The 2022 LA Galaxy season was the club's 27th season of existence, and their 27th in Major League Soccer, the top-tier of the American soccer pyramid. LA Galaxy played its home matches at Dignity Health Sports Park in the LA suburb of Carson, California. The Galaxy attempted to make the playoffs after failing to qualify in 2021, also attempted to win their MLS leading 6th MLS Cup, and make their first appearance in the MLS Cup since 2014.

Background

The 2021 season was the Galaxy's 26th season of existence, and their first under manager, Greg Vanney, who was appointed manager during the 2020–21 offseason following the sacking of Guillermo Barros Schelotto. Early on in the season, the Galaxy started off with an 8–4–0 record, with striker Javier Hernández leading the club in scoring with 11 goals. However, a mixture of injuries and poor form caused the club go on a skid during the summer, and ultimately, on the final day of the season, failing to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the second-consecutive season. It marked the third time in the past four seasons that the Galaxy failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Outside of MLS, the Galaxy had planned to participate in the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, which featured a modified qualification method due to COVID-19 pandemic. The method involves the eight MLS clubs with the best regular season records after three matches qualifying for the tournament. By this method, the Galaxy had the seventh best record and qualified. However, the tournament was ultimately canceled by U.S. Soccer due to logistical challenges faced by lower league clubs.

Club

Team management Position Name Head coach Greg Vanney Assistant coach Dan Calichman Head Athletic Trainer Cesar Roldan Equipment manager Raul Vargas

Roster

No.Pos.PlayerNation

Non-competitive

Preseason friendlies Preseason friendlies announced on January 5, 2022. LA Galaxy later announced more preseason matches on January 18, 2022, in addition to announcing that the club will also host the Coachella Valley Invitational at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California from February 10 to 19, 2022.

Coachella Valley Invitational

Midseason friendlies

Competitive

Major League Soccer

Standings

Overall

Western Conference

Regular season

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

Playoffs

All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

First round

Conference Semifinals

U.S. Open Cup

Third round The draw for the third round was held on April 8, 2022.

Round of 32 The draw for the round of 32 was held on April 21, 2022.

Round of 16 The draw for the Round of 16 and the Quarter-final was held on May 12, 2022.

Quarter-final

Statistics

Appearances and goals Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards

Top scorers RankPositionNumberNameTotal1FW14 Javier Hernández1801192FW99 Dejan Joveljić111315 3FW10 Douglas Costa4004MF11 Samuel Grandsir31044FW26 Efraín Álvarez3003MF5 Gastón Brugman3003FW9 Kévin Cabral1023MF6 Riqui Puig3003MF6 Rayan Raveloson30035MF8 Mark Delgado2002MF7 Víctor Vázquez20026MF37 Daniel Aguirre1001DF2 Julián Araujo0101DF4 Séga Coulibaly1001MF44 Raheem Edwards1001MF16 Sacha Kljestan1001DF47 Owen Lambe0011

Top assists {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |MF |44 |align="left"| Raheem Edwards |5 |1 |6

|2 |MF |11 |align="left"| Samuel Grandsir |3 |2 |5

|3 |MF |6 |align="left"| Rayan Raveloson |3 |0 |3

|rowspan="2"|4 |FW |99 |align="left"| Dejan Joveljić |2 |0 |2

|FW |26 |align="left"| Efraín Álvarez |1 |1 |2

|rowspan="5"|5 |DF |2 |align="left"| Julián Araujo |1 |0 |1

|DF |3 |align="left"| Derrick Williams |1 |0 |1

|MF |7 |align="left"| Víctor Vázquez |1 |0 |1

|MF |16 |align="left"| Sacha Kljestan |1 |0 |1

|MF |9 |align="left"| Kévin Cabral |0 |1 |1

Clean sheets {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |1 |align="left"| Jonathan Bond |7 |1 |0 |8 |- |2 |33 |align="left"| Jonathan Klinsmann |0 |0 |1 |1

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;" |- | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=120|Player | colspan="3"|MLS | colspan="3"|U.S. Open Cup | colspan="3"|Total |- !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| |- |10 |FW |align="left"| Douglas Costa |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0

Transfers

Transfers in Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource DF Kelvin Leerdam Inter Miami CF Sign. January 6, 2022 MF Raheem Edwards Los Angeles FC Sign. January 7, 2022 GK Richard Sánchez North Texas SC Sign. January 18, 2022 MF Mark Delgado Toronto FC Traded for $400,000 GAM and $100,000 conditional GAM January 21, 2022 FW Douglas Costa Grêmio Loan February 10, 2022 DF Eriq Zavaleta Toronto FC Sign. March 10, 2022 FW Preston Judd LA Galaxy II Sign. April 4, 2022 DF Chase Gasper Minnesota United FC Traded for $450,000 GAM and $300,000 conditional GAM May 4, 2022 DF Owen Lambe LA Galaxy II Loan May 11, 2022 MF Gastón Brugman Parma Transfer July 6, 2022 MF Riqui Puig Barcelona Transfer August 4, 2022 DF Martín Cáceres Levante Sign. August 24, 2022

Transfers out Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource DF Niko Hämäläinen Queens Park Rangers F.C. Loan expired November 8, 2021 DF Daniel Steres Houston Dynamo FC Trade for the 2022 MLS SuperDraft third round pick. December 12, 2021 FW Ethan Zubak Nashville SC Trade for the 2022 MLS SuperDraft first round pick. December 12, 2021 MF Sebastian Lletget New England Revolution $300,000 in General Allocation Money. December 15, 2021 DF Danilo Acosta Orange County SC Option declined January 7, 2022 DF Oniel Fisher Minnesota United FC Option declined February 2, 2022 FW Augustine Williams Charleston Battery Option declined February 9, 2022 MF Rayan Raveloson Auxerre Transfer August 4, 2022

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

DatePlayerPositionCollegePickSource January 11, 2022 Farai Mutatu FW Michigan State21 January 11, 2022 Callum Johnson MF Clemson42 January 11, 2022 Chandler Vaughn DF Saint Louis University60

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