2015 LA Galaxy season

The 2015 LA Galaxy season was the club's twentieth season of existence, and their twentieth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer.

LA Galaxy
2015 season
OwnerPhilip Anschutz (AEG)
CoachBruce Arena
MLSConference: 5th
Overall: 9th
U.S. Open CupQuarterfinals
CONCACAF Champions
League
Group stage
MLS Cup PlayoffsKnockout Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Robbie Keane
(20 goals)

All: Robbie Keane
(25 goals)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 27,000
(Nine times)
All: 93,226
(July 21 vs. Barcelona, at the Rose Bowl)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 13,391
(May 27 vs. Salt Lake)
All: 4,055
(June 17 vs. PSA Elite)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 23,392
All: 25,094

The Galaxy entered the season as the defending MLS Cup champions. They finished fifth in the Western Conference during the 2015 MLS regular season and were eliminated by Seattle Sounders FC in the Knockout Round of the playoffs. The team qualified for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League by virtue of winning MLS Cup 2014. The Galaxy reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup before being eliminated by Real Salt Lake.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Pos. Player Nation
1 GK Donovan Ricketts  Jamaica
2 DF Todd Dunivant  United States
3 MF Mika Väyrynen  Finland
4 DF Omar Gonzalez  United States
5 MF Jose Villarreal (HGP)  United States
6 MF Baggio Husidić  Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 FW Robbie Keane (DP & Captain)  Ireland
8 MF Steven Gerrard (DP)  England
9 FW Alan Gordon  United States
10 FW Giovani dos Santos (DP)  Mexico
11 FW Gyasi Zardes (HGP)  United States
12 GK Brian Rowe  United States
14 DF Robbie Rogers  United States
15 FW Ignacio Maganto  Spain
16 FW Edson Buddle  United States
17 MF Sebastian Lletget  United States
19 MF Juninho  Brazil
20 DF A. J. DeLaGarza  Guam
21 DF Tommy Meyer  United States
22 DF Leonardo  Brazil
24 GK Brian Perk  United States
25 MF Rafael Garcia  United States
27 DF David Romney  United States
31 GK Andrew Wolverton  United States
32 FW Jack McBean (HGP)  United States
33 DF Dan Gargan  United States
34 MF Kenney Walker  United States
36 DF Oscar Sorto (HGP)  United States
38 FW Bradford Jamieson IV (HGP)  United States
40 FW Raúl Mendiola (HGP)  Mexico

Transfers in

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Date Source
MF Steven Gerrard Liverpool Joined the team in July January 7, 2015 [1]
FW Ignacio Maganto Iona Gaels
Reading United
Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the 21st pick January 15, 2015 [2][3]
DF Daniel Keller Louisville Cardinals
Chicago Fire U-23
Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the 62nd pick January 20, 2015 [4]
GK Andrew Wolverton Penn State Nittany Lions
IMG Academy Bradenton
Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the 82nd pick January 20, 2015 [4][5]
GK Brian Perk None Re-sign January 22, 2015 [6]
MF Rafael Garcia None Re-sign January 26, 2015 [7]
MF Mika Väyrynen HJK Helsinki Sign March 6, 2015 [8]
FW Edson Buddle Colorado Rapids Sign March 6, 2015 [9]
GK Trey Mitchell Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros Sign March 27, 2015 [10]
MF Sebastian Lletget West Ham United Sign May 8, 2015 [11]
FW Giovani dos Santos Villarreal Sign July 15, 2015 [12]
GK Donovan Ricketts Orlando City SC Acquired in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft. July 30, 2015 [13]
DF David Romney LA Galaxy II Sign August 5, 2015 [14]

Transfers out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/Notes Date Source
FW Landon Donovan None Retired December 2, 2014 [15]
MF Rafael Garcia Option declined December 11, 2014 [16]
DF James Riley Later signed with Colorado Rapids. Option declined December 11, 2014 [16]
GK Brian Perk Option declined December 11, 2014 [16]
FW Chandler Hoffman Later selected by the Houston Dynamo in 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft second stage. Option declined December 11, 2014 [16][17]
DF Kyle Venter Later signed with Tulsa Roughnecks FC. Waived December 11, 2014 [16]
MF Marcelo Sarvas Colorado Rapids Allocation money January 15, 2015 [18]
FW Charlie Rugg Indy Eleven Loan March 18, 2015 [19]
MF Stefan Ishizaki Later signed with AIK. Released July 4, 2015 [20][21]
GK Jaime Penedo Contract mutually terminated July 29, 2015 [22]

