loyola Marymount Lions v LA Galaxy

February 4, 2011	Loyola Marymount Lions	1–7	LA Galaxy	Carson, California
16:30 PST		Report	Birchall Ángel Berhalter Juninho Cardozo Kirovski	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers

February 8, 2011	LA Galaxy	1–1	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
15:00 PST	López  26' Cardozo 47'	Report	Umony 50'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

LA Galaxy v Tijuana

March 2, 2011	LA Galaxy	2–2 (3–4 p)	Tijuana	San Diego, California
	Gonzalez 41' Donovan 75'	Report	Pulido 39' Orozco 81'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 6,124
	Penalties
	Donovan Magee López Barrett Kirovski		Rosa Molina Orozco Otreras Yacuzzi

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2011 Major League Soccer season

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy (S, C)	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	67	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19	63
3	Real Salt Lake	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8	53
4	FC Dallas	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3	52
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	13	9	12	50	40	+10	51
6	Houston Dynamo	34	12	9	13	45	41	+4	49	CONCACAF Champions League
7	Colorado Rapids	34	12	9	13	44	41	+3	49
8	Philadelphia Union	34	11	8	15	44	36	+8	48
9	Columbus Crew	34	13	13	8	43	44	−1	47
10	New York Red Bulls	34	10	8	16	50	44	+6	46
11	Chicago Fire	34	9	9	16	46	45	+1	43
12	Portland Timbers	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8	42
13	D.C. United	34	9	13	12	49	52	−3	39
14	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5	38
15	Chivas USA	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2	36
16	Toronto FC	34	6	13	15	36	59	−23	33	CONCACAF Champions League
17	New England Revolution	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20	28
18	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20	28

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

Western Conference table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	67	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19	63
3	Real Salt Lake	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8	53
4	FC Dallas	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3	52	MLS Cup Play-In Round
5	Colorado Rapids	34	12	9	13	46	42	+4	49
6	Portland Timbers	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8	42
7	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5	38
8	Chivas USA	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2	36
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20	28

Source: MLS

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	18	10	4	46	25	+21	64	11	5	0	27	8	+19	7	5	4	19	17	+2

Last updated: October 9, 2011.
Source: Match results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 2011. Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

Seattle Sounders FC v LA Galaxy

March 15, 2011 1	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	LA Galaxy	Seattle
19:00 PDT	Friberg  44' González  45+1'	Report	Birchall  24' Juninho 58' Beckham  90+3'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 36,443 Referee: Alex Prus

LA Galaxy v New England Revolution

March 20, 2011 2	LA Galaxy	1–1	New England Revolution	Carson, California
15:00 PDT	Juninho 39'	Report	Joseph 3'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Real Salt Lake v LA Galaxy

March 26, 2011 3	Real Salt Lake	4–1	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
18:00 PDT	Williams 2' Morales 10' (pen.), 41' Paulo Jr. 68'	Report	Saunders  9' Beckham  54' López  54' Leonardo  74' Ángel 80'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,507 Referee: Jair Marrufo

LA Galaxy v Philadelphia Union

April 2, 2011 4	LA Galaxy	1–0	Philadelphia Union	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Leonardo 33' López  51' Birchall  53' Ricketts  60' Beckham  89' Donovan  90+2'	Report	Ruiz  53' Williams  63' Harvey  78' Califf  88' McInerney  90+5'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,998 Referee: Paul Ward

D.C. United v LA Galaxy

April 9, 2011 5	D.C. United	1–1	LA Galaxy	Washington, D.C.
16:30 PDT	Quaranta  40'  84' Davies 90'	Report	Magee 12' Dunivant  29' Beckham  41' Kirovski  90+5'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 26,622 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

Toronto FC v LA Galaxy

April 13, 2011 6	Toronto FC	0–0	LA Galaxy	Toronto
17:00 PDT	Martina  67' Stevanović  68'	Report	Bechkam  44' Jordan  76' Juninho  78'  90+3'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 22,453 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Chicago Fire v LA Galaxy

