| Club: | LA Galaxy |
| Season: | 2018 |
| League: | MLS |
| Ownertitle: | Owner |
| Owner: | Philip Anschutz (AEG) |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Sigi Schmid (Until September 10)[1] Dominic Kinnear (interim) |
| Stadium: | StubHub Center |
| League Result: | Conference 7th |
| Cup1: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Highest Attendance: | 27,068 (vs. Los Angeles FC – March 31 and August 24) 27,068 (vs. Houston Dynamo – October 28) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 18,003 (vs. FC Dallas – May 30) |
| League Topscorer: | Zlatan Ibrahimović (21 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Zlatan Ibrahimović (21 goals) |
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| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 LA Galaxy season was the club's twenty-third season of existence, their twenty-third in Major League Soccer.
As the end of the season.
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  Rosenborg | Free transfer. | [2] | |||
| GK |  David Bingham | December 18, 2017 | [3] [4] | |||
| DF |  Rolf Feltscher | Cardiff City | Free transfer. | December 19, 2017 | [5] | |
| MF | Orlando City SC | Selected on Stage 2 of the 2017 MLS Re-Entry Draft. | December 21, 2017 | [6] | ||
| MF | Perry Kitchen | Randers | Traded $100,000 in GAM and $200,000 in TAM to D.C. United for the player's Discovery Rights. | January 9, 2018 | [7] | |
| GK | Brian Sylvestre | North Carolina FC | Free transfer. | January 12, 2018 | [8] | |
| DF |  Emrah Klimenta | Free transfer. | January 16, 2018 | [9] | ||
| FW | Ola Kamara | Columbus Crew SC | Acquired in exchange for Gyasi Zardes and $400,000 in TAM. | January 20, 2018 | [10] | |
| MF | Chris Pontius | Philadelphia Union | Sign. | January 22, 2018 | [11] | |
| GK | Justin Vom Steeg | LA Galaxy II | Sign. | March 1, 2018 | [12] | |
| MF | Efrain Alvarez | LA Galaxy II | Sign. | March 4, 2018 | [13] | |
| FW |  Zlatan Ibrahimović | Manchester United | Free transfer. | March 23, 2018 | [14] [15] | |
| DF | Sheanon Williams |  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Sign. | June 14, 2018 | [16] |
See also: 2018 MLS SuperDraft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2018 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
| Date | Player | Position | College | Pick | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 19, 2018 | Tomas Hilliard-Arce | DF | Stanford | Round 1 – 2nd pick | [17] | |
| January 19, 2018 | Drew Skundrich | MF | Stanford | Round 2 – 40th pick | [18] | |
| January 21, 2018 | Nate Shultz | DF | Akron | Round 3 – 48th pick | [19] | |
| January 21, 2018 | PASS | Round 4 – 90th pick |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Retired. | [20] | ||||
| MF | Contract option declined. | [21] | ||||
| GK | Jon Kempin | Columbus Crew SC | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a 2018 MLS SuperDraft fourth round pick. | November 27, 2017 | [22] | |
| MF | Rafael Garcia | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | |||
| GK | Brian Rowe | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a second-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. | November 27, 2017 | [23] | ||
| FW | Jose Villareal | Orlando City SC | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a third-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. | November 27, 2017 | [24] | |
| FW | Jack McBean | Colorado Rapids | Contract option declined. Later he was traded for a conditional fourth-round selection in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. | November 27, 2017 | [25] | |
| MF |  Raúl Mendiola | Reno 1868 | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | ||
| DF | Pele van Anholt | NAC Breda | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | ||
| GK |  Clément Diop | Montreal Impact | Contract option declined. Later he was selected in the MLS Waiver Draft. | November 27, 2017 | [26] | |
| MF | Jaime Villarreal | Sacramento Republic FC | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | ||
| DF | Nathan Smith | Portland Timbers 2 | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | [27] | |
| DF |  Bradley Diallo | CS Gaz Metan Mediaș | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | ||
| FW | Indy Eleven | Contract option declined. | November 27, 2017 | |||
| FW | Gyasi Zardes | Columbus Crew SC | Traded along with $400,000 in TAM for Ola Kamara. | January 20, 2018 | [28] | |
| DF | Emrah Klimenta | Sacramento Republic FC | Released. | June 14, 2018 | ||
| MF | João Pedro | Apollon Smyrnis | Loan. | August 21, 2018 | [29] |
Preseason schedule announced on December 6, 2017.[30]
See also: 2018 Mobile Mini Sun Cup.
The schedule for the tournament was released on December 15, 2017.[31]
See main article: 2018 Major League Soccer season.
The first two matches of 2018 MLS season were announced on December 19, 2017.[32] The full schedule was released on January 4, 2018.[33]
All times are in Pacific Time Zone.
See main article: 2018 U.S. Open Cup.
The draw for this round was held on May 24, 2018.[34]
The draw for this round was held on June 7, 2018.[35]
Last updated on October 28, 2018|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club|-|}
| width=40 | Place | width=40 | Position | width=40 | Number | width=180 | Name | width=80 | width=80 | width=80 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 9 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 22 | 0 | 22 | |||||||
| 2 | FW | 11 | Ola Kamara | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
| 3 | MF | 7 | Romain Alessandrini | 11 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
| 4 | MF | 19 | Chris Pontius | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 5 | MF | 17 | Sebastian Lletget | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| FW | 10 | Giovani dos Santos | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 7 | MF | 24 |  Emmanuel Boateng | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| FW | 15 | Ariel Lassiter | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| MF | 8 | Jonathan dos Santos | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 10 | DF | 28 | Michaël Ciani | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| DF | 3 | Ashley Cole | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| FW | 38 | Bradford Jamieson | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | 25 | Rolf Feltscher | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | 4 | David Romney | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 66 | 3 | 69 | ||||||||||