| 2018 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| | |||
| Owner | Philip Anschutz (AEG) | ||
| Head coach | Sigi Schmid (Until September 10) [1] Dominic Kinnear (interim) [1] | ||
| Stadium | StubHub Center | ||
| MLS | Conference: 7th Overall: 13th | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Zlatan Ibrahimović (21 goals) All: Zlatan Ibrahimović (21 goals) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 27,068 (vs. Los Angeles FC – March 31 and August 24) 27,068 (vs. Houston Dynamo – October 28) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 18,003 (vs. FC Dallas – May 30) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 24,957 | ||
The 2018 LA Galaxy season was the club's twenty-third season of existence, their twenty-third in Major League Soccer.
As the end of the season.
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | David Bingham | |
| 2 | MF | Perry Kitchen | |
| 3 | DF | Ashley Cole | |
| 4 | DF | Dave Romney | |
| 5 | DF | Daniel Steres | |
| 6 | MF | Baggio Hušidić | |
| 7 | MF | Romain Alessandrini (DP) | |
| 8 | MF | Jonathan dos Santos (DP) | |
| 9 | FW | Zlatan Ibrahimović | |
| 10 | FW | Giovani dos Santos (DP) | |
| 11 | FW | Ola Kamara | |
| 12 | GK | Brian Sylvestre | |
| 14 | MF | Servando Carrasco | |
| 15 | FW | Ariel Lassiter | |
| 16 | DF | Jørgen Skjelvik | |
| 17 | MF | Sebastian Lletget | |
| 19 | MF | Chris Pontius | |
| 20 | DF | Tomas Hilliard-Arce | |
| 21 | DF | Hugo Arellano (HGP) | |
| 24 | MF | Emmanuel Boateng | |
| 25 | DF | Rolf Feltscher | |
| 26 | MF | Efrain Alvarez | |
| 28 | DF | Michaël Ciani | |
| 29 | DF | Sheanon Williams | |
| 38 | FW | Bradford Jamieson IV (HGP) | |
| 41 | GK | Justin Vom Steeg |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | | | Free transfer. | December 14, 2017 | [2] |
| GK | | | $100,000 in General Allocation Money and $100,000 in TAM. | December 18, 2017 | [3] [4] |
| DF | | | Free transfer. | December 19, 2017 | [5] |
| MF | | | Selected on Stage 2 of the 2017 MLS Re-Entry Draft. | December 21, 2017 | [6] |
| MF | | | Traded $100,000 in GAM and $200,000 in TAM to | January 9, 2018 | [7] |
| GK | | | Free transfer. | January 12, 2018 | [8] |
| DF | | | Free transfer. | January 16, 2018 | [9] |
| FW | | | Acquired in exchange for | January 20, 2018 | [10] |
| MF | | | Sign. | January 22, 2018 | [11] |
| GK | | | Sign. | March 1, 2018 | [12] |
| MF | | | Sign. | March 4, 2018 | [13] |
| FW | | | Free transfer. | March 23, 2018 | [14] [15] |
| DF | | | Sign. | June 14, 2018 | [16] |
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 2018 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
| Date | Player | Position | College | Pick | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 19, 2018 | | DF | Stanford | Round 1 – 2nd pick | [17] |
| January 19, 2018 | | MF | Stanford | Round 2 – 40th pick | [18] |
| January 21, 2018 | | DF | Akron | Round 3 – 48th pick | [19] |
| January 21, 2018 | PASS | Round 4 – 90th pick |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | | Retired. | November 7, 2017 | [20] | |
| MF | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | [21] | |
| GK | | | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a 2018 MLS SuperDraft fourth round pick. | November 27, 2017 | [21] [22] |
| MF | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | [21] | |
| GK | | | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a second-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. | November 27, 2017 | [21] [23] |
| FW | | | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a third-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. | November 27, 2017 | [21] [24] |
| FW | | | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a conditional fourth-round selection in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. | November 27, 2017 | [21] [25] |
| MF | | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | [21] |
| DF | | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | [21] |
| GK | | | Contract option declined. Later he was selected in the MLS Waiver Draft. | November 27, 2017 | [21] [26] |
| MF | | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | [21] |
| DF | | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | [21] [27] |
| DF | | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | [21] |
| FW | | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | [21] |
| FW | | | Traded along with $400,000 in TAM for | January 20, 2018 | [10] [28] |
| DF | | | Released. | June 14, 2018 | [16] |
| MF | | | Loan. | August 21, 2018 | [29] |
Preseason schedule announced on December 6, 2017. [30]
The schedule for the tournament was released on December 15, 2017. [31]
| February 3 | LA Galaxy | 1–3 | Real Salt Lake | Tucson, Arizona |
| 15:30 | Ciani | Report | Saucedo Besler Velásquez | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
| February 10 | LA Galaxy | 3–0 | New York City FC | Carson, California |
| 19:00 PT | Kamara Hilliard-Arce Hušidić | Report | Stadium: StubHub Center |
| February 15 | LA Galaxy | 3–1 | Fresno FC | Santa Barbara, California |
| 19:30 | Lletget Pontius Hilliard-Arce | Report | Bustamante | Stadium: Harder Stadium |
| February 17 | LA Galaxy | 2–4 | San Jose Earthquakes | Irvine, California |
| 14:00 PT | Kamara Carrasco Büscher | Report | Jungwirth Wondolowski Thompson Alashe | Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 5,015 |
| February 24 | LA Galaxy | 1–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Carson, California |
| 19:00 PT | Skjelvik Alessandrini Giovani | Report | Juárez Kamara Davies Marinovic | Stadium: StubHub Center |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 50 |
| 12 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 49 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 48 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 47 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 46 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 54 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 49 | |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 48 | |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 47 | |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 38 |
The first two matches of 2018 MLS season were announced on December 19, 2017. [32] The full schedule was released on January 4, 2018. [33]
All times are in Pacific Time Zone.
