2014 LA Galaxy season

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LA Galaxy
2014 season
Owner Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Coach Bruce Arena
Major League Soccer Conference: 2nd
Overall: 2nd
MLS Cup Playoffs Winners
CONCACAF Champions
League (13–14)
Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup Fifth round
Top goalscorer League: Robbie Keane (22 goals)
All: Robbie Keane (22 goals)
Highest home attendance 27,244
(vs. Seattle Sounders FC – October 19)
Lowest home attendance 14,615
(vs. FC Dallas – May 21)
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors

The 2014 LA Galaxy season was the club's nineteenth season of existence, and their nineteenth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer.

Background

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Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Date Source
6 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Baggio Husidić Sweden Hammarby Free transfer November 11, 2013 [1]
16 MF Canada Rob Friend Germany Eintracht Frankfurt Free transfer January 13, 2014 [2]
31 DF United States Kyle Venter United States New Mexico Lobos
United States Real Colorado Foxes
Selected in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, second round January 16, 2014 [3]
24 MF Sweden Stefan Ishizaki Sweden Elfsborg Free transfer January 30, 2014 [4]
40 FW Mexico Raul Mendiola Galaxy Youth Academy Sign February 21, 2014 [5]
38 FW United States Bradford Jamieson IV Galaxy Youth Academy Sign February 21, 2014 [5]
26 DF United States James Riley D.C. United Sign March 4, 2014 [6]
33 DF United States Dan Gargan San Jose Earthquakes Free transfer March 7, 2014 [7]
9 FW United States Alan Gordon San Jose Earthquakes Allocation money August 11, 2014 [8]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
11 MF United States Colin Clark TBD Option declined December 9, 2013 [9]
15 MF France Laurent Courtois LA Galaxy II (player/coach) Option declined December 9, 2013 [10]
5 DF United States Sean Franklin D.C. United Selected in 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft - Stage One December 9, 2013 [11]
26 MF United States Michael Stephens Norway Stabæk Out of contract December 9, 2013 [12]
6 MF United States Pablo Mastroeni None Retired December 10, 2013 [13]
16 MF United States Hector Jiménez Columbus Crew Traded January 14, 2014 [14]
17 DF United States Bryan Gaul TBD Waived February 28, 2014 [15]
35 DF United States Greg Cochrane Chicago Fire Traded for a 2016 MLS SuperDraft pick March 3, 2014 [16]
9 FW Brazil Samuel Brazil Fluminense Loan ended July 10, 2014 [17]
28 DF United States Kofi Opare D.C. United Traded for a 2016 MLS SuperDraft second round pick July 29, 2014 [18]

Loan in

No. Pos. Player Loaned From Start End Source
9 FW Brazil Samuel Brazil Fluminense January 7, 2014 December 31, 2014 [19]

Loan out

No. Pos. Player Loaned To Start End Source
15 FW United States Jose Villarreal Mexico Cruz Azul December 22, 2013 [20]
25 MF United States Rafael Garcia United States LA Galaxy II March 21, 2014 [21]
38 FW United States Bradford Jamieson IV United States LA Galaxy II March 21, 2014 [21]
32 FW United States Jack McBean United States LA Galaxy II March 21, 2014 [21]
40 FW Mexico Raul Mendiola United States LA Galaxy II March 21, 2014 [21]
28 DF United States Kofi Opare United States LA Galaxy II March 21, 2014 [21]
27 FW United States Charlie Rugg United States LA Galaxy II March 21, 2014 [21]
36 DF United States Oscar Sorto United States LA Galaxy II March 21, 2014 [21]
31 DF United States Kyle Venter United States LA Galaxy II March 21, 2014 [21]
34 MF United States Kenney Walker United States LA Galaxy II March 21, 2014 [21]
14 MF United States Robbie Rogers United States LA Galaxy II April 11, 2014 [22]
12 GK United States Brian Rowe United States LA Galaxy II April 11, 2014 [22]
30 FW United States Chandler Hoffman United States LA Galaxy II April 11, 2014 [22]

