2022 LA Galaxy season

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LA Galaxy

2022 season
Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Head coach	Greg Vanney
Stadium	Dignity Health Sports Park
MLS	Conference: 5th Overall: 9th
U.S. Open Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Javier Hernández (2 goals)
Highest home attendance	25,174 (vs. New York City FC – February 27)
Average home league attendance	25,174
Home colors Away colors
← 2021  →

The 2022 LA Galaxy season will be the club's 27th season of existence, and their 27th in Major League Soccer, the top-tier of the American soccer pyramid. LA Galaxy will play its home matches at Dignity Health Sports Park in the LA suburb of Carson, California. The Galaxy will attempt to make the playoffs after failing to qualify in 2021, will also attempt to win their MLS leading 6th MLS Cup, and make there first appearance in the MLS Cup since 2014.

Background[]

The 2021 season was the Galaxy's 26th season of existence, and their first under manager, Greg Vanney, who was appointed manager during the 2020–21 offseason following the sacking of Guillermo Barros Schelotto. Early on in the season, the Galaxy started off with an 8–4–0 record, with striker Javier Hernández leading the club in scoring with 11 goals. However, a mixture of injuries and poor form caused the club go on a skid during the summer, and ultimately, on the final day of the season, failing to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the second-consecutive season. It marked the third time in the past four seasons that the Galaxy failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Outside of MLS, the Galaxy had planned to participate in the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, which featured a modified qualification method due to COVID-19 pandemic. The method involves the eight MLS clubs with the best regular season records after three matches qualifying for the tournament. By this method, the Galaxy had the seventh best record and qualified. However, the tournament was ultimately canceled by U.S. Soccer due to logistical challenges faced by lower league clubs.

Club[]

Team management[]

Position	Name
General manager	—
Head coach	Greg Vanney
Assistant coach	Dan Calichman
Head Athletic Trainer	Cesar Roldan
Equipment manager	Raul Vargas

Roster[]

As of February 10, 2022^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Jonathan Bond	England
2	DF	Julián Araujo	Mexico
3	DF	Derrick Williams	Republic of Ireland
4	DF	Séga Coulibaly	France
6	MF	Rayan Raveloson	Madagascar
7	MF	Víctor Vázquez	Spain
8	MF	Marky Delgado	United States
9	MF	Kévin Cabral (DP)	France
10	FW	Douglas Costa (DP)	Brazil
11	MF	Samuel Grandsir	France
14	FW	Javier Hernández (DP)	Mexico
16	MF	Sacha Kljestan	United States
18	DF	Kelvin Leerdam	Suriname
19	DF	Jorge Villafaña	United States
20	DF	Nick DePuy	United States
21	GK	Richard Sánchez	Mexico
24	DF	Jalen Neal (HG)	United States
25	FW	Cameron Dunbar (HG)	United States
26	MF	Efraín Álvarez (HG)	Mexico
33	GK	Jonathan Klinsmann	United States
37	MF	Daniel Aguirre	United States
43	MF	Adam Saldaña (HG)	United States
44	MF	Raheem Edwards	Canada
56	MF	Jonathan Perez (HG)	Mexico
67	MF	Carlos Harvey	Panama
74	DF	Marcus Ferkranus (HG)	United States
99	FW	Dejan Joveljić	Serbia

Non-competitive[]

Preseason friendlies[]

Preseason friendlies announced on January 5, 2022.^[2] LA Galaxy later announced more preseason matches on January 18, 2022, in addition to announcing that that the club will also host the Coachella Valley Invitational at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California from February 10 to 19, 2022.

LA Galaxy v Toronto FC

January 29	LA Galaxy	5–4	Toronto FC	Carson, California
11:00 AM PST	Álvarez Hernández (pen.) Cabral (pen.) Grandsir	Report	Nelson Kerr , Perruzza	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0

LA Galaxy v New England Revolution

February 5	LA Galaxy	4–0	New England Revolution	Carson, California
7:30 PM PST	Cabral 12' (Hernández), 47' (Araujo) Joveljić 63' (Kljestan) 70' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

LA Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

February 16	LA Galaxy	2–4	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
1:30 PM PST	Grandsir 54' (Araujo) 74'	LAG Tweet VAN Report	White 9' (Gauld), 41' (Brown), 88' 85' (White)	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0

Coachella Valley Invitational[]

LA Galaxy v Seattle Sounders FC

February 10	LA Galaxy	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Indio, California
11:00 PST	Joveljić 48'	Report	Ruidíaz 41'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club Attendance: 0

Midseason friendlies[]

No midseason friendlies have been announced.

Competitive[]

Major League Soccer[]

Standings[]

Overall[]

Western Conference[]

Regular season[]

U.S. Open Cup[]

Third round[]

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Jonathan Bond	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	USA	Julián Araujo	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	FRA	Séga Coulibaly	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF	USA	Nick DePuy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	USA	Marky Delgado	1	0	1	0	0	0
44	MF	CAN	Raheem Edwards	1	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF	MAD	Rayan Raveloson	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	ESP	Víctor Vázquez	1	0	1	0	0	0
9	MF	FRA	Kévin Cabral	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	MEX	Efraín Álvarez	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	MF	FRA	Samuel Grandsir	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	MF	USA	Sacha Kljestan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
14	FW	MEX	Javier Hernández	1	1	1	1	0	0
10	FW	BRA	Douglas Costa	1	0	1	0	0	0

Top scorers[]

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW	14	Javier Hernández	1	0	1

Top assists[]

Rank	Position	Number	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	MF	44	Raheem Edwards	1	0	1

Disciplinary record[]

No.	Pos.	Player	MLS			U.S. Open Cup			Total
10	FW	Douglas Costa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Clean sheets[]

Rank	Number	Name	MLS	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	1	Jonathan Bond	1	0	1

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
DF	Kelvin Leerdam	Inter Miami CF	Sign.	January 6, 2022	[3]
MF	Raheem Edwards	Los Angeles FC	Sign.	January 7, 2022	[4]
GK	Richard Sánchez	North Texas SC	Sign.	January 18, 2022	[5]
MF	Marky Delgado	Toronto FC	Traded for $400,000 GAM and $100,000 conditional GAM	January 21, 2022	[6]
FW	Douglas Costa	Grêmio	Loan	February 10, 2022	[7]
DF	Eriq Zavaleta	Toronto FC	Sign.	March 10, 2022	[8]

Transfers out[]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
DF	Niko Hämäläinen	Queens Park Rangers F.C.	Loan expired	November 8, 2021
DF	Daniel Steres	Houston Dynamo FC	Trade for the 2022 MLS SuperDraft third round pick.	December 12, 2021	[9]
FW	Ethan Zubak	Nashville SC	Trade for the 2022 MLS SuperDraft first round pick.	December 12, 2021	[10]
MF	Sebastian Lletget	New England Revolution	$300,000 in General Allocation Money.	December 15, 2021	[11]
DF	Danilo Acosta	Orange County SC	Option declined	January 7, 2022
DF	Oniel Fisher	Minnesota United FC	Option declined	February 2, 2022
FW	Augustine Williams	Charleston Battery	Option declined	February 9, 2022

Draft picks[]

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Date	Player	Position	College	Pick	Source
January 11, 2022		FW	Michigan State	21	[12]
January 11, 2022		MF	Clemson	42	[12]
January 11, 2022	Chandler Vaughn	DF	Saint Louis University	60	[12]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website