2011 Los Angeles Galaxy season

The 2011 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the club's 17th year of existence as well as their 16th season in Major League Soccer and their 16th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer. The Galaxy entered the season as the defending MLS Supporters' Shield titleholders.

Los Angeles Galaxy

2011 season
Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Coach	Bruce Arena
Major League Soccer	1st
MLS Cup	Winners
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
Honda SuperClasico	Won (2–0–0)
California Clasico	Won (1–0–1)
Top goalscorer	League: Landon Donovan (12) All: Landon Donovan (13)
Highest home attendance	27,000 (three matches)
Lowest home attendance	14,458 v Houston Dynamo (May 25, 2011)
Average home league attendance	23,051
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Most notably, the Galaxy became the third straight team to win consecutive Supporters' Shields, after D.C. United (2006–07) and Columbus Crew (2008–09). The Galaxy clinched their fourth Shield on October 8, after Seattle Sounders FC lost 0–2 at home to Philadelphia Union. They also won their third MLS Cup, defeating Houston Dynamo 1–0 in the final.

Outside of league play, the Galaxy participated in the CONCACAF Champions League and the U.S. Open Cup, reaching the Quarterfinals in both competitions. Along with these competitive tournaments, the Galaxy played in the friendly-match World Football Challenge, losing to Real Madrid and drawing to Manchester City.

Their record in all competitions (yet excluding their Asia-Pacific tour) was 28–9–11, earning 95/144 points from 48 matches.

Season summary

Preseason

The Galaxy had a busy month in January, mostly with transfers. On January 10, club striker, and Golden Boot-finalist, Edson Buddle left the Galaxy to sign with second division German club, Ingolstadt 04 through the end of the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga season.

On January 9, 2010, rumors about David Beckham potentially ending his three and a half year MLS career by signing with Tottenham Hotspur or going on loan with the Premier League club ended. The Galaxy announced that Beckham would be training with Tottenham for two weeks,[1] before joining Los Angeles for the start of pre-season training. The news made it the first time since 2008 that Beckham did not go on an off-season loan to Europe.

March

"We just did not play well. None of our guys had a good game. That's pretty obvious..."

Bruce Arena, LA Galaxy Head Coach, following the 4–1 defeat to Real Salt Lake.[2]

The Galaxy opened the MLS regular season with a 0–1 victory over the Sounders at Qwest Field in rainy Seattle on March 15. Second-year midfielder Juninho had the lone goal of the match. Although they were back home at the Home Depot Center for the second match of the season on March 20, the Galaxy once again played in the rain. A rare Southern California rainstorm made for difficult conditions in the 1–1 draw with the New England Revolution. Juninho scored the equalizer for the Galaxy, his second goal of the season – which already matched his goal total from his debut 2010 season. The toughest test of the early season came on March 26 – and the Galaxy failed. Traveling to Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah without captain Landon Donovan (who was away on international duty with the USA national team), the Galaxy lost 4–1 to Real Salt Lake. To be fair, Rio Tinto is a difficult venue for any visiting club, as Real hasn't lost at home in nearly two years. The only consolation was seeing Juan Pablo Ángel open his Galaxy goal account in his first start for his new club. Ángel had been suffering from a virus and didn't start the first two matches (though he did come on as a substitute in the second half against the Revolution).

April

The Galaxy rebounded from the loss to Real Salt Lake with a 1–0 victory over the Philadelphia Union at the Home Depot Center on April 2. Donovan Ricketts and Omar Gonzalez saw their first action of the season after recovering from minor injuries. Leonardo headed in a David Beckham free kick in the 33rd minute for the game's only goal. It was the defender's first goal in a Galaxy shirt. A 53rd minute red card for Chris Birchall meant that the Galaxy had to spend the majority of the second half protecting their narrow lead a man down.

Next up was a 3-games-in-8-days cross-country road trip. To complicate matters, the Galaxy would be without captain Landon Donovan, who did not travel with the club while he nursed a knee injury. The first match of the trip came at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on April 9. Mike Magee nodded in a Beckham corner to give the Galaxy the early lead. But Charlie Davies drew a dubious penalty and converted from the spot himself in the 90th minute to save the draw for D.C. United. The squad traveled to Toronto to take on Toronto FC 4 days later. The fans at BMO Field saw a largely unentertaining affair resulting in a scoreless draw. Most notable from a Galaxy perspective was the sending off of Juninho in stoppage time of the 2nd half. Also, Beckham received his 5th yellow card of the season in the 44th minute. These two events meant that the Galaxy would be without 3/4ths of their preferred midfield (Donovan, Beckham, and Juninho) when they finished their trip on April 17 in Bridgeview, Illinois against the Chicago Fire. Yet it was no problem as the Galaxy won 1–2 behind goals from Chad Barrett and Gonzalez with Miguel López providing the assists on both goals. Although there was one concerning casualty on the Toyota Park field – Leonardo picked up a right knee injury late in the match. It was revealed a couple days later that he tore the ACL and LCL in the knee, and he is expected to miss the remainder of the season.[3] Heading home to LA, the Galaxy had picked up a very respectable 5 points on their travels.

