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LA Galaxy

Full name	LA Galaxy
Founded	June 15, 1994 (24 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
Home colors Away colors
Current season

The LA Galaxy, also known as the Los Angeles Galaxy, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), as a member of the Western Conference. The club began play in 1996 as one of the league's eight charter members.

The Galaxy was founded in 1994 and is owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group. In their early years, the club played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Since 2003, they have played at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The team holds a rivalry with the San Jose Earthquakes in the California Clásico and used to play the SuperClasico against city rivals Chivas USA before that team folded in 2014. A new rival emerged in 2018 in the form of Los Angeles FC in the El Trafico derby.

The franchise is Major League Soccer's most decorated club, with a record five MLS Cups, four Supporters' Shields, and two U.S. Open Cups. The club has appeared in a record nine MLS Cups, and won the Western Conference regular season title eight times. In 2017, the club added the dubious MLS Wooden Spoon to its trophy case for finishing bottom of the MLS league table. In international play, the team won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 2000, one of just two American clubs, along with D.C. United, to win the regional tournament.

In 2007, the club made international headlines with the signing of English player David Beckham from Real Madrid, the most high-profile transaction with Major League Soccer to that point. The club has fielded other high-profile international players including Ashley Cole, Robbie Keane, Luis Hernández, Giovani dos Santos, Jonathan dos Santos, Jorge Campos, Steven Gerrard, Zlatan Ibrahimović and American Landon Donovan who is the all-time leading scorer for both the club and the league.^[3]Forbes estimates the franchise is the most valuable in the league, worth more than $300 million.^[4]

History

Early years (1996–2000)

Cobi Jones playing for Galaxy in 2003

LA Galaxy is one of the ten founding teams in Major League Soccer. The name "Galaxy" was derived from Los Angeles being home to the "stars" of Hollywood.^[5] The team began competing in the first season of the then new league, which took place in 1996.

In the inaugural season, Los Angeles finished first in the Western Conference and were one of the two teams that contested in the first MLS Cup. The Galaxy finished as runners up, losing to D.C. United in the final. The 1997 season started out 1–7 after eight games, but they went 15–9 for the rest of the season to qualify for the playoffs. The Galaxy ended up second in their conference by losing to the Dallas Burn. In 1998, the Galaxy left off on a streak, eventually finishing 24–8. The Galaxy defeated the Dallas Burn, 9–3 on aggregate. They lost in the semi-final to the Chicago Fire, 2–1 on aggregate.

The Galaxy again finished first in the Western Conference in 1999, with a final record of 20–12, with a win in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, but they lost to D.C. United again 2–0. The 2000 season had the Galaxy in second in the Western Division, at 14–10–8. Despite this, they lost to the Kansas City Wizards after a tied aggregate and a sudden death game. Los Angeles won the CONCACAF Champions Cup that same year, being one of two American clubs winning the tournament.

2001 was another successful year for Los Angeles, winning the Open Cup and scoring 1,000 all-time points, and with Cobi Jones scoring the 300th goal, but again they fell short by being defeated by Landon Donovan and the San Jose Earthquakes. Again the club clinched first in the Western Conference with a 16–9–3 record, their fifth time being first. Los Angeles were to take part of FIFA's club World cup tournament being Concacaf champions the previous year however, the tournament had cancelled that year.

First MLS Cup (2002)

In 2002, the Galaxy won their first MLS Cup in the club's fourth appearance by defeating the New England Revolution 1–0.^[6] In 2003, the Galaxy finished fourth playing more away games due to stadium construction, with the possible existing obstacles, the team finished 9–12–9. The Galaxy bounced back by gaining second with an 11–9–10 record. They lost to the Wizards in the final, 0–2.

