2009 Los Angeles Galaxy season

Los Angeles Galaxy
2009 season
Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Coach	Bruce Arena
Major League Soccer	Western Conference: 1st; Overall: 2nd
MLS Cup	Runners-up
U.S. Open Cup	Did not qualify
Average home league attendance	20,827
Home colors	Away colors

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.

Squad

First-team squad

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JAM	Donovan Ricketts
2	DF	USA	Todd Dunivant
3	DF	USA	Leonard Griffin
4	DF	USA	Omar Gonzalez
5	DF	TRI	Yohance Marshall
6	MF	USA	Eddie Lewis
7	MF	USA	Chris Klein (Vice Captain)
8	MF	UKR	Dema Kovalenko
9	FW	USA	Jovan Kirovski
10	FW	USA	Landon Donovan (Captain)
11	FW	USA	Alecko Eskandarian
12	GK	PUR	Josh Saunders
14	FW	USA	Edson Buddle


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	BRA	Stefani Miglioranzi
16	DF	USA	Gregg Berhalter
17	FW	USA	Tristan Bowen
18	MF	USA	Mike Magee
20	DF	USA	A. J. DeLaGarza
21	FW	USA	Alan Gordon
22	DF	USA	Tony Sanneh
23	MF	ENG	David Beckham
24	DF	USA	Julian Valentin
27	FW	USA	Bryan Jordan
28	DF	USA	Sean Franklin
30	MF	ENG	Kyle Patterson
33	MF	TRI	Chris Birchall

Off-season

The Galaxy was involved in the following off-season activity:

Draft

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
Omar Gonzalez	D	#3 (1st)	University of Maryland '*'
A. J. DeLaGarza	D	#19 (2nd)	University of Maryland
Joshua Boateng	F	#33 (3rd)	Liberty University
Kyle Patterson	M	#48 (4th)	Saint Louis University St. Louis Lions

Statistics

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]

No	Player	Age	Pos	Starts	Apps	G	A
2	DunivantTodd Dunivant	19801226 (1980-12-26)December 26, 1980 (aged 28)	DF	21	22	1	2	0	0
3	GriffinLeonard Griffin	19820911 (1982-09-11)September 11, 1982 (aged 26)	DF	0	1	0	0	0	0
4	GonzalezOmar Gonzalez	19881011 (1988-10-11)October 11, 1988 (aged 20)	DF	26	26	1	1	4	0
6	LewisEddie Lewis	19740517 (1974-05-17)May 17, 1974 (aged 34)	MF	21	23	2	4	4	2
7	KleinChris Klein	19760104 (1976-01-04)January 4, 1976 (aged 33)	MF	9	26	0	1	1	0
8	KovalenkoDema Kovalenko	19770828 (1977-08-28)August 28, 1977 (aged 31)	MF	13	13	0	2	2	1
9	KirovskiJovan Kirovski	19760318 (1976-03-18)March 18, 1976 (aged 33)	FW	13	19	2	1	3	0
10	DonovanLandon Donovan	19820304 (1982-03-04)March 4, 1982 (aged 27)	FW	20	21	10	6	1	0
11	EskandarianAlecko Eskandarian	19820709 (1982-07-09)July 9, 1982 (aged 26)	FW	3	3	2	0	2	0
14	BuddleEdson Buddle	19810521 (1981-05-21)May 21, 1981 (aged 27)	FW	9	15	5	0	1	0
15	MiglioranziStefani Miglioranzi	19770920 (1977-09-20)September 20, 1977 (aged 31)	MF	19	22	0	0	4	0
16	BerhalterGregg Berhalter	19730801 (1973-08-01)August 1, 1973 (aged 35)	DF	22	22	0	0	3	2
17	BowenTristan Bowen	19910131 (1991-01-31)January 31, 1991 (aged 18)	FW	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	MageeMike Magee	19840902 (1984-09-02)September 2, 1984 (aged 24)	MF	17	20	2	6	3	0
19	TudelaJosh Tudela*	19840313 (1984-03-13)March 13, 1984 (aged 25)	MF	8	8	0	0	1	0
20	DeLaGarzaA. J. DeLaGarza	19871104 (1987-11-04)November 4, 1987 (aged 21)	DF	19	20	1	1	2	0
21	GordonAlan Gordon	19811016 (1981-10-16)October 16, 1981 (aged 27)	FW	13	19	3	3	3	1
22	SannehTony Sanneh	19710601 (1971-06-01)June 1, 1971 (aged 37)	DF	5	13	0	0	2	0
23	BeckhamDavid Beckham	19750502 (1975-05-02)May 2, 1975 (aged 33)	MF	11	11	2	3	1	1
27	JordanBryan Jordan	19850913 (1985-09-13)September 13, 1985 (aged 23)	FW	1	17	1	0	2	0
28	FranklinSean Franklin	19850321 (1985-03-21)March 21, 1985 (aged 23)	DF	9	9	0	1	0	0
30	PattersonKyle Patterson	19860106 (1986-01-06)January 6, 1986 (aged 23)	MF	2	3	0	1	0	0
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

