2018 LA Galaxy II season

The 2018 LA Galaxy II season was the club's fifth season of existence.

LA Galaxy II
2018 season
Head coachMike Muñoz
StadiumStubHub Center
USLConference: 14th
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Top goalscorerFrank López (13 goals)
Highest home attendance1,714
(vs. Seattle Sounders FC 2 – July 1)
Lowest home attendance478
(vs. Rio Grande Valley FC Toros – August 22)
Average home league attendance1,049

Squad information
As of The end of the season.[1]
No. Position Player Nation
20 DF Tomas Hilliard-Arce[A]  United States
21 DF Hugo Arellano[A]  United States
26 MF Efrain Alvarez[A]  United States
33 DF Nate Shultz  United States
41 GK Justin Vom Steeg[A]  United States
42 GK Wade Hamilton  United States
44 MF Geoffrey Acheampong  Ghana
45 MF Emmanuel Appiah  Ghana
46 DF John Requejo  United States
47 MF Miguel Aguilar  Mexico
49 MF Adrian Vera  United States
50 DF Diedie Traore  France
51 FW Ethan Zubak  United States
53 MF Jorge Hernandez  United States
54 GK Bennett Sneddon  United States
57 FW Justin Dhillon  United States
58 FW Ulysses Llanez[B]  United States
60 FW Alex Méndez  United States
62 DF Jake Arteaga[B]  United States
65 DF Ian Lonergan[B]  United States
66 FW Frank López  Cuba
67 MF Jonathan Hernandez  United States
68 MF Andre Ulrich Zanga  Cameroon
69 DF Justin Fiddes  United States
69 DF Jeffrey Payeras  Guatemala
72 DF Jean Jospin Engola  Cameroon
73 FW Adonis Amaya  United States
74 MF Taylor Davila[B]  United States
75 GK Eric Lopez  United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with LA Galaxy.
    2.
  2. ^
    LA Galaxy Academy player.
    3.

Transfers in
Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/Notes Date Source
MF Geoffrey Acheampong Veracruz Sign. March 1, 2018 [2]
DF Nate Shultz Akron Zips Selected by LA Galaxy with the 48th pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. March 8, 2018 [3]
DF John Requejo Tijuana Sign. March 13, 2018 [4]
MF Emmanuel Appiah Saint Louis FC Sign. March 14, 2018 [5]
GK Wade Hamilton Portland Timbers 2 Sign. March 14, 2018 [6]
MF Julian Büscher D.C. United Sign. March 15, 2018 [7]
FW Frank López Miami Soccer Academy Sign. March 15, 2018 [8]
DF Diedie Traore Tryout winner. July 25, 2018 [9]
DF Justin Fiddes Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sign. August 8, 2018 [10]

Transfers out
Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/Notes Date Source
MF Ryo Fujii Nyköpings BIS Contract option declined. December 4, 2017 [11]
MF Alejandro Covarrubias Fresno FC Contract option declined. December 4, 2017 [11]
DF Tyler Turner Contract option declined. December 4, 2017 [11]
DF Robert Castellanos Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Contract option declined. December 4, 2017 [11]
DF Josh Turnley Sacramento Republic FC Contract expired. December 4, 2017 [11]
GK Justin Vom Steeg LA Galaxy Sign. March 1, 2018 [12]
MF Efrain Alvarez LA Galaxy Sign. March 4, 2018 [13]
MF Julian Büscher Mutually parted ways. August 8, 2018 [14]

Competitions

Friendlies
February 21 LA Galaxy II 4–1 Cal State Northridge Matadors Carson, California
Aguilar ?'
Dhillon ?'		 Report Stadium: StubHub Center
February 25 LA Galaxy II 5–1 UC Riverside Highlanders Carson, California
Report Stadium: StubHub Center
March 3 LA Galaxy II 3–0 Orange County SC Carson, California
11:00 Llanez ?'
Acheampong ?'
 ? ?'		 Report Stadium: StubHub Center
March 10 LA Galaxy II 3–1 UC Irvine Anteaters Carson, California
11:00 ?'
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?'		 Report ?' Stadium: StubHub Center

