2018 Los Angeles FC season

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Los Angeles FC
2018 season
General manager John Thorrington
Head coach Bob Bradley
Stadium Banc of California Stadium
MLS Conference: 3rd
Overall: 5th
MLS Cup Playoffs Knockout Round
U.S. Open Cup Semifinals
Top goalscorer League:
Carlos Vela (14)
All:
Diego Rossi (17)
Highest home attendance 22,000
Lowest home attendance 22,000
Average home league attendance 22,000
Home colors
Away colors
2019 →

The 2018 Los Angeles FC season was the club's inaugural season, and their first season in Major League Soccer, the top-tier of the American soccer pyramid. Los Angeles FC play its home games at the Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Outside of MLS play, LAFC participated in the 2018 U.S. Open Cup tournament, and qualified for the 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs, being eliminated in the knockout round.

It was the first year since 2014 that there were two first-division soccer clubs that played in the Greater Los Angeles Area, following the disbandment of Chivas USA in 2014.

Background

The team was first announced in October 2014, following the folding of Chivas USA. It was first reported in May 2015, that LAFC had chosen a location for their stadium, which would be the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena site at Exposition Park.[1][2] The environmental impact report, arena demolition and stadium construction are expected to take three years and delay the team's debut to 2018.

On July 27, 2017, Bob Bradley was announced as the coach for the inaugural season of the club.[3] Bradley previously coached Swansea City in the English Premier League,[4] as well as various European and Americans clubs as well. Internationally, Bradley previously coached the United States' and Egypt's national teams.[5]

Squad

First-team roster

As of July 26, 2018.[6]
No. Name Nat Date of birth (Age) Games Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Tyler Miller United States (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993 (age 31) 18 0
13 Charlie Lyon United States (1992-04-10) April 10, 1992 (age 32) 0 0
18 Quillan Roberts Canada (1994-09-13) September 13, 1994 (age 29) 0 0
22 Luis López Honduras (1993-09-13) September 13, 1993 (age 30) 1 0
Defenders
2 Jordan Harvey United States (1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 40) 14 0
3 Steven Beitashour Iran (1987-02-01) February 1, 1987 (age 37) 16 2
5 Dejan Jakovic Canada (1985-07-16) July 16, 1985 (age 38) 8 0
6 Danilo Silva Brazil (1986-11-24) November 24, 1986 (age 37) 0 0
25 Walker Zimmerman United States (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 31) 14 0
27 Tristan Blackmon United States (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 27) 7 0
44 João Moutinho Portugal (1998-01-12) January 12, 1998 (age 26) 10 1
Midfielders
8 André Horta Portugal (1996-11-07) November 7, 1996 (age 27) 0 0
11 Aaron Kovar United States (1993-08-14) August 14, 1993 (age 30) 5 0
14 Mark-Anthony Kaye Canada (1994-12-02) December 2, 1994 (age 29) 17 2
16 Calum Mallace Scotland (1990-01-10) January 10, 1990 (age 34) 4 0
19 James Murphy United States (1997-09-17) September 17, 1997 (age 26) 0 0
20 Eduard Atuesta Colombia (1997-06-18) June 18, 1997 (age 27) 14 1
24 Lee Nguyen United States (1986-10-07) October 7, 1986 (age 37) 10 0
33 Benny Feilhaber United States (1985-01-19) January 19, 1985 (age 39) 18 2
Forwards
7 Latif Blessing Ghana (1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 27) 18 5
9 Diego Rossi Uruguay (1998-03-05) March 5, 1998 (age 26) 16 6
10 Carlos Vela Mexico (1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 35) 13 7
12 Christian Ramirez United States (1991-04-04) April 4, 1991 (age 33) 1 0
18 Joshua Pérez United States (1998-01-21) January 21, 1998 (age 26) 0 0
21 Marco Ureña Costa Rica (1990-03-05) March 5, 1990 (age 34) 8 0
28 Shaft Brewer Jr. United States (1999-10-28) October 28, 1999 (age 24) 3 0
99 Adama Diomande Norway (1990-02-14) February 14, 1990 (age 34) 7 9

Team management

Position Staff
Lead Managing Owner Larry Berg
Co-Managing Owner Brandon Beck
Co-Managing Owner Bennett Rosenthal
Executive Chairman Peter Guber
President Tom Penn
Vice Chairman Henry Nguyen
Director Ruben Gnanalingam
Director Vincent Tan
EVP and General Manager John Thorrington
VP and Asst. General Manager Will Kuntz

Source: LAFC

Technical Staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Bob Bradley
Director of Soccer Operations Mike Sorber
Assistant Coach Ante Razov
Assistant Coach Marc Dos Santos
Assistant Coach Kenny Arena
Goalkeeping Coach Zak Abdel