Squad

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  JAM Donovan Ricketts 2 DF  USA Todd Dunivant 3 DF  USA Gregg Berhalter 4 DF  USA Omar Gonzalez 5 DF  USA Sean Franklin 6 DF  USA Frankie Hejduk 7 MF  USA Jovan Kirovski 8 MF  TRI Chris Birchall 10 FW  USA Landon Donovan (captain) 11 FW  USA Chad Barrett 12 GK  PUR Josh Saunders 14 FW  IRL Robbie Keane 15 MF  NZL Dan Keat 16 MF  USA Héctor Jiménez 17 FW  USA Adam Cristman

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  USA Mike Magee 19 MF  BRA Juninho (on loan from São Paulo) 20 DF  USA A. J. DeLaGarza 21 MF  USA Dustin McCarty 22 DF  BRA Leonardo (on loan from São Paulo) 23 MF  ENG David Beckham 24 GK  USA Brian Perk 25 MF  ARG Miguel López (on loan from Quilmes) 26 MF  USA Michael Stephens 27 FW  USA Bryan Jordan 28 DF  USA Ryan Thomas 30 MF  URU Paolo Cardozo 32 FW  USA Jack McBean 33 DF  USA Sean Alvarado 55 DF  USA Joshua Kelly 29 DF  USA Dasan Robinson

Last updated: August 19, 2011.
Source: LA Galaxy

Squad information

No.	Nat.	Player	Birthday	At LAG since	Previous club	MLS appearances	MLS goals
Goalkeepers
1		Donovan Ricketts	June 7, 1977	2009	Village United	59	0
12		Josh Saunders	March 2, 1981	2009	Miami FC	12	0
24		Brian Perk	July 21, 1989	2010	Philadelphia Union	1	0
Defenders
2		Todd Dunivant	December 26, 1980	2009	Toronto FC	59	2
3		Gregg Berhalter	August 1, 1973	2009	1860 Munich	41	0
4		Omar Gonzalez	October 11, 1988	2009	Maryland Terrapins	62	4
5		Sean Franklin	March 21, 1985	2008	San Fernando Valley Quakes	72	0
6		Frankie Hejduk	August 5, 1974	2011	Columbus Crew	1	0
20		A. J. DeLaGarza	November 4, 1987	2009	Maryland Terrapins	44	2
22		Leonardo	February 8, 1988	2010	on loan from São Paulo	17	1
28		Ryan Thomas	March 20, 1989	2011	Stanford Cardinal	0	0
55		Joshua Kelly	August 31, 1989	2011	University of California, Riverside	0	0
29		Dasan Robinson	June 6, 1984	2011	Toronto FC	85	3
Midfielders
7		Jovan Kirovski	March 18, 1976	2008	San Jose Earthquakes	46	6
8		Chris Birchall	May 5, 1984	2009	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	0
15		Dan Keat	September 28, 1987	2011	Team Wellington	0	0
16		Héctor Jiménez	November 3, 1988	2011	California Golden Bears	0	0
19		Juninho	January 5, 1989	2010	on loan from São Paulo	31	4
21		Dustin McCarty	October 12, 1988	2011	North Carolina Tar Heels	0	0
23		David Beckham	May 2, 1975	2007	Real Madrid	63	11
25		Miguel López	June 9, 1988	2011	on loan from Quilmes	5	0
26		Michael Stephens	April 3, 1989	2010	Chicago Fire Premier	25	1
30		Paolo Cardozo	June 9, 1989	2011	Quilmes	5	0
Strikers
10		Landon Donovan	March 4, 1982	2005	Bayer Leverkusen	148	71
11		Chad Barrett	April 30, 1985	2011	Toronto FC	7	1
14		Robbie Keane	July 8, 1980	2011	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0
17		Adam Cristman	January 8, 1985	2011	D.C. United	0	0
18		Mike Magee	September 2, 1984	2009	New York Red Bulls	44	4
27		Bryan Jordan	September 13, 1985	2008	Portland Timbers	37	2
32		Jack McBean	December 15, 1994	2011	IMG Soccer Academy	0	0

