2022 Los Angeles FC season

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LAFC
2022 season
General managerJohn Thorrington
Head coachSteve Cherundolo
StadiumBanc of California Stadium
MLSConference: TBD
Overall: TBD
U.S. Open CupRound of 32
Average home league attendance22,059
Biggest winLAFC 3–0 COL (2/26)
Biggest defeatLA 2–1 LAFC (4/9)
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The 2022 Los Angeles FC season is the club's fifth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. LAFC plays its home matches at the Banc of California Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Steve Cherundolo is the club's second head coach, joining on January 3, 2022.[1]

Squad

First-team roster

As of April 17, 2022[2]
No. Name Nationality Pos Date of birth (Age) Apps Goals
16 Maxime Crépeau  Canada GK (1994-05-11) May 11, 1994 (age 30) 7 0
30 Tomas Romero (HG)  El Salvador GK (2000-12-19) December 19, 2000 (age 23) 0 0
77 John McCarthy  United States GK (1992-07-04) July 4, 1992 (age 31) 0 0
2 Franco Escobar  Argentina DF (1995-02-21) February 21, 1995 (age 29) 2 0
3 Jesús Murillo  Colombia DF (1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 (age 30) 6 1
4 Eddie Segura (INTL)  Colombia DF (1997-02-02) February 2, 1997 (age 27) 0 0
5 Mamadou Fall  Senegal DF (2002-11-21) November 21, 2002 (age 21) 7 1
12 Diego Palacios (INTL)  Ecuador DF (1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 24) 5 0
15 Mohamed Traore  Senegal DF (2002-08-15) August 15, 2002 (age 21) 0 0
18 Erik Dueñas (HG)  United States DF (2004-10-18) October 18, 2004 (age 19) 0 0
24 Ryan Hollingshead  United States DF (1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 33) 7 2
25 Sebastien Ibeagha  United States DF (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 32) 0 0
28 Tony Leone (HG)  United States DF (2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 (age 20) 0 0
44 Doneil Henry (INTL)  Canada DF (1993-04-20) April 20, 1993 (age 31) 3 0
80 Julian Gaines  United States DF (2002-11-05) November 5, 2002 (age 21) 0 0
6 Ilie Sánchez  Spain MF (1990-11-21) November 21, 1990 (age 33) 7 1
7 Latif Blessing  Ghana MF (1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 27) 7 0
8 Francisco Ginella (INTL)  Uruguay MF (1999-01-21) January 21, 1999 (age 25) 4 0
11 José Cifuentes (INTL)  Ecuador MF (1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 25) 7 1
23 Kellyn Acosta  United States MF (1995-07-24) July 24, 1995 (age 28) 7 0
9 Cristian Arango  Colombia FW (1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 (age 29) 7 2
10 Carlos Vela (DP)  Mexico FW (1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 35) 7 4
17 Brian Rodríguez (DP, INTL)  Uruguay FW (2000-05-20) May 20, 2000 (age 24) 6 1
19 Ismael Tajouri-Shradi  Libya FW (1994-03-28) March 28, 1994 (age 30) 5 2
21 Christian Torres (HG)  United States FW (2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 20) 0 0
22 Kwadwo Opoku  Ghana FW (2001-07-13) July 13, 2001 (age 22) 7 2
26 Cal Jennings  United States FW (1997-05-17) May 17, 1997 (age 27) 0 0
29 Danny Musovski  United States FW (1995-11-30) November 30, 1995 (age 28) 4 0

Coaching staff

As of February 8, 2022[3] [4]
Technical staff
Head coach United States Steve Cherundolo
Assistant coach Canada Marc Dos Santos
Assistant coach United States Ante Razov
Assistant/Goalkeeping coach North Macedonia Oka Nikolov
Assistant coach/Performance director South Africa Gavin Benjafield
Director of soccer operations United States John Thorrington
Director of soccer operations United States Will Kuntz
Director of football operations Mexico Marco Garcés

