Club: | Los Angeles Galaxy |
Season: | 2009 |
League: | Major League Soccer |
League Result: | Western Conference: 1st Overall: 2nd |
Chrtitle: | Owner |
Chairman: | Philip Anschutz (AEG) |
Mgrtitle: | Coach |
Manager: | Bruce Arena |
Average Attendance: | 20,827[1] |
Cup1: | MLS Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Runners-up |
Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Did not qualify |
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Prevseason: | 2008 |
Nextseason: | 2010 |
The 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the 14th season of the team's existence. It began on March 22, 2009, with a 2-2 home draw against D.C. United, and ended on November 22, 2009, with a loss on penalties to Real Salt Lake in the 2009 MLS Cup Final.
As of August 29, 2009.
The Galaxy was involved in the following off-season activity:
See main article: 2009 MLS SuperDraft.
The 2009 MLS SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2009, with draft order determined by regular and post-season record.
Players marked with an asterisk after their previous club affiliation were contracted under the Generation Adidas program.
Player | Position | Pick overall (round) | Previous club | |
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D |
| University of Maryland '*' | ||
D |
| University of Maryland | ||
F |
| Liberty University | ||
M |
| Saint Louis University St. Louis Lions |
Statistics are from all MLS matches. Ages are as of March 19, 2009 (the date of their season opener).
Last updated: September 20, 2009.[2]
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Nat | No | Player | Age | Pos | Starts | Apps | G | A | Acquired | |||
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2 | Todd Dunivant | March 19, 2009 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 | Leonard Griffin | March 19, 2009 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
4 | Omar Gonzalez | March 19, 2009 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
6 | Eddie Lewis | March 19, 2009 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||
7 | Chris Klein | March 19, 2009 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
8 | Dema Kovalenko | March 19, 2009 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
9 | Jovan Kirovski | March 19, 2009 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
10 | Landon Donovan | March 19, 2009 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
11 | Alecko Eskandarian | March 19, 2009 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
14 | Edson Buddle | March 19, 2009 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
15 | Stefani Miglioranzi | March 19, 2009 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
16 | Gregg Berhalter | March 19, 2009 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||
17 | Tristan Bowen | March 19, 2009 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
18 | Mike Magee | March 19, 2009 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||
19 | Josh Tudela | March 19, 2009 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
20 | A. J. DeLaGarza | March 19, 2009 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
21 | Alan Gordon | March 19, 2009 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
22 | Tony Sanneh | March 19, 2009 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
23 | David Beckham | March 19, 2009 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
27 | Bryan Jordan | March 19, 2009 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
28 | Sean Franklin | March 19, 2009 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
30 | Kyle Patterson | March 19, 2009 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
33 | Chris Birchall | March 19, 2009 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
33 | 33 | 40 | 7 |
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Nat | No | Player | Age | Starts | Apps | GA | GAA | CS | Acquired | |
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1 | Donovan Ricketts | March 19, 2009 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 1.13 | 6 | |||
12 | Josh Saunders | March 19, 2009 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1.06 | 2 | |||
29 | 1.12 | 9 |
See also: 2009 MLS All-Star Game.
MLS Player of the Week
MLS Player of the Month
MLS Goal of the Week
MLS Save of the Week
See also: Pan-Pacific Championship 2009.
See also: 2009 Major League Soccer season.
See also: 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs.
See also: 2009 U.S. Open Cup qualification.