Last updated: August 17, 2011.
Source: LA Galaxy

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
December 15, 2010	Juan Pablo Ángel	FW	New York Red Bulls	Re-Entry Draft	[4]
December 15, 2010	Luke Sassano	MF	New York Red Bulls	Re-Entry Draft, subsequently traded	[4]
December 15, 2010	Frankie Hejduk	DF	Sporting Kansas City	Acquired in exchange for Luke Sassano	[5]
January 11, 2011	Adam Cristman	FW	D.C. United	Acquired in exchange for a Supplemental Draft pick	[6]
January 13, 2011	Chad Barrett	FW	Toronto F.C.	Acquired in exchange for undisclosed future considerations	[7]
February 14, 2011	Paolo Cardozo	MF	Quilmes	SuperDraft, 1st round	[8]
February 14, 2011	Héctor Jiménez	MF	University of California, Berkeley	SuperDraft, 2nd round	[8]
February 14, 2011	Dan Keat	MF	Dartmouth College	Supplemental Draft, 1st round	[8]
February 14, 2011	Ryan Thomas	DF	Stanford University	Supplemental Draft, 1st round	[8]
February 14, 2011	Dustin McCarty	MF	University of North Carolina	Supplemental Draft, 2nd round	[8]
March 16, 2011	Sean Alvarado	DF	Unattached	Free	[9]
May 11, 2011	Kyle Davies	DF	Unattached	Free	[10]
August 15, 2011	Robbie Keane	FW	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed, believed to be roughly $4M transfer fee	[11]
September 15, 2011	Dasan Robinson	DF	Toronto FC	Acquired for Kyle Davies	[12]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 15, 2010	Eddie Lewis	MF	None	Retired	[13]
November 15, 2010	Chris Klein	MF	None	Retired	[14]
December 3, 2010	Dema Kovalenko	MF	None	Option declined, retired	[15]
December 15, 2010	Tristan Bowen	FW	Chivas USA	Traded for allocation money	[16]
December 15, 2010	Luke Sassano	MF	Sporting Kansas City	Traded for Frankie Hejduk	[5]
January 1, 2011	Alex Cazumba	MF	São Paulo	Loan expired, option declined	[17]
January 10, 2011	Edson Buddle	FW	Ingolstadt 04	Undisclosed	[18]
January 26, 2011	Yohance Marshall	DF	Vermont Voltage	Option declined, free transfer	[17]
August 17, 2011	Juan Pablo Ángel	FW	Chivas USA	Traded for a 2012 Supplemental Draft, 3rd round pick	[19]
September 15, 2011	Kyle Davies	DF	Toronto FC	Traded for Dasan Robinson	[12]

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
December 23, 2009	Leonardo	DF	São Paulo	Loan	[17][20]
December 23, 2009	Juninho	MF	São Paulo	Loan	[17][20]
January 28, 2011	Miguel López	MF	Quilmes	One year loan, terms undisclosed	[21]

Competitions

Pre-season

February 4, 2011	Loyola Marymount Lions	1–7	LA Galaxy	Carson, California
16:30 PST		Report	Birchall Ángel Berhalter Juninho Cardozo Kirovski	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

February 8, 2011	LA Galaxy	1–1	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
15:00 PST	López  26' Cardozo  47'	Report	Umony  50'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center

March 2, 2011	LA Galaxy	2–2 (3–4 p)	Tijuana	San Diego, California
	Gonzalez  41' Donovan  75'	Report	Pulido  39' Orozco  81'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 6,124
	Penalties
	Donovan Magee López Barrett Kirovski		Rosa Molina Orozco Otreras Yacuzzi

Major League Soccer

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	LA Galaxy (SS, W1)	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	67	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ^2
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19	63
3	Real Salt Lake	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8	53
4	FC Dallas	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3	52
5	Sporting Kansas City (E1)	34	13	9	12	50	40	+10	51
6	Houston Dynamo	34	12	9	13	45	41	+4	49	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ^2
7	Colorado Rapids	34	12	9	13	44	41	+3	49
8	Philadelphia Union	34	11	8	15	44	36	+8	48
9	Columbus Crew	34	13	13	8	43	44	−1	47
10	New York Red Bulls	34	10	8	16	50	44	+6	46
11	Chicago Fire	34	9	9	16	46	45	+1	43
12	Portland Timbers	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8	42
13	D.C. United	34	9	13	12	49	52	−3	39
14	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5	38
15	Chivas USA	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2	36
16	Toronto FC	34	6	13	15	36	59	−23	33	2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ^3
17	New England Revolution	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20	28
18	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20	28

