2022 Los Angeles FC season
LAFC 2022 soccer season
The 2022 Los Angeles FC season was the club's fifth season in Major League Soccer , the top tier of the American soccer pyramid . LAFC played its home matches at the Banc of California Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles , California . Steve Cherundolo is the club's second head coach, joining on January 3, 2022.[ 1]
The club won their second Supporters' Shield and first MLS Cup title, hosting the final at Banc of California Stadium on November 5, 2022.[ 2]
Squad
First-team roster
As of October 9, 2022 [ 3]
No.
Name
Nationality
Pos
Date of birth (Age)
Apps
Goals
16
Maxime Crépeau Canada GK (1994-05-11 ) May 11, 1994 (age 30) 33
0
30
Tomas Romero (HG ) El Salvador GK (2000-12-19 ) December 19, 2000 (age 24) 0
0
77
John McCarthy United States GK (1992-07-04 ) July 4, 1992 (age 32) 1
0
2
Franco Escobar Argentina DF (1995-02-21 ) February 21, 1995 (age 29) 19
1
3
Jesús Murillo Colombia DF (1994-02-18 ) February 18, 1994 (age 30) 29
2
4
Eddie Segura (INTL ) Colombia DF (1997-02-02 ) February 2, 1997 (age 27) 14
0
5
Mamadou Fall Senegal DF (2002-11-21 ) November 21, 2002 (age 22) 16
1
12
Diego Palacios (INTL ) Ecuador DF (1999-07-12 ) July 12, 1999 (age 25) 28
1
14
Giorgio Chiellini (INTL ) Italy DF (1984-08-14 ) August 14, 1984 (age 40) 11
0
15
Mohamed Traore Senegal DF (2002-08-15 ) August 15, 2002 (age 22) 0
0
18
Erik Dueñas (HG ) United States DF (2004-10-18 ) October 18, 2004 (age 20) 0
0
24
Ryan Hollingshead United States DF (1991-04-16 ) April 16, 1991 (age 33) 30
6
25
Sebastien Ibeagha United States DF (1992-01-21 ) January 21, 1992 (age 32) 17
0
28
Tony Leone (HG ) United States DF (2004-04-28 ) April 28, 2004 (age 20) 0
0
80
Julian Gaines United States DF (2002-11-05 ) November 5, 2002 (age 22) 0
0
6
Ilie Sánchez Spain MF (1990-11-21 ) November 21, 1990 (age 34) 33
1
7
Latif Blessing Ghana MF (1996-12-30 ) December 30, 1996 (age 28) 30
0
8
Francisco Ginella (INTL ) Uruguay MF (1999-01-21 ) January 21, 1999 (age 25) 15
0
20
José Cifuentes (INTL ) Ecuador MF (1999-03-12 ) March 12, 1999 (age 25) 33
7
23
Kellyn Acosta United States MF (1995-07-24 ) July 24, 1995 (age 29) 32
2
31
Danny Trejo Mexico MF (1998-04-29 ) April 29, 1998 (age 26) 3
0
32
Sebastian Méndez Ecuador MF (1997-04-26 ) April 26, 1997 (age 27) 9
0
9
Cristian Arango Colombia FW (1995-03-09 ) March 9, 1995 (age 29) 34
16
10
Carlos Vela (Vice-Captain) (DP ) Mexico FW (1989-03-01 ) March 1, 1989 (age 35) 32
12
11
Gareth Bale (Captain)Wales FW (1989-07-16 ) July 16, 1989 (age 35) 12
2
21
Christian Torres (HG ) United States FW (2004-04-15 ) April 15, 2004 (age 20) 0
0
22
Kwadwo Opoku Ghana FW (2001-07-13 ) July 13, 2001 (age 23) 34
7
26
Cal Jennings United States FW (1997-05-17 ) May 17, 1997 (age 27) 3
0
37
Cristian Tello Spain FW (1991-08-11 ) August 11, 1991 (age 33) 4
0
99
Denis Bouanga Gabon FW (1994-11-11 ) November 11, 1994 (age 30) 7
1
Coaching staff
As of February 8, 2022[ 4] [ 5]
Transfers
Transfers in
Entry date
Position
Player
From club
Notes
Ref.