In 2005, the Galaxy acquired Landon Donovan from San Jose. The franchise won the Open Cup again ending with a record of 13–13–6. Having qualified for the playoffs for the 2005 season, The Galaxy has been the only team to appear in the playoffs in all of the league's first ten seasons.^[7] They won the 2005 MLS Cup, defeating the New England Revolution in extra time, 1–0.^[8]

The 2006 season began on March 16 with the sudden death of Doug Hamilton, the team's 43-year-old general manager, who suffered a heart attack on board a plane carrying the team back from Costa Rica where they had played Saprissa in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.^[9] The team finished fifth in the Western Conference, eliminating them from playoff contention for the first time since the league's inception. Midway through the season, Steve Sampson was sacked as Head Coach,^[10] replaced by Frank Yallop.^[10] The team managed to make a deep run to the U.S. Open Cup final, but lost 3–1 against the Chicago Fire.

Beckham era (2007–2012)

David Beckham playing for Galaxy in 2007

In March 2007, Herbalife signed a five-year deal with the Galaxy, worth between $4–5 million a year, to be the club's primary shirt sponsor.^[11] Four months later, the club signed David Beckham from Real Madrid. His debut was made at Home Depot Center before a record crowd of nearly 35,000,^[12] including many celebrities,^[12] coming on in the 78th minute in a 1–0 loss to Chelsea in a match during the World Series of Football tournament. The match brought unprecedented TV coverage from ESPN, who used 19 cameras to cover it, including one trained only on Beckham, even when he was on the bench.^[13] In that season's SuperLiga, LA reached the final but lost to Mexican side Pachuca on penalties after extra time. LA nearly made the end-of-season play-offs, but were eliminated following a 1–0 loss to the Chicago Fire. In the off-season, Cobi Jones retired and, amidst rumors that he was going to be sacked, Yallop resigned as head coach following a friendly match at Home Depot Center. The San Jose Earthquakes bought out his contract and offered a third round draft pick to the Galaxy as compensation to hire Yallop as their new head coach.^[14] Yallop was replaced at LA by Ruud Gullit, who signed a three-year contract with the club, making him the highest paid coach in MLS history.^[15] Cobi Jones returned as assistant coach. LA went on a promotional tour of Australia and New Zealand, setting attendance records in both countries. 80,295 people showed up at Stadium Australia for the match between Sydney FC and LA Galaxy, which the home side won 5–3.^[16] They also played a tour of Asia, and competed in the inaugural Pan-Pacific Championship in Honolulu,^[17] finishing third after beating Sydney 2–1 in the third-place match.^[18]

In the 2008 MLS season, LA went on a seven-game winless streak that saw them drop from first place in the Western Conference to outside playoff contention, prompting the resignation of manager Ruud Gullit and firing of general manager Alexi Lalas.^[19] Gullit was replaced by Bruce Arena, who was unable to lead LA into a play-off spot, for the third-straight season.^[20]

Landon Donovan playing for Galaxy in 2010

In the following off-season, both club captain David Beckham and vice-captain Landon Donovan were involved in loan deals with European clubs until the beginning of the new MLS season; Beckham to Milan in Italy and Donovan to German club Bayern Munich. Donovan was seeking a permanent transfer to Munich, while Beckham was expected to return to LA in March, prior to the 2009 season.^[21] Beckham went on to seek a permanent transfer to Milan in a bid to sustain his England career through the 2010 World Cup,^[22] and Milan made a bid for the player that was rejected by LA.^[23] One day before his loan deal was to expire, Milan and LA reached an agreement to allow Beckham to stay in Italy until the conclusion of the Rossoneri's season in June, before returning to LA in July.^[23] Donovan was not offered a contract by Bayern, and returned to the U.S. in time for the beginning of the 2009 MLS season.^[24] In the book The Beckham Experiment by Grant Wahl, Donovan openly criticized Beckham for his handling of the loan deals. Beckham and Donovan would later reconcile upon Beckham's return to LA in July.^[25]

LA finished the 2009 season top of the Western Conference and runners-up in the MLS Supporters' Shield, qualifying for the 2009 MLS Cup. They reached the final by beating Chivas USA 3–2 on aggregate in the quarter-final, and Houston Dynamo 2–0, after extra time, in the semi-final. In the final they drew 1–1 with Real Salt Lake at Qwest Field in Seattle, but lost 5–4 on penalties. By reaching the final, they qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

After the 2009 success, both Donovan and Beckham again went out on second loan spells. Donovan went to Everton while Beckham returned to Milan, where he ruptured his Achilles tendon and therefore missed his chance at playing in the World Cup for England and subsequently missing most of the Galaxy's 2010 season.