Win Draw Loss Void Postponed
| March 41 | LA Galaxy | 2–1 | Portland Timbers | Carson, California |
| 19:00 | Alessandrini Kamara Ciani | Report | Blanco Mabiala | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,462 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| March 112 | New York City FC | 2–1 | LA Galaxy | New York City, New York |
| 14:00 | Tinnerholm Villa | Report | Jonathan Cole | Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 26,221 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
| March 243 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–0 | LA Galaxy | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 19:00 | Report | Feltscher | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
| March 314 | LA Galaxy | 4–3 | Los Angeles FC | Carson, California |
| 12:00 | Lletget Pontius Ibrahimović | Report | Vela Steres | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,068 Referee: Mark Geiger |
| April 85 | LA Galaxy | 0–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Carson, California |
| 18:00 | Steres Jonathan | Report | Sallói Russell Espinoza | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,846 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| April 146 | Chicago Fire | 0–1 | LA Galaxy | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 12:30 | Vincent Gordon | Report | Alessandrini Ibrahimović Kitchen Cole | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 21,915 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| April 217 | LA Galaxy | 0–2 | Atlanta United FC | Carson, California |
| 19:30 | Skjelvik Kitchen Carrasco | Report | Martínez Parkhurst Almirón Williams | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,846 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
| April 288 | LA Galaxy | 2–3 | New York Red Bulls | Carson, California |
| 19:30 | Kamara Giovani | Report | Royer Valot Kaku Meara | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 26,704 Referee: Allen Chapman |
| May 59 | Houston Dynamo | 3–2 | LA Galaxy | Houston, Texas |
| 17:30 | Fuenmayor Quioto Rodriguez | Report | Kitchen Ciani Cole Giovani Kamara | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,320 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| May 1210 | FC Dallas | 3–2 | LA Galaxy | Frisco, Texas |
| 12:30 | Urruti Lamah Ziegler | Report | Cole Kamara Boateng Ciani | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 18,355 Referee: José Carlos Rivero |
| May 2111 | Montreal Impact | 0–1 | LA Galaxy | Montreal, Quebec |
| 12:00 | Petrasso Donadel Raitala | Report | Lletget Kitchen Ibrahimović Kamara Bingham | Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 20,801 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
| May 2512 | LA Galaxy | 1–0 | San Jose Earthquakes | Carson, California |
| 20:00 | Alessandrini Kamara | Report | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 23,118 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| May 3013 | LA Galaxy | 2–3 | FC Dallas | Carson, California |
| 19:30 | Boateng Ibrahimović | Report | Hollingshead Colmán Gruezo González | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Drew Fischer |
| June 214 | Portland Timbers | 1–1 | LA Galaxy | Portland, Oregon |
| 14:00 | Valeri Chará | Report | Pontius João Pedro | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| June 915 | LA Galaxy | 3–0 | Real Salt Lake | Carson, California |
| 19:30 | Skjelvik Ibrahimović Kamara | Report | Lennon Marcelo Silva | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,462 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| June 3016 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3–3 | LA Galaxy | Stanford, California |
| 19:00 | Wondolowski Vako Ockford | Report | Ibrahimović Alessandrini Jamieson IV | Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 50,743 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
| July 417 | LA Galaxy | 2–2 | D.C. United | Carson, California |
| 19:30 | Ibrahimović Pontius Kitchen Hušidić | Report | Stieber Durkin Mora Mattocks | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,462 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
| July 718 | LA Galaxy | 4–0 | Columbus Crew SC | Carson, California |
| 19:30 | Skjelvik Kamara Ibrahimović Pontius Alessandrini | Report | Williams | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 21,211 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
| July 1419 | New England Revolution | 2–3 | LA Galaxy | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
| 16:30 | Penilla Fagúndez Caicedo Delamea Zahibo | Report | Alessandrini Pontius Kitchen Cole Romney | Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 36,573 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| July 2120 | Philadelphia Union | 1–3 | LA Galaxy | Chester, Pennsylvania |
| 16:00 | Sapong Picault Medunjanin | Report | Kamara Ibrahimović Ciani Alessandrini | Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 19,013 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
| July 2621 | Los Angeles FC | 2–2 | LA Galaxy | Los Angeles, California |
| 19:30 | Vela Nguyen | Report | Alessandrini Giovani Skjelvik Kamara Lletget | Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,716 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| July 2922 | LA Galaxy | 4–3 | Orlando City SC | Carson, California |
| 18:30 | Ciani Giovani Ibrahimović | Report | Higuita Ciani Rocha Dwyer | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 24,941 Referee: Armando Villarreal |
| August 423 | Colorado Rapids | 2–1 | LA Galaxy | Commerce City, Colorado |
| 18:00 | Acosta Ford Nicholson | Report | Alessandrini Cole Carrasco Pontius | Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,837 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
| August 1124 | LA Galaxy | 2–2 | Minnesota United FC | Carson, California |
| 19:30 | Alessandrini Lletget | Report | Boxall Calvo Warner Rodríguez R. Ibarra | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 24,891 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
| August 1425 | LA Galaxy | 2–2 | Colorado Rapids | Carson, California |
| 19:30 | Romney Cole Carrasco Lletget | Report | Ford Castillo Jackson | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 16,231 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| August 1826 | Seattle Sounders FC | 5–0 | LA Galaxy | Seattle, Washington |