Updated to match(es) played on October 22, 2011 (NER v TFC). Source: MLSSoccer.com

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

• ^Note 1 Teams qualify for the MLS Cup Conference Semifinals by finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective conferences.
• ^Note 2 Since the LA Galaxy won both the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield and the 2011 MLS Cup, a place in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League became available. The Seattle Sounders, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up, had already qualified as they also won the 2011 U.S. Open Cup. Therefore, the CCL place went to Real Salt Lake, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield third place. Houston Dynamo, the 2011 MLS Cup runner-up, also qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. All four teams directly enter the Group Stage as the Preliminary Round has been eliminated from CCL.
• ^Note 3 Toronto FC qualified for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2011 Canadian Championship.

Western Conference table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	LA Galaxy (SS, W1)	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	67	2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19	63
3	Real Salt Lake	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8	53
4	FC Dallas	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3	52	2011 MLS Cup Play-In Round
5	Colorado Rapids	34	12	9	13	46	42	+4	49
6	Portland Timbers	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8	42
7	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5	38
8	Chivas USA	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2	36
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20	28

Updated to match(es) played on October 22, 2011. Source: MLS

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

• ^Note 1 - The top three clubs in each conference are guaranteed spots in the 2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals. The other four clubs in the playoffs enter via wild card entrees, regardless of their conference, based on their overall standings in a single table.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	18	10	4	46	25	+21	64	11	5	0	27	8	+19	7	5	4	19	17	+2

Last updated: October 9, 2011.
Source: Match results

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 2011. Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

March 15, 2011 1	Seattle Sounders	0–1	LA Galaxy	Seattle
19:00 PDT	Friberg  44' González  45+1'	Report	Birchall  24' Juninho  58' Beckham  90+3'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 36,443 Referee: Alex Prus

March 20, 2011 2	LA Galaxy	1–1	New England Revolution	Carson, California
15:00 PDT	Juninho  39'	Report	Joseph  3'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

March 26, 2011 3	Real Salt Lake	4–1	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
18:00 PDT	Williams  2' Morales  10' (pen.), 41' Paulo Jr.  68'	Report	Saunders  9' Beckham  54' López  54' Leonardo  74' Ángel  80'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,507 Referee: Jair Marrufo

April 2, 2011 4	LA Galaxy	1–0	Philadelphia Union	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Leonardo  33' López  51' Birchall  53' Ricketts  60' Beckham  89' Donovan  90+2'	Report	Ruiz  53' Williams  63' Harvey  78' Califf  88' McInerney  90+5'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,998 Referee: Paul Ward

April 9, 2011 5	D.C. United	1–1	LA Galaxy	Washington, D.C.
16:30 PDT	Quaranta  40'  84' Davies  90'	Report	Magee  12' Dunivant  29' Beckham  41' Kirovski  90+5'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 26,622 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

April 13, 2011 6	Toronto FC	0–0	LA Galaxy	Toronto
17:00 PDT	Martina  67' Stevanović  68'	Report	Bechkam  44' Jordan  76' Juninho  78'  90+3'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 22,453 Referee: Terry Vaughn

April 17, 2011 7	Chicago Fire	1–2	LA Galaxy	Bridgeview, Illinois
13:00 PDT	Videira  10' Oduro  89',  90+3'	Report	Magee  31' Barrett  42' Stephens  63' Gonzalez  72' Hejduk  73'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,203 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

April 23, 2011 8	LA Galaxy	3–0	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Barrett  3' Donovan  8' (pen.), 67' Franklin  17' Magee  90+1'	Report	Wallace  7'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 23,719 Referee: Ramón Hernández

May 1, 2011 9	FC Dallas	2–1	LA Galaxy	Frisco, Texas
16:00 PDT	Castillo  47' Shea  88'	Report	Donovan  51' Juninho  55'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 21,867 Referee: Alex Prus

May 7, 2011 10	LA Galaxy	1–1	New York Red Bulls	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Donovan  41'	Report	Henry  4' Rodgers  57'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

May 11, 2011 11	Philadelphia Union	1–1	LA Galaxy	Chester, Pennsylvania
16:30 PDT	Caroll  58' Torres  76' Mwanga  83',  83' Williams  90+2'	Report	Donovan  24' Birchall  30' Gonzalez  78' DeLaGarza  87'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 19,178 Referee: Andrew Chapin