Source: LAFC

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Notes Ref.
March 23, 2017 MF — United States Carlos Alvarez United States San Antonio FC Transfer; loaned to Orange County SC for the 2017 USL season [7]
May 5, 2017 FW — Nigeria Monday Etim United States Montverde Academy Transfer; loaned to Orange County SC for the 2017 USL season [8]
August 10, 2017 FW — Mexico Carlos Vela Spain Real Sociedad Free transfer on January 1, 2018 [9]
September 6, 2017 FW — Argentina Rodrigo Pacheco Argentina Lanús Loan; loaned to Orange County SC for the 2017 USL season [10]
November 18, 2017 DF — Egypt Omar Gaber Switzerland Basel Loan on January 1, 2018 [11]
December 10, 2017 DF — United States Walker Zimmerman United States FC Dallas Traded for $250,000 GAM, $250,000 TAM, and No. 1 of the MLS Allocation Ranking [12]
December 12, 2017 GK — United States Tyler Miller United States Seattle Sounders Expansion draft [13]
December 12, 2017 FW — Ghana Latif Blessing United States Sporting Kansas City Expansion draft [13]
December 12, 2017 FW — Costa Rica Marco Ureña United States San Jose Earthquakes Expansion draft [13]
December 12, 2017 DF — Finland Jukka Raitala United States San Jose Earthquakes Expansion draft [13]
December 12, 2017 MF — Canada Raheem Edwards Canada Toronto FC Expansion draft [13]
December 12, 2017 DF — Belgium Laurent Ciman Canada Montreal Impact Traded for Raheem Edwards and Jukka Raitala [13]
December 14, 2017 FW — Uruguay Diego Rossi Uruguay Peñarol Transfer on January 1, 2018 [14]
December 21, 2017 MF — Scotland Calum Mallace United States Seattle Sounders Selected in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft. [15]
December 23, 2017 DF — United States Jordan Harvey Canada Vancouver Whitecaps Free transfer on January 1, 2018 [16]
January 3, 2018 MF — United States Benny Feilhaber United States Sporting Kansas City Traded for $200,000 GAM & $200,000 TAM [17]

Transfers out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Notes Ref.
December 12, 2017 DF — Finland Jukka Raitala Canada Montreal Impact Traded for Laurent Ciman [13]
December 12, 2017 MF — Canada Raheem Edwards Canada Montreal Impact Traded for Laurent Ciman [13]
December 14, 2017 MF — United States Carlos Alvarez United States Las Vegas Lights FC Option declined [18]
January 5, 2018 FW — Haiti Steeve Saint-Duc Norway Strømmen IF Loan [19]
April 26, 2018 MF 32 Argentina Nicolás Czornomaz United States Orange County SC Loan [20]
May 8, 2018 FW 50 Argentina Rodrigo Pacheco Waived [21]
June 22, 2018 MF 19 United States James Murphy United States Las Vegas Lights FC Loan [22]
July 12, 2018 DF 4 Egypt Omar Gaber Egypt Pyramids FC Transfer [23]
July 13, 2018 GK 22 Honduras Luis López United States Orange County SC Loan [24]
August 15, 2018 DF 27 United States Tristan Blackmon United States Phoenix Rising FC Loan [25]
August 17, 2018 FW 28 United States Shaft Brewer Jr. United States Phoenix Rising FC Loan [26]
August 28, 2018 DF 23 Belgium Laurent Ciman France Dijon FCO Transfer [27]

Draft picks

Round # Position Player College/Club Team Reference
1 1 DF Portugal João Moutinho Akron [28]
1 3 DF United States Tristan Blackmon Pacific [29]
2 24 MF Spain Pol Calvet Pittsburgh [30]
3 47 FW United States Jordan Jones Oregon State