| 13:00 | Marshall Shipp Carrasco C. Roldan Ruidíaz | Report | Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 44,213 Referee: Mark Geiger |
| August 2427 | LA Galaxy | 1–1 | Los Angeles FC | Carson, California |
| 19:30 | Ibrahimović Feltscher Pontius Skjelvik Romney | Report | Feilhaber Vela | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,068 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| September 128 | Real Salt Lake | 6–2 | LA Galaxy | Sandy, Utah |
| 19:00 | Rusnák Kreilach Savarino | Report | Jonathan Kitchen Alessandrini Feltscher | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 21,363 Referee: Drew Fischer |
| September 1529 | Toronto FC | 5–3 | LA Galaxy | Toronto, Ontario |
| 16:30 | Vázquez Altidore Osorio Giovinco Hagglund Morrow Chapman | Report | Skjelvik Ibrahimović Kamara Feltscher Romney Jonathan Boateng | Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 30,799 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
| September 2330 | LA Galaxy | 3–0 | Seattle Sounders FC | Carson, California |
| 16:00 | Ibrahimović Feltscher Kamara Boateng Steres | Report | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,503 Referee: José Carlos Rivero |
| September 2931 | LA Galaxy | 3–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Carson, California |
| 19:00 | Ibrahimović Feltscher Alessandrini | Report | Techera | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,659 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
| October 632 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | LA Galaxy | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 17:30 | Sinovic Russell Sánchez Sallói Rubio | Report | Ibrahimović Bingham | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,092 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| October 2133 | Minnesota United FC | 1–3 | LA Galaxy | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 14:00 | Rodríguez Boxall Fernando Bob | Report | Ibrahimović Kamara Alessandrini | Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 52,242 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| October 2834 | LA Galaxy | 2–3 | Houston Dynamo | Carson, California |
| 13:30 | Kamara | Report | Quioto Manotas Cerén García Peña | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,068 Referee: Kevin Stott |
The draw for this round was held on May 24, 2018. [34]
| June 6 | LA Galaxy | 3–1 | | Carson, California |
| 19:30 PT | Jamieson Lassiter Requejo João Pedro Klimenta | Report | Ruiz Fonseca Oduro | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 2,626 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
The draw for this round was held on June 7, 2018. [35]
| June 15 | Portland Timbers | 1–0 | | Portland, Oregon |
| 20:00 PT | Blanco Asprilla | Report | Kitchen Carrasco | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,556 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | David Bingham | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | GK | Brian Sylvestre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 41 | GK | Justin Vom Steeg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Ashley Cole | 32 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | DF | David Romney | 30 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | DF | Daniel Steres | 21 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | DF | Jørgen Skjelvik | 33 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | DF | Tomas Hilliard-Arce | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | DF | Hugo Arellano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 25 | DF | Rolf Feltscher | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 28 | DF | Michaël Ciani | 22 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | DF | Sheanon Williams | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 46 | DF | John Requejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | Perry Kitchen | 32 | 0 | 27+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | MF | Baggio Hušidić | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | MF | Romain Alessandrini | 26 | 11 | 23+3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | MF | Jonathan dos Santos | 23 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | MF | Servando Carrasco | 21 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | MF | Sebastian Lletget | 29 | 3 | 21+7 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | MF | Julian Büscher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | MF | Chris Pontius | 27 | 5 | 15+11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | MF | Emmanuel Boateng | 29 | 2 | 12+15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 27 | 22 | 24+3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | FW | Giovani dos Santos | 14 | 3 | 10+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 11 | FW | Ola Kamara | 32 | 14 | 30+1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | FW | Ariel Lassiter | 9 | 2 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | |||||
| 38 | FW | Bradford Jamieson IV | 8 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 51 | FW | Ethan Zubak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club | |||||||||||||
| 22 | DF | Emrah Klimenta | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 88 | MF | João Pedro | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |||||
| Place | Position | Number | Name | MLS | Open Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 9 | | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 19 | | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | 10 | | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | MF | 24 | | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | 15 | | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| MF | 8 | | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | DF | 28 | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 3 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW | 38 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| DF | 25 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| DF | 4 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 66 | 3 | 69 | |||