May 14, 2011 12	LA Galaxy	4–1	Sporting Kansas City	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Donovan  44' (pen.), 46' Ángel  64' Juninho  80' Beckham  87'	Report	Gonzalez  39' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,763 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

May 21, 2011 13	Chivas USA	0–1	LA Galaxy	Carson, California
19:00 PDT	Elliot  50' Valentin  73'	Report	Barrett  26'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

May 25, 2011 14	LA Galaxy	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Donovan  46' (pen.) Franklin  87'	Report	Watson  90'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,458 Referee: Chris Penso

May 28, 2011 15	New England Revolution	0–1	LA Galaxy	Foxborough, Massachusetts
17:00 PDT		Report	Beckham  67' López  69'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 21,793 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

June 3, 2011 16	LA Galaxy	0–0	D.C. United	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Gonzalez  42'	Report	Fred  6' White  65'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,036 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

June 11, 2011 17	LA Galaxy	2–2	Toronto FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Birchall  2' Beckham  29' DeLaGarza  83' Ángel  90+1'	Report	Borman  17' Henry  57' Gordon  68', 90+4'  81'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,675 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

June 18, 2011 18	Colorado Rapids	1–3	LA Galaxy	Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 PDT	Nyassi  36' Casey  64' Folan  74' Mastroeni  81'	Report	Moor  25' (o.g.) Juninho  42' Barrett  80'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 18,277 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

June 25, 2011 19	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	LA Galaxy	Santa Clara, California
20:00 PDT	Lenhart  43' Corrales  49'	Report	Dunivant  37' Saunders  43'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,872 Referee: Juan Guzman

July 4, 2011 20	LA Galaxy	0–0	Seattle Sounders	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Donovan  90+4'	Report	Friberg  55'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

July 9, 2011 21	LA Galaxy	2–1	Chicago Fire	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Donovan  58' Beckham  65' Birchall  90+2'	Report	Paladini  64' Nazarit  62' Cháves  90+1' Mikulić  90+5'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 21,762 Referee: David Ganter

July 20, 2011 22	LA Galaxy	1–0	Columbus Crew	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Berhalter  16' Franklin  70' Juninho  85' Beckham  90+2'	Report	James  65'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,709 Referee: Andrew Chapin

July 30, 2011 23	Vancouver Whitecaps	0–4	LA Galaxy	Vancouver, BC
16:30 PDT		Report	Donovan  61', 75' (pen.) Stephens  65' Franklin  80' Cristman  90'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August 3, 2011 24	Portland Timbers	3–0	LA Galaxy	Portland, Oregon
20:00 PDT	Chabala  26' Perlaza  33' Brunner  68' Chará  82' Zizzo  89'	Report	Donovan  64'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 18,627 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

August 6, 2011 25	LA Galaxy	3–1	FC Dallas	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Beckham  25' Gonzalez  32' Berhalter  35' Juninho  62' Magee  81' Stephens  90+4'	Report	Chávez  9'  68' Villar  18' Benítez  27'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 21,546 Referee: Michael Kennedy

August 20, 2011 26	LA Galaxy	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Keane  21' Hejduk  68' Magee  90'	Report	Baca  54' Beitashour  81'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

September 5, 2011 27	Sporting Kansas City	2–2	LA Galaxy	Kansas City, Kansas
15:00 PDT	Espinoza  2' Zusi  67' Júlio César  72' Collin  73' Bravo  90+2' (pen.)	Report	Franklin  25', 74' Hejduk  66' Donovan  84' Beckham  90+1'	Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park Attendance: 20,512 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

September 9, 2011 28	LA Galaxy	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Donovan  36'	Report	Mullan  67'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,068 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 17, 2011 29	LA Galaxy	3–0	Vancouver Whitecaps	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Magee  40'  75' Keane  64'	Report	Rochat  17' Koffie  28' Hassli  62'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 22,959 Referee: Michael Kennedy

September 24, 2011 30	Columbus Crew	0–1	LA Galaxy	Columbus, Ohio
16:30 PDT		Report	Barrett  90+3'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 21,203 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

October 1, 2011 31	LA Galaxy	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Barrett  59' Borchers  72' (o.g.)	Report	Espíndola  10'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Kevin Stott

October 4, 2011 32	New York Red Bulls	2–0	LA Galaxy	Harrison, New Jersey
17:00 PDT	Rodgers  32' Henry  59'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,186 Referee: Jair Marrufo

October 16, 2011 33	LA Galaxy	1–0	Chivas USA	Carson, California
18:00 PDT	Barrett  53'	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