Competitions

Preseason

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting Kansas City 34 18 8 8 65 40 +25 62 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 Seattle Sounders FC 34 18 5 11 52 37 +15 59
3 Los Angeles FC 34 16 9 9 68 52 +16 57 MLS Cup Knockout Round
4 FC Dallas 34 16 9 9 52 44 +8 57
5 Portland Timbers 34 15 9 10 54 48 +6 54
6 Real Salt Lake 34 14 7 13 55 58 −3 49
7 LA Galaxy 34 13 9 12 66 64 +2 48
8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 13 8 13 54 67 −13 47
9 Houston Dynamo 34 10 8 16 58 58 0 38
10 Minnesota United FC 34 11 3 20 49 71 −22 36
11 Colorado Rapids 34 8 7 19 36 63 −27 31
12 San Jose Earthquakes 34 4 9 21 49 71 −22 21
Source: MLS
Overall
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1 New York Red Bulls (X) 34 22 5 7 62 33 +29 71 2019 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Atlanta United FC (C) 34 21 6 7 70 44 +26 69
3 Sporting Kansas City 34 18 8 8 65 40 +25 62
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34 18 5 11 52 37 +15 59
5 Los Angeles FC 34 16 9 9 68 52 +16 57
6 FC Dallas 34 16 9 9 52 44 +8 57
7 New York City FC 34 16 8 10 59 45 +14 56
8 Portland Timbers 34 15 9 10 54 48 +6 54
9 D.C. United 34 14 9 11 60 50 +10 51
10 Columbus Crew 34 14 9 11 43 45 −2 51
11 Philadelphia Union 34 15 5 14 49 50 −1 50
12 Real Salt Lake 34 14 7 13 55 58 −3 49
13 LA Galaxy 34 13 9 12 66 64 +2 48
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 13 8 13 54 67 −13 47
15 Montreal Impact 34 14 4 16 47 53 −6 46
16 New England Revolution 34 10 11 13 49 55 −6 41
17 Houston Dynamo 34 10 8 16 58 58 0 38 2019 CONCACAF Champions League
18 Minnesota United FC 34 11 3 20 49 71 −22 36
19 Toronto FC 34 10 6 18 59 64 −5 36 2019 CONCACAF Champions League
20 Chicago Fire 34 8 8 18 48 61 −13 32
21 Colorado Rapids 34 8 7 19 36 63 −27 31
22 Orlando City SC 34 8 4 22 43 74 −31 28
23 San Jose Earthquakes 34 4 9 21 49 71 −22 21
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (X) Supporters' Shield winner.
Notes:
  1. ↑
    CONCACAF Champions League
    Selection procedure
    • Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[31] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2018 season, the following teams qualified:
      1. The winner of MLS Cup 2018 (Atlanta United FC);
      2. The winner of the 2018 U.S. Open Cup (Houston Dynamo)
      Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters' Shield werw not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament.
      One Canada-based team qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
      1. The winner of the 2018 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

Results

All times are Pacific.

MLS Cup Playoffs

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U.S. Open Cup

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Friendlies

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on November 1, 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK United States Tyler Miller 38 0 33 0 4 0 1 0
13 GK United States Charlie Lyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 GK Canada Quillan Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF United States Jordan Harvey 34 0 24+6 0 3 0 1 0
3 DF Iran Steven Beitashour 35 2 31 2 3 0 1 0
5 DF Canada Dejan Jakovic 18 0 13+2 0 1+2 0 0 0
6 DF Brazil Danilo Silva 12 2 10+1 1 0 0 1 1
25 DF United States Walker Zimmerman 32 4 27 4 4 0 1 0
44 DF Portugal João Moutinho 15 1 10+4 1 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
8 MF Portugal André Horta 12 0 3+8 0 0+1 0 0 0
11 MF United States Aaron Kovar 16 0 7+5 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
14 MF Canada Mark-Anthony Kaye 22 2 20 2 1+1 0 0 0
16 MF Scotland Calum Mallace 7 0 0+5 0 1+1 0 0 0
20 MF Colombia Eduard Atuesta 30 1 16+10 1 3 0 0+1 0
24 MF United States Lee Nguyen 31 3 21+5 3 4 0 1 0
33 MF United States Benny Feilhaber 39 4 33+2 3 2+1 1 1 0
Forwards
7 FW Ghana Latif Blessing 36 7 19+12 5 4 2 1 0
9 FW Uruguay Diego Rossi 38 17 31+2 12 3+1 5 1 0
10 FW Mexico Carlos Vela 32 15 27+2 14 2 1 1 0
12 FW United States Christian Ramirez 9 4 3+5 3 0 0 0+1 1
18 FW United States Joshua Pérez 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Costa Rica Marco Ureña 19 2 11+7 1 1 1 0 0
99 FW Norway Adama Diomande 22 12 15+4 12 1+1 0 1 0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
22 GK Honduras Luis López 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Egypt Omar Gaber 7 0 2+5 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Belgium Laurent Ciman 24 3 22 3 2 0 0 0
27 DF United States Tristan Blackmon 11 0 5+4 0 2 0 0 0
19 MF United States James Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW United States Shaft Brewer Jr. 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0 0
50 FW Argentina Rodrigo Pacheco 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorers

Place Position Name MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Total
1 FW Uruguay Diego Rossi 12 0 5 17
2 FW Mexico Carlos Vela 14 0 1 15
3 FW Norway Adama Diomande 12 0 0 12
4 FW Ghana Latif Blessing 5 0 2 7
5 DF United States Walker Zimmerman 4 0 0 4
MF United States Benny Feilhaber 3 0 1 4
7 DF Belgium Laurent Ciman 3 0 0 3
MF United States Lee Nguyen 3 0 0 3
FW United States Christian Ramirez 2 1 0 3
10 DF Iran Steven Beitashour 2 0 0 2
MF Canada Mark-Anthony Kaye 2 0 0 2
FW Costa Rica Marco Ureña 1 0 1 2
13 MF Colombia Eduard Atuesta 1 0 0 1
DF Portugal João Moutinho 1 0 0 1
DF Brazil Danilo Silva 0 1 0 1
Own goals 3 0 1 4
Total 68 2 11 81

As of November 2, 2018.

See also

References

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