# 2019 Los Angeles FC season

The 2019 Los Angeles FC season was the club's second season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. Los Angeles FC played its home matches at the Banc of California Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Outside of MLS play, the team participated in the 2019 U.S. Open Cup tournament and qualified for the 2019 MLS Cup playoffs, reaching the conference finals.

## Squad
### First-team roster

    As of August 11, 2019.
| No. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Tyler Miller | (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993 (age 31) | 20 | 0 |
| 23 | Pablo Sisniega | (1995-07-07) July 7, 1995 (age 29) | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | Phillip Ejimadu | (1999-08-31) August 31, 1999 (age 25) | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Jordan Harvey | (1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 40) | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | Steven Beitashour | (1987-02-01) February 1, 1987 (age 37) | 19 | 1 |
| 4 | Eddie Segura (Int) | (1997-02-02) February 2, 1997 (age 27) | 23 | 1 |
| 5 | Dejan Jakovic | (1985-07-16) July 16, 1985 (age 39) | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Danilo Silva (Int) | (1986-11-24) November 24, 1986 (age 38) | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Mohamed El Monir (Int) | (1992-04-08) April 8, 1992 (age 32) | 8 | 1 |
| 19 | Lamar Batista | (1998-03-07) March 7, 1998 (age 26) | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Walker Zimmerman | (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 31) | 18 | 1 |
| 27 | Tristan Blackmon | (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 28) | 8 | 1 |
| | Diego Palacios (Int) | (1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 25) | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | Latif Blessing | (1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 27) | 22 | 4 |
| 11 | Peter-Lee Vassell (Int) | (1999-03-15) March 15, 1999 (age 25) | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Mark-Anthony Kaye | (1994-12-02) December 2, 1994 (age 30) | 20 | 4 |
| 15 | Alejandro Guido | (1994-03-22) March 22, 1994 (age 30) | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Eduard Atuesta | (1997-06-18) June 18, 1997 (age 27) | 19 | 2 |
| 24 | Lee Nguyen | (1986-10-07) October 7, 1986 (age 38) | 11 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Diego Rossi | (1998-03-05) March 5, 1998 (age 26) | 23 | 12 |
| 10 | Carlos Vela (Int) | (1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 35) | 22 | 34 |
| 17 | Brian Rodríguez (Int) | (2000-05-20) May 20, 2000 (age 24) | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Joshua Pérez | (1998-01-21) January 21, 1998 (age 26) | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | Rodolfo Zelaya | (1988-07-03) July 3, 1988 (age 36) | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | Adrien Perez | (1995-10-13) October 13, 1995 (age 29) | 6 | 0 |
| 99 | Adama Diomande (Int) | (1990-02-14) February 14, 1990 (age 34) | 16 | 7 |

### Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Lead Managing Owner | Larry Berg |
| Co-Managing Owner | Brandon Beck |
| Co-Managing Owner | Bennett Rosenthal |
| Executive Chairman | Peter Guber |
| President | Tom Penn |
| Vice Chairman | Henry Nguyen |
| Director | Ruben Gnanalingam |
| Director | Vincent Tan |
| EVP and General Manager | John Thorrington |
| VP and Asst. General Manager | Will Kuntz |
Source: LAFC

### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Bob Bradley |
| Director of Soccer Operations | Mike Sorber |
| Assistant Coach | Ante Razov |
| Assistant Coach | Kenny Arena |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Zak Abdel |
Source: LAFC

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | Player | From club | Notes |
| November 21, 2018 | DF | Eddie Segura | Atlético Huila | Loan |
| December 11, 2018 | DF | Mohamed El Monir | Orlando City SC | Traded for João Moutinho |
| January 30, 2019 | FW | Rodolfo Zelaya | Alianza F.C. | Transfer |
| February 18, 2019 | GK | Pablo Sisniega | Real Sociedad | Transfer |
| February 21, 2019 | DF | Lamar Batista | Portland Timbers 2 | Transfer |
| February 21, 2019 | GK | Phillip Ejimadu | Nacional Atlético Clube | Transfer |
| February 21, 2019 | FW | Adrien Perez | Ontario Fury | Transfer |
| February 25, 2019 | DF | Niko Hämäläinen | Queens Park Rangers | Loan |
| February 27, 2019 | MF | Alejandro Guido | Tijuana | Transfer |
| March 1, 2019 | MF | Peter-Lee Vassell | Harbour View | Draft pick signee |
| March 10, 2019 | MF | Javier Pérez | Pittsburgh Panthers | Draft pick signee |
| August 12, 2019 | DF | Diego Palacios | SD Aucas | Transfer |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Notes |
| December 11, 2018 | DF | João Moutinho | Orlando City SC | Traded for Mohamed El Monir |
| June 10, 2019 | MF | André Horta | Braga | Transfer |
| July 28, 2019 | FW | Shaft Brewer Jr. | | Mutually agreed to part ways |
| August 7, 2019 | FW | Christian Ramirez | Houston Dynamo | Transfer |
| November 19, 2019 | MF | Lee Nguyen | Inter Miami CF | 2019 MLS Expansion Draft |