In 2010, the Galaxy stayed at the top of the table and won the Supporters' Shield, the first time MLS played a balanced schedule. They then lost to FC Dallas in the Western Conference Final, one game away from making another appearance at MLS Cup.

In 2011, a year in which they added the Republic of Ireland's all-time leading goalscorer Robbie Keane, they won their fourth Supporters' Shield with two games remaining, becoming the third-straight team to win consecutive Shields while amassing the second-best points total in MLS history.^{[citation needed]} They followed this up with their third MLS Cup, defeating the Houston Dynamo 1–0 in the final.^[26] The 2011 MLS Cup was the Galaxy's first MLS Cup Victory in regulation. The 2002 and the 2005 MLS Cup wins were won in overtime.

In January 2012, after much speculation, Beckham signed a new two-year deal with LA to secure his short-term future at the club.^[27] Despite the new contract, Beckham confirmed in November 2012 that he would be leaving the Galaxy at the end of the 2012 MLS season.^[28] On December 1, 2012, the Galaxy won their second-straight MLS Cup victory over the Houston Dynamo, 3–1. Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez won the MLS MVP trophy, heading in the 1–1 equalizer in the 60th minute. That goal was quickly followed by a Donovan penalty kick, and Keane sealed the game with another penalty kick in stoppage time.^[29] In post-match interviews both Donovan and Beckham remained coy about their future MLS plans.^[30][31]

First to five league championships and wooden spoon (2013–2018)

Galaxy finished the 2013 season third in the Western Conference. They reached the conference semi-finals, where they lost 2–1 to Real Salt Lake. They also reached the semi-finals of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League, but lost 3–1 on aggregate to Mexican team Monterrey.

Following the defeat to Seattle Sounders FC in the final game of the season with the Supporters' Shield on the line, the team entered the 2014 MLS playoffs defeating Real Salt Lake, advancing to face Seattle once again in the Western Conference Finals, advancing to the MLS Cup by away goals. They played the New England Revolution in the 2014 MLS Cup and won 2–1 in overtime, thereby becoming five-time champions, a league record.^[32] At the end of the season, longtime LA Galaxy and United States national team player Landon Donovan retired.^[33]

On January 7, 2015, the LA Galaxy announced the signing of long time Liverpool player Steven Gerrard to an 18-month Designated Player contract, reportedly worth $9 million. He joined the team in July 2015 following the end of the 2014–15 Premier League season,^[34] and made his debut in an International Champions Cup against Club América on July 11.^[35]

The club again made headlines by acquiring Mexican star and Barcelona academy product Giovani dos Santos in July as a designated player. Not since the days of Jorge Campos, Carlos Hermosillo and Luis Hernández in the late 1990s and early 2000s had the Galaxy had a notable Mexican player, let alone one in the prime of his career. Dos Santos made an impactful impression on the Galaxy early on, scoring on his club debut against Central FC in the CONCACAF Champions League and then in his league debut against the Sounders. In his first five club matches, he had a goal, an assist or both to total with four goals and five assists in that span.

Before the start of the 2016 season, it was announced that long-time servicing center-back Omar Gonzalez would leave the Galaxy after nine years to C.F. Pachuca.^[36]

On November 22, 2016, long-time general manager and head coach, Bruce Arena, left the club to begin his second stint as head coach of the United States national team, bringing most of the Galaxy's coaching staff with him, including associate head coach, Dave Sarachan.^[37][38] Arena was replaced as general manager by former Galaxy player Peter Vagenas, and as head coach by his LA Galaxy II counterpart, Curt Onalfo.