April 17, 2011 7	Chicago Fire	1–2	LA Galaxy	Bridgeview, Illinois
13:00 PDT	Videira  10' Oduro 89',  90+3'	Report	Magee  31' Barrett 42' Stephens  63' Gonzalez 72' Hejduk  73'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,203 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers

April 23, 2011 8	LA Galaxy	3–0	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Barrett 3' Donovan 8' (pen.), 67' Franklin  17' Magee  90+1'	Report	Wallace  7'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 23,719 Referee: Ramón Hernández

FC Dallas v LA Galaxy

May 1, 2011 9	FC Dallas	2–1	LA Galaxy	Frisco, Texas
16:00 PDT	Castillo 47' Shea 88'	Report	Donovan 51' Juninho  55'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 21,867 Referee: Alex Prus

LA Galaxy v New York Red Bulls

May 7, 2011 10	LA Galaxy	1–1	New York Red Bulls	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Donovan 41'	Report	Henry 4' Rodgers  57'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Philadelphia Union v LA Galaxy

May 11, 2011 11	Philadelphia Union	1–1	LA Galaxy	Chester, Pennsylvania
16:30 PDT	Caroll  58' Torres  76' Mwanga 83',  83' Williams  90+2'	Report	Donovan 24' Birchall  30' Gonzalez  78' DeLaGarza  87'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 19,178 Referee: Andrew Chapin

LA Galaxy v Sporting Kansas City

May 14, 2011 12	LA Galaxy	4–1	Sporting Kansas City	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Donovan 44' (pen.), 46' Ángel 64' Juninho  80' Beckham 87'	Report	Gonzalez 39' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,763 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Chivas USA v LA Galaxy

May 21, 2011 13	Chivas USA	0–1	LA Galaxy	Carson, California
19:00 PDT	Elliot  50' Valentin  73'	Report	Barrett 26'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo

May 25, 2011 14	LA Galaxy	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Donovan 46' (pen.) Franklin  87'	Report	Watson  90'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,458 Referee: Chris Penso

New England Revolution v LA Galaxy

May 28, 2011 15	New England Revolution	0–1	LA Galaxy	Foxborough, Massachusetts
17:00 PDT		Report	Beckham  67' López 69'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 21,793 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

LA Galaxy v D.C. United

June 3, 2011 16	LA Galaxy	0–0	D.C. United	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Gonzalez  42'	Report	Fred  6' White  65'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,036 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

LA Galaxy v Toronto FC

June 11, 2011 17	LA Galaxy	2–2	Toronto FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Birchall 2' Beckham  29' DeLaGarza  83' Ángel 90+1'	Report	Borman  17' Henry  57' Gordon 68', 90+4'  81'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,675 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Colorado Rapids v LA Galaxy

June 18, 2011 18	Colorado Rapids	1–3	LA Galaxy	Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 PDT	Nyassi  36' Casey 64' Folan  74' Mastroeni  81'	Report	Moor 25' (o.g.) Juninho 42' Barrett 80'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 18,277 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

San Jose Earthquakes v LA Galaxy

June 25, 2011 19	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	LA Galaxy	Santa Clara, California
20:00 PDT	Lenhart  43' Corrales  49'	Report	Dunivant  37' Saunders  43'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,872 Referee: Juan Guzman

LA Galaxy v Seattle Sounders FC

July 4, 2011 20	LA Galaxy	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Donovan  90+4'	Report	Friberg  55'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

LA Galaxy v Chicago Fire

July 9, 2011 21	LA Galaxy	2–1	Chicago Fire	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Donovan 58' Beckham 65' Birchall  90+2'	Report	Paladini  64' Nazarit 62' Cháves  90+1' Mikulić  90+5'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 21,762 Referee: David Ganter

LA Galaxy v Columbus Crew

July 20, 2011 22	LA Galaxy	1–0	Columbus Crew	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Berhalter  16' Franklin 70' Juninho  85' Beckham  90+2'	Report	James  65'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,709 Referee: Andrew Chapin