Player information

Roster

Current roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of May 26, 2014.[23]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Brian Perk      United States
2 Defender Todd Dunivant      United States
4 Defender Omar Gonzalez (DP)     United States
6 Midfielder Baggio Husidić      United States
7 Forward Robbie Keane (DP & Captain)     Ireland
8 Midfielder Marcelo Sarvas      Brazil
9 Forward Alan Gordon      United States
10 Forward Landon Donovan (DP & vice-captain)     United States
11 Forward Gyasi Zardes (HGP)     United States
12 Goalkeeper Brian Rowe      United States
14 Midfielder Robbie Rogers      United States
16 Forward Rob Friend      Canada
18 Goalkeeper Jaime Penedo      Panama
19 Midfielder Juninho      Brazil
20 Defender A. J. DeLaGarza      Guam
21 Defender Tommy Meyer      United States
22 Defender Leonardo      Brazil
24 Midfielder Stefan Ishizaki      Sweden
26 Defender James Riley      United States
30 Forward Chandler Hoffman      United States
31 Defender Kyle Venter      United States
33 Defender Dan Gargan      United States
34 Midfielder Kenney Walker      United States

Out on loan

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No. Position Player Nation
25 Midfielder Rafael Garcia (on loan to LA Galaxy II)     United States
27 Forward Charlie Rugg (on loan to LA Galaxy II)     United States
32 Forward Jack McBean (HGP; on loan to LA Galaxy II)     United States
33 Midfielder Jose Villarreal (HGP; on loan to LA Galaxy II)     United States
36 Defender Oscar Sorto (HGP; on loan to LA Galaxy II)     United States
38 Forward Bradford Jamieson IV (HGP; on loan to LA Galaxy II)     United States
40 Forward Raul Mendiola (HGP; on loan to LA Galaxy II)     Mexico

Friendlies

All times in Pacific Time Zone.

Preseason

Mid-season

Major League Soccer

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Tables

Western Conference

Pos
Team
Pts
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Qualification or relegation
1 Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1) 64 34 20 10 4 65 50 +15 2014 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 LA Galaxy 61 34 17 7 10 69 37 +32
3 Real Salt Lake 56 34 15 8 11 54 39 +15
4 FC Dallas 54 34 16 12 6 55 45 +10 2014 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 50 34 12 8 14 42 40 +2
6 Portland Timbers 49 34 12 9 13 61 52 +9  
7 Chivas USA 33 34 9 19 6 29 61 −32
8 Colorado Rapids 32 34 8 18 8 43 62 −19
9 San Jose Earthquakes 30 34 6 16 12 35 50 −15

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 7:42 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner
(W1) = Western Conference champion

Overall

Pos
Team
Pts
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
GD
Qualification or relegation
1 Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1) 64 34 20 10 4 65 50 +15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 1 4
2 LA Galaxy 61 34 17 7 10 69 37 +32 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 2
3 D.C. United (E1) 59 34 17 9 8 52 37 +15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 3
4 Real Salt Lake 56 34 15 8 11 54 39 +15 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 5
5 New England Revolution 55 34 17 13 4 51 46 +5  
6 FC Dallas 54 34 16 12 6 55 45 +10
7 Columbus Crew 52 34 14 10 10 52 42 +10
8 New York Red Bulls 50 34 13 10 11 55 50 +5
9 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 50 34 12 8 14 42 40 +2 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 6
10 Sporting Kansas City 49 34 14 13 7 48 41 +7  
11 Portland Timbers 49 34 12 9 13 61 52 +9
12 Philadelphia Union 42 34 10 12 12 51 51 0
13 Toronto FC 41 34 11 15 8 44 54 −10
14 Houston Dynamo 39 34 11 17 6 39 58 −19
15 Chicago Fire 36 34 6 10 18 41 51 −10
16 Chivas USA 33 34 9 19 6 29 61 −32
17 Colorado Rapids 32 34 8 18 8 43 62 −19
18 San Jose Earthquakes 30 34 6 16 12 35 50 −15
19 Montreal Impact 28 34 6 18 10 38 58 −20 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League 7

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 11:36 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner
(E1) = Eastern Conference champion
(W1) = Western Conference champion

1 The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A (Canadian teams normally do not qualify for the Champions League through MLS, qualifying instead via the Canadian Championship, however see note 4.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League are:

5 If the same team qualifies multiple times and/or if a Canadian team occupies one or more of the MLS qualifying places, then the American MLS team(s) with the best regular-season record not otherwise qualified are entered.

6 For this season only, the highest placed Canadian team will be awarded Canada's place in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, as a result of the rescheduling of the Canadian Championship in 2015.[24]

7 Montreal Impact qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2014 Canadian Championship.

Regular season

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

All times in Pacific Time Zone.

Playoffs

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Western Conference Semifinal

Western Conference Final

MLS Cup

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U.S. Open Cup

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As an MLS team, the Galaxy entered in the fourth round.

Fourth round

Fifth round

CONCACAF Champions League

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Quarterfinals

See also

References

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