The front office constructed the team to rely on players from the Academy and Galaxy II system.^{[citation needed]} Multiple injuries exposed the naive roster construction, which included erratic performances by Jermain Jones, and sparse production from Giovanni Dos Santos.^{[citation needed]} With a 6–10–4 record, the Galaxy fired Kurt Onalfo and replaced him with former head coach Sigi Schmid on July 27, 2017.^[39] Under Schmid, the club went 2–8–4 and finished the season in last place overall with a mark of 8–18–8. It was only the fourth time that the club failed to make the postseason, and the club's first wooden spoon.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2018, the team signed Zlatan Ibrahimović on a two-year, $3 million contract with targeted allocation money.^[40] With the signing of Ibrahimović, the Galaxy's season would be seen promising. The Swede made his debut in the inaugural "El Traffico" match against LAFC, scoring two goals to end the game with the Galaxy coming from 0–3 down to win 4–3. One of the goals Ibrahimović scored in that game later claimed MLS Goal of the Year. Los Angeles throughout the season had dealt with defensive struggles and on their last match of the regular season, against Houston Dynamo, the Galaxy were defeated and once again missed the postseason.^{[citation needed]}

Colors and badge

Los Angeles Galaxy first logo (1996–2007)

Carlos Ruiz wearing Galaxy's old gold-and-green uniform in 2004

The LA Galaxy's current colors are white, navy blue and gold. The team's primary uniform is white and the secondary uniform is blue.^[41] The colors were adopted to coincide with David Beckham's arrival with the team in 2007 as part of an overall re-branding exercise spearheaded by then GM Alexi Lalas. Prior to 2007, the Galaxy played in various color combinations, usually comprising gold, teal green and white with black accents, and often highlighting an iconic 'sash' design from the left shoulder and across the chest.^[42] Their original jersey, used in the inaugural 1996 MLS season, featured black-and-teal halves, black sleeves with gold and red accents, black shorts and black socks.^[43]

The Galaxy have had two logos to date. The original brand was gold, teal and black, and featured the Galaxy wordmark superimposed over a golden swirl, with a stylized black outline. The logo was changed in 2007, again to coincide with David Beckham's arrival,^[44] and now features a blue shield with a gold border, the LA Galaxy team name, and a quasar at the top of the crest.^[45]

The quasar featured prominently on the LA Galaxy's shield was originally featured on the 1957 Seal of Los Angeles County as well as the modified Seal of Los Angeles County, California which is featured on the Flag of Los Angeles.

The name "Galaxy" was created by Nike at the conception of the league, the company was also the original uniform supplier for the team.^[46]

Revenues and profits

The Galaxy first turned a profit in 2003, becoming the first MLS team to do so.^[47] After the team moved into the new Home Depot Center, the team saw increased attendance, a doubling of revenue from sponsors, and revenues from parking and concessions.^[47]

A Forbes 2015 report ranked the LA Galaxy second in MLS in terms of annual revenue ($44 million) and in franchise value ($240 million).^[48] The Galaxy earn more in annual club sponsorship income ($14 million) and annual local TV rights ($5 million) than any other MLS team.^[49] The Galaxy have the highest annual revenue of any MLS team, the third highest revenue of any CONCACAF team, and the seventh highest revenue of any team in the Americas.^[50]

Uniform sponsors

Stadium

Dignity Health Sports Park, LA Galaxy's home stadium since 2003

From 1996 to 2002, the Galaxy played their home games at the 107,000-capacity Rose Bowl in Pasadena, but often held U.S. Open Cup games at Titan Stadium on the campus of Cal State Fullerton. The Galaxy played 10 games in total at Titan Stadium; the U.S. Open Cup Final was held there in 2001 when the Galaxy won the tournament.

In 2003, the Galaxy moved to Dignity Health Sports Park (then known as the Home Depot Center), on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, approximately ten miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The stadium is a 27,000-seat soccer-specific stadium, the second of its kind in MLS,^[52] but has hosted other sports such as rugby and American football. From 2005 to 2014, the Galaxy shared the stadium with their now-defunct league rivals Chivas USA, with whom they competed for the SuperClasico.

