2022 LA Galaxy season explained

Club:LA Galaxy
Season:2022
League:MLS
Ownertitle:Owner
Owner:Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Stadium:Dignity Health Sports Park
League Result:Conference

4th
Overall: 8th

Cup1:U.S. Open Cup
Cup1 Result:Quarter-final
Cup2:MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup2 Result:Conference Semifinals
Highest Attendance:League/All; 26,674
(4/23 v. NSH)
Lowest Attendance:League: 18,337
(6/29 v. MIN)
All: 9,473
(4/19 v. SD, USOC)
Average Attendance:
League Topscorer:
Javier Hernández (17)
Season Topscorer:
Javier Hernández (18)
Largest Win:LA 4–1 ATX (5/29)
Largest Loss:LA 0–3 HOU (5/22)
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Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 LA Galaxy season was the club's 27th season of existence, and their 27th in Major League Soccer, the top-tier of the American soccer pyramid. LA Galaxy played its home matches at Dignity Health Sports Park in the LA suburb of Carson, California. The Galaxy attempted to make the playoffs after failing to qualify in 2021, also attempted to win their MLS leading 6th MLS Cup, and make their first appearance in the MLS Cup since 2014.

Background

See main article: 2021 LA Galaxy season.

The 2021 season was the Galaxy's 26th season of existence, and their first under manager, Greg Vanney, who was appointed manager during the 2020–21 offseason following the sacking of Guillermo Barros Schelotto. Early on in the season, the Galaxy started off with an 8–4–0 record, with striker Javier Hernández leading the club in scoring with 11 goals. However, a mixture of injuries and poor form caused the club go on a skid during the summer, and ultimately, on the final day of the season, failing to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the second-consecutive season. It marked the third time in the past four seasons that the Galaxy failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Outside of MLS, the Galaxy had planned to participate in the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, which featured a modified qualification method due to COVID-19 pandemic. The method involves the eight MLS clubs with the best regular season records after three matches qualifying for the tournament. By this method, the Galaxy had the seventh best record and qualified. However, the tournament was ultimately canceled by U.S. Soccer due to logistical challenges faced by lower league clubs.

Club

Team management

PositionName
Head coach Greg Vanney
Assistant coach Dan Calichman
Head Athletic Trainer Cesar Roldan
Equipment manager Raul Vargas

Roster

Non-competitive

Preseason friendlies

Preseason friendlies announced on January 5, 2022.[1] LA Galaxy later announced more preseason matches on January 18, 2022, in addition to announcing that the club will also host the Coachella Valley Invitational at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California from February 10 to 19, 2022.

Coachella Valley Invitational

See main article: Coachella Valley Invitational.

Midseason friendlies

Competitive

Major League Soccer

See main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Western Conference

Regular season

Playoffs

See main article: 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs.

All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

Conference Semifinals

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup.

Third round

The draw for the third round was held on April 8, 2022.[2]

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on April 21, 2022.[3]

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 and the Quarter-final was held on May 12, 2022.[4]

Quarter-final

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Top scorers

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1FW14 Javier Hernández180119
2FW99 Dejan Joveljić111315
3FW10 Douglas Costa4004
MF11 Samuel Grandsir3104
4FW26 Efraín Álvarez3003
MF5 Gastón Brugman3003
FW9 Kévin Cabral1023
MF6 Riqui Puig3003
MF6 Rayan Raveloson3003
5MF8 Mark Delgado2002
MF7 Víctor Vázquez2002
6MF37 Daniel Aguirre1001
DF2 Julián Araujo0101
DF4 Séga Coulibaly1001
MF44 Raheem Edwards1001
MF16 Sacha Kljestan1001
DF47 Owen Lambe0011

Top assists

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1MF44 Raheem Edwards516
2MF11 Samuel Grandsir325
3MF6 Rayan Raveloson303
4FW99 Dejan Joveljić202
FW26 Efraín Álvarez112
5DF2 Julián Araujo101
DF3 Derrick Williams101
MF7 Víctor Vázquez101
MF16 Sacha Kljestan101
MF9 Kévin Cabral011

Clean sheets

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11 Jonathan Bond7108
233 Jonathan Klinsmann0011

Disciplinary record

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: LA Galaxy announce 2022 preseason games at Dignity Health Sports Park LA Galaxy . lagalaxy . 8 January 2022 . en.
  2. Web site: SD Loyal Will Face LA Galaxy in Third Round of US Open Cup . www.sdloyal.com . 8 April 2022.
  3. Web site: US Open Cup draw: 21 MLS teams learn Round of 32 opponent MLSSoccer.com . mlssoccer . 22 April 2022 . en.
  4. Web site: LA Galaxy to host LAFC in U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 match LA Galaxy . lagalaxy . 13 May 2022 . en.