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date Position Player From club Notes Ref.
December 12, 2021 DF Argentina Franco Escobar United States Atlanta United Trade [5]
December 14, 2021 FW Libya Ismael Tajouri-Shradi United States Charlotte FC Trade [6]
January 12, 2022 MF Spain Ilie Sánchez United States Sporting Kansas City Free Agent [7]
January 14, 2022 MF United States Kellyn Acosta United States Colorado Rapids Trade [8]
January 20, 2022 GK Canada Maxime Crépeau Canada Vancouver Whitecaps Trade [9]
January 21, 2022 GK United States John McCarthy United States Inter Miami Free Agent [10]
February 10, 2022 DF United States Ryan Hollingshead United States FC Dallas Traded for Marco Farfan [11]
February 18, 2022 DF Canada Doneil Henry South Korea Suwon Bluewings Free Agent [12]

Transfers out

Exit date Position Player To club Notes Ref.
December 1, 2021 GK England Jamal Blackman England Huddersfield Town Declined contract options [13]
December 1, 2021 MF United States Daniel Crisostomo Free Agent Declined contract options [14]
December 1, 2021 DF United States Alvaro Quezada Free Agent Declined contract options [15]
December 15, 2021 MF Canada Raheem Edwards United States LA Galaxy Free Agent [16]
December 15, 2021 DF United States Jordan Harvey Free Agent Free Agent [17]
December 12, 2021 GK Mexico Pablo Sisniega United States Charlotte FC Trade [18]
December 13, 2021 MF Colombia Eduard Atuesta Brazil Palmeiras Transfer [19]
December 14, 2021 DF United States Tristan Blackmon United States Charlotte FC MLS Expansion Draft pick [20]
January 4, 2022 MF United States Bryce Duke United States Inter Miami Trade [21]
February 10, 2022 DF United States Marco Farfan United States FC Dallas Traded for Ryan Hollingshead [22]
March 18, 2022 DF South Korea Kim Moon-hwan South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Transfer [23]
April 15, 2022 FW Uruguay Diego Rossi Turkey Fenerbahçe Exercised option to buy [24]

Draft picks

Los Angeles FC did not participate in the 2022 MLS Superdraft as the club traded their draft picks in exchange for new players and General Allocation Money.

Round # Position Player College/Club Team Reference
1
2
3

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason

January 29 Preseason 1 Los Angeles FC 1–1 New England Revolution Los Angeles
12:00 PM PT Murillo Red card 33'
Fall 86' (pen.)
LAFC Tweet
LAFC notes
Buksa 44' Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: Not reported
Referee: Malik Badawi
February 2 Preseason 2 Los Angeles FC 1–2 Toronto FC Irvine, California
11:00 AM PT Ordaz 84' Report Achara 66'
Perruzza 74'
Stadium: University of California, Irvine
Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played behind closed doors

Coachella Valley Invitational

February 15 Preseason 3 Los Angeles FC 0–2 D.C. United Indio, California
3:30 PM PT Report 9' (pen.)
Skundrich 77'
Stadium: Empire Polo Club
Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played behind closed doors
February 19 Preseason 4 Los Angeles FC 6–1 New York Red Bulls Indio, California
12:00 PM PT Rodríguez 28', 34'
31' (o.g)
Vela 46'
Fall 58'
Opoku 60'
Report Klimala 9' (pen.) Stadium: Empire Polo Club
Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played behind closed doors