December 12, 2021
DF
Franco Escobar
Atlanta United FC
Trade
[ 6]
December 14, 2021
FW
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi
Charlotte FC
Trade
[ 7]
January 12, 2022
MF
Ilie Sánchez
Sporting Kansas City
Free Agent
[ 8]
January 14, 2022
MF
Kellyn Acosta
Colorado Rapids
Trade
[ 9]
January 20, 2022
GK
Maxime Crépeau
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Trade
[ 10]
January 21, 2022
GK
John McCarthy
Inter Miami CF
Free Agent
[ 11]
February 10, 2022
DF
Ryan Hollingshead
FC Dallas
Traded for Marco Farfan
[ 12]
February 18, 2022
DF
Doneil Henry
Suwon Bluewings
Free Agent
[ 13]
April 25, 2022
FW
Nathan Ordaz
Academy signing
[ 14]
June 13, 2022
DF
Giorgio Chiellini
Juventus
Transfer
[ 15]
June 25, 2022
FW
Gareth Bale
Real Madrid
Transfer
[ 16]
July 19, 2022
MF
Sebastian Méndez
Orlando City SC
Trade
[ 17]
August 5, 2022
FW
Denis Bouanga
Saint-Étienne
Transfer
[ 18]
August 26, 2022
FW
Cristian Tello
Real Betis
Transfer
[ 19]
Transfers out
Exit date
Position
Player
To club
Notes
Ref.
December 1, 2021
GK
Jamal Blackman
Huddersfield Town
Declined contract options
[ 20]
December 1, 2021
MF
Daniel Crisostomo
Free Agent
Declined contract options
[ 21]
December 1, 2021
DF
Alvaro Quezada
Free Agent
Declined contract options
[ 22]
December 15, 2021
MF
Raheem Edwards
LA Galaxy
Free Agent
[ 23]
December 15, 2021
DF
Jordan Harvey
Free Agent
Free Agent
[ 24]
December 12, 2021
GK
Pablo Sisniega
Charlotte FC
Trade
[ 25]
December 13, 2021
MF
Eduard Atuesta
Palmeiras
Transfer
[ 26]
December 14, 2021
DF
Tristan Blackmon
Charlotte FC
MLS Expansion Draft pick
[ 27]
January 4, 2022
MF
Bryce Duke
Inter Miami CF
Trade
[ 28]
February 10, 2022
DF
Marco Farfan
FC Dallas
Traded for Ryan Hollingshead
[ 29]
March 18, 2022
DF
Kim Moon-hwan
Jeonbuk Hyundai
Transfer
[ 30]
April 15, 2022
FW
Diego Rossi
Fenerbahçe
Exercised option to buy
[ 31]
July 3, 2022
DF
Doneil Henry
Toronto FC
Waived
[ 32]
July 18, 2022
MF
Francisco Ginella
Nacional
Loan
[ 33]
August 3, 2022
FW
Danny Musovski
Real Salt Lake
Trade
[ 34]
August 5, 2022
FW
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi
New England Revolution
Trade
[ 35]
August 24, 2022
FW
Brian Rodríguez
América
Transfer
[ 36]
August 25, 2022
DF
Mamadou Fall
Villarreal B
Loan
[ 37]
Draft picks
Los Angeles FC did not participate in the 2022 MLS Superdraft as the club traded their draft picks in exchange for new players and General Allocation Money.
Round
#
Position
Player
College/Club Team
Reference
1
2
3
Competitions
Win Draw Loss
Preseason
Coachella Valley Invitational
MLS
Standings
Western Conference
Source:
MLS Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall
Source:
MLS Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
(C) Champions;
(S) Supporters' Shield winners
Notes:
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Stadium H H A H A A H A H H A H A H A H H A H A A H A H H A A A H A A H A H Result W D W W W L W W W D L L W W D W W L W W W W W W W L L L W L D W W L
Matches
All matches are in Pacific time[ 38]
MLS Cup Playoffs
MLS Cup
U.S. Open Cup
Los Angeles FC will enter the Open Cup in the Third Round.
