# 2007 Los Angeles Galaxy season

The 2007 LA Galaxy season was the 12th season of the team's existence, and their 12th in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The season was highlighted by the first season of David Beckham's career in MLS with the Galaxy. Outside of MLS the Galaxy played in the U.S. Open Cup, where they reached the third round, and the inaugural edition of the North American SuperLiga, CONCACAF's former secondary club tournament. In the Open Cup, the Galaxy reached the third round, while in the SuperLiga, the Galaxy finished as runners-up. Their 5th place record in the West was not good enough for the Galaxy to earn a berth into the MLS Cup playoffs, making it the second-consecutive year the Galaxy did not qualify for the playoffs.
Along with Beckham's mid-season arrival, the team changed its image and released new home and away kits along with a new team logo. Before his arrival, Galaxy used their previous season's white away as their home kit, and the yellow home as the away kits. In an effort to keep up with the rest of the world's soccer marketing tactics, MLS allowed for clubs to have shirt sponsors on the front, and since then, local brand Herbalife became the Galaxy's main shirt sponsor.

## Club

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 0 | Steve Cronin | GK | San Jose Earthquakes |
| 1 | Joe Cannon | GK | Colorado Rapids |
| 35 | Lance Friesz | GK | Los Angeles Storm |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Mike Randolph | DF | Portland Timbers |
| 3 | Ty Harden | DF | University of Washington |
| 4 | Ante Jazić | DF | Kuban Krasnodar |
| 5 | Chris Albright | DF | D.C. United |
| 12 | Troy Roberts | DF | Sonoma County Sol |
| 16 | Kyle Veris | DF | Michigan Bucks |
| 17 | Abel Xavier | DF | Middlesbrough |
| 22 | Kelly Gray | DF | Houston Dynamo |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Kevin Harmse | MF | Nitra |
| 7 | Chris Klein | MF | Real Salt Lake |
| 8 | Peter Vagenas | MF | UCLA |
| 13 | Cobi Jones | MF | Vasco da Gama |
| 15 | Quavas Kirk | MF | IMG Soccer Academy |
| 18 | Kyle Martino | MF | Columbus Crew |
| 19 | Josh Tudela | MF | Indiana University |
| 23 | David Beckham | MF | Real Madrid |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Gavin Glinton | FW | Bradley University |
| 10 | Landon Donovan | FW | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| 11 | Israel Sesay | FW | IMG Soccer Academy |
| 14 | Edson Buddle | FW | Toronto FC |
| 20 | Carlos Pavón | FW | Real España |
| 21 | Alan Gordon | FW | Portland Timbers |
| 27 | Mike Caso | FW | University of San Diego |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 1 | GK | Joe Cannon | Colorado Rapids | Traded for Herculez Gomez and Ugo Ihemelu | December 1, 2006 |
| 35 | GK | Lance Friesz | Los Angeles Storm | Free | January 1, 2007 |
| | FW | Robbie Findley | Oregon State Beavers | 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R2 P16 | January 12, 2007 |
| 19 | DF | Josh Tudela | Indiana Hoosiers | 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R2 P20 | January 12, 2007 |
| 3 | DF | Ty Harden | Washington Huskies | 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R2 P23 | January 12, 2007 |
| | GK | Tally Hall | San Diego State Aztecs | 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R4 P44 | January 12, 2007 |
| | DF | Bobby Burling | Loyola Marymount Lions | 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R4 P45 | January 12, 2007 |
| 6 | MF | Kevin Harmse | Nitra | Undisclosed | April 2, 2007 |
| 17 | DF | Abel Xavier | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed | May 14, 2007 |
| 22 | DF | Kelly Gray | Houston Dynamo | Trade for Nate Jaqua | June 28, 2007 |
| 23 | MF | David Beckham | Real Madrid | Undisclosed | July 11, 2007 |
| 11 | FW | Israel Sesay | IMG Academy | Weighted lottery | August 1, 2007 |

### Draft picks

2007 LA Galaxy Draft :
| Round | Selection | Player | Pos. | College |
| 2 | 16 | Robbie Findley | Forward | Oregon State |
| 2 | 20 | Josh Tudela | Midfielder | Indiana |
| 2 | 23 | Ty Harden | Defender | Washington |
| 4 | 44 | Tally Hall | Goalkeeper | San Diego State |
| 4 | 45 | Bobby Burling | Defender | Loyola Marymount |