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Los Angeles Galaxy
2007 season
OwnerPhilip Anschutz (AEG)
CoachFrank Yallop
Major League SoccerWestern Conference: 5th
Overall: 10th
MLS CupDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupThird round
SuperLigaRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Landon Donovan (8)
All: Landon Donovan (12)
Average home league attendance24,252
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The 2007 LA Galaxy season was the 12th season of the team's existence, and their 12th in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The season was highlighted by the first season of David Beckham's career in MLS with the Galaxy. Outside of MLS the Galaxy played in the U.S. Open Cup, where they reached the third round, and the inaugural edition of the North American SuperLiga, CONCACAF's former secondary club tournament. In the Open Cup, the Galaxy reached the third round, while in the SuperLiga, the Galaxy finished as runners-up. Their 5th place record in the West was not good enough for the Galaxy to earn a berth into the MLS Cup playoffs, making it the second-consecutive year the Galaxy did not qualify for the playoffs.

Along with Beckham's mid-season arrival, the team changed its image and released new home and away kits along with a new team logo. Before his arrival, Galaxy used their previous season's white away as their home kit, and the yellow home as the away kits. In an effort to keep up with the rest of the world's soccer marketing tactics, MLS allowed for clubs to have shirt sponsors on the front, and since then, local brand Herbalife became the Galaxy's main shirt sponsor.

Club

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
0 Steve Cronin United States GK United States San Jose Earthquakes
1 Joe Cannon United States GK United States Colorado Rapids
35 Lance Friesz United States GK United States Los Angeles Storm
Defenders
2 Mike Randolph United States DF United States Portland Timbers
3 Ty Harden United States DF United States University of Washington
4 Ante Jazić Canada DF Russia Kuban Krasnodar
5 Chris Albright United States DF United States D.C. United
12 Troy Roberts United States DF United States Sonoma County Sol
16 Kyle Veris United States DF United States Michigan Bucks
17 Abel Xavier Portugal DF England Middlesbrough
22 Kelly Gray United States DF United States Houston Dynamo
Midfielders
6 Kevin Harmse South Africa MF Slovakia Nitra
7 Chris Klein United States MF United States Real Salt Lake
8 Peter Vagenas United States MF United States UCLA
13 Cobi Jones United States MF Brazil Vasco da Gama
15 Quavas Kirk United States MF United States IMG Soccer Academy
18 Kyle Martino United States MF United States Columbus Crew
19 Josh Tudela United States MF United States Indiana University
23 David Beckham England MF Spain Real Madrid
Forwards
9 Gavin Glinton Turks and Caicos Islands FW United States Bradley University
10 Landon Donovan United States FW Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen
11 Israel Sesay Sierra Leone FW United States IMG Soccer Academy
14 Edson Buddle United States FW Canada Toronto FC
20 Carlos Pavón Honduras FW Honduras Real España
21 Alan Gordon United States FW United States Portland Timbers
27 Mike Caso United States FW United States University of San Diego

Non-competitive

Preseason friendlies

Midseason friendlies

July 22, 2007 LA Galaxy United States 0–1 England Chelsea Carson
19:30 PDT Report Terry 48' Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Brian Hall

Postseason friendlies

27 November 2007 Sydney FC Australia 5–3 United States LA Galaxy Sydney
Brosque 5', 25'
Zadkovich 29'
Middleby Yellow card 49', 53'
Biddle Yellow card 76'
Fyfe 87'		 Report Harmse Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 76'
Beckham 45', Yellow card 64'
Buddle 49'
Donovan 90'		 Stadium: Telstra Stadium
Attendance: 80,295
Referee: Mark Shield