USL
Main article: 2018 USL season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Fresno FC 34 9 12 13 44 38 +6 39
13 Rio Grande Valley Toros 34 8 14 12 36 42 −6 38
14 LA Galaxy II 34 10 7 17 60 67 −7 37
15 Las Vegas Lights FC 34 8 7 19 50 74 −24 31
16 Seattle Sounders FC 2 34 6 7 21 40 71 −31 25
Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Regular season

The first two matches of the 2018 season was announced on January 12, 2018.[15] The full schedule was released on January 19, 2018.[16]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

All times in Pacific Time Zone.

March 17 1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 2–0 LA Galaxy II Colorado Springs, Colorado
17:00 Ajeakwa 25'
Burt 55'
Schweitzer  57'
Kim Tae-seong  75'		 Report Arellano  57'
Hilliard-Arce  58'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3,023
Referee: Greg Dopka
March 24 2 Fresno FC 1–1 LA Galaxy II Fresno, California
19:00 Cooper 75' Report Appiah 3'
Dhillon  24'
Büscher  51'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 6,128
Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella
March 31 3 LA Galaxy II 0–0 San Antonio FC Carson, California
15:30 Requejo  41'
López  62'
Vera  78'
Appiah  90+1'		 Report Lopez  19'  77'
Tyrpak  71'
King  90+3'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,123
Referee: Victor Rivas
April 7 4 Orange County SC 3–0 LA Galaxy II Irvine, California
19:00 Segbers 45', 58'
Powder  56'
Enevoldsen  71'
Juel-Nielsen  82'
Seaton  84'
Selbol 88',  89'		 Report Engola  30'
Méndez  54'
García  83'		 Stadium: Champions Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,056
Referee: Mark Allatin
April 11 5 LA Galaxy II 0–1 Phoenix Rising FC Carson, California
19:30 Acheampong  31'
Büscher  90+4'		 Report Drogba 64'
da Fonte  90+2'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,236
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
April 14 6 Saint Louis FC 1–0 LA Galaxy II Fenton, Missouri
17:30 Calistri 46' Report Büscher  83' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 4,006
Referee: Don Tebeau
April 22 7 LA Galaxy II 1–1 New York Red Bulls II Carson, California
17:30 Llanez 35'
Lassiter  39'
João Pedro  60'		 Report Scarlett  13'
Moreno 78'
Cásseres Jr.  90+3'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,131
Referee: Ramy Touchan
May 4 8 Phoenix Rising FC 4–3 LA Galaxy II Scottsdale, Arizona
18:30 Johnson 21', 71'
Riggi 47'
Drogba 78' (pen.)		 Report Alvarez 19'
Llanez 26'
Arellano 40',  56'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 7,332
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
May 9 9 LA Galaxy II 6–3 Saint Louis FC Carson, California
19:30 Zubak 14', 70', 90+4'
Alvarez 18', 47', 75'
Appiah  90'		 Report Dacres  32'
Dikwa 39'
Calistri  64'
Greig 67', 87',  70'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 858
Referee: Daniel Radford
May 18 10 Portland Timbers 2 7–3 LA Galaxy II Portland, Oregon
11:00 Langsdorf 25', 43', 57' (pen.)
Loría  58', 90+1'
Tuiloma  80'
Williamson 81'
Lewis  87'
Arboleda 90+4'
Williams 90+5'		 Report Aguilar  47', 59'
Alvarez 49', 68'
Appiah  90+1'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 5,857
Referee: Mike Hohnholz
May 23 11 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–1 LA Galaxy II Edinburg, Texas
17:00 Quintanilla 14'
Zaldívar  65'
Enríquez  69'
Wharton  72'
Montaño  90+1'		 Report Büscher  5'
Requejo  21'
F. López 87'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,794
Referee: Malik Badawi
May 26 12 LA Galaxy II 7–2 Las Vegas Lights FC Carson, California
19:30 Zubak 10', 16', 18', 54',  17'
Jamieson IV  28'
Lassiter 60', 89'
Büscher 87'		 Report Kobayashi 7', 22'
Torres  38'
Jaime  41'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,215
