2009 Los Angeles Galaxy season

Los Angeles Galaxy
2009 season
Owner Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Coach Bruce Arena
Major League Soccer Western Conference: 1st
Overall: 2nd
MLS Cup Runners-up
U.S. Open Cup Did not qualify
Average home league attendance 20,827[1]
Home colors
Away colors

The 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the 14th season of the team's existence. It began on March 22, 2009 with a 2-2 home draw against D.C. United, and ended on November 22, 2009 with a loss on penalties to Real Salt Lake in the 2009 MLS Cup Final.

Squad

First-team squad

As of August 29, 2009.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Jamaica GK Donovan Ricketts
2 United States DF Todd Dunivant
3 United States DF Leonard Griffin
4 United States DF Omar Gonzalez
5 Trinidad and Tobago DF Yohance Marshall
6 United States MF Eddie Lewis
7 United States MF Chris Klein (Vice Captain)
8 Ukraine MF Dema Kovalenko
9 United States FW Jovan Kirovski
10 United States FW Landon Donovan (Captain)
11 United States FW Alecko Eskandarian
12 Puerto Rico GK Josh Saunders
14 United States FW Edson Buddle
No. Position Player
15 Brazil MF Stefani Miglioranzi
16 United States DF Gregg Berhalter
17 United States FW Tristan Bowen
18 United States MF Mike Magee
20 United States DF A. J. DeLaGarza
21 United States FW Alan Gordon
22 United States DF Tony Sanneh
23 England MF David Beckham
24 United States DF Julian Valentin
27 United States FW Bryan Jordan
28 United States DF Sean Franklin
30 England MF Kyle Patterson
33 Trinidad and Tobago MF Chris Birchall

Off-season

The Galaxy was involved in the following off-season activity:

Draft

Main article: 2009 MLS SuperDraft

The 2009 MLS SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2009, with draft order determined by regular and post-season record.

Players marked with an asterisk after their previous club affiliation were contracted under the Generation Adidas program.

Player Position Pick overall (round) Previous club
Omar Gonzalez D #3 (1st) University of Maryland '*'
A. J. DeLaGarza D #19 (2nd) University of Maryland
Joshua Boateng F #33 (3rd) Liberty University
Kyle Patterson M #48 (4th) Saint Louis University
St. Louis Lions

Statistics

Statistics are from all MLS matches. Ages are as of March 19, 2009 (the date of their season opener).

Source: MLSNet.com LA Galaxy Stats. Last updated: September 20, 2009.

Nat No Player Age Pos Starts Apps G A Red card Acquired
United States 2 Todd Dunivant December 26, 1980 (aged 28) DF 21 22 1 2 0 0
United States 3 Leonard Griffin September 11, 1982 (aged 26) DF 0 1 0 0 0 0
United States 4 Omar Gonzalez October 11, 1988 (aged 20) DF 26 26 1 1 4 0
United States 6 Eddie Lewis May 17, 1974 (aged 34) MF 21 23 2 4 4 2
United States 7 Chris Klein January 04, 1976 (aged 33) MF 9 26 0 1 1 0
Ukraine 8 Dema Kovalenko August 28, 1977 (aged 31) MF 13 13 0 2 2 1
United States 9 Jovan Kirovski March 18, 1976 (aged 33) FW 13 19 2 1 3 0
United States 10 Landon Donovan March 04, 1982 (aged 27) FW 20 21 10 6 1 0
United States 11 Alecko Eskandarian July 09, 1982 (aged 26) FW 3 3 2 0 2 0
United States 14 Edson Buddle May 21, 1981 (aged 27) FW 9 15 5 0 1 0
Jamaica 15 Stefani Miglioranzi September 20, 1977 (aged 31) MF 19 22 0 0 4 0
United States 16 Gregg Berhalter August 01, 1973 (aged 35) DF 22 22 0 0 3 2
United States 17 Tristan Bowen January 31, 1991 (aged 18) FW 0 1 0 0 0 0
United States 18 Mike Magee September 02, 1984 (aged 24) MF 17 20 2 6 3 0
United States 19 Josh Tudela* March 13, 1984 (aged 25) MF 8 8 0 0 1 0
United States 20 A. J. DeLaGarza November 04, 1987 (aged 21) DF 19 20 1 1 2 0
United States 21 Alan Gordon October 16, 1981 (aged 27) FW 13 19 3 3 3 1
United States 22 Tony Sanneh June 01, 1971 (aged 37) DF 5 13 0 0 2 0
England 23 David Beckham May 02, 1975 (aged 33) MF 11 11 2 3 1 1
United States 27 Bryan Jordan September 13, 1985 (aged 23) FW 1 17 1 0 2 0
United States 28 Sean Franklin March 21, 1985 (aged 23) DF 9 9 0 1 0 0
England 30 Kyle Patterson January 06, 1986 (aged 23) MF 2 3 0 1 0 0
Trinidad and Tobago 33 Chris Birchall May 05, 1984 (aged 24) MF 2 5 0 1 0 0
33 33 40 7

