Los Angeles Galaxy

The **Los Angeles Galaxy**, branded as the **LA Galaxy**,  are an American soccer team that plays in Major League Soccer in Carson, California. They shared their home field, Dignity Health Sports Park, with Chivas USA before that team folded at the end of the 2014 season.

Until he left when his contract ended after the 2012 season, the team's best-known player was English icon David Beckham, signed from Real Madrid in 2007. Landon Donovan, the joint all-time leading goal scorer for the US national team, played with the Galaxy from 2005 until his first retirement in 2014, and briefly returned to the team in the last part of the 2016 season. Robbie Keane, the Republic of Ireland's captain, leading scorer, and most-capped (most games) player, was a Galaxy captain. The team also included longtime Liverpool and England star Steven Gerrard. Currently, the Galaxy's best-known player is Sweden all-time leading scorer Zlatan Ibrahimović.

## Honors

- MLS Cup (Major League Soccer champion): 5
    - 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014
- MLS Supporters' Shield (best regular-season record): 4
    - 1998, 2002, 2010, 2011
- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2
    - 2001, 2005

### Notable Former Players

- Juan Pablo Ángel
- David Beckham
- Jorge Campos
- Ashley Cole
- Carlo Cudicini
- Landon Donovan
- Giovani dos Santos
- Steven Gerrard
- Luis Hernández
- Zlatan Ibrahimović
- Cobi Jones
- Nigel de Jong
- Robbie Keane
- Gyasi Zardes

## League position

|Season|League|Position|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1996|Major League Soccer|Final|
|1997|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|1998|Major League Soccer|Semifinals|
|1999|Major League Soccer|Final|
|2000|Major League Soccer|Semifinals|
|2001|Major League Soccer|Final|
|2002|Major League Soccer|Champions|
|2003|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|2004|Major League Soccer|Semifinals|
|2005|Major League Soccer|Champions|
|2006|Major League Soccer|5th / West|
|2007|Major League Soccer|5th / West|
|2008|Major League Soccer|6th / West|
|2009|Major League Soccer|Final|
|2010|Major League Soccer|Semifinals|
|2011|Major League Soccer|Champions|
|2012|Major League Soccer|Champions|
|2013|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|2014|Major League Soccer|Champions|
|2015|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|

## Infobox (football club)

- **clubname**: LA Galaxy
- **upright**: 0.8
- **fullname**: LA Galaxy
- **stadium**: Dignity Health Sports Park
Carson, California
- **capacity**: 27,000
- **owner**: Philip Anschutz (Anschutz Entertainment Group, AEG)
- **chrtitle**: President
- **chairman**: Chris Klein (soccer), Chris Klein
- **mgrtitle**: Head coach
- **manager**: Guillermo Barros Schelotto
- **league**: Major League Soccer
- **season**: 2018 Major League Soccer season, 2018
- **position**: Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference: 7th
Overall: 13th
2018 MLS Cup Playoffs, Playoffs: Did not qualify
- **website**: http://www.lagalaxy.com/
- **american**: true
- **current**: 2019 LA Galaxy season
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