### Draft picks

| Round | # | Position | Player | College/Club Team |
| 2 | 40 | MF | Peter-Lee Vassell | Harbour View F.C. |
| 3 | 64 | MF | Javier Perez | Pittsburgh |
| 4 | 73 | MF | Kevin Mendoza | Liberty |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Major League Soccer
#### Standings
##### Western Conference

2019 MLS Western Conference standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC (P, S) | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 37 | +48 | 72 | Playoffs Conference Semifinals & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders FC (P, C) | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 56 | Playoffs first round & 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake (P, L) | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 53 | Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup |
| 4 | Minnesota United FC (P, L) | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 53 | Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup |
| 5 | LA Galaxy (P, L) | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 51 | Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup |
* ↑ As MLS Cup 2019 champions

##### Overall

2019 MLS regular season standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC (S) | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 37 | +48 | 72 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | New York City FC | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 42 | +21 | 64 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Atlanta United FC (U) | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 58 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC (C) | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 56 | 2020 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 55 | |
* ↑ As Supporters' Shield champions (USA2)
* ↑ As Eastern Conference regular season champions (USA3)
* ↑ As 2019 U.S. Open Cup champions (USA4)
* ↑ As MLS Cup 2019 champions (USA1)

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 72 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 37 | +48 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 17 | +20 |
Last updated: October 6, 2019 Source: 2019 Major League Soccer season Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | D | W | D | W |

#### Results

All times are Pacific.

### U.S. Open Cup

Los Angeles FC entered the U.S. Open Cup in the fourth round, along with the other 20 American MLS teams. The draw was announced on May 30, and matches took place on June 11/12.

## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on October 29, 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | MLS Cup playoffs | MLS Cup playoffs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | USA | Tyler Miller | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | MEX | Pablo Sisniega | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | USA | Phillip Ejimadu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | USA | Jordan Harvey | 35 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Steven Beitashour | 27 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | COL | Eddie Segura | 39 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Dejan Jakovic | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Danilo Silva | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | LBY | Mohamed El Monir | 16 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | Walker Zimmerman | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | USA | Tristan Blackmon | 23 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | JAM | Peter-Lee Vassell | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CAN | Mark-Anthony Kaye | 33 | 4 | 27+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Alejandro Guido | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | COL | Eduard Atuesta | 35 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | USA | Lee Nguyen | 27 | 1 | 11+12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | GHA | Latif Blessing | 39 | 6 | 29+5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Diego Rossi | 39 | 18 | 33+1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | MEX | Carlos Vela | 36 | 38 | 31 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | URU | Brian Rodríguez | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Joshua Pérez | 14 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | SLV | Rodolfo Zelaya | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | USA | Adrien Perez | 13 | 1 | 1+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | NOR | Adama Diomande | 30 | 12 | 15+10 | 8 | 1+2 | 2 | 0+2 | 2 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | POR | André Horta | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FIN | Niko Hämäläinen | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Javier Pérez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | USA | Christian Ramirez | 20 | 4 | 13+4 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | USA | Shaft Brewer Jr. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Major League Soccer | MLS Cup playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Carlos Vela | FW | 34 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
| 2 | | Diego Rossi | FW | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | | Adama Diomande | FW | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | | Latif Blessing | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | | Eduard Atuesta | MF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | | Mark-Anthony Kaye | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | | Christian Ramirez | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | | Steven Beitashour | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Tristan Blackmon | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Mohamed El Monir | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Jordan Harvey | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Lee Nguyen | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | | Adrien Perez | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Joshua Pérez | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Eddie Segura | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Rodolfo Zelaya | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Walker Zimmerman | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 85 | 6 | 6 | 97 |
Updated to match played October 29, 2019 Source: Los Angeles FC