# 2022 Los Angeles FC season

The 2022 Los Angeles FC season was the club's fifth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. LAFC played its home matches at the Banc of California Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Steve Cherundolo is the club's second head coach, joining on January 3, 2022.
The club won their second Supporters' Shield and first MLS Cup title, hosting the final at Banc of California Stadium on November 5, 2022.

## Squad
### First-team roster

    As of October 9, 2022
| No. | Name | Nationality | Pos | Date of birth (Age) | Apps | Goals |
| 16 | Maxime Crépeau | Canada | GK | (1994-05-11) May 11, 1994 (age 30) | 33 | 0 |
| 30 | Tomas Romero (HG) | El Salvador | GK | (2000-12-19) December 19, 2000 (age 24) | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | John McCarthy | United States | GK | (1992-07-04) July 4, 1992 (age 32) | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Franco Escobar | Argentina | DF | (1995-02-21) February 21, 1995 (age 29) | 19 | 1 |
| 3 | Jesús Murillo | Colombia | DF | (1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 (age 30) | 29 | 2 |
| 4 | Eddie Segura (INTL) | Colombia | DF | (1997-02-02) February 2, 1997 (age 27) | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | Mamadou Fall | Senegal | DF | (2002-11-21) November 21, 2002 (age 22) | 16 | 1 |
| 12 | Diego Palacios (INTL) | Ecuador | DF | (1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 25) | 28 | 1 |
| 14 | Giorgio Chiellini (INTL) | Italy | DF | (1984-08-14) August 14, 1984 (age 40) | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | Mohamed Traore | Senegal | DF | (2002-08-15) August 15, 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Erik Dueñas (HG) | United States | DF | (2004-10-18) October 18, 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Ryan Hollingshead | United States | DF | (1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 33) | 30 | 6 |
| 25 | Sebastien Ibeagha | United States | DF | (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 32) | 17 | 0 |
| 28 | Tony Leone (HG) | United States | DF | (2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Julian Gaines | United States | DF | (2002-11-05) November 5, 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ilie Sánchez | Spain | MF | (1990-11-21) November 21, 1990 (age 34) | 33 | 1 |
| 7 | Latif Blessing | Ghana | MF | (1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 28) | 30 | 0 |
| 8 | Francisco Ginella (INTL) | Uruguay | MF | (1999-01-21) January 21, 1999 (age 25) | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | José Cifuentes (INTL) | Ecuador | MF | (1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 25) | 33 | 7 |
| 23 | Kellyn Acosta | United States | MF | (1995-07-24) July 24, 1995 (age 29) | 32 | 2 |
| 31 | Danny Trejo | Mexico | MF | (1998-04-29) April 29, 1998 (age 26) | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Sebastian Méndez | Ecuador | MF | (1997-04-26) April 26, 1997 (age 27) | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Cristian Arango | Colombia | FW | (1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 (age 29) | 34 | 16 |
| 10 | Carlos Vela (Vice-Captain) (DP) | Mexico | FW | (1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 35) | 32 | 12 |
| 11 | Gareth Bale (Captain) | Wales | FW | (1989-07-16) July 16, 1989 (age 35) | 12 | 2 |
| 21 | Christian Torres (HG) | United States | FW | (2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Kwadwo Opoku | Ghana | FW | (2001-07-13) July 13, 2001 (age 23) | 34 | 7 |
| 26 | Cal Jennings | United States | FW | (1997-05-17) May 17, 1997 (age 27) | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Cristian Tello | Spain | FW | (1991-08-11) August 11, 1991 (age 33) | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | Denis Bouanga | Gabon | FW | (1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 (age 30) | 7 | 1 |

