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.
(Vice Captain)
(Captain)
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 PositionPick overall (round)Previous clubOmar Gonzalez D #3 (1st) University of Maryland '*'A. J. DeLaGarza D #19 (2nd) University of MarylandJoshua Boateng F #33 (3rd) Liberty UniversityKyle Patterson M #48 (4th) Saint Louis UniversitySt. 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.
NatNoPlayer AgePosStartsAppsGAAcquired 2 DunivantTodd Dunivant 19801226DF 21 22 1 2 0 0 3 GriffinLeonard Griffin 19820911DF 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 GonzalezOmar Gonzalez19881011DF 26 26 1 1 4 0 6 LewisEddie Lewis19740517MF 21 23 2 4 4 2 7 KleinChris Klein19760104MF 9 26 0 1 1 0 8 KovalenkoDema Kovalenko19770828MF 13 13 0 2 2 1 9 KirovskiJovan Kirovski19760318FW 13 19 2 1 3 0 10 DonovanLandon Donovan19820304FW 20 21 10 6 1 0 11 EskandarianAlecko Eskandarian19820709FW 3 3 2 0 2 0 14 BuddleEdson Buddle19810521FW 9 15 5 0 1 0 15 MiglioranziStefani Miglioranzi19770920MF 19 22 0 0 4 0 16 BerhalterGregg Berhalter19730801DF 22 22 0 0 3 2 17 BowenTristan Bowen19910131FW 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 MageeMike Magee19840902MF 17 20 2 6 3 0 19 TudelaJosh Tudela*19840313MF 8 8 0 0 1 0 20 DeLaGarzaA. J. DeLaGarza19871104DF 19 20 1 1 2 0 21 GordonAlan Gordon19811016FW 13 19 3 3 3 1 22 SannehTony Sanneh19710601DF 5 13 0 0 2 0 23 BeckhamDavid Beckham19750502MF 11 11 2 3 1 1 27 JordanBryan Jordan19850913FW 1 17 1 0 2 0 28 FranklinSean Franklin19850321DF 9 9 0 1 0 0 30 PattersonKyle Patterson19860106MF 2 3 0 1 0 0 33 BirchallChris Birchall19840505MF 2 5 0 1 0 0 33 33 40 7 * = Not currently part of team.
Goalkeepers NatNoPlayer AgeStartsAppsGAGAACSAcquired 1 RickettsDonovan Ricketts1977070622 22 24 1.13 6 12 SaundersJosh Saunders198103024 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
Other information
Competitions
Overall
Major League Soccer
Standings
Results summary
Matches
Pan-Pacific Championship
Phoenix Soccer Classico
International friendlies
MLS regular season
MLS playoffs
U.S. Open Cup qualification
References
External links 2009 Schedule