Competitions

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

January 28 LA Galaxy 2–0 Ventura County Fusion Carson, California
Keane
Buddle
Report Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium
February 3 Georgetown Hoyas 1–2 LA Galaxy Washington, D.C.
Campbell Report Villarreal
o.g'
Stadium: Shaw Field
February 6 LA Galaxy 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC Carson, California
11:30 Husidic 18'
Maganto 54'
Report Pappa 26' Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: Closed door
February 16 Hammarby 2–1 LA Galaxy Stockholm, Sweden
10:00 PST Israelsson 11'
Hallenius 47'
Report Keane 7' (pen.)
Juninho  55'
Stadium: Tele2 Arena

Major League Soccer

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Portland Timbers 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 Knockout round
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
6 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51
7 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Overall
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
7 Montreal Impact 34 15 13 6 48 44 +4 51
8 D.C. United 34 15 13 6 43 45 2 51
9 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
10 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
11 New England Revolution 34 14 12 8 48 47 +1 50
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. CONCACAF Champions League
    Selection Procedure

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

March 6 1 LA Galaxy 2–0 Chicago Fire Carson, California
19:00 PST Walker  61'
Villareal 65'
Keane 81'
Report Maloney  22'
Guly  75'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo
March 15 2 Portland Timbers 2–2 LA Galaxy Portland, Oregon
16:00 PDT Adi 31', 90' Report Zardes 65'
Väyrynen  79'
Gargan  88'
Gordon 90+2'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
March 21 3 LA Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo Carson, California
19:30 PDT Keane 3'
Husidić  39'
Juinho  58'
Report Barnes  5'
Sturgis 11'
Garrido  39'
Sarkodie  77'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 19,087
Referee: Juan Guzman
March 28 4 D.C. United 1–0 LA Galaxy Washington, D.C.
16:00 PDT Arnaud  46'
Boswell  89'
Pontius 90+3'
Report Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 14,462
Referee: Ismail Elfath
April 4 5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 LA Galaxy Vancouver
19:00 PDT Kah  41'
Manneh 56'
Adekugbe  59'
Rivero 66'
Report Zardes  85' Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
April 12 6 LA Galaxy 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC Carson, California
16:00 PDT Gordon 23',  90+3'
Gargan  27'
Husidić  81'
Juninho  88'
Report Martins  34'
Marshall  45+2'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Mark Geiger
April 18 7 LA Galaxy 2–1 Sporting Kansas City Carson, California
19:30 PDT Husidić 9'
Gargan  32'
Juninho  83'
Gonzalez 90+4'
Report Németh 22'
Espinoza  30'
Dwyer  83'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 20,018
Referee: Alan Kelly
April 26 8 New York Red Bulls 1–1 LA Galaxy Harrison, New Jersey
14:00 PDT Miazga  29'
Felipe 58'
McCarty  66'
Report Jamieson IV 9'
Zardes  14'
Gordon  44'
Rogers  81'
Gonzalez  82'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,062
Referee: Ted Unkel
May 2 9 LA Galaxy 1–1 Colorado Rapids Carson, California
19:30 PDT Gargan  13'
Gordon 75'
Rogers  82'
Report LaBrocca  25'
Torres 40'
Cronin  49'
Riley  88'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 16,676
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
May 6 10 Real Salt Lake 0–0 LA Galaxy Sandy, Utah
19:40 PDT Olave  89' Report Gonzalez  42' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,296
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Note: Match originally to be played at 18:30 PDT but was delayed due severe weather in Sandy.
May 9 11 FC Dallas 2–1 LA Galaxy Frisco, Texas
17:30 PDT Hernandez  33'
Pérez 77'
Akindele 86'
Report Gargan  41'
Zardes 59'
Ishizaki  65'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 13,829
Referee: Kevin Stott
May 17 12 Orlando City SC 4–0 LA Galaxy Orlando, Florida
14:00 PDT Avila 12'
Larin 34'
Kaká 56' (pen.),  56'
Cerén 73'
Report Penedo  59'
Väyrynen  65'
Stadium: Citrus Bowl
Attendance: 40,122
Referee: Jair Marrufo
May 22 13 LA Galaxy 1–0 Houston Dynamo Carson, California
19:30 PDT Ishizaki  24'
Juninho  58'
Gordon 90+2',  90+3'
Sorto  90+6'
Report Rodríguez  43'
Barnes  82'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 20,195
Referee: Ismail Elfath
May 27 14 LA Galaxy 1–0 Real Salt Lake Carson, California
19:30 Juninho 7' (pen.)
Gordon  40'
Husidić  45'
Väyrynen  63'
Report Beckerman  10'
Olave  90+1'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 13,391