October 23, 2011 34	Houston Dynamo	3–1	LA Galaxy	Houston, Texas
16:00 PDT	Moffat  27' Boswell  48' Costly  74'	Report	McBean  88'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 30,018 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference semifinals

October 30, 2011 First Leg	New York Red Bulls	0–1	LA Galaxy	Harrison, New Jersey
12:00 PDT	Henry  44'	Report	Magee  15' Franklin  40'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 22,663 Referee: Alex Prus

November 3, 2011 Second Leg	LA Galaxy	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	New York Red Bulls	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Magee  42' Donovan  75' (pen.)	Report	Rodgers  4'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Conference finals

November 6, 2011	LA Galaxy	3–1	Real Salt Lake	The Home Depot Center Carson, California
18:00 PST	Donovan  23' (pen.) Magee  58' Keane  68'	Report	Saborío  25'	Attendance: 23,437 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Championship

November 20, 2011	LA Galaxy	1–0	Houston Dynamo	The Home Depot Center Carson, California
18:00 PST	Donovan  72'			Attendance: 30,281 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

CONCACAF Champions League

The Los Angeles Galaxy qualified directly into Group Stage play by winning the Supporters' Shield.[22] The Galaxy played in Group A with Alajuelense of Costa Rica, Morelia of Mexico, and Motagua of Honduras.

August 16, 2011 Group 1	LA Galaxy	2–0	Motagua	Carson, United States
20:00 PDT	Cristman  13' Donovan  60' Berhalter  90'	Report	Guerrero  70'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 8,196 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

August 25, 2011 Group 2	LA Galaxy	2–0	Alajuelense	Carson, United States
20:00 PDT	Beckham  31' Gonzalez  38' Donovan  68' Barrett  77' Magee  77' Juninho  88'	Report	Acosta  60'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 9,855 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

September 13, 2011 Group 3	Morelia	2–1	LA Galaxy	Morelia, Mexico
16:00 PDT	Aldrete  83' Sabah  90+2'  90+3'	Report	Keane  52'	Stadium: Estadio Morelos Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

September 21, 2011 Group 4	Alajuelense	1–0	LA Galaxy	Alajuela, Costa Rica
18:00 PDT	Antonio Gabas  28'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

September 28, 2011 Group 5	LA Galaxy	2–1	Morelia	Carson, United States
22:00	Magee  21' Juninho  90'	Report	Lugo  59'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

October 20, 2011 Group 6	Motagua	0–1	LA Galaxy	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
16:00 PDT		Report	Juninho  29'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

U.S. Open Cup

June 28, 2011 Third round	LA Galaxy	2–1	Los Angeles Blues	Fullerton, California
19:30 PDT	Berhalter  8' Gonzalez  75' Magee  81' Cristman  88'	Report	Tudela  1' Rivera  62' Momeni  70' Sesay  90'  90'	Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 3,627 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

July 13, 2011 Quarterfinals	Seattle Sounders	3–1	LA Galaxy	Tukwila, Washington
19:00 PDT	Jaqua  4' Alonso  22' Montero  25'  54' Parke  55' Neagle  74' Fucito  90'	Report	Cristman  40' Cardozo  59'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,322 Referee: Kevin Stott

World Football Challenge

July 16, 2011	LA Galaxy	1–4	Real Madrid	Los Angeles, California
19:00 PDT	López  38' Cristman  67'	Report	Callejón  31' Joselu  40' Ronaldo  53' Benzema  58'	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 56,211 Referee: Jorge González

July 24, 2011	LA Galaxy	1–1 (6–7 p)	Manchester City	Carson, California
13:00 PDT	Magee  53'	Report	Balotelli  20' (pen.) Savić  67'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 24,897 Referee: Ricardo Salazar
	Penalties
	Keat Birchall Juninho Dunivant Stephens McBean Gonzalez McCarty DeLaGarza		Milner Weiss Suárez Kolarov Guidetti Lescott De Jong Wright-Phillips Hart

Asia Pacific Tour 2011

November 30, 2011	Indonesia Selection	0–1	LA Galaxy	Jakarta, Indonesia
04:00 PST		Report	Keane  14'  24' Gonzalez  20' Magee  26'	Stadium: Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Faulur Rosy

December 3, 2011	Philippines	1–6	LA Galaxy	Manila, Philippines
03:30 PST	P. Younghusband  41'  48' De Jong  64'	Report	Beckham  20' Magee  39' Keane  47' Cristman  63', 87' Berhalter  81' (pen.)	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Jovanie Villagracia