* = Not currently part of team.

Goalkeepers

Nat No Player Age Starts Apps GA GAA CS Acquired
Jamaica 1 Donovan Ricketts July 06, 1977 (aged 31) 22 22 24 1.13 6
United States 12 Josh Saunders March 02, 1981 (aged 28) 4 6 5 1.06 2
29 1.12 9

Recognition

MLS All-Stars

MLS Player of the Week

MLS Player of the Month

MLS Goal of the Week

MLS Save of the Week

Club

Management

Position Staff
General Manager/Head Coach United States Bruce Arena
Associate Head Coach United States Dave Sarachan
Assistant Coach England Trevor James
Assistant Coach United States Cobi Jones
Goalkeeper Coach United States Ian Feuer
Head Athletic trainer United States Armando Rivas
Assistant Athletic trainer United States Cecelia Gutierrez
Equipment manager Mexico Raul Vargas

Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: Los Angeles Galaxy

Other information

Owner United States Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Ground (capacity and dimensions) The Home Depot Center (27,000 / N/A)

Source: Los Angeles Galaxy


Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
MLS March 21, 2009

Last updated: April 15, 2008
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference
Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
1 Los Angeles Galaxy 48 30 12 6 12 36 31 +5
2 Houston Dynamo 48 30 13 8 9 39 29 +10
3 Seattle Sounders FC 47 30 12 7 11 38 29 +9
4 Chivas USA 45 30 13 11 6 34 31 +3
5 Real Salt Lake 40 30 11 12 7 43 35 +8
6 Colorado Rapids 40 30 10 10 10 42 38 +4
7 FC Dallas 39 30 11 13 6 50 47 +4
8 San Jose Earthquakes 30 30 7 14 9 36 50 −14
2009 MLS Cup Playoffs
2009 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card)
Pos
Team
Pts
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Qualification or relegation
1 Columbus Crew (SS) (E1) 49 30 13 7 10 41 31+10 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage 2
2 LA Galaxy (W1) 48 30 12 6 12 36 31+5 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round 2
3 Houston Dynamo 48 30 13 8 9 39 29+10 2010 North American SuperLiga 3
4 Seattle Sounders FC 47 30 12 7 11 38 29+9 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round 2
5 Chicago Fire 45 30 11 7 12 39 34+5 2010 North American SuperLiga 3
6 Chivas USA 45 30 13 11 6 34 31+3
7 New England Revolution 42 30 11 10 9 33 374
8 Real Salt Lake 40 30 11 12 7 43 35+8 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage 2
9 Colorado Rapids 40 30 10 10 10 42 38+4
10 D.C. United 40 30 9 8 13 43 441
11 FC Dallas 39 30 11 13 6 50 47+3
12 Toronto FC 39 30 10 11 9 37 469 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round 1
13 Kansas City Wizards 33 30 8 13 9 33 429
14 San Jose Earthquakes 30 30 7 14 9 36 5014
15 New York Red Bulls 21 30 5 19 6 27 4720

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGD
30 48 12 6 12 36 31  +5 7 4 4 18 17  +1 5 2 8 18 14  +4

Last updated: October 25, 2009
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHHHAAHAAHAHAHAHHAAAAHAAHHHAHAH
Result T L T T T W T T T T T W L L W W W W T W L W T W L W L W T W

Last updated: October 25, 2009.
Source: Los Angeles Galaxy
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Tie       Loss

Pan-Pacific Championship

Phoenix Soccer Classico

International friendlies

MLS regular season

MLS playoffs

U.S. Open Cup qualification

References

  1. "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 28, 2009.

External links

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