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
June 13 17 Columbus Crew 1–1 LA Galaxy Columbus, Ohio
16:30 PDT Higuaín 66' Report Lletget 14'
Gonzalez  71'
Rogers  87'
Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 21,051
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 20 18 LA Galaxy 5–1 Philadelphia Union Carson, California
19:30 PDT DeLaGarza  6'
Husidić 23'
Juninho 35'
Zardes 56'
Ishizaki 59'
Lletget 65'
Report Sapong 58'
Fred  88'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 23,875
Referee: Kevin Stott
June 24 19 LA Galaxy 5–0 Portland Timbers Carson, California
20:00 PDT Lletget 13'
Keane 18' (pen.)
Rogers 33',  65'
Juninho 72'
Gordon  78'
Villareal 88'
Report Ridgewell  78' Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 21,207
Referee: Ted Unkel
June 27 20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 LA Galaxy Stanford, California
19:30 PDT Nyassi  13'
Bernárdez  23'
Wondolowski 28'
Goodson 53'
Cato 72'
Report Juninho 17'
Ishizaki  19'
Gordon  88'
Stadium: Stanford Stadium
Attendance: 50,422
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
July 4 21 LA Galaxy 4–0 Toronto FC Carson, California
19:30 PDT Keane 9', 41', 59' (pen.)
Villareal  54'
Husidić  58'
DeLaGarza  80'
Lletget 90+4'
Report Zavaleta  60'
Delgado  68'
Warner  85'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Chris Penso
July 17 22 LA Galaxy 5–2 San Jose Earthquakes Carson, California
20:00 PDT Keane 30' (pen.), 64', 80' (pen.)
Rogers  36'
Gerrard 37'
Lletget 90+2'
Report Amarikwa 22', 25'
Thompson  30'
Salinas  55'
Bingham  69'
Stewart  70'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Alan Kelly
July 25 23 Houston Dynamo 3–0 LA Galaxy Houston, Texas
18:00 PDT Bruin 9'
Davis 27'
Miranda 88'
Report Jamieson IV  16' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,445
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
August 1 24 Colorado Rapids 1–3 LA Galaxy Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 PDT Sarvas 12'
Burling  42'
Cronin  43'
Report Lletget 56'
Gordon 69'
Buddle  80'
Garcia  88'
Keane  90+1', 90+3'
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 18,597
Referee: Juan Guzman
August 9 25 LA Galaxy 3–1 Seattle Sounders FC Carson, California
13:00 PDT Zardes 13'
Keane 47'
Giovani 64'
Report Barrett 1'
Friberg  38'
Fisher  62'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo
August 15 26 FC Dallas 1–2 LA Galaxy Frisco, Texas
18:00 PDT Barrios 33'
Acosta  38'
Pérez  61'
Report Keane 51', 56'
DeLaGarza  57'
Ricketts  77'
Zardes  90+1'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 21,907
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
August 23 27 LA Galaxy 5–1 New York City FC Carson, California
12:00 PDT Zardes 36'
Keane 54', 81'
Giovani 67'
Lletget 70'
Report Villa 80' (pen.)
Grabavoy  83'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
August 28 28 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 LA Galaxy San Jose, California
20:00 PDT Salinas 18'
Bernárdez  90'
Report Leonardo  47'
Rogers  74'
Stadium: Avaya Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
September 12 29 LA Galaxy 0–0 Montreal Impact Carson, California
19:30 PDT Report Reo-Coker  37'
Romero  52'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Mark Geiger
September 19 30 Real Salt Lake 3–0 LA Galaxy Sandy, Utah
18:30 PDT Sandoval 3', 53'
Morales  15', 28' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 21,004
Referee: Kevin Stott
September 27 31 LA Galaxy 3–2 FC Dallas Carson, California
18:30 PDT Giovani 11'
Keane 14'
Gerrard 57'
Juninho  69'
Gordon  90+4'
Report Barrios 35'
Harris 86'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
October 4 32 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 LA Galaxy Seattle
18:30 PDT Keane 36' Report Barrett 90+3' Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 56,097
Referee: Jair Marrufo
October 18 33 LA Galaxy 2–5 Portland Timbers Carson, California
16:00 PDT Keane 36', 84'
Gargan  67'
Leonardo  77'
Report Adi 65', 68' (pen.)
Chará 74'
Villafaña  81'
Nagbe 85'
Urruti 90'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Alan Kelly
October 25 34 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 LA Galaxy Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 PDT Dwyer  17', 65'
Ellis 38'
Myers  58'
Nagamura  66'
Feilhaber  90+2'
Report DeLaGarza  24'
Keane 45+1'
Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 19,422
Referee: Mark Geiger

MLS Cup Playoffs

Knockout round
October 28 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 LA Galaxy Seattle
19:00 Dempsey 5'
Valdez 12'
Friberg 73'
Frei  90+3'
Report Lletget 6'
Zardes 22'
Gonzalez  44'
Husidić  77'
Stadium: CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 39,537
Referee: Jair Marrufo