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v LA Galaxy

July 30, 2011 23	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–4	LA Galaxy	Vancouver, BC
16:30 PDT		Report	Donovan 61', 75' (pen.) Stephens  65' Franklin 80' Cristman 90'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Portland Timbers v LA Galaxy

August 3, 2011 24	Portland Timbers	3–0	LA Galaxy	Portland, Oregon
20:00 PDT	Chabala 26' Perlaza 33' Brunner 68' Chará  82' Zizzo  89'	Report	Donovan  64'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 18,627 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

LA Galaxy v FC Dallas

August 6, 2011 25	LA Galaxy	3–1	FC Dallas	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Beckham  25' Gonzalez 32' Berhalter  35' Juninho 62' Magee 81' Stephens  90+4'	Report	Chávez 9'  68' Villar  18' Benítez  27'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 21,546 Referee: Michael Kennedy

LA Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes

August 20, 2011 26	LA Galaxy	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Keane 21' Hejduk  68' Magee 90'	Report	Baca  54' Beitashour  81'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Sporting Kansas City v LA Galaxy

September 5, 2011 27	Sporting Kansas City	2–2	LA Galaxy	Kansas City, Kansas
15:00 PDT	Espinoza  2' Zusi  67' Júlio César 72' Collin  73' Bravo 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Franklin 25', 74' Hejduk  66' Donovan  84' Beckham  90+1'	Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park Attendance: 20,512 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

LA Galaxy v Colorado Rapids

September 9, 2011 28	LA Galaxy	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Donovan 36'	Report	Mullan  67'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,068 Referee: Kevin Stott

LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

September 17, 2011 29	LA Galaxy	3–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Magee 40' 75' Keane 64'	Report	Rochat  17' Koffie  28' Hassli  62'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 22,959 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Columbus Crew v LA Galaxy

September 24, 2011 30	Columbus Crew	0–1	LA Galaxy	Columbus, Ohio
16:30 PDT		Report	Barrett 90+3'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 21,203 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake

October 1, 2011 31	LA Galaxy	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Barrett 59' Borchers 72' (o.g.)	Report	Espíndola 10'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Kevin Stott

New York Red Bulls v LA Galaxy

October 4, 2011 32	New York Red Bulls	2–0	LA Galaxy	Harrison, New Jersey
17:00 PDT	Rodgers 32' Henry 59'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,186 Referee: Jair Marrufo

LA Galaxy v Chivas USA

October 16, 2011 33	LA Galaxy	1–0	Chivas USA	Carson, California
18:00 PDT	Barrett 53'	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Houston Dynamo v LA Galaxy

October 23, 2011 34	Houston Dynamo	3–1	LA Galaxy	Houston, Texas
16:00 PDT	Moffat 27' Boswell 48' Costly 74'	Report	McBean 88'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 30,018 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference semifinals

New York Red Bulls v LA Galaxy

October 30, 2011 First Leg	New York Red Bulls	0–1	LA Galaxy	Harrison, New Jersey
12:00 PDT	Henry  44'	Report	Magee 15' Franklin  40'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 22,663 Referee: Alex Prus

LA Galaxy v New York Red Bulls

November 3, 2011 Second Leg	LA Galaxy	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	New York Red Bulls	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Magee 42' Donovan 75' (pen.)	Report	Rodgers 4'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Conference finals

LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake

November 6, 2011	LA Galaxy	3–1	Real Salt Lake	The Home Depot Center Carson, California
18:00 PST	Donovan 23' (pen.) Magee 58' Keane 68'	Report	Saborío 25'	Attendance: 23,437 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Championship

Main article: MLS Cup 2011

LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo

November 20, 2011	LA Galaxy	1–0	Houston Dynamo	The Home Depot Center Carson, California
18:00 PST	Donovan 72'			Attendance: 30,281 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League

The Los Angeles Galaxy qualified directly into Group stage play by winning the Supporters' Shield.^[22] The Galaxy played in Group A with Alajuelense of Costa Rica, Morelia of Mexico, and Motagua of Honduras.

