2020 LA Galaxy season

The 2020 LA Galaxy season was the club's twenty-fifth season of existence, their twenty-fifth in Major League Soccer.

LA Galaxy

2020 season
Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Head coach	Guillermo Barros Schelotto (until October 29)
Stadium	Dignity Health Sports Park
MLS	Conference: 10th Overall: 20th
Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Canceled
Leagues Cup	Canceled
MLS is Back Tournament	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Cristian Pavón (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	26,382 (vs. VAN – March 8)
Average home league attendance	26,382
Biggest win	3–0 (vs. LAFC – Sept. 6)
Biggest defeat	2–6 (vs. LAFC – July 18) 0–4 (vs. SJ – Oct. 14)
Home colors Away colors
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On March 12, 2020, the Major League Soccer has suspended all games, for 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. On March 19, 2020, the suspension was extended with a target return date of May 10.^[1]

On June 10, 2020, the MLS is Back Tournament was announced, and began on July 8.^[2]

Players

Squad information

As of August 20, 2020^[3]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	USA	David Bingham
2	MF	USA	Perry Kitchen
3	DF	ARG	Emiliano Insúa
5	DF	USA	Daniel Steres
8	MF	MEX	Jonathan dos Santos (DP)
10	FW	ARG	Cristian Pavón (on loan from Boca Juniors)
11	MF	COL	Yony González
12	GK	USA	Eric Lopez (HG)
14	FW	MEX	Javier Hernández (DP)
15	MF	USA	Joe Corona
16	MF	USA	Sacha Kljestan
17	MF	USA	Sebastian Lletget
18	GK	USA	Justin Vom Steeg
19	DF	FRA	Diedie Traore
20	DF	USA	Nick DePuy
21	DF	CRC	Giancarlo González
22	DF	USA	Julian Araujo
24	DF	USA	Danilo Acosta
25	DF	VEN	Rolf Feltscher
26	MF	MEX	Efraín Álvarez (HG)
27	MF	ARG	Emil Cuello
28	MF	USA	Kai Koreniuk
29	FW	USA	Ethan Zubak (HG)
31	FW	GER	Gordon Wild
33	GK	USA	Jonathan Klinsmann
56	MF	USA	Jonathan Perez (HG)
60	FW	USA	Cameron Dunbar (HG)
67	MF	PAN	Carlos Harvey

Transfers

Transfers in

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Danilo Acosta	Real Salt Lake	Selected in the 2019 MLS End-of-Year Waiver Draft. Signed on January 8, 2020.	November 25, 2019	[4][5]
MF	Sacha Kljestan	Orlando City SC	Signed as a free agent.	December 11, 2019	[6]
MF	Aleksandar Katai	Chicago Fire FC	Signed through Targeted Allocation Money.	December 31, 2019	[7]
DF	Emiliano Insúa	VfB Stuttgart	Sign.	January 1, 2020	[8]
GK	Eric Lopez	LA Galaxy II	Sign.	January 15, 2020	[9]
FW	Javier Hernández	Sevilla	Signed as a Designated Player.	January 21, 2020	[10]
DF	Nick DePuy	LA Galaxy II	Sign.	February 5, 2020	[11]
FW	Cameron Dunbar	LA Galaxy Academy	Sign.	February 20, 2020	[12]
MF	Jonathan Perez	LA Galaxy Academy	Sign.	February 21, 2020	[13]
FW	Gordon Wild	D. C. United	Sign.	February 25, 2020	[14]
MF	Kai Koreniuk	LA Galaxy II	Sign.	June 25, 2020	[15]
MF	Carlos Harvey	LA Galaxy II	Loan.	June 26, 2020	[16]
MF	Yony González	Benfica	Loan.	August 19, 2020	[17]
GK	Jonathan Klinsmann	St. Gallen	Sign.	August 20, 2020	[18]