U.S. Open Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Fourth round

June 17 LA Galaxy 6–1 PSA Elite Carson, California
19:30 PT Lletget 15'
Zardes 19'
Keane 29', 53', 70'
Husidić 77'
Report Salazar 12'
Haberkorn  39'
Wallace  72'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 4,055
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Fifth round

The draw for this round was held on June 18.[23]

Quarterfinal

July 14 Real Salt Lake 1–0 LA Galaxy Sandy, Utah
19:00 PT Maund 87'
Mulholland  89'
Report Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 11,060
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

CONCACAF Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Group stage

The LA Galaxy have been drawn into Group D.[24] The full tournament schedule was announced on June 29, 2015.[25]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LAX CEN COM
1 LA Galaxy 4 2 2 0 12 3 +9 8 Knockout stage 5–1 5–0
2 Central 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 4 1–1 1–0
3 Comunicaciones 4 1 1 2 2 7 5 4 1–1 1–0
Source: CONCACAF

Matches

All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

August 6 1 LA Galaxy 5–1 Central Carson, United States
22:00 Gordon 3'
Mendiola 31'
Zardes 54' (pen.)
Giovani 75'
Maganto 83'
Report Guerra 5' (pen.)
Williams  38'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 13,625
Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)
August 18 2 LA Galaxy 5–0 Comunicaciones Carson, United States
22:00 Väyrynen 5'
Gordon 9', 54'
Keane 87', 89'
Report Del Águila  30' Stadium: StubHub Center
Referee: José Peñaloza (Mexico)
September 23 3 Central 1–1 LA Galaxy Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
20:00 Plaza 2'
Dillion  49'
Oliver  52'
Report Walker  63'
Gordon 82'
Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
October 21 4 Comunicaciones 1–1 LA Galaxy Guatemala City, Guatemala
22:00 Lalín  66'
Blackburn 90+3'
Report Meyer  80'
Gordon 84'
Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

International Champions Cup

Matches announced on April 28.[26][27]

July 11 1 LA Galaxy 2–1 América Carson, California
20:30 PT Keane 45'
Maganto  54'
Gordon 80'
Report
Report
Quintero 7'
Rivera  45+2'
Mares  57'
Goltz  59'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 27,934
Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)
July 21 2 LA Galaxy 1–2 Barcelona Pasadena, California
20:00 PT Leonardo  41'
Meyer 90+1'
Report Suárez 45'
Roberto 56'
Stadium: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 93,226
Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

See also

References

  1. "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Steven Gerrard". Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. "LA Galaxy select Ignacio Maganto in first round of 2015 MLS SuperDraft". Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. "LA Galaxy sign 2015 MLS SuperDraft pick Ignacio Maganto". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. "LA Galaxy select Daniel Keller and Andrew Wolverton in final rounds of 2015 SuperDraft". Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. "LA Galaxy sign goalkeeper Andrew Wolverton". Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  6. "LA Galaxy re-sign goalkeeper Brian Perk". Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  7. "LA Galaxy re-sign midfielder Rafael Garcia". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  8. "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Mika Vayrynen". Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  9. "LA Galaxy sign forward Edson Buddle". Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  10. "LA Galaxy sign goalkeeper Trey Mitchell". Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  11. "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Sebastian Lletget". Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  12. "LA Galaxy sign Giovani dos Santos". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  13. "LA Galaxy acquire goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts from Orlando City SC". Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  14. "LA Galaxy sign defender Dave Romney from LA Galaxy II". Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  15. "LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan to retire following the 2014 Season". 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  16. "LA Galaxy decline options on four players". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  17. "Chandler Hoffman selected by Houston Dynamo in Stage 2 of Re-Entry Draft". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  18. "LA Galaxy acquire third allocation ranking from Colorado Rapids in exchange for Marcelo Sarvas". Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  19. "LA Galaxy loan Charlie Rugg to Indy Eleven for 2015 NASL season". Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  20. Adam Serrano. "Adam Serrano on Twitter". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  21. "Stefan Ishizaki admits leaving the LA Galaxy is "one of the hardest decisions" the midfielder has ever had to make". Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  22. "LA Galaxy Insider has learned that the LA Galaxy and Jaime Penedo mutually have agreed to part ways". Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  23. "U.S. Soccer Announces Round of 16 Draw for 2015 U.S. Open Cup". Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  24. "LA Galaxy drawn into Group D of 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League". Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  25. "LA Galaxy schedule set for 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League group stage". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  26. "LA Galaxy to participate in 2015 International Champions Cup North America". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  27. "LA Galaxy to face FC Barcelona and Club América in International Champions Cup". Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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