Referee: Michael Radchuk
June 2 13 LA Galaxy II 1–0 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Carson, California
19:30 Aguilar 6'
Büscher  30'  77'
Zubak  32'
Hernandez  69'
Llanez  88'		 Report Levin  34'
Ugarte  83'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 594
Referee: Mark Allatin
June 10 14 LA Galaxy II 0–1 Orange County SC Carson, California
17:30 Aguilar  44'
Appiah  62'		 Report Enevoldsen 82' Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,313
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
June 23 15 OKC Energy FC 1–0 LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
17:30 Siaj  45+5'
Volesky 90'		 Report Zanga  56' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,015
Referee: Lorant Varga
June 27 16 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 2–0 LA Galaxy II Tulsa, Oklahoma
17:30 Mirković  26'
Pírez 40'
Rivas  43'
Gee 52'
Levin  83'		 Report Büscher  44'
Arellano  46'
Requejo  65'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 3,124
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
July 1 17 LA Galaxy II 5–3 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Carson, California
17:30 Acheampong 26'
F. López 28',  51'
Alvarez 49', 62'
Méndez 60'		 Report Daley  3', 45'
Saari 14',  40'
Alfaro  34'
Ulysse  59'
Estrada 80'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,714
Referee: Joseph Salinas
July 7 18 Orange County SC 0–3 LA Galaxy II Irvine, California
19:00 Crognale  41' Report Zubak 3'
Acheampong  15'  45+1'
López 23'
Hernandez 52'
Sylvestre  62'		 Stadium: Champions Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,246
Referee: Alfredo Sandoval-Victorio
July 11 19 LA Galaxy II 1–4 Reno 1868 FC Carson, California
19:30 Büscher  21'
Engola  46'
Dhillon 57'		 Report Hoppenot 7'
van Ewijk 33', 80'
Wehan 47'
Calvillo  52'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,133
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
July 28 20 LA Galaxy II 3–4 Portland Timbers 2 Carson, California
13:00 Zubak 1'
Dhillon 11'
Zanga  26'
Acheampong  33'
López 78'		 Report Ebobisse 3'
Williamson 23'
Langsdorf 54', 63',  86'
Loría  61'
McIntosh  90'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 833
Referee: Ceciah Valero
August 1 21 LA Galaxy II 1–1 Swope Park Rangers Carson, California
19:30 López 60'
Vera  64'
Hilliard-Arce  77'		 Report Barry 51',  73'  86'
Smith  54'
Rebellón  81'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 801
Referee: Mark Allatin
August 4 22 San Antonio FC 2–1 LA Galaxy II San Antonio, Texas
17:30 King 20'
Guzmán 50'
Lopez  69'
Hedrick  73'		 Report Büscher  63'
Zanga  76'
Hernandez  90+2'
López 90+4'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,447
Referee: Greg Dopka
August 9 23 LA Galaxy II 2–1 Fresno FC Carson, California
19:30 López 50', 72',  86'
Vera  53'
Zubak  90+1'		 Report Del Campo  64'
Chaney 90+2',  90+6'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 706
Referee: Daniel Radford
August 18 24 Sacramento Republic FC 1–4 LA Galaxy II Sacramento, California
20:00 Requejo 56' (o.g.)
Iwasa  75'
Alemán  75'		 Report Aguilar 7'
Zubak 20' (pen.)
Engola 25'
López 41',  80'
Requejo  77'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
August 22 25 LA Galaxy II 1–1 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Carson, California
19:30 Engola  18'
Aguilar  28'
Dhillon 77'		 Report Sullivan  38'
Enríquez 51'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 478
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
August 25 26 Real Monarchs 4–0 LA Galaxy II Herriman, Utah
19:00 Chang 20'
Adams 33',  65'
Hoffman 36', 40'		 Report Vera  85' Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,707
Referee: Jose Lara
