2022 Los Angeles FC season

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LAFC
2022 season
General manager John Thorrington
Head coach Steve Cherundolo
Stadium Banc of California Stadium
MLS Conference: 1st
Overall: 1st
MLS Cup Playoffs Champions
U.S. Open Cup Round of 16
Average home league attendance 22,059
Biggest win LAFC 5–0 CLT (8/13)
Biggest defeat ATX 4–1 LAFC (8/26)
Home colors
Away colors

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]

Squad

First-team roster

As of October 9, 2022[2]
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 Template:Mlsstatus  El Salvador GK (2000-12-19) December 19, 2000 (age 23) 0 0
77 John McCarthy  United States GK (1992-07-04) July 4, 1992 (age 31) 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 Template:Mlsstatus  Colombia DF (1997-02-02) February 2, 1997 (age 27) 14 0
5 Mamadou Fall  Senegal DF (2002-11-21) November 21, 2002 (age 21) 16 1
12 Diego Palacios Template:Mlsstatus  Ecuador DF (1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 24) 28 1
14 Giorgio Chiellini Template:Mlsstatus  Italy DF (1984-08-14) August 14, 1984 (age 39) 11 0
15 Mohamed Traore  Senegal DF (2002-08-15) August 15, 2002 (age 21) 0 0
18 Erik Dueñas Template:Mlsstatus  United States DF (2004-10-18) October 18, 2004 (age 19) 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 Template:Mlsstatus  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 21) 0 0
6 Ilie Sánchez  Spain MF (1990-11-21) November 21, 1990 (age 33) 33 1
7 Latif Blessing  Ghana MF (1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 27) 30 0
8 Francisco Ginella Template:Mlsstatus  Uruguay MF (1999-01-21) January 21, 1999 (age 25) 15 0
20 José Cifuentes Template:Mlsstatus  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 28) 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 Template:Mlsstatus  Mexico FW (1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 35) 32 12
11 Gareth Bale  Wales FW (1989-07-16) July 16, 1989 (age 34) 12 2
21 Christian Torres Template:Mlsstatus  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 22) 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 32) 4 0
99 Denis Bouanga  Gabon FW (1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 (age 29) 7 1

Coaching staff

As of February 8, 2022 [3] [4]
Technical staff
Head coach United States Steve Cherundolo
Assistant coach Canada Marc Dos Santos
Assistant coach United States Ante Razov
Assistant/Goalkeeping coach Republic of Macedonia Oka Nikolov
Assistant coach/Performance director South Africa Gavin Benjafield
Director of soccer operations United States John Thorrington
Director of soccer operations United States Will Kuntz
Director of football operations Mexico Marco Garcés

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date Position Player From club Notes Ref.
December 12, 2021 DF Argentina Franco Escobar United States Atlanta United FC Trade [5]
December 14, 2021 FW Libya Ismael Tajouri-Shradi United States Charlotte FC Trade [6]
January 12, 2022 MF Spain Ilie Sánchez United States Sporting Kansas City Free Agent [7]
January 14, 2022 MF United States Kellyn Acosta United States Colorado Rapids Trade [8]
January 20, 2022 GK Canada Maxime Crépeau Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Trade [9]
January 21, 2022 GK United States John McCarthy United States Inter Miami CF Free Agent [10]
February 10, 2022 DF United States Ryan Hollingshead United States FC Dallas Traded for Marco Farfan [11]
February 18, 2022 DF Canada Doneil Henry South Korea Suwon Bluewings Free Agent [12]
April 25, 2022 FW Mexico Nathan Ordaz United States LAFC Academy Academy signing [13]
June 13, 2022 DF Italy Giorgio Chiellini Italy Juventus Transfer [14]
June 25, 2022 FW Wales Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid Transfer [15]
July 19, 2022 MF Ecuador Sebastian Méndez United States Orlando City SC Trade [16]
August 5, 2022 FW Gabon Denis Bouanga France Saint-Étienne Transfer [17]
August 26, 2022 FW Spain Cristian Tello Spain Real Betis Transfer [18]

Transfers out

Exit date Position Player To club Notes Ref.
December 1, 2021 GK England Jamal Blackman England Huddersfield Town Declined contract options [19]
December 1, 2021 MF United States Daniel Crisostomo Free Agent Declined contract options [20]
December 1, 2021 DF United States Alvaro Quezada Free Agent Declined contract options [21]
December 15, 2021 MF Canada Raheem Edwards United States LA Galaxy Free Agent [22]
December 15, 2021 DF United States Jordan Harvey Free Agent Free Agent [23]
December 12, 2021 GK Mexico Pablo Sisniega United States Charlotte FC Trade [24]
December 13, 2021 MF Colombia Eduard Atuesta Brazil Palmeiras Transfer [25]
December 14, 2021 DF United States Tristan Blackmon United States Charlotte FC MLS Expansion Draft pick [26]
January 4, 2022 MF United States Bryce Duke United States Inter Miami CF Trade [27]
February 10, 2022 DF United States Marco Farfan United States FC Dallas Traded for Ryan Hollingshead [28]
March 18, 2022 DF South Korea Kim Moon-hwan South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Transfer [29]
April 15, 2022 FW Uruguay Diego Rossi Turkey Fenerbahçe Exercised option to buy [30]
July 3, 2022 DF Canada Doneil Henry Canada Toronto FC Waived [31]
July 18, 2022 MF Uruguay Francisco Ginella Uruguay Nacional Loan [32]
August 3, 2022 FW United States Danny Musovski United States Real Salt Lake Trade [33]
August 5, 2022 FW Libya Ismael Tajouri-Shradi United States New England Revolution Trade [34]
August 24, 2022 FW Uruguay Brian Rodríguez Mexico América Transfer [35]
August 25, 2022 DF Senegal Mamadou Fall Spain Villarreal B Loan [36]

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

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MLS

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Standings

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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)

Results by round

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Matches

All matches are in Pacific time[37]

MLS Cup Playoffs

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MLS Cup

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U.S. Open Cup

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Los Angeles FC will enter the Open Cup in the Third Round.

Leagues Cup

Statistics

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