Draft picks

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Date	Player	Position	College	Pick	Source
January 9, 2020	Tom Smart	DF	Akron	Round 2 – 45th pick	[19]
January 13, 2020	PASS			Round 3 – 71st pick
January 13, 2020	PASS			Round 4 – 81st pick
January 13, 2020	PASS			Round 4 – 97th pick

Transfers out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Chris Pontius	Retired.		October 29, 2019	[20]
DF	Dave Romney	Nashville SC	$225,000 in General Allocation Money	November 12, 2019	[21]
FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović	AC Milan	Out of contract	November 13, 2019	[22]
MF	Favio Álvarez	UNAM	Loan expired	November 21, 2019	[23]
DF	Diego Polenta	Olimpia	Option declined	November 21, 2019	[23]
MF	Juninho	Retired.	Option declined	November 21, 2019	[23]
MF	João Pedro	Tondela	Option declined	November 21, 2019	[23]
DF	Tomas Hilliard-Arce	Sacramento Republic FC	Option declined	November 21, 2019	[23]
MF	Servando Carrasco	Fort Lauderdale CF	Option declined	November 21, 2019	[23]
GK	Matt Lampson	Columbus Crew	Option declined	November 21, 2019	[23]
DF	Hugo Arellano		Option declined	November 21, 2019	[23]
FW/MF	Uriel Antuna	Guadalajara	Loan expired	November 21, 2019	[23]
MF	Romain Alessandrini	Qingdao Huanghai	Out of contract	January 20, 2020	[24]
DF	Jørgen Skjelvik	OB	Loan	January 31, 2020	[25]
MF	Aleksandar Katai	Red Star Belgrade	Released	June 5, 2020	[26]

Competitions

Preseason

The first preseason games were announced on December 11, 2019.^[27]

LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

February 4	LA Galaxy	4–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
PT	13' 30' 52' 78'	Report	Cavallini 46'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

LA Galaxy v Toronto FC

February 15	LA Galaxy	1–2	Toronto FC	Carson, California
15:00 PT	Katai  32' Pavón 37'	Report Report	Achara 45+2' Pozuelo 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 12,200

LA Galaxy v Colorado Rapids

February 19	LA Galaxy	2–1	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California
	DePuy 45' Moor 76' (o.g.)	Report	Rubio 15'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

LA Galaxy v Chicago Fire FC

February 22	LA Galaxy	1–1	Chicago Fire FC	Carson, California
15:00 PT	Kljestan 54'	Report	Azira 84'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 12,783

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2020 Major League Soccer season

Standings

Overall

2020 MLS overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
18	Montreal Impact	23	8	13	2	33	43	−10	26	1.13
19	Inter Miami CF	23	7	13	3	25	35	−10	24	1.04
20	LA Galaxy	22	6	12	4	27	46	−19	22	1.00
21	Real Salt Lake	22	5	10	7	25	35	−10	22	1.00
22	Chicago Fire FC	23	5	10	8	33	39	−6	23	1.00

Source: MLS^[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) total wins per match played; 3) total goal differential per match played; 4) total goals scored per match played; 5) fewest disciplinary points per match played; 6) away goal differential per away match played; 7) away goals scored per away match played; 8) home goal differential per home match played; 9) home goals scored per home match played; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
8	San Jose Earthquakes	23	8	9	6	35	51	−16	30	1.30	Qualification for the playoffs first round
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC[a]	23	9	14	0	27	44	−17	27	1.17
10	LA Galaxy	22	6	12	4	27	46	−19	22	1.00
11	Real Salt Lake	22	5	10	7	25	35	−10	22	1.00
12	Houston Dynamo	23	4	10	9	30	40	−10	21	0.91

Source: MLS^[29]
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) total wins per match played; 3) total goal differential per match played; 4) total goals scored per match played; 5) fewest disciplinary points per match played; 6) away goal differential per away match played; 7) away goals scored per away match played; 8) home goal differential per home match played; 9) home goals scored per home match played; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:

1. Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

All times in Pacific Time Zone.