MLS

Standings

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Los Angeles FC 34 21 9 4 66 38 +28 67 Qualification for the 2023 Campeones Cup, CONCACAF Champions League & conference semifinals
2 Austin FC 34 16 10 8 65 49 +16 56 Qualification for the first round & CONCACAF Champions League
3 FC Dallas 34 14 9 11 48 37 +11 53 Qualification for the first round
4 LA Galaxy 34 14 12 8 58 51 +7 50
5 Nashville SC 34 13 10 11 52 41 +11 50
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Overall
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Los Angeles FC (C, S) 34 21 9 4 66 38 +28 67 Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League[a]
2 Philadelphia Union 34 19 5 10 72 26 +46 67 Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League[b]
3 CF Montréal[c] 34 20 9 5 63 50 +13 65
4 Austin FC 34 16 10 8 65 49 +16 56 Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League[d]
5 New York City FC 34 16 11 7 57 41 +16 55
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield winners
Notes:
  1. ^ As 2022 MLS Cup champions and 2022 MLS Supporters' Shield champions (USA1)
  2. ^ As 2022 Eastern Conference regular season champions (USA2)
  3. ^ Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
  4. ^ As highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2022 MLS regular season record) not already qualified (USA3)

Matches

All matches are in Pacific time[25]

February 26 1 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Colorado Rapids Los Angeles
12:30 PM PT Vela 29' (pen.), 35', 50'
Fall Yellow card 58'
Crépeau Yellow card 58'
Cifuentes Yellow card 81'
Arango Yellow card 90'
Report Lewis Yellow card 5' Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,010
Referee: Armando Villarreal
March 6 2 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Portland Timbers Los Angeles
7:00 PM PT Hollingshead Yellow card 25'
Sánchez Yellow card 78'
Fall 90+3'
Report Y. Chará 18'
Bravo Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 62'
Asprilla Yellow card 39'
Van Rankin Yellow card 45+3'
Fochive Yellow card 65'
D. Chará Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,102
Referee: Ismail Elfath
March 12 3 Inter Miami 0–2 Los Angeles FC Fort Lauderdale, Florida
10:30 AM PT Adams Yellow card 29'
Shea Red card 45+2'
Lassiter Yellow card 73'
Azcona Yellow card 90+2'
Moon-hwan Yellow card 11'
Sánchez Yellow card 15'
Opoku 45'
Fall Yellow card 62'
Tajouri-Shradi 82'
Henry Yellow card 88'
Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Attendance: 11,465
Referee: Ted Unkel
March 20 4 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps Los Angeles
7:00 PM PT Hollingshead 27', 70'
Vela Yellow card 33', 38'
Fall Yellow card 61'
Sánchez Yellow card 89'
Blackmon 12'
Veselinović Yellow card 20'
Teibert Yellow card 55'
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,065
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
April 2 5 Orlando City SC 2–4 Los Angeles FC Orlando, Florida
4:30 PM PT Araújo Yellow card 31'
Pato 36'
Moutinho 45'
Report Ginella Yellow card 10'
Murillo Yellow card 13', 38'
Rodríguez 24'
Sánchez 51'
Palacios Yellow card 59'
Cifuentes Yellow card 71'
Fall Yellow card 77'
Opoku 90+3'
Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 16,753
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
April 9 6 LA Galaxy 2–1 Los Angeles FC Carson, California
4:30 PM PT, FOX Chicharito 13' Yellow card 90+3'
Coulibaly 31' Yellow card 63'
Araujo Yellow card 37'
Williams Yellow card 70'
Costa Yellow card 85'
Leerdam Yellow card 85'
Álvarez Yellow card 89'
Report Hollingshead Yellow card 49'
Arango 79' Yellow card 90+10'
Murillo Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 25,174
Referee: Chris Penso
April 17 7 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City Los Angeles
1:00 PM PT, ESPN Murillo Yellow card 8'
Fall Yellow card 25'
Arango 44'
Palacios Yellow card 51'
Tajouri-Shradi 70'
Cifuentes 78'
Report Espinoza Yellow card 6'
Palacios 28' (o.g)
Russell Yellow card 43'
Isimat-Mirin Yellow card 80'
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,097
