# 2018 LA Galaxy season

The 2018 LA Galaxy season was the club's twenty-third season of existence, their twenty-third in Major League Soccer.

## Players
### Squad information

As the end of the season.
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | David Bingham | United States |
| 2 | MF | Perry Kitchen | United States |
| 3 | DF | Ashley Cole | England |
| 4 | DF | Dave Romney | United States |
| 5 | DF | Daniel Steres | United States |
| 6 | MF | Baggio Hušidić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 7 | MF | Romain Alessandrini (DP) | France |
| 8 | MF | Jonathan dos Santos (DP) | Mexico |
| 9 | FW | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden |
| 10 | FW | Giovani dos Santos (DP) | Mexico |
| 11 | FW | Ola Kamara | Norway |
| 12 | GK | Brian Sylvestre | United States |
| 14 | MF | Servando Carrasco | United States |
| 15 | FW | Ariel Lassiter | Costa Rica |
| 16 | DF | Jørgen Skjelvik | Norway |
| 17 | MF | Sebastian Lletget | United States |
| 19 | MF | Chris Pontius | United States |
| 20 | DF | Tomas Hilliard-Arce | United States |
| 21 | DF | Hugo Arellano (HGP) | United States |
| 24 | MF | Emmanuel Boateng | Ghana |
| 25 | DF | Rolf Feltscher | Venezuela |
| 26 | MF | Efrain Alvarez | United States |
| 28 | DF | Michaël Ciani | France |
| 29 | DF | Sheanon Williams | United States |
| 38 | FW | Bradford Jamieson IV (HGP) | United States |
| 41 | GK | Justin Vom Steeg | United States |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Jørgen Skjelvik | Rosenborg | Free transfer. | December 14, 2017 |
| GK | David Bingham | San Jose Earthquakes | $100,000 in General Allocation Money and $100,000 in TAM. | December 18, 2017 |
| DF | Rolf Feltscher | Cardiff City | Free transfer. | December 19, 2017 |
| MF | Servando Carrasco | Orlando City SC | Selected on Stage 2 of the 2017 MLS Re-Entry Draft. | December 21, 2017 |
| MF | Perry Kitchen | Randers | Traded $100,000 in GAM and $200,000 in TAM to D.C. United for the player's Discovery Rights. | January 9, 2018 |
| GK | Brian Sylvestre | North Carolina FC | Free transfer. | January 12, 2018 |
| DF | Emrah Klimenta | Sacramento Republic FC | Free transfer. | January 16, 2018 |
| FW | Ola Kamara | Columbus Crew SC | Acquired in exchange for Gyasi Zardes and $400,000 in TAM. | January 20, 2018 |
| MF | Chris Pontius | Philadelphia Union | Sign. | January 22, 2018 |
| GK | Justin Vom Steeg | LA Galaxy II | Sign. | March 1, 2018 |
| MF | Efrain Alvarez | LA Galaxy II | Sign. | March 4, 2018 |
| FW | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Manchester United | Free transfer. | March 23, 2018 |
| DF | Sheanon Williams | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Sign. | June 14, 2018 |

### 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 2018 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
| Date | Player | Position | College | Pick |
| January 19, 2018 | Tomas Hilliard-Arce | DF | Stanford | Round 1 – 2nd pick |
| January 19, 2018 | Drew Skundrich | MF | Stanford | Round 2 – 40th pick |
| January 21, 2018 | Nate Shultz | DF | Akron | Round 3 – 48th pick |
| January 21, 2018 | PASS | | | Round 4 – 90th pick |

### Transfers out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Robbie Rogers | | Retired. | November 7, 2017 |
| MF | Jermaine Jones | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 |
| GK | Jon Kempin | Columbus Crew SC | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a 2018 MLS SuperDraft fourth round pick. | November 27, 2017 |
| MF | Rafael Garcia | | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 |
| GK | Brian Rowe | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a second-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. | November 27, 2017 |
| FW | Jose Villareal | Orlando City SC | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a third-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. | November 27, 2017 |
| FW | Jack McBean | Colorado Rapids | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a conditional fourth-round selection in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. | November 27, 2017 |
| MF | Raúl Mendiola | Reno 1868 | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 |
| DF | Pele van Anholt | NAC Breda | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 |
| GK | Clément Diop | Montreal Impact | Contract option declined. Later he was selected in the MLS Waiver Draft. | November 27, 2017 |
| MF | Jaime Villarreal | Sacramento Republic FC | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 |
| DF | Nathan Smith | Portland Timbers 2 | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 |
| DF | Bradley Diallo | CS Gaz Metan Mediaș | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 |
| FW | Jack McInerney | Indy Eleven | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 |
| FW | Gyasi Zardes | Columbus Crew SC | Traded along with $400,000 in TAM for Ola Kamara. | January 20, 2018 |
| DF | Emrah Klimenta | Sacramento Republic FC | Released. | June 14, 2018 |
| MF | João Pedro | Apollon Smyrnis | Loan. | August 21, 2018 |

## Competitions
### Preseason

Preseason schedule announced on December 6, 2017.

#### Mobile Mini Sun Cup

The schedule for the tournament was released on December 15, 2017.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 50 |
| 12 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 49 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 48 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 47 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 46 |

##### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 54 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 49 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 48 | |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 47 | |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 38 | |

#### Regular season

The first two matches of 2018 MLS season were announced on December 19, 2017. The full schedule was released on January 4, 2018.
All times are in Pacific Time Zone.
Win  Draw  Loss  Void  Postponed

### U.S. Open Cup
#### Fourth round

The draw for this round was held on May 24, 2018.

#### Round of 16

The draw for this round was held on June 7, 2018.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on October 28, 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | USA | David Bingham | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | USA | Brian Sylvestre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | USA | Justin Vom Steeg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Ashley Cole | 32 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | David Romney | 30 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Daniel Steres | 21 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | NOR | Jørgen Skjelvik | 33 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | USA | Tomas Hilliard-Arce | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | USA | Hugo Arellano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | VEN | Rolf Feltscher | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Michaël Ciani | 22 | 1 | 19+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | USA | Sheanon Williams | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | USA | John Requejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | USA | Perry Kitchen | 32 | 0 | 27+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BIH | Baggio Hušidić | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Romain Alessandrini | 26 | 11 | 23+3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Jonathan dos Santos | 23 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Servando Carrasco | 21 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | USA | Sebastian Lletget | 29 | 3 | 21+7 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Julian Büscher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Chris Pontius | 27 | 5 | 15+11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Boateng | 29 | 2 | 12+15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SWE | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 27 | 22 | 24+3 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | MEX | Giovani dos Santos | 14 | 3 | 10+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Ola Kamara | 32 | 14 | 30+1 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CRC | Ariel Lassiter | 9 | 2 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 38 | FW | USA | Bradford Jamieson IV | 8 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | FW | USA | Ethan Zubak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 22 | DF | MNE | Emrah Klimenta | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | POR | João Pedro | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | MLS | Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Ola Kamara | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Romain Alessandrini | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | MF | 19 | Chris Pontius | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Sebastian Lletget | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Giovani dos Santos | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 24 | Emmanuel Boateng | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 15 | Ariel Lassiter | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Jonathan dos Santos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 28 | Michaël Ciani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | Ashley Cole | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 38 | Bradford Jamieson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 25 | Rolf Feltscher | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | David Romney | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 66 | 3 | 69 |