December 6, 2011	Melbourne Victory FC	2–2 (3–4 p)	LA Galaxy	Melbourne, Australia
00:30 PST	Hernández  15' Cernak  37'	Report	Keane  43' (pen.), 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Etihad Stadium
	Penalties
	Vargas Jeggo Pondeljak Retre Rojas		Donovan Jiménez Berhlater Stephens Cardozo

Statistics

All statistics are for competitive matches only.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		Champions League		Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Donovan Ricketts	12	0	12+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Todd Dunivant	29	0	26+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF		Gregg Berhalter	12	0	6+2	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF		Omar Gonzalez	25	4	22+0	2	2+0	1	1+0	1
5	DF		Sean Franklin	28	2	23+2	2	1+1	0	1+0	0
6	DF		Frankie Hejduk	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Jovan Kirovski	11	0	1+8	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
8	MF		Chris Birchall	22	1	14+5	1	0+2	0	1+0	0
9	FW		Juan Pablo Ángel	22	3	17+5	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW		Landon Donovan	21	12	18+0	11	2+0	1	1+0	0
11	FW		Chad Barrett	22	5	15+5	4	0+1	1	1+0	0
12	GK		Josh Saunders	17	0	13+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW		Robbie Keane	2	1	1+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF		Dan Keat	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Héctor Jiménez	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	FW		Adam Cristman	10	3	2+4	1	2+0	1	1+1	1
18	MF		Mike Magee	25	4	17+5	3	2+0	0	1+0	1
19	MF		Juninho	28	4	24+0	4	2+0	0	1+1	0
20	DF		A. J. DeLaGarza	26	0	22+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
21	MF		Dustin McCarty	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF		Leonardo	7	1	7+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		David Beckham	22	2	19+1	2	2+0	0	0+0	0
24	GK		Brian Perk	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
25	MF		Miguel López	24	1	12+9	1	0+1	0	0+2	0
26	MF		Michael Stephens	20	0	10+7	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
27	FW		Bryan Jordan	10	0	1+7	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
28	DF		Ryan Thomas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Paolo Cardozo	13	0	2+9	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
32	FW		Jack McBean	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF		Sean Alvarado	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Updated to match played August 25, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Goalkeeper stats

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			MLS			Champions League			Open Cup
			MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1		Donovan Ricketts	1014	6	0.53	1014	6	0.53	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
12		Josh Saunders	1459	17	1.05	1189	14	1.06	180	0	0.00	90	3	3.00
18		Mike Magee	47	0	0.00	47	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
24		Brian Perk	180	1	0.50	90	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	90	1	1.00
		TOTALS	2700	24	0.80	2340	20	0.77	180	0	0.00	180	4	2.00

Updated to match played August 25, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Starting XI

MLS regular season matches only.

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 12 GK Saunders 18 5 RB Franklin 25 Also played as RM 4 CB Gonzalez 29 20 CB DeLaGarza 30 2 LB Dunivant 32 10 RM Donovan 21 23 CM Beckham 25 19 CM Juninho 30 18 LM Magee 20 Also played as FW 9 FW Ángel 17 11 FW Barrett 20 Updated to match played November 27, 2011 Source: LA Galaxy

Saunders Gonzalez DeLaGarza Franklin Dunivant Beckham Juninho Donovan Magee Ángel Barrett

Top scorers

Rank	Nation	Number	Name	Total	MLS	Champions League	Open Cup
1		10	Landon Donovan	13	12	1	0
2		11	Chad Barrett	5	4	1	0
3		5	Sean Franklin	4	4	0	0
3		4	Omar Gonzalez	4	2	1	1
3		19	Juninho	4	4	0	0
3		18	Mike Magee	4	3	0	1
3		9	Juan Pablo Ángel	4	4	0	0
8		17	Adam Cristman	3	1	1	1
9		23	David Beckham	2	2	0	0
10		8	Chris Birchall	1	1	0	0
10		14	Robbie Keane	1	1	0	0
10		22	Leonardo	1	1	0	0
10		25	Miguel López	1	1	0	0

Updated to match played September 9, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Top assists

Rank	Nation	Number	Name	Total	MLS	Champions League	Open Cup
1		23	David Beckham	14	12	2	0
2		11	Chad Barrett	3	3	0	0
2		10	Landon Donovan	3	3	0	0
2		5	Sean Franklin	3	2	1	0
2		25	Miguel López	3	2	0	0
6		2	Todd Dunivant	2	2	0	0
6		19	Juninho	2	1	0	1
8		9	Juan Pablo Ángel	1	1	0	0
8		3	Gregg Berhalter	1	1	0	0
8		8	Chris Birchall	1	0	0	1
8		20	A. J. DeLaGarza	1	0	1	0
8		4	Omar Gonzalez	1	0	0	1