No	Player	Age	Starts	Apps	GA	GAA	CS
1	RickettsDonovan Ricketts	19770706 (1977-07-06)July 6, 1977 (aged 31)	22	22	24	1.13	6
12	SaundersJosh Saunders	19810302 (1981-03-02)March 2, 1981 (aged 28)	4	6	5	1.06	2
					29	1.12	9

Recognition

MLS All-Stars

Landon Donovan - FW - First XI

MLS Player of the Week

Donovan Ricketts - Week 4 - SHO, 5 SVS

MLS Player of the Month

Landon Donovan - July - 1 G, 2 A, Galaxy 3-0-1 in July

MLS Goal of the Week

Landon Donovan - Week 21 - 21'

MLS Save of the Week

Donovan Ricketts - Week 14 - 14'
Josh Saunders - Week 16 - 73'
Donovan Ricketts - Week 18 - 42'

Club

Management

Position	Staff
General Manager/head coach	Bruce Arena
Associate head coach	Dave Sarachan
Assistant Coach	Trevor James
Assistant Coach	Cobi Jones
Goalkeeper Coach	Ian Feuer
Head Athletic trainer	Armando Rivas
Assistant Athletic trainer	Cecelia Gutierrez
Equipment manager	Raul Vargas

Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: Los Angeles Galaxy

Other information

Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	The Home Depot Center (27,000 / N/A)

Source: Los Angeles Galaxy

Competitions

Overall

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5	48	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Houston Dynamo	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10	48
3	Seattle Sounders FC	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9	47
4	Chivas USA	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3	45
5	Real Salt Lake	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8	40
6	Colorado Rapids	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4	40
7	FC Dallas	30	11	13	6	50	47	+3	39
8	San Jose Earthquakes	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14	30

Source: MLS

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Columbus Crew (S)	30	13	7	10	41	31	+10	49	CONCACAF Champions League
2	LA Galaxy	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5	48	CONCACAF Champions League
3	Houston Dynamo	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10	48	North American SuperLiga
4	Seattle Sounders FC	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9	47	CONCACAF Champions League
5	Chicago Fire	30	11	7	12	39	34	+5	45	North American SuperLiga
6	Chivas USA	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3	45
7	New England Revolution	30	11	10	9	33	37	−4	42
8	Real Salt Lake (C)	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8	40	CONCACAF Champions League
9	Colorado Rapids	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4	40
10	D.C. United	30	9	8	13	43	44	−1	40
11	FC Dallas	30	11	13	6	50	47	+3	39
12	Toronto FC	30	10	11	9	37	46	−9	39	CONCACAF Champions League^{[lower-alpha 1]}
13	Kansas City Wizards	30	8	13	9	33	42	−9	33
14	San Jose Earthquakes	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14	30
15	New York Red Bulls	30	5	19	6	27	47	−20	21

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield
Notes:

↑ As winners of the 2010 Canadian Championship

Results summary

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

Updated to match(es) played on October 25, 2009. Source: Los Angeles Galaxy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Matches

Win Tie Loss

Pan-Pacific Championship

February 18, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–0	Oita Trinita	Carson, California
	Buddle 44' Kirovski 53' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center

February 21, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1 (2–4 p)	Suwon Bluewings	Carson, California
	Magee 89' (pen.)	Report	Franklin 39' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Home Depot Center
	Penalties
	Buddle Klein Magee Patterson		Edu Sang-Min Kil-Hoon Sung-Hwan

Phoenix Soccer Classico

March 14, 2009	Chicago Fire	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tempe, Arizona
	Pappa 30'	Report	Tudela 4'	Stadium: Sun Devil Stadium Attendance: 8,614