Leagues Cup
Statistics
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References
^ "LAFC Announces Steve Cherundolo As Head Coach" . Los Angeles FC. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022 .^ Baxter, Kevin (November 5, 2022). "LAFC defeats Philadelphia on penalty kicks to win MLS Cup title in thriller" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 6, 2022 . ^ "First team roster" . Los Angeles FC the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021 .^ "Los Angeles FC Technical Staff" . January 16, 2021.^ "LAFC Hires Marco Antonio Garcés As Director Of Football Operations" . February 3, 2022.^ "LAFC Acquires Defender Franco Escobar From Atlanta United" . Los Angeles FC. December 12, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires Ismael Tajouri-Shradi From Charlotte FC In Exchange for $400,000 In General Allocation Money" . Los Angeles FC. December 14, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "LAFC Signs Free Agent Midfielder Ilie Sánchez" . Los Angeles FC. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires U.S. National Team Midfielder Kellyn Acosta From Colorado Rapids" . Los Angeles FC. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires Goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau From Vancouver" . Los Angeles FC. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022 .^ "LAFC Signs Free Agent Goalkeeper John McCarthy" . Los Angeles FC. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires Defender Ryan Hollingshead From FC Dallas" . Los Angeles FC. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022 .^ "LAFC Signs Defender Doneil Henry" . Los Angeles FC. February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022 .^ "LAFC Signs Nathan Ordaz As The Fourth Homegrown Player In Club History" . Los Angeles FC. April 25, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022 .^ "LAFC Signs Defender Giorgio Chiellini" . Los Angeles FC. June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022 .^ "LAFC Signs Gareth Bale" . Los Angeles FC. June 25, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires Midfielder Sebastian Méndez" . Los Angeles FC. July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022 .^ "Denis Bouanga Joins LAFC As Designated Player" . Los Angeles FC. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022 .^ "LAFC Signs Forward Cristian Tello" . Los Angeles FC. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022 .^ "LAFC Announces Roster Moves For 2022 Season" . Los Angeles FC. December 1, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "LAFC Announces Roster Moves For 2022 Season" . Los Angeles FC. December 1, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "LAFC Announces Roster Moves For 2022 Season" . Los Angeles FC. December 1, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "LAFC Announces Roster Moves For 2022 Season" . Los Angeles FC. December 1, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "LAFC Announces Roster Moves For 2022 Season" . Los Angeles FC. December 1, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires $50,000 In General Allocation Money From Charlotte FC In Exchange For Pablo Sisniega" . Los Angeles FC. December 12, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "Eduard Atuesta To Join Brazilian Club Palmeiras From LAFC" . Los Angeles FC. December 13, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "Charlotte FC selects Tristan Blackmon, Defender" . Charlotte FC. December 14, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires $100,000 In Allocation Money From Inter Miami CF In Exchange For Midfielder Bryce Duke" . Los Angeles FC. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires Defender Ryan Hollingshead From FC Dallas" . Los Angeles FC. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022 .^ "LAFC Transfers Kim Moon-Hwan To K-League Club Jeonbuk Hyundai" . Los Angeles FC. March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022 .^ "LAFC transfer Diego Rossi to Fenerbahce, deal among most expensive in MLS history" . Major League Soccer. April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022 .^ "LAFC Waives Doneil Henry" . Los Angeles FC. July 3, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2022 .^ "LAFC Loans Midfielder Francisco Ginella To Uruguay's Club Nacional" . Los Angeles FC. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires $250,000 In General Allocation Money From Real Salt Lake In Exchange For Danny Musovski" . Los Angeles FC. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022 .^ "LAFC Acquires $400,000 In General Allocation Money From New England Revolution In Exchange For Ismael Tajouri-Shradi" . Los Angeles FC. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022 .^ "LAFC Transfers Brian Rodríguez To Club América In Liga MX" . Los Angeles FC. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022 .^ "LAFC Loans Mamadou Fall To Villareal CF Of Spain's La Liga" . Los Angeles FC. August 25, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022 .^ "LAFC Announces 2022 Regular Season Schedule" . Los Angeles FC. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022 .^ "US Open Cup draw: 17 MLS teams learn third-round opponent" . Major League Soccer. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022 .
National teams
League competitions (Men)
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Amateur Collegiate
League competitions (Women)
Cup competitions (Men)
Domestic International Friendly
Cup competitions (Women) Youth competitions
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