# 2019 LA Galaxy season

The 2019 LA Galaxy season was the club's twenty-fourth season in existence, their twenty-fourth in Major League Soccer.

## Players
### Squad information

At the end of the season.
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | David Bingham | United States |
| 2 | MF | Perry Kitchen | United States |
| 3 | DF | Diego Polenta | Uruguay |
| 4 | DF | Dave Romney | United States |
| 5 | DF | Daniel Steres | United States |
| 6 | MF | Servando Carrasco | United States |
| 7 | MF | Romain Alessandrini (DP) | France |
| 8 | MF | Jonathan dos Santos (DP) | Mexico |
| 9 | FW | Zlatan Ibrahimović (DP) | Sweden |
| 10 | FW | Cristian Pavón (on loan from Boca Juniors) | Argentina |
| 11 | MF | Favio Álvarez (on loan from Atlético Tucumán) | Argentina |
| 12 | FW | Chris Pontius | United States |
| 14 | MF | Joe Corona | United States |
| 15 | DF | Diedie Traore | France |
| 16 | DF | Jørgen Skjelvik | Norway |
| 17 | MF | Sebastian Lletget | United States |
| 18 | MF | Uriel Antuna (on loan from Manchester City) | Mexico |
| 19 | MF | Juninho | Brazil |
| 20 | DF | Tomas Hilliard-Arce | United States |
| 21 | DF | Giancarlo González | Costa Rica |
| 22 | DF | Julian Araujo | United States |
| 25 | DF | Rolf Feltscher | Venezuela |
| 26 | MF | Efraín Álvarez (HG) | Mexico |
| 27 | MF | Emil Cuello | Argentina |
| 28 | GK | Matt Lampson | United States |
| 29 | FW | Ethan Zubak (HG) | United States |
| 41 | GK | Justin Vom Steeg | United States |

### Transfers
#### Transfers in

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| MF | Juninho | Chicago Fire | $75,000 in General Allocation Money | December 18, 2018 |
| GK | Matt Lampson | Minnesota United FC | Selected in the second stage of 2018 MLS Re-Entry Draft. Officially signed on January 23, 2019. | December 20, 2018 |
| MF | Uriel Antuna | Manchester City EDS | Loan | January 29, 2019 |
| DF | Diego Polenta | Nacional | Sign | February 7, 2019 |
| MF | Emil Cuello | Southern Methodist University | Selected with the 19th pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft | February 27, 2019 |
| DF | Julian Araujo | LA Galaxy Academy | Sign | March 1, 2019 |
| DF | Diedie Traore | LA Galaxy II | Sign | March 6, 2019 |
| MF | Joe Corona | Tijuana | Sign | March 6, 2019 |
| FW | Ethan Zubak | LA Galaxy II | Sign | March 8, 2019 |
| DF | Giancarlo González | Bologna | Sign using Targeted Allocation Money | April 11, 2019 |
| MF | Favio Álvarez | Atlético Tucumán | Loan | May 7, 2019 |
| FW | Cristian Pavón | Boca Juniors | Loan | August 8, 2019 |

#### 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. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2019 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
| Date | Player | Position | College | Pick |
| January 11, 2019 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Round 1 – 12th pick – New York City FC acquired this pick, in exchange for their own first-round 2019 SuperDraft pick and $75,000 of General Allocation Money |
| January 11, 2019 | Emil Cuello | MF | Southern Methodist University | Round 1 – 19th pick |
| January 11, 2019 | Don Tchilao | MF | Oregon State University | Round 2 – 36th pick |
| January 14, 2019 | PASS | | | Round 3 – 51st pick |
| January 14, 2019 | PASS | | | Round 3 – 52nd pick |
| January 14, 2019 | PASS | | | Round 3 – 60th pick |
| January 14, 2019 | PASS | | | Round 4 – 86th pick |

#### Transfers out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Michaël Ciani | | Contract option declined | November 26, 2018 |
| GK | Brian Sylvestre | Forward Madison | Contract option declined | November 26, 2018 |
| FW | Ariel Lassiter | Alajuelense | Contract option declined | November 26, 2018 |
| DF | Sheanon Williams | | Contract option declined | November 26, 2018 |
| DF | Ashley Cole | Derby County | Contract option declined | November 26, 2018 |
| MF | Baggio Hušidić | | Contract option declined | November 26, 2018 |
| MF | João Pedro | Tondela | Loan | January 31, 2019 |
| FW | Bradford Jamieson IV | San Antonio FC | Loan | February 20, 2019 |
| FW | Ola Kamara | Shenzhen F.C. | US$3,500,000 | February 27, 2019 |
| FW | Giovani dos Santos | América | Released | March 1, 2019 |
| DF | Hugo Arellano | Orange County SC | Loan | March 15, 2019 |
| FW | Emmanuel Boateng | D.C. United | Acquired $250,000 of Targeted Allocation Money | August 7, 2019 |

## Competitions
### Preseason

All times are in Pacific Time Zone.
The preseason schedule was announced on December 21, 2018.

### Major League Soccer
#### Standings
##### Overall

2019 MLS regular season standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 53 |
| 7 | Minnesota United FC | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 53 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 51 |
| 9 | Toronto FC | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 50 |
| 10 | D.C. United | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 50 |

##### Western Conference

2019 MLS Western Conference standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers (P, L) | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 49 | Playoffs first round & 2020 Leagues Cup |
| 7 | FC Dallas (P) | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 48 | Playoffs first round |

#### Regular season

All times are in Pacific Time Zone.
Win  Draw  Loss  Void  Postponed
The first match of the 2019 season was announced on December 20, 2018. The full schedule was released on January 7, 2019.

### Playoffs

All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

#### Conference Semifinals
### U.S. Open Cup

All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

#### Fourth round

The draw was held on May 30, 2019.

#### Round of 16

The draw was held on June 13, 2019.

### Leagues Cup

All times are in Pacific Time Zone.
The tournament and schedule was announced on May 29, 2019.

#### Semifinal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on August 11, 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Leagues Cup | Leagues Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | USA | David Bingham | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | USA | Matt Lampson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | USA | Justin Vom Steeg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | URU | Diego Polenta | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | David Romney | 9 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Daniel Steres | 25 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Diedie Traore | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Skjelvik | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | USA | Tomas Hilliard-Arce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CRC | Giancarlo González | 15 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Julian Araujo | 14 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | VEN | Rolf Feltscher | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | USA | Perry Kitchen | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Servando Carrasco | 12 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Romain Alessandrini | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Jonathan dos Santos | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Chris Pontius | 17 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Joe Corona | 23 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | USA | Sebastian Lletget | 20 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Uriel Antuna | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Juninho | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Efrain Alvarez | 12 | 2 | 2+7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | USA | Emil Cuello | 11 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | USA | Don Tchilao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | NED | Kai Koreniuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SWE | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 19 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Favio Álvarez | 13 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | USA | Ethan Zubak | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 21 | DF | USA | Hugo Arellano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Boateng | 24 | 2 | 7+14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Top scorers

    As of October 25, 2019
| Rank | Position | No. | Name | MLS | Playoffs | Open Cup | Leagues Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2 | MF | 18 | Uriel Antuna | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Sebastian Lletget | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Cristian Pavón | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Favio Álvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Jonathan dos Santos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Daniel Steres | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 26 | Efraín Álvarez | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 24 | Emmanuel Boateng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 27 | Emil Cuello | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 25 | Rolf Feltscher | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Diego Polenta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 12 | Chris Pontius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 14 | Joe Corona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 21 | Giancarlo González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 4 | David Romney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 16 | Jørgen Skjelvik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 69 |