### Coaching staff

    As of February 8, 2022
Technical staff :
| Head coach | Steve Cherundolo |
| Assistant coach | Marc Dos Santos |
| Assistant coach | Ante Razov |
| Assistant/Goalkeeping coach | Oka Nikolov |
| Assistant coach/Performance director | Gavin Benjafield |
| Director of soccer operations | John Thorrington |
| Director of soccer operations | Will Kuntz |
| Director of football operations | Marco Garcés |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | Player | From club | Notes |
| December 12, 2021 | DF | Franco Escobar | Atlanta United FC | Trade |
| December 14, 2021 | FW | Ismael Tajouri-Shradi | Charlotte FC | Trade |
| January 12, 2022 | MF | Ilie Sánchez | Sporting Kansas City | Free Agent |
| January 14, 2022 | MF | Kellyn Acosta | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| January 20, 2022 | GK | Maxime Crépeau | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Trade |
| January 21, 2022 | GK | John McCarthy | Inter Miami CF | Free Agent |
| February 10, 2022 | DF | Ryan Hollingshead | FC Dallas | Traded for Marco Farfan |
| February 18, 2022 | DF | Doneil Henry | Suwon Bluewings | Free Agent |
| April 25, 2022 | FW | Nathan Ordaz | LAFC Academy | Academy signing |
| June 13, 2022 | DF | Giorgio Chiellini | Juventus | Transfer |
| June 25, 2022 | FW | Gareth Bale | Real Madrid | Transfer |
| July 19, 2022 | MF | Sebastian Méndez | Orlando City SC | Trade |
| August 5, 2022 | FW | Denis Bouanga | Saint-Étienne | Transfer |
| August 26, 2022 | FW | Cristian Tello | Real Betis | Transfer |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Notes |
| December 1, 2021 | GK | Jamal Blackman | Huddersfield Town | Declined contract options |
| December 1, 2021 | MF | Daniel Crisostomo | Free Agent | Declined contract options |
| December 1, 2021 | DF | Alvaro Quezada | Free Agent | Declined contract options |
| December 15, 2021 | MF | Raheem Edwards | LA Galaxy | Free Agent |
| December 15, 2021 | DF | Jordan Harvey | Free Agent | Free Agent |
| December 12, 2021 | GK | Pablo Sisniega | Charlotte FC | Trade |
| December 13, 2021 | MF | Eduard Atuesta | Palmeiras | Transfer |
| December 14, 2021 | DF | Tristan Blackmon | Charlotte FC | MLS Expansion Draft pick |
| January 4, 2022 | MF | Bryce Duke | Inter Miami CF | Trade |
| February 10, 2022 | DF | Marco Farfan | FC Dallas | Traded for Ryan Hollingshead |
| March 18, 2022 | DF | Kim Moon-hwan | Jeonbuk Hyundai | Transfer |
| April 15, 2022 | FW | Diego Rossi | Fenerbahçe | Exercised option to buy |
| July 3, 2022 | DF | Doneil Henry | Toronto FC | Waived |
| July 18, 2022 | MF | Francisco Ginella | Nacional | Loan |
| August 3, 2022 | FW | Danny Musovski | Real Salt Lake | Trade |
| August 5, 2022 | FW | Ismael Tajouri-Shradi | New England Revolution | Trade |
| August 24, 2022 | FW | Brian Rodríguez | América | Transfer |
| August 25, 2022 | DF | Mamadou Fall | Villarreal B | Loan |

### Draft picks

Los Angeles FC did not participate in the 2022 MLS Superdraft as the club traded their draft picks in exchange for new players and General Allocation Money.
* Round
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* 2
* 3

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### MLS
#### Standings
##### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 67 | Qualification for the 2023 Campeones Cup, CONCACAF Champions League & conference semifinals |
| 2 | Austin FC | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 56 | Qualification for the first round & CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | FC Dallas | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 53 | Qualification for the first round |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 50 | Qualification for the first round |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 50 | Qualification for the first round |

##### Overall

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC (C, S) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 67 | Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 72 | 26 | +46 | 67 | Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | CF Montréal | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 65 | |
| 4 | Austin FC | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 56 | Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 5 | New York City FC | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 55 | |
* ↑ As 2022 MLS Cup champions and 2022 MLS Supporters' Shield champions (USA1)
* ↑ As 2022 Eastern Conference regular season champions (USA2)
* ↑ Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
* ↑ As highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2022 MLS regular season record) not already qualified (USA3)

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L |

#### Matches

All matches are in Pacific time

### U.S. Open Cup

Los Angeles FC will enter the Open Cup in the Third Round.