Club culture

LA Galaxy mascot, Cozmo, at Dignity Health Sports Park, 2015

Cozmo

Cozmo is the Galaxy's mascot.^[53] He has dark blue skin with yellow eyebrows and white eyes matching the Galaxy's home uniform colors. He replaced the Galaxy's original mascot, "Twizzle", who also looked like it was from outer space but was more humanoid in form, wearing a space-man's helmet and cape.^[54]

Galaxy Star squad

The Galaxy Star Squad is the official cheerleaders of the club. They often attend events hosted by the Galaxy, such as autograph sessions, and can be often seen around the stadium during game time giving away scarves and supporting the team.^[55]

Supporters

The Angel City Brigade was created to help establish a festive and vibrant atmosphere in Dignity Health Sports Park for the Galaxy. They sit in section 121 in the General Admission area of the stadium.^[56]

The LA Riot Squad formed after a loss in the 2001 MLS Cup, when then-Galaxy keeper Kevin Hartman challenged a group of Galaxy fans to form a supporter group of 100 people by opening day of 2002. The reward if they were able to do this was a keg of beer.^[57] They are located in sections 137 and 138 in the General Admission area of the stadium.

Galaxians are the first and original supporter group of the LA Galaxy, having been established in 1996 during the Galaxy's first season in MLS. They are located in section 122, next to the Angel City Brigade.^{[56][non-primary source needed]}

Rivalries

The Galaxy's chief rivalry match is played against the San Jose Earthquakes, which is known by the fans and media as the California Clásico. It is considered among the fiercest and longest-running rivalries in American soccer.^[58][59][60] The intrastate rivalry dates to the founding of MLS, and their encounters in the MLS Cup playoffs and final. Some also cite that the rivalry developed in reflection of traditional Northern California vs Southern California sports rivalries.^[61]

When Los Angeles FC joined the league in 2018, a crosstown rivalry, El Tráfico, was born.^[62]

The former LA Derby was previously contested between the Galaxy and Chivas USA in the SuperClasico.^{[63][64][65][66][67]} This contest, with Chivas USA, was dominated by the Galaxy, who won 22 of the 34 encounters. The rivalry was the only intra-stadium rivalry in MLS until Chivas ceased operations at the end of the 2014 season.

Broadcasting

At the end of the 2011 season, the Galaxy announced a ten-year, $55 million deal with Time Warner Cable (Now Charter Spectrum), the most lucrative local media contract in MLS history, to begin at the end of the 2012 MLS season.^[68] Previously, Galaxy matches were televised regionally in English on Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket alternatively.^[69] While awaiting the launch of those networks, all 2012 English-language matches were split between local outlet KDOC with one match showcased on Time Warner Cable SportsNet near the end of the season. Commentary is handled by Joe Tutino and former Galaxy player Cobi Jones. In Spanish, 2012 matches were shown on independent outlet KWHY with Adrian Garcia Marquez and Francisco Pinto commentating.^[70] All nationally televised MLS games are aired on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN.

Radio coverage of regular season matches are broadcast in English on lagalaxy.com and in Spanish on ESPN Deportes KWKW 1330 AM (Los Angeles). Joe Tutino does the English play-by-play when Spectrum Sports does not televise. Alternatively, long-time Los Angeles broadcaster Fred Roggin does the play-by-play. Ralph Perez is the analyst. On Spanish-language broadcasts, Rolando "El Veloz" Gonzalez handles the play-by-play and Armando Aguayo does the commentary.^[71]

Players and staff

For details on former players, see All-time Los Angeles Galaxy roster.

Current roster

As of January 14, 2019^[72]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	David Bingham	United States
2	Midfielder	Perry Kitchen	United States
4	Defender	Dave Romney	United States
5	Defender	Daniel Steres	United States
7	Midfielder	Romain Alessandrini	France
8	Midfielder	Jonathan dos Santos (DP)	Mexico
9	Forward	Zlatan Ibrahimović (DP)	Sweden
10	Forward	Giovani dos Santos (DP)	Mexico
11	Forward	Ola Kamara	Norway
15	Midfielder	Servando Carrasco	United States
16	Defender	Jørgen Skjelvik	Norway
17	Midfielder	Sebastian Lletget	United States
19	Midfielder	Chris Pontius	United States
20	Defender	Tomas Hilliard-Arce	United States
21	Defender	Hugo Arellano (HGP)	United States
24	Midfielder	Emmanuel Boateng	Ghana
25	Defender	Rolf Feltscher	Venezuela
26	Midfielder	Efrain Alvarez (HGP)	Mexico
38	Forward	Bradford Jamieson IV (HGP)	United States
41	Goalkeeper	Justin Vom Steeg	United States
—	Midfielder	Juninho	Brazil
—	Goalkeeper	Matt Lampson	United States