Competitive

Major League Soccer

Main article: 2007 Major League Soccer season
April 8, 2007 1 Houston Dynamo 0–0 LA Galaxy Houston
16:00 PDT Stadium: Robertson Stadium
April 12, 2007 2 LA Galaxy 1–2 FC Dallas Carson
19:00 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
April 28, 2007 3 LA Galaxy 3–1 Chivas USA Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
May 12, 2007 4 LA Galaxy 2–3 New England Revolution Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
May 20, 2007 5 Chivas USA 1–1 LA Galaxy Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
May 26, 2007 6 Colorado Rapids 1–0 LA Galaxy Commerce City
17:30 PDT Stadium: DSG Park
June 2, 2007 7 LA Galaxy 0–0 D.C. United Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
June 9, 2007 8 FC Dallas 3–1 LA Galaxy Frisco
19:30 PDT Stadium: Pizza Hut Park
June 17, 2007 9 LA Galaxy 3–2 Real Salt Lake Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
June 23, 2007 10 LA Galaxy 2–3 Columbus Crew Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
July 4, 2007 11 LA Galaxy 2–0 Chicago Fire Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
July 8, 2007 12 LA Galaxy 2–2 Kansas City Wizards Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
August 5, 2007 13 Toronto FC 0–0 LA Galaxy Toronto
16:30 PDT Stadium: BMO Field
August 9, 2007 14 D.C. United 1–0 LA Galaxy Washington, D.C.
16:00 PDT Stadium: RFK Stadium
August 12, 2007 15 New England Revolution 1–0 LA Galaxy Foxborough
16:00 PDT Stadium: Gillette Stadium
August 18, 2007 16 New York Red Bulls 5–4 LA Galaxy East Rutherford
16:30 PDT Stadium: Giants Stadium
August 23, 2007 17 LA Galaxy 0–3 Chivas USA Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
August 26, 2007 18 Colorado Rapids 3–0 LA Galaxy Commerce City
16:30 PDT Stadium: DSG Park
September 1, 2007 19 LA Galaxy 1–2 Real Salt Lake Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center
September 8, 2007 20 LA Galaxy 3–1 Colorado Rapids Carson
19:30 PDT Stadium: Home Depot Center

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2007 U.S. Open Cup
July 10, 2007 Third round Richmond Kickers Virginia 1–0 California LA Galaxy Richmond
19:30 PDT Bulow 29'
Alexander Yellow card 87'		 Report Harden Yellow card 27'
Gordon Yellow card 49'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 4,578
Referee: Andrew Chapin

SuperLiga

Main article: 2007 North American SuperLiga

Group stage

July 24, 2007 1 LA Galaxy United States 2–1 Mexico Pachuca Carson
19:30 PDT Gordon 50'
Donovan 81'		 Report Márquez Lugo 78' Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 19,317
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
July 28, 2007 2 LA Galaxy United States 1–2 Mexico Guadalajara Los Angeles
19:30 PDT Donovan 88' Report Rodríguez 59'
Bravo 82'		 Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 37,337
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
July 31, 2007 3 FC Dallas United States 5–6 United States LA Galaxy Frisco
17:00 PDT Alvarez 43'
Toja 78'
Alvarez 82'
Ruíz 90+1'
Thompson 90+6'		 Report Gordon 3'
Klein 12'
Gordon 15'
Harmse 18'
Donovan 84'
Pavón 90+5'		 Stadium: Pizza Hut Park
Attendance: 21,576
Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

Knockout round

August 15, 2007 Semifinals LA Galaxy United States 2–0 United States D.C. United Carson
20:00 EDT Beckham 27'
Donovan 47'		 Report Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 17,223
Referee: Alex Prus (United States)
August 29, 2007 Final LA Galaxy United States 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Mexico Pachuca Carson
20:00 PDT Klein 90+3' Report Vagenas 29' (o.g.) Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Penalties
Vagenas soccer ball with red X
Jones soccer ball with check mark
Klein soccer ball with check mark
Buddle soccer ball with check mark
Donovan soccer ball with red X
Xavier soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Lugo
soccer ball with check mark Rey
soccer ball with red X Caballero
soccer ball with check mark Manzur
soccer ball with red X Cabrera
soccer ball with check mark Rodríguez

Statistics

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Date Source
1 GK United States Joe Cannon United States Colorado Rapids Traded for Herculez Gomez and Ugo Ihemelu December 1, 2006
35 GK United States Lance Friesz United States Los Angeles Storm Free January 1, 2007
FW United States Robbie Findley United States Oregon State Beavers 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R2 P16 January 12, 2007
19 DF United States Josh Tudela United States Indiana Hoosiers 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R2 P20 January 12, 2007
3 DF United States Ty Harden United States Washington Huskies 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R2 P23 January 12, 2007
GK United States Tally Hall United States San Diego State Aztecs 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R4 P44 January 12, 2007
DF United States Bobby Burling United States Loyola Marymount Lions 2007 MLS SuperDraft, R4 P45 January 12, 2007
6 MF South Africa Kevin Harmse Slovakia Nitra Undisclosed April 2, 2007
17 DF Portugal Abel Xavier England Middlesbrough Undisclosed May 14, 2007
22 DF United States Kelly Gray United States Houston Dynamo Trade for Nate Jaqua June 28, 2007
23 MF England David Beckham Spain Real Madrid Undisclosed July 11, 2007
11 FW Sierra Leone Israel Sesay United States IMG Academy Weighted lottery August 1, 2007

Out

Loan in

Loan out

Draft picks

2007 LA Galaxy Draft
Round Selection Player Pos. College
2 16 Robbie Findley Forward Oregon State
20 Josh Tudela Midfielder Indiana
23 Ty Harden Defender Washington
4 44 Tally Hall Goalkeeper San Diego State
45 Bobby Burling Defender Loyola Marymount

References

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