International friendlies

June 9, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Herediano	Carson, California
	Buddle 12' Griffin 66' Patterson 91'	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 3,657 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

July 20, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–2	Milan	Carson, California
	Gordon 30' Jordan 64'	Report	Silva 16' Inzaghi 60'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

August 1, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–2	Barcelona	Pasadena, California
	Beckham 45' Gordon 54'	Report	Pedro 11' Touré 44' Jeffrén 67'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 93,137 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

MLS regular season

March 22, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–2	D.C. United	Carson, California
	Donovan 80' (pen.) Donovan 85'	Report	Gomez 44' Pontius 62'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 18,013 Referee: Jair Marrufo

April 4, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–3	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California
	Gonzalez 37' Gordon 48'	Report	Casey 1' Gibbs 46+' Casey 49' Casey 63' Ballouchy 66' Casey 84'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,709 Referee: Michael Kennedy

April 11, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–0	Chivas USA	Carson, California
	Miglioranzi 19' Lewis 26' Gordon 68' 71' Berhalter 79'	Report	Nagamura 25' 45' Kljestan 33' Thomas 36'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 23,317 Referee: Tim Weyland

April 18, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	1 - 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Santa Clara, California
	Campos 5' Corrales 67' Garcia 90' Amarikwa 92+'	Report	Kovalenko 25' Miglioranzi 73' Jordan 76'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 15,463 Referee: Alex Prus

April 25, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Commerce City, Colorado
	Clark 60'	Report	Donovan 82'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 12,180 Referee: Alex Prus

May 2, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Carson, California
	Donovan 4' (pen.)	Report	Johnson 76'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: Abiodun Okulaja Referee: 21,006

May 6, 2009	Real Salt Lake	2–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
	Mathis 7' Findley 34' Johnson 92+' (pen.)	Report	Donovan 91+' (pen.) Magee 94+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 16,155 Referee: Michael Kennedy

May 10, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Seattle, Washington
	Le Toux 22' Evans 45' Riley 57' 57' Ljungberg 58' Jaqua 80'	Report	Gordon 32' Gordon 35' Magee 59' Sanneh 61' Miglioranzi 83'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 29,025 Referee: Tim Weyland

May 17, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1	Columbus Crew	Carson, California
	Lewis 32' Jordan 46' Lewis 91+'	Report	Rogers 58' Moreno 62' Schelotto 70' O'Rourke 86' 89'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,649 Referee: Alex Prus

May 23, 2009	FC Dallas	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Frisco, Texas
	Saragosa 25' Moor 31' Ricchetti 32' Rocha 41' Guarda 74'	Report	Donovan 3' Lewis 26' Gonzalez 33' Tudela 42'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 9,595 Referee: Paul Ward

May 30, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1	Kansas City Wizards	Carson, California
	DeLaGarza 57' Berhalter 59' Buddle 87'	Report	Conrad 47' Arnaud 78' Arnaud 84' Watson 92'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,673 Referee: Terry Vaughn

June 6, 2009	Toronto FC	1–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Toronto, Ontario Canada
	Harmse 44' Dichio 64'	Report	Gordon 5' Gonzalez 9' Senneh 31' Buddle 77'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,753 Referee: Alex Prus

June 13, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–2	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
	Gordon 46' Kirovski 65' Lewis 65' Gonzalez 91+'	Report	Movsisyan 13' Borchers 51' Johnson 59' Mathis 59'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,718 Referee: Jasen Anno

June 20, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Oakland, California
	Campos 6' (pen.) Pitchkolan 24' Johnson 48' Johnson 54' Huckerby 90'	Report	Kirovski 28' Kirovski 65'	Stadium: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Attendance: 17,128 Referee: Yader Reyes

June 28, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
	Dunivant 24' Buddle 56' Magee 89'	Report	Chabala 54' Boswell 56' Cameron 81'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 17,938 Referee: Michael Kennedy

July 4, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	New England Revolution	Carson, California
	Eskandarian 8' Berhalter 72' Jordan 87'	Report	Mansally 50' Thompson 61' Phelan 61' Reis 87'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,609 Referee: Mark Geiger

July 11, 2009	Chivas USA	0–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Carson, California
		Report	Buddle 30' Eskandarian 66'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 23,409 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

July 16, 2009	New York Red Bulls	1–3	Los Angeles Galaxy	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Angel 87' (pen.) Rojas 90'	Report	Eskandarian 3' Berhalter 10' Eskandarian 28' Donovan 31' Lewis 45'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 23,238 Referee: Shane Moody