Out on loan

No.	Position	Player	Nation
88	Midfielder	João Pedro (on loan to Apollon Smyrnis)	Portugal

Current coaching staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Assistant coach	Gustavo Barros Schelotto
Assistant coach	Dominic Kinnear
Assistant coach	Ariel Pereyra
Goalkeeping coach	Juan Jose Romero
Fitness coach	Javier Valdecantos

General managers

Head coaches since 1996

Sigi Schmid (pictured here with Columbus Crew SC) led the Galaxy to their first MLS Cup title in 2002

As of November 25, 2017^[73]

Name	Nation	Tenure
Lothar Osiander	Germany	1996–97
Octavio Zambrano	Ecuador	June 10, 1997 – April 23, 1999
Sigi Schmid	Germany	April 22, 1999 – August 16, 2004
Steve Sampson	United States	August 18, 2004 – June 6, 2006
Frank Yallop	Canada	June 7, 2006 – November 5, 2007
Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	November 9, 2007 – August 11, 2008
Cobi Jones (interim)	United States	August 11, 2008 – August 18, 2008
Bruce Arena	United States	August 18, 2008 – November 22, 2016
Curt Onalfo	United States	December 13, 2016 – July 27, 2017
Sigi Schmid	Germany	July 27, 2017 – September 10, 2018[74]
Dominic Kinnear (interim)	United States	September 10, 2018 – December 28, 2018
Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Argentina	January 2, 2019 – present

Youth development

LA Galaxy II

The Galaxy created the LA Galaxy II reserve team in January 2014 to compete in the USL.^[75] In their inaugural season, Los Dos finished third with a record of 15–6–7, and reached the semi-final where they lost to Sacramento Republic FC.
For the 2015 USL season, the Galaxy were placed in the Western Conference.

Academy program

As part of its development program, the Galaxy operates an academy system with U-18 and U-16 teams competing in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, and U-14 and U-12 teams competing in Southern California Developmental Soccer Leagues (SCDSL).^[76] Six academy graduates are currently signed to the first team: Jack McBean, Oscar Sorto, Jose Villarreal, Gyasi Zardes, Raul Mendiola and Bradford Jamieson IV.^[77]

Alliance clubs

The LA Galaxy extended its youth development program and structure through the integration of existing youth clubs that have partnered under the LA Galaxy name.^{[78][non-primary source needed]} Known as the LA Galaxy Academy Alliance Clubs, they are located throughout Southern California, retain some autonomy and have access to LA Galaxy resources and outreach programs. One alliance club, LA Galaxy Orange County, has a men's category competing in the United Premier Soccer League.^{[79][non-primary source needed]}

Honors

President Barack Obama presented with a team jersey during an event to welcome the 2014 Major League Soccer Cup Champion LA Galaxy in the East Room of the White House February 2, 2015 (official White House photo by Pete Souza)

Minor trophies

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  MLS Fair Play Award: 2013

^[80][81]

Retired numbers

The LA Galaxy have not officially retired any jersey number. Former LA Galaxy player, Cobi Jones, was incorrectly believed to have had his jersey number, 13, retired. Adam Serrano, "LA Galaxy Insider", clarified this in an article posted on February 7, 2017: "The number was not officially retired by the Galaxy but has not been worn since he (Cobi Jones) hung up his boots 10 years ago."