Group A Table

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LA	MOR	ALA	MOT
Los Angeles Galaxy	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	12[a]	Advance to championship round			2–1	2–0	2–0
Morelia	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12[a]			2–1		2–1	4–0
Alajuelense	6	4	0	2	8	6	+2	12[a]			1–0	1–0		1–0
Motagua	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0			0–1	0–2	2–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Tiebreakers: Los Angeles Galaxy, Morelia and Alajuelense are ranked by their head-to-head records.

Group Stage Matches

LA Galaxy v Motagua

August 16, 2011 1	LA Galaxy	2–0	Motagua	Carson
20:00 PDT	Cristman 13' Donovan 60' Berhalter  90'	Report	Guerrero  70'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 8,196 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

LA Galaxy v Alajuelense

August 25, 2011 2	LA Galaxy	2–0	Alajuelense	Carson
20:00 PDT	Beckham  31' Gonzalez 38' Donovan  68' Barrett 77' Magee  77' Juninho  88'	Report	Acosta  60'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 9,855 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Morelia v LA Galaxy

September 13, 2011 3	Morelia	2–1	LA Galaxy	Morelia, Mexico
16:00 PDT	Aldrete 83' Sabah 90+2'  90+3'	Report	Keane 52'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

Alajuelense v LA Galaxy

September 21, 2011 4	Alajuelense	1–0	LA Galaxy	Alajuela, Costa Rica
18:00 PDT	Antonio Gabas 28'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

LA Galaxy v Morelia

September 28, 2011 5	LA Galaxy	2–1	Morelia	Carson
22:00	Magee 21' Juninho 90'	Report	Lugo 59'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Motagua v LA Galaxy

October 20, 2011 6	Motagua	0–1	LA Galaxy	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
16:00 PDT		Report	Juninho 29'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2011 U.S. Open Cup

LA Galaxy v Los Angeles Blues

June 28, 2011 Third round	LA Galaxy	2–1	Los Angeles Blues	Fullerton, California
19:30 PDT	Berhalter  8' Gonzalez 75' Magee 81' Cristman  88'	Report	Tudela  1' Rivera 62' Momeni  70' Sesay  90'  90'	Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 3,627 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Seattle Sounders FC v LA Galaxy

July 13, 2011 Quarterfinals	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	LA Galaxy	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 PDT	Jaqua 4' Alonso  22' Montero 25'  54' Parke  55' Neagle 74' Fucito  90'	Report	Cristman 40' Cardozo  59'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,322 Referee: Kevin Stott

World Football Challenge

Main article: 2011 World Football Challenge

LA Galaxy v Real Madrid

July 16, 2011	LA Galaxy	1–4	Real Madrid	Los Angeles, California
19:00 PDT	López  38' Cristman 67'	Report	Callejón 31' Joselu 40' Ronaldo 53' Benzema 58'	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 56,211 Referee: Jorge González

LA Galaxy v Manchester City

July 24, 2011	LA Galaxy	1–1 (6–7 p)	Manchester City	Carson, California
13:00 PDT	Magee 53'	Report	Balotelli 20' (pen.) Savić  67'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,897 Referee: Ricardo Salazar
	Penalties
	Keat Birchall Juninho Dunivant Stephens McBean Gonzalez McCarty DeLaGarza		Milner Weiss Suárez Kolarov Guidetti Lescott De Jong Wright-Phillips Hart

Asia Pacific Tour 2011

Indonesia Selection v LA Galaxy

November 30, 2011	Indonesia Selection	0–1	LA Galaxy	Jakarta, Indonesia
04:00 PST		Report	Keane 14'  24' Gonzalez  20' Magee  26'	Stadium: Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 20,000[23] Referee: Faulur Rosy