July 25, 2009	Kansas City Wizards	1–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Kansas City, Kansas
	López 26'	Report	Donovan 33' Gonzalez 51'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 11,906 Referee: Terry Vaughn

August 8, 2009	New England Revolution	1–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Mansally 74' Ralston 83'	Report	Donovan 21' Kirovski 52' Lewis 77'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 26,623 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

August 15, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
20:00 PST	DeLaGarza 14' Beckham 17' Lewis 79' Kirovski 94+'	Report	Zakuani 22' Montero 54' Marshall 65' 76' Montero 81'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 20,162 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

August 19, 2009	Chicago Fire	0–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Thorrington 60'	Report	Magee 23' Miglioranzi 43' Donovan 54' Ricketts 72'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

August 22, 2009	D.C. United	0–0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Washington, D.C.
	Olsen 10' Wallace 68'	Report	Donovan 31' Magee 54'	Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium Attendance: 22,134 Referee: Mark Geiger

August 29, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Chivas USA	Carson, California
	Beckham 80' Klein 90'	Report	Saragosa 23' Galindo 82' Nagamura 92'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

September 12, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	3–6	FC Dallas	Carson, California
	Berhalter 6' Benitez 26' (o.g.) DeLaGarza 42' Buddle 90'	Report	van den Bergh 8' Cunningham 25' Ferreira 31' Ihemelu 33' McCarty 71' Harris 82' Ferreira 83' Cunningham 86'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 18,148 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

September 19, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–0	Toronto FC	Carson, California
	Beckham 9' Beckham 64' Buddle 83'	Report	Guzman 24' Guevara 64' Garcia 67'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 18,619 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 26, 2009	Columbus Crew	2–0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus, Ohio
	Hejduk 28' Gaven 33' Lenhart 59' Brunner 62' Moreno 69' Lenhart 75'	Report	Kirovski 56' Birchall 71' Berhalter 73' Gordon 93+'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 20,966 Referee: Terry Vaughn

October 2, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Chicago Fire	Carson, California
	Donovan 42' Birchall 45' Klein 63'	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 21,679 Referee: Alex Prus

October 18, 2009	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Houston, Texas, United States
	Ching 84' 84' Oduro 87'	Report	Beckham 84' Gordon 91+'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 29,470 Referee: Kevin Stott

October 24, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
	Burling 24' (o.g.) Donovan 77' Gonzalez 78'	Report	Convey 17' Alvarez 69'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

MLS playoffs

November 1, 2009 Conf. Semifinals	Chivas USA	2–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Carson, California
13:00 PST	Santos 4' Galindo 50' Saragosa 81'	Report	Magee 14' Birchall 27' Donovan 41'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 25,218 Referee: Kevin Stott

November 8, 2009 Conf. Semifinals	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–0	Chivas USA	Carson, California
16:30 PST	Franklin 60' Donovan 73' (pen.)	Report	Talley 38' Thornton 72' Nagamura 78' Cuesta 78' Kljestan 94+'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

November 13, 2009 Conf. Finals	Los Angeles Galaxy	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
20:00 PST	Kovalenko 77' Donovan 89' Berhalter 103' Donovan 109' (pen.)	Report	Mullan 26' Boswell 111' Landín 119'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 25,373 Referee: Terry Vaughn

November 22, 2009 Final	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Real Salt Lake	Seattle, Washington
5:30 p.m. PST	Birchall 39' Magee 41'	Report	Johnson 14' Findley 64'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 46,011 Referee: Kevin Stott
	Penalties
	Beckham Berhalter Kirovski Donovan Magee Klein Buddle		Mathis Findley Beckerman Grabavoy Williams Wingert Russell

U.S. Open Cup qualification

April 7, 2009 Qualification	Los Angeles Galaxy	0–0 (2–4 p)	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California
	Gonzalez 41' Marshall 63' Magee 109'	Report	Dalby 36'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 6,219 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
	Penalties
	Gordon Klein Jordan Magee		Cummings Ballouchy Clark Ihemelu

References

↑ "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
↑ "2009 Los Angeles Galaxy Stats". MLSnet.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010.

External links

2009 Schedule

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[1] "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 28, 2009.

[2] "2009 Los Angeles Galaxy Stats". MLSnet.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2010.

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