As of November 25, 2017^[82]

Team results

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Year-by-year

* Won MLS Supporters' Shield

MLS regular season only, as of October 28, 2018^[83]

Year-by-year statistics

MLS regular season only, as of October 28, 2018^[80]

International tournaments

Player awards

Statistical records

Landon Donovan is Galaxy's all-time top scorer and assist leader, and four-time MVP

• Games: Cobi Jones (306)


• Goals: Landon Donovan (112)


• Hat Tricks: Cobi Jones, Edson Buddle, Robbie Keane (4)


• Assists: Landon Donovan (107)


• Cleansheets: Kevin Hartman (62)

MLS regular season only, as of July 27, 2015^[84]

Top goalscorers

As of March 25, 2018^[85][86]

#	Name	Career	MLS	Playoffs	Open Cup	Continental	Total
1	Landon Donovan	2005–2014, 2016	113	15	6	7	141
2	Robbie Keane	2011–2016	83	9	3	9	104
3	Cobi Jones	1996–2007	70	6	4	2	82
4	Carlos Ruiz	2002–2004, 2008	51	11	6	1	69
5	Edson Buddle	2007–2010 2012, 2015	45	2	0	0	47
6	Mauricio Cienfuegos	1996–2003	35	7	2	1	45
7	Alan Gordon	2005–2010 2014–2016	29	1	4	8	42
8	Gyasi Zardes	2013–2017	34	2	3	1	40
9	Eduardo Hurtado	1995–1998	30	3	0	4	37
10	Mike Magee	2009–2013, 2016	25	7	2	2	36

Most valuable player

As of October 29, 2018^{[citation needed]}

Year	Name	Nation
1996	Eduardo Hurtado	Ecuador
1997	Mauricio Cienfuegos	El Salvador
1998	Cobi Jones	United States
1999	Kevin Hartman	United States
2000	Simon Elliott	New Zealand
2001	Ezra Hendrickson	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2002	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala
2003	Kevin Hartman	United States
2004	Kevin Hartman	United States
2005	Herculez Gomez	United States
2006	Landon Donovan	United States
2007	Chris Klein	United States
2008	Landon Donovan	United States
2009	Landon Donovan	United States
2010	Edson Buddle	United States
2011	Landon Donovan	United States
2012	Robbie Keane	Ireland
2013	Robbie Keane	Ireland
2014	Robbie Keane	Ireland
2015	Robbie Keane	Ireland
2016	Giovani dos Santos	Mexico
2017	Romain Alessandrini	France
2018	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden

Golden boot

The Golden boot winner is the leading goal scorer at the end of the season (only goals in MLS count). This award did not exist from 1996 to 2004. The MLS Scoring Champion Award included both goal and assist totals those years.

As of October 29, 2018 (MLS regular season only)^[87]

Year	Name	Nation	Goals
2005	Landon Donovan	United States	12
2006	Landon Donovan	United States	12
2007	Landon Donovan	United States	8
2008	Landon Donovan	United States	20
2009	Landon Donovan	United States	12
2010	Edson Buddle	United States	17
2011	Landon Donovan	United States	12
2012	Robbie Keane	Ireland	16
2013	Robbie Keane	Ireland	16
2014	Robbie Keane	Ireland	19
2015	Robbie Keane	Ireland	20
2016	Giovani dos Santos	Mexico	14
2017	Romain Alessandrini	France	13
2018	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	22

Defensive player of the year

As of October 2018[88][better source needed] Year Name Nation 1996 Jorge Campos  Mexico 1997 Robin Fraser  United States 1998 Robin Fraser  United States 1999 Robin Fraser  United States 2000 Danny Califf  United States 2001 Greg Vanney  United States 2002 Alexi Lalas  United States 2003 Danny Califf  United States 2004 Tyrone Marshall  Jamaica 2005 Tyrone Marshall  Jamaica

Year Name Nation 2006 Chris Albright  United States 2007 Ty Harden  United States 2008 Sean Franklin  United States 2009 Donovan Ricketts  Jamaica 2010 Omar Gonzalez  United States 2011 Omar Gonzalez  United States 2012 A. J. DeLaGarza  Guam 2013 Omar Gonzalez  United States 2014 A. J. DeLaGarza  Guam 2015 José Leonardo Ribeiro da Silva  Brazil 2016 Jelle Van Damme  Belgium 2017 Ashley Cole  England 2018 Ashley Cole  England

References

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