Houston Dynamo v LA Galaxy

February 29 1	Houston Dynamo	1–1	LA Galaxy	Houston, Texas
12:30	García  49' Manotas 54'	Report	Pavón 13' Katai  51'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 22,039 Referee: Jair Marrufo

LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

March 7 2	LA Galaxy	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
19:00	Katai  34' Corona  68'  75' Bingham  88'	Report	Ricketts 74'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 26,382 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Los Angeles FC v LA Galaxy

August 22 3	Los Angeles FC	0–2	LA Galaxy	Los Angeles, California
15:00	Blackmon  51' El Monir  90'	Report	Zubak 26' Lletget 54' Kitchen  66'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ismail Elfath

LA Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes

August 29 5	LA Galaxy	3–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
19:30	Steres 33' Feltscher  52' Araujo  56' Pavón 72' (pen.) Lletget 82'	Report	Qazaishvili 11' Cowell 59'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Victor Rivas

Portland Timbers v LA Galaxy

September 2 6	Portland Timbers	2–3	LA Galaxy	Portland, Oregon
19:30	Bonilla  12' Zambrano  48' Mora 67' Valeri 90+2'	Report	Álvarez 15' Pavón 50' Araujo  63' Corona 71'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

LA Galaxy v Los Angeles FC

September 6 7	LA Galaxy	3–0	Los Angeles FC	Carson, California
19:30	Kitchen  22' Pavón 51' Lletget 73', 83'	Report	Blessing  19' Kaye  53'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Allen Chapman

San Jose Earthquakes v LA Galaxy

September 13 8	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	LA Galaxy	San Jose, California
20:00	Lima  3'	Report	Steres  17' Araujo  90+4'	Stadium: Earthquakes Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Timothy Ford

LA Galaxy v Colorado Rapids

September 19 9	LA Galaxy	0–2	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California
19:30	DePuy  63' Araujo  72'  75' Steres  90+6'	Report	Bassett 40' Lewis 78'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ted Unkel

Real Salt Lake v LA Galaxy

September 23 10	Real Salt Lake	2–0	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
18:30	Baird  62' Rusnák 65' (pen.) Kreilach 72'	Report	DePuy  24' Bingham  64'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 3,943 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

LA Galaxy v Seattle Sounders FC

September 27 11	LA Galaxy	1–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
19:30	Araujo  40' Lletget 88'	Report	C. Roldan 12', 61' Morris 38'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jair Marrufo

San Jose Earthquakes v LA Galaxy

October 3 12	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	LA Galaxy	San Jose, California
19:30	López 42' Fierro  45' Yueill  63' Ríos 82' (pen.) Marcinkowski  90+4'	Report	Lletget 4' DePuy  12' Kitchen  31' dos Santos  45+1' Corona  60'	Stadium: Earthquakes Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Sibiga

LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers

October 7 13	LA Galaxy	3–6	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
19:30	Araujo 34' Kljestan  41' Zubak  50', 55' Pavón 70',  84'	Report	Mora 14', 60' Ebobisse 23', 80' Valeri 47' Mabiala 63' D. Chará  72' Paredes  86'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Colorado Rapids v LA Galaxy

October 10 14	Colorado Rapids	Cancelled	LA Galaxy	Commerce City, Colorado
16:00				Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Note: Match was postponed and later cancelled after one new confirmed case of COVID-19 among the Colorado Rapids player pool.[30]

LA Galaxy v San Jose Earthquakes

October 14 15	LA Galaxy	0–4	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
19:30	Insúa  47' Araujo  61'	Report	Lima 44', 90+3' Ríos 52' Thompson 76'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

October 18 16	LA Galaxy	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
19:30	Kitchen  45+1' Koreniuk 90' Harvey  90+2'	Report	Teibert  89'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Victor Rivas