Referee: Armando Villarreal
April 24 8 FC Cincinnati 1-2 Los Angeles FC Cincinnati, Ohio
2:00 PM PT, FS1 Harris Yellow card 19'
Acosta 45+3'
Badji Yellow card 90+4'
Blackett Yellow card 90+7'
Report Henry Yellow card 6'
Ibeagha Yellow card 33'
Acosta 59'
Musovski 79'
Musovski Yellow card 90+4'
Crépeau Yellow card 90+7'
Stadium: TQL Stadium
Referee: Ismail Elfath
May 1 9 Los Angeles FC v Minnesota United Los Angeles
7:00 PM PT, FS1 Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
May 7 10 Los Angeles FC v Philadelphia Union Los Angeles
8:00 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
May 14 11 Colorado Rapids v Los Angeles FC Commerce City, Colorado
12:30 PM PT Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
May 18 12 Los Angeles FC v Austin FC Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
May 21 13 Columbus Crew v Los Angeles FC Columbus, Ohio
12:30 PM PT Stadium: Lower.com Field
May 28 14 Los Angeles FC v San Jose Earthquakes Los Angeles
3:00 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
June 18 15 Seattle Sounders v Los Angeles FC Seattle, Washington
12:00 PM PT, ABC Stadium: Lumen Field
June 26 16 Los Angeles FC v New York Red Bulls Los Angeles
12:00 PM PT, ABC Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
June 29 17 Los Angeles FC v FC Dallas Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
July 2 18 Vancouver Whitecaps v Los Angeles FC Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 PM PT Stadium: BC Place
July 8 19 Los Angeles FC v LA Galaxy Los Angeles
7:00 PM PT, ESPN Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
July 17 20 Nashville SC v Los Angeles FC Nashville, Tennessee
5:30 PM PT Stadium: Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium
July 23 21 Sporting Kansas City v Los Angeles FC Kansas City, Kansas
5:30 PM PT Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
July 29 22 Los Angeles FC v Seattle Sounders Los Angeles
8:00 PM PT, FS1 Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
August 6 23 Real Salt Lake v Los Angeles FC Sandy, Utah
7:00 PM PT Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
August 13 24 Los Angeles FC v Charlotte FC Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
August 16 25 Los Angeles FC v D.C. United Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Note: Match was originally scheduled to take place on August 17.
August 20 26 San Jose Earthquakes v Los Angeles FC San Jose, California
7:00 PM PT Stadium: PayPal Park
August 26 27 Austin FC v Los Angeles FC Austin, Texas
5:00 PM PT, ESPN Stadium: Q2 Stadium
August 31 28 Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles FC Houston, Texas
5:30 PM PT Stadium: PNC Stadium
September 4 29 Los Angeles FC v Real Salt Lake Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
September 10 30 FC Dallas v Los Angeles FC Frisco, Texas
5:30 PM PT Stadium: Toyota Stadium
September 13 31 Minnesota United v Los Angeles FC Saint Paul, Minnesota
5:00 PM PT Stadium: Allianz Field
September 18 32 Los Angeles FC v Houston Dynamo Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
October 2 33 Portland Timbers v Los Angeles FC Portland, Oregon
12:00 PM PT, ABC Stadium: Providence Park
October 9 34 Los Angeles FC v Nashville SC Los Angeles
2:00 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

Los Angeles FC will enter the Open Cup in the Third Round.

April 20 Third Round California Los Angeles FC 5–1 California Orange County SC Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT Musovski 13', 71'
Arango 34', 45'
Palacios Yellow card 54'
Jennings 68'
[26] Rocha Yellow card 45+3'
Torres 73', Yellow card 77'
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Referee: Samantha Martinez
May 10 Round of 32 California Los Angeles FC v Oregon Portland Timbers Los Angeles
7:00 PM PT Stadium: Banc of California Stadium

Leagues Cup

August 3 Showcase Match United States Los Angeles FC v Mexico América Inglewood, California
TBA Stadium: SoFi Stadium

Statistics

References

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