Philippines  v LA Galaxy

December 3, 2011	Philippines	1–6	LA Galaxy	Manila, Philippines
03:30 PST	P. Younghusband 41'  48' De Jong  64'	Report	Beckham 20' Magee 39' Keane 47' Cristman 63', 87' Berhalter 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Jovanie Villagracia

Melbourne Victory FC v LA Galaxy

December 6, 2011	Melbourne Victory FC	2–2 (3–4 p)	LA Galaxy	Melbourne, Australia
00:30 PST	Hernández 15' Cernak 37'	Report	Keane 43' (pen.), 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 34,608 Referee: Strebre Delovski
	Penalties
	Vargas Jeggo Pondeljak Retre Rojas		Donovan Jiménez Berhlater Stephens Cardozo

Statistics

All statistics are for competitive matches only.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		Champions League		Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	JAM	Donovan Ricketts	12	0	12+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Todd Dunivant	29	0	26+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	USA	Gregg Berhalter	12	0	6+2	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	USA	Omar Gonzalez	25	4	22+0	2	2+0	1	1+0	1
5	DF	USA	Sean Franklin	28	2	23+2	2	1+1	0	1+0	0
6	DF	USA	Frankie Hejduk	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	USA	Jovan Kirovski	11	0	1+8	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	TRI	Chris Birchall	22	1	14+5	1	0+2	0	1+0	0
9	FW	COL	Juan Pablo Ángel	22	3	17+5	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	USA	Landon Donovan	21	12	18+0	11	2+0	1	1+0	0
11	FW	USA	Chad Barrett	22	5	15+5	4	0+1	1	1+0	0
12	GK	PUR	Josh Saunders	17	0	13+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW	IRL	Robbie Keane	2	1	1+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	NZL	Dan Keat	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	USA	Héctor Jiménez	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	FW	USA	Adam Cristman	10	3	2+4	1	2+0	1	1+1	1
18	MF	USA	Mike Magee	25	4	17+5	3	2+0	0	1+0	1
19	MF	BRA	Juninho	28	4	24+0	4	2+0	0	1+1	0
20	DF	USA	A. J. DeLaGarza	26	0	22+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
21	MF	USA	Dustin McCarty	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	BRA	Leonardo	7	1	7+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ENG	David Beckham	34	2	26+4	2+0	4	0	0+0	0
24	GK	USA	Brian Perk	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
25	MF	ARG	Miguel López	24	1	12+9	1	0+1	0	0+2	0
26	MF	USA	Michael Stephens	20	0	10+7	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
27	FW	USA	Bryan Jordan	10	0	1+7	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
28	DF	USA	Ryan Thomas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	URU	Paolo Cardozo	13	0	2+9	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
32	FW	USA	Jack McBean	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	USA	Sean Alvarado	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Updated to match played August 25, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Goalkeeper stats

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			MLS			Champions League			Open Cup
			MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1		Donovan Ricketts	1014	6	0.53	1014	6	0.53	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
12		Josh Saunders	1459	17	1.05	1189	14	1.06	180	0	0.00	90	3	3.00
18		Mike Magee	47	0	0.00	47	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
24		Brian Perk	180	1	0.50	90	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	90	1	1.00
		TOTALS	2700	24	0.80	2340	20	0.77	180	0	0.00	180	4	2.00

Updated to match played August 25, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Starting XI

MLS regular season matches only.

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 12 GK Saunders 18 5 RB Franklin 25 Also played as RM 4 CB Gonzalez 29 20 CB DeLaGarza 30 2 LB Dunivant 32 10 RM Donovan 21 23 CM Beckham 25 19 CM Juninho 30 18 LM Magee 20 Also played as FW 9 FW Ángel 17 11 FW Barrett 20 Updated to match played November 27, 2011 Source: LA Galaxy

Saunders Gonzalez DeLaGarza Franklin Dunivant Beckham Juninho Donovan Magee Ángel Barrett