Updated to match played August 25, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Disciplinary record

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Total		MLS		Champions League		Open Cup
GK		1	Donovan Ricketts	100	100	1	0	0	0	0	0
DF		2	Todd Dunivant	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
DF		3	Gregg Berhalter	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
DF		4	Omar Gonzalez	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
DF		5	Sean Franklin	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
DF		6	Frankie Hejduk	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
MF		7	Jovan Kirovski	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
MF		8	Chris Birchall	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
FW		10	Landon Donovan	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
GK		12	Josh Saunders	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
FW		17	Adam Cristman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
FW		18	Mike Magee	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
MF		19	Juninho	4	2	4	1	0	1	0	0
DF		20	A. J. DeLaGarza	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
DF		22	Leonardo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
MF		23	David Beckham	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
MF		25	Miguel López	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
MF		26	Michael Stephens	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
FW		27	Bryan Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
MF		30	Paolo Cardozo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	46	5	39	4	4	1	3	0

Updated to match played August 25, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Club staff

Position	Name
General Manager & Head Coach	Bruce Arena
Assistant Head Coach	Dave Sarachan
Assistant Coach & Reserve Team Head Coach	Curt Onalfo
Assistant Coach	Gregg Berhalter
Goalkeeper Coach	Ian Feuer
Director of Soccer Operations	David Kammarman
Senior Director Galaxy Academy & Special Projects	Chris Klein
LA Galaxy Academy Coach & Administrator	Craig Harrington
Head Athletic Trainer	Armando Rivas
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Cecelia Gutierrez
Equipment Manager	Raul Vargas
Equipment Coordinator	Rafael Verdin
Team Administrator	Shant Kasparian
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Ben Yauss
Active Release Specialist	Shunta Shimizu

Updated to match played March 27, 2011
Source: LA Galaxy

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Los Angeles is in the No. 10 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.[23]

International roster spots

Los Angeles has 8 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Los Angeles dealt one slot to Portland Timbers on November 22, 2010 for use in the 2011 and 2012 seasons[24] then acquired one slot from D.C. United on February 17, 2011 for use in the 2011 and 2012 seasons.[25] There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).[23]

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: 2012 Supplemental Draft Round 3 pick acquired from Chivas USA.
Future picks traded: 2014 SuperDraft Round 4 pick traded to Houston Dynamo. The Galaxy also traded unspecified future considerations to Toronto FC which may or may not include draft pick(s).

MLS rights to other players

Los Angeles maintains the MLS rights to Edson Buddle after the player declined a contract offer by the league and signed overseas on a free transfer.

References

1. Lalas, Greg (January 9, 2010). "Beckham loan deal off, will train with Spurs". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
2. Bueno, Luis. "Galaxy can't afford to let blowout at RSL linger". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
3. "LA Galaxy defender Leonardo to undergo right knee surgery". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
4. "LA Galaxy Select Forward Juan Pablo Angel In Stage 2 of MLS Re-Entry Draft". Major League Soccer. LAGalaxy.com. December 15, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
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11. LA Galaxy Communications (August 15, 2011). "LA Galaxy Agree to Terms With Ireland International Robbie Keane". Lagalaxy.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
12. LA Galaxy Communications (September 15, 2011). "LA Galaxy Acquire Defender Dasan Robinson". Lagalaxy.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
13. "Midfielder Eddie Lewis to Retire Following 2010 MLS Season". LA Galaxy. October 20, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
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18. Seitzer, Greg (January 10, 2011). "Buddle leaves LA, signs with German side Ingolstadt". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
19. LA Galaxy Communications (August 17, 2011). "trade Juan Pablo Angel to Chivas USA". LA Galaxy. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
20. "Galaxy Sign Three On Loan From Sao Paulo". Yahoo Sports. December 23, 2009. Archived from the original on December 30, 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2009.
21. LA Galaxy Communications (January 28, 2011). "sign midfielder Miguel Lopez". LA Galaxy. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
22. "Concacaf Main | Champions League Home | Champions League News | Champions League News | Galaxy clinch CCL Group Stage berth". Concacaf.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
23. "2011 MLS Roster Rules". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
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25. LA Galaxy Communications (February 17, 2011). "Acquire International Roster Slot from D.C. United in Exchange for Allocation Money". LA Galaxy. Retrieved October 25, 2011.

External links

• LA Galaxy
• 2011 Los Angeles Galaxy season at ESPN
• 2011 Media Guide