September 1 27 LA Galaxy II 3–1 Colorado Springs Switchbacks Carson, California
19:30 Hilliard-Arce 27'
Lassiter 29', 56'
Vera  81'		 Report Toye 11'
També  45+1'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,683
Referee: Tim Ford
September 8 28 Las Vegas Lights FC 1–2 LA Galaxy II Las Vegas, Nevada
20:00 Salgado 10'
García  81'		 Report Aguilar  14'
Alvarez  18', 27'
Lassiter 21' (pen.)
Traore  64'
Williams  82'		 Stadium: Cashman Field
Attendance: 8,061
Referee: Lorant Varga
September 12 29 LA Galaxy II 1–3 OKC Energy FC Carson, California
19:30 López 13' (pen.)
Zanga  69'		 Report Harris  32'
Barril 40'
Rasmussen 72'
A. Dixon 81'
Jahn  88'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 751
Referee: Michael Radchuk
September 15 30 Reno 1868 FC 1–0 LA Galaxy II Reno, Nevada
19:00 Mfeka  33'
Calvillo 37'
Marie  67'		 Report Acheampong  23' Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5,060
Referee: Luis Guardia
September 22 31 LA Galaxy II 6–1 Real Monarchs Carson, California
19:30 Zubak 18'
Vera 38'
Alvarez 49', 52', 75'
Engola  76'
López 86'		 Report Plewa  56'
Hoffman 57'
Chang  68'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,008
Referee: Victor Rivas
October 3 32 Seattle Sounders FC 2 2–2 LA Galaxy II Tacoma, Washington
19:00 Roldan 31'
Neagle 34'
Alfaro  73'		 Report Acheampong  26'
Appiah 39'
F. López 80'
Engola  84'
Araujo  90+3'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 3,087
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
October 6 33 LA Galaxy II 1–2 Sacramento Republic FC Carson, California
19:30 F. López 24',  71'
Vera  45+1'		 Report Alemán 13', 21'
Turnley  51'
Seiler  62'  74'		 Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 1,241
Referee: Malik Badawi
October 14 34 Swope Park Rangers 5–1 LA Galaxy II Kansas City, Kansas
14:00 Storm  9'
Kuzain 28'
Belmar 34'
Barry 65' (pen.)
Hernandez 76'
Harris 84'		 Report Hilliard-Arce  27'
Hernandez 85'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 1,074
Referee: Kevin Broadley

See also

References
  1. "Galaxy II Players". lagalaxy.com.
  2. "LA Galaxy II sign midfielder Geoffrey Acheampong". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. "LA Galaxy II sign defender Nate Shultz". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. "LA Galaxy II sign defender John Requejo". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  5. "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Emmanuel Appiah". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  6. "LA Galaxy II sign goalkeeper Wade Hamilton". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  7. "LA Galaxy II sign midfielder Julian Büscher". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  8. "LA Galaxy II sign forward Frank Lopez". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  9. "LA Galaxy II Sign Open Tryout Winner". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  10. "LA Galaxy II sign defender Justin Fiddes". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  11. "LA Galaxy II decline 2018 contract options on four players". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  12. "LA Galaxy sign goalkeeper Justin Vom Steeg". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  13. "LA Galaxy Sign midfielder Efrain Alvarez". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  14. "LA Galaxy II has mutually parted ways with midfielder Julian Büscher". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  15. "LA Galaxy II announce 2018 Home Opener". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  16. "LA Galaxy II Announce 2018 USL Regular Season Schedule". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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