2009 Los Angeles Galaxy season
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Los Angeles Galaxy 2009 soccer season
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.
First-team squad[edit]
As of August 29, 2009.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Off-season[edit]
The Galaxy was involved in the following off-season activity:
Draft[edit]
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.
Statistics[edit]
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]
| Nat | No | Player | Age | Pos | Starts | Apps | G | A |  |
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Acquired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | DunivantTodd Dunivant | 19801226 (1980-12-26)December 26, 1980 (aged 28) | DF | 21 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
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3 | GriffinLeonard Griffin | 19820911 (1982-09-11)September 11, 1982 (aged 26) | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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4 | GonzalezOmar Gonzalez | 19881011 (1988-10-11)October 11, 1988 (aged 20) | DF | 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
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6 | LewisEddie Lewis | 19740517 (1974-05-17)May 17, 1974 (aged 34) | MF | 21 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
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7 | KleinChris Klein | 19760104 (1976-01-04)January 4, 1976 (aged 33) | MF | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
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8 | KovalenkoDema Kovalenko | 19770828 (1977-08-28)August 28, 1977 (aged 31) | MF | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
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9 | KirovskiJovan Kirovski | 19760318 (1976-03-18)March 18, 1976 (aged 33) | FW | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
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10 | DonovanLandon Donovan | 19820304 (1982-03-04)March 4, 1982 (aged 27) | FW | 20 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
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11 | EskandarianAlecko Eskandarian | 19820709 (1982-07-09)July 9, 1982 (aged 26) | FW | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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14 | BuddleEdson Buddle | 19810521 (1981-05-21)May 21, 1981 (aged 27) | FW | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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15 | MiglioranziStefani Miglioranzi | 19770920 (1977-09-20)September 20, 1977 (aged 31) | MF | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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16 | BerhalterGregg Berhalter | 19730801 (1973-08-01)August 1, 1973 (aged 35) | DF | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
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17 | BowenTristan Bowen | 19910131 (1991-01-31)January 31, 1991 (aged 18) | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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18 | MageeMike Magee | 19840902 (1984-09-02)September 2, 1984 (aged 24) | MF | 17 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
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19 | TudelaJosh Tudela* | 19840313 (1984-03-13)March 13, 1984 (aged 25) | MF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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20 | DeLaGarzaA. J. DeLaGarza | 19871104 (1987-11-04)November 4, 1987 (aged 21) | DF | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
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21 | GordonAlan Gordon | 19811016 (1981-10-16)October 16, 1981 (aged 27) | FW | 13 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
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22 | SannehTony Sanneh | 19710601 (1971-06-01)June 1, 1971 (aged 37) | DF | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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23 | BeckhamDavid Beckham | 19750502 (1975-05-02)May 2, 1975 (aged 33) | MF | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
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27 | JordanBryan Jordan | 19850913 (1985-09-13)September 13, 1985 (aged 23) | FW | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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28 | FranklinSean Franklin | 19850321 (1985-03-21)March 21, 1985 (aged 23) | DF | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
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30 | PattersonKyle Patterson | 19860106 (1986-01-06)January 6, 1986 (aged 23) | MF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
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33 | BirchallChris Birchall | 19840505 (1984-05-05)May 5, 1984 (aged 24) | MF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 33 | 40 | 7 |
* = Not currently part of team.
Goalkeepers[edit]
| Nat | No | Player | Age | Starts | Apps | GA | GAA | CS | Acquired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 | RickettsDonovan Ricketts | 19770706 (1977-07-06)July 6, 1977 (aged 31) | 22 | 22 | 24 | 1.13 | 6 | |
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12 | SaundersJosh Saunders | 19810302 (1981-03-02)March 2, 1981 (aged 28) | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1.06 | 2 | |
| 29 | 1.12 | 9 |
Recognition[edit]
- MLS All-Stars
- Landon Donovan – FW – First XI
MLS Player of the Week
MLS Player of the Month
MLS Goal of the Week
- Landon Donovan – Week 21 – 21′
MLS Save of the Week
Management[edit]
Other information[edit]
Source: Los Angeles Galaxy
Competitions[edit]
Overall[edit]
| Competition | Started round | Current position / round |
Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLS | — | — | March 21, 2009 |
Updated to match played April 15, 2008
Source: Competitions
Major League Soccer[edit]
Standings[edit]
Results summary[edit]
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 14 | +4 |
Last updated: October 25, 2009
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadium | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | T | L | T | T | T | W | T | T | T | T | T | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | T | W | L | W | T | W | L | W | L | W | T | W |
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie
Matches[edit]
Win Tie Loss
Pan-Pacific Championship[edit]
Phoenix Soccer Classico[edit]
International friendlies[edit]
MLS regular season[edit]
MLS playoffs[edit]
U.S. Open Cup qualification[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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