Los Angeles FC v LA Galaxy

October 25 17	Los Angeles FC	2–0	LA Galaxy	Los Angeles
12:30	Musovski 58' Vela 90+3'	Report	González  25' Depuy  75'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Stott

Portland Timbers v LA Galaxy

October 28 18	Portland Timbers	5–2	LA Galaxy	Portland, Oregon
19:00	Niezgoda 6', 19' Valeri 30' (pen.) Williamson 60' Polo 74'	Report	Pavón 46', 90+1'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Drew Fischer

LA Galaxy v Real Salt Lake

November 1 19	LA Galaxy	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
19:30	G. González 18',  56' Pavón 65' Zubak  68'	Report	Martínez 78'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jon Freemon

LA Galaxy v Seattle Sounders FC

November 4 4	LA Galaxy	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
19:30	Kljestan  20' Chicharito 78' Lletget  84' Bingham  90+3'	Report	Arreaga  24' O'Neill  72' Ruidíaz 90+3'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Note: Match postponed from August 26 due to protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.[31]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v LA Galaxy

November 8 20	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–0	LA Galaxy	Portland, Oregon
15:30	Cavallini 24' Montero 43', 90+1'	Report	Araujo  41' Kitchen  52'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

MLS is Back Tournament

Main article: MLS is Back Tournament

The MLS is Back Tournament is a one-off tournament during the 2020 Major League Soccer season to mark the league's return to action from the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament will feature a group stage, which will count toward the regular season standings, followed by a knockout round. The LA Galaxy competed in Group F.^[32] The schedule was released on July 24, 2020.^[33]

Group F results

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Timbers	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Los Angeles FC	3	1	2	0	11	7	+4	5
3	Houston Dynamo	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	LA Galaxy	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Source: MLS^[34]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

All times in Pacific Time Zone.

LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers

July 13 1	LA Galaxy	1–2	Portland Timbers	Bay Lake, Florida
19:30	Chicharito 88'	Report	Župarić  11'  75' Ebobisse 59' Blanco 66' Chara  90+5'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Los Angeles FC v LA Galaxy

July 18 2	Los Angeles FC	6–2	LA Galaxy	Bay Lake, Florida
19:30	Rossi 13' (pen.), 45+2', 75', 90+2' Jaković  28' Sisniega  31' Wright-Phillips 56' Atuesta  65' El Monir 80'	Report	Blessing 5' (o.g.) Insúa  16' Pavón 31' (pen.) Feltscher  45' Kitchen  52'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Allen Chapman

LA Galaxy v Houston Dynamo

July 23 3	LA Galaxy	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Bay Lake, Florida
17:00	Steres  84' Pavón 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Quintero 17',  59' Struna  45+3' García  70'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Victor Rivas

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

US Soccer announced the cancellation of the tournament on August 17, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[35]

Leagues Cup

Main article: 2020 Leagues Cup

Major League Soccer announced the cancellation of the tournament on May 19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[36]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on February 29, 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		U.S. Open Cup		Leagues Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	USA	David Bingham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	USA	Eric Lopez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	USA	Justin Vom Steeg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ARG	Emiliano Insúa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	USA	Daniel Steres	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	FRA	Diedie Traore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	USA	Nick DePuy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	CRC	Giancarlo González	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	USA	Julian Araujo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	USA	Danilo Acosta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	VEN	Rolf Feltscher	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
2	MF	USA	Perry Kitchen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Katai	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	MEX	Jonathan dos Santos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	USA	Joe Corona	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	USA	Sacha Kljestan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	USA	Sebastian Lletget	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	MEX	Efrain Alvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	USA	Emil Cuello	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	NED	Kai Koreniuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	MF	USA	Jonathan Perez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	ARG	Cristian Pavón	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	FW	MEX	Javier Hernández	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	USA	Ethan Zubak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	GER	Gordon Wild	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	FW	USA	Cameron Dunbar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club

See also

• 2020 in American soccer
• 2020 LA Galaxy II season