Top scorers

Rank	Nation	Number	Name	Total	MLS	Champions League	Open Cup
1		10	Landon Donovan	13	12	1	0
2		11	Chad Barrett	5	4	1	0
3		5	Sean Franklin	4	4	0	0
3		4	Omar Gonzalez	4	2	1	1
3		19	Juninho	4	4	0	0
3		18	Mike Magee	4	3	0	1
3		9	Juan Pablo Ángel	4	4	0	0
8		17	Adam Cristman	3	1	1	1
9		23	David Beckham	2	2	0	0
10		8	Chris Birchall	1	1	0	0
10		14	Robbie Keane	1	1	0	0
10		22	Leonardo	1	1	0	0
10		25	Miguel López	1	1	0	0

Updated to match played September 9, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Top assists

Rank	Nation	Number	Name	Total	MLS	Champions League	Open Cup
1		23	David Beckham	14	12	2	0
2		11	Chad Barrett	3	3	0	0
2		10	Landon Donovan	3	3	0	0
2		5	Sean Franklin	3	2	1	0
2		25	Miguel López	3	2	0	0
6		2	Todd Dunivant	2	2	0	0
6		19	Juninho	2	1	0	1
8		9	Juan Pablo Ángel	1	1	0	0
8		3	Gregg Berhalter	1	1	0	0
8		8	Chris Birchall	1	0	0	1
8		20	A. J. DeLaGarza	1	0	1	0
8		4	Omar Gonzalez	1	0	0	1

Updated to match played August 25, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Disciplinary record

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Total		MLS		Champions League		Open Cup
GK		1	Donovan Ricketts	100	100	1	0	0	0	0	0
DF		2	Todd Dunivant	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
DF		3	Gregg Berhalter	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
DF		4	Omar Gonzalez	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
DF		5	Sean Franklin	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
DF		6	Frankie Hejduk	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
MF		7	Jovan Kirovski	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
MF		8	Chris Birchall	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
FW		10	Landon Donovan	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
GK		12	Josh Saunders	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
FW		17	Adam Cristman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW		18	Mike Magee	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
MF		19	Juninho	4	2	4	1	0	1	0	0
DF		20	A. J. DeLaGarza	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
DF		22	Leonardo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
MF		23	David Beckham	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
MF		25	Miguel López	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
MF		26	Michael Stephens	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
FW		27	Bryan Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
MF		30	Paolo Cardozo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	46	5	39	4	4	1	3	0

Updated to match played August 25, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Club staff

Position	Name
General Manager & Head Coach	Bruce Arena
Assistant head coach	Dave Sarachan
Assistant coach & Reserve Team Head Coach	Curt Onalfo
Assistant coach	Gregg Berhalter
Goalkeeper coach	Ian Feuer
Director of Soccer Operations	David Kammarman
Senior Director Galaxy Academy & Special Projects	Chris Klein
LA Galaxy Academy Coach & Administrator	Craig Harrington
Head Athletic Trainer	Armando Rivas
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Cecelia Gutierrez
Equipment Manager	Raul Vargas
Equipment Coordinator	Rafael Verdin
Team Administrator	Shant Kasparian
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Ben Yauss
Active Release Specialist	Shunta Shimizu

Updated to match played March 27, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Los Angeles is in the No. 10 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.^[24]

International roster spots

Los Angeles has 8 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Los Angeles dealt one slot to Portland Timbers on November 22, 2010, for use in the 2011 and 2012 seasons^[25] then acquired one slot from D.C. United on February 17, 2011, for use in the 2011 and 2012 seasons.^[26] There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).^[24]

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: 2012 Supplemental Draft Round 3 pick acquired from Chivas USA.
Future picks traded: 2014 SuperDraft Round 4 pick traded to Houston Dynamo. The Galaxy also traded unspecified future considerations to Toronto FC which may or may not include draft pick(s).

MLS rights to other players

Los Angeles maintains the MLS rights to Edson Buddle after the player declined a contract offer by the league and signed overseas on a free transfer.