2009 Los Angeles Galaxy season

American soccer club season March 2026 June 2023 LAG Pri word c plain.svg Los Angeles Galaxy 2009 Major League Soccer Western Conference: 1stOverall: 2nd Owner Philip Anschutz (AEG) Coach Bruce Arena 20,827http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance?league=usa.1&year=2009&seasontype=1&cc=3888 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525222034/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance?league=usa.1&year=2009&seasontype=1&cc=3888 dead May 25, 2011 USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009 ESPN Soccernet April 28, 2009 MLS Cup Runners-up U.S. Open Cup Did not qualify _adidasstripesonwhite _galaxy08h _adidasstripesonwhite _galaxy08h _3_stripes_on_white2 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _galaxy09a _galaxy09a _galaxy09a _galaxy09a _3_stripes_gold 00008B 00008B 00008B 00008B 00008B true 2008 2010 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. 1 JAM GK Donovan Ricketts 2 USA DF Todd Dunivant 3 USA DF Leonard Griffin 4 USA DF Omar Gonzalez 5 TRI DF Yohance Marshall 6 USA MF Eddie Lewis 7 USA MF Chris Klein(Vice Captain) 8 UKR MF Dema Kovalenko 9 USA FW Jovan Kirovski 10 USA FW Landon Donovan(Captain) 11 USA FW Alecko Eskandarian 12 PUR GK Josh Saunders 14 USA FW Edson Buddle 15 BRA MF Stefani Miglioranzi 16 USA DF Gregg Berhalter 17 USA FW Tristan Bowen 18 USA MF Mike Magee 20 USA DF A. J. DeLaGarza 21 USA FW Alan Gordon 22 USA DF Tony Sanneh 23 ENG MF David Beckham 24 USA DF Julian Valentin 27 USA FW Bryan Jordan 28 USA DF Sean Franklin 30 ENG MF Kyle Patterson 33 TRI MF Chris Birchall Off-season The Galaxy was involved in the following off-season activity: Draft 2009 MLS SuperDraft 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.http://web.mlsnet.com/t106/stats/index.jsp?club=t106&year=2009 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy Stats MLSnet.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100119092238/http://web.mlsnet.com/t106/stats/index.jsp?club=t106&year=2009 January 19, 2010 NatNoPlayer AgePosStartsAppsGAAcquiredUSA 2 DunivantTodd Dunivant 198012262009 03 19 1980 12 26DF 21 22 1 2 0 0 USA 3 GriffinLeonard Griffin 198209112009 03 19 1982 09 11DF 0 1 0 0 0 0 USA 4 GonzalezOmar Gonzalez198810112009 03 19 1988 10 11DF 26 26 1 1 4 0 USA 6 LewisEddie Lewis197405172009 03 19 1974 05 17MF 21 23 2 4 4 2 USA 7 KleinChris Klein197601042009 03 19 1976 01 04MF 9 26 0 1 1 0 UKR 8 KovalenkoDema Kovalenko197708282009 03 19 1977 08 28MF 13 13 0 2 2 1 USA 9 KirovskiJovan Kirovski197603182009 03 19 1976 03 18FW 13 19 2 1 3 0 USA 10 DonovanLandon Donovan198203042009 03 19 1982 03 04FW 20 21 10 6 1 0 USA 11 EskandarianAlecko Eskandarian198207092009 03 19 1982 07 09FW 3 3 2 0 2 0 USA 14 BuddleEdson Buddle198105212009 03 19 1981 05 21FW 9 15 5 0 1 0 JAM 15 MiglioranziStefani Miglioranzi197709202009 03 19 1977 09 20MF 19 22 0 0 4 0 USA 16 BerhalterGregg Berhalter197308012009 03 19 1973 08 01DF 22 22 0 0 3 2 USA 17 BowenTristan Bowen199101312009 03 19 1991 01 31FW 0 1 0 0 0 0 USA 18 MageeMike Magee198409022009 03 19 1984 09 02MF 17 20 2 6 3 0 USA 19 TudelaJosh Tudela*198403132009 03 19 1984 03 13MF 8 8 0 0 1 0 USA 20 DeLaGarzaA. J. DeLaGarza198711042009 03 19 1987 11 04DF 19 20 1 1 2 0 USA 21 GordonAlan Gordon198110162009 03 19 1981 10 16FW 13 19 3 3 3 1 USA 22 SannehTony Sanneh197106012009 03 19 1971 06 01DF 5 13 0 0 2 0 ENG 23 BeckhamDavid Beckham197505022009 03 19 1975 05 02MF 11 11 2 3 1 1 USA 27 JordanBryan Jordan198509132009 03 19 1985 09 13FW 1 17 1 0 2 0 USA 28 FranklinSean Franklin198503212009 03 19 1985 03 21DF 9 9 0 1 0 0 ENG 30 PattersonKyle Patterson198601062009 03 19 1986 01 06MF 2 3 0 1 0 0 TRI 33 BirchallChris Birchall198405052009 03 19 1984 05 05MF 2 5 0 1 0 0 33 33 40 7 * = Not currently part of team. Goalkeepers NatNoPlayer AgeStartsAppsGAGAACSAcquiredJAM 1 RickettsDonovan Ricketts197707062009 03 19 1977 07 0622 22 24 1.13 6 USA 12 SaundersJosh Saunders198103022009 03 19 1981 03 024 6 5 1.06 2 29 1.12 9 Recognition MLS All-Stars 2009 MLS All-Star Game 2009 Major League Soccer season#Player of the Week 2009 MLS Players of the Week 2009 Major League Soccer season#Player of the Month 2009 MLS Players of the Month 2009 Major League Soccer season#Goal of the Week 2009 MLS Goals of the Week 2009 Major League Soccer season#Save of the Week 2009 MLS Saves of the Week Landon Donovan - FW - First XI MLS Player of the Week Donovan Ricketts - Week 4 - SHO, 5 SVSSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 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'September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Josh Saunders - Week 16 - 73'September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Donovan Ricketts - Week 18 - 42' Club Management General Manager/head coach USA Bruce Arena y Associate head coach USA Dave Sarachan y Assistant Coach ENG Trevor James y Assistant Coach USA Cobi Jones y Goalkeeper Coach USA Ian Feuer Head Athletic trainer USA Armando Rivas Assistant Athletic trainer USA Cecelia Gutierrez Equipment manager MEX Raul Vargas April 18, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy January 2012 Other information Owner USA Philip Anschutz (AEG) y The Home Depot Center 27,000 N/A Los Angeles Galaxy January 2012 Competitions Overall y y MLS March 21, 2009 April 15, 2008 Major League Soccer Standings LA LAG Results summary 7 4 4 18 17 5 8 2 18 14 October 25, 2009 Major League Soccer January 2012 table b Round 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Tie red2 Loss October 25, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy January 2012 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Tie 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Pan-Pacific Championship Pan-Pacific Championship 2009 February 18, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy USA 2–0 ReportJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes JPN Oita Trinita Buddle 44 Kirovski 53 pen. The Home Depot Center Carson, California W February 21, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy USA 1–1 Report KOR Suwon Bluewings Magee 89 pen. Franklin 39 o.g. The Home Depot Center Carson, California L Buddle Klein Magee Patterson 2–4 Edu Sang-Min Kil-Hoon Sung-Hwan Phoenix Soccer Classico March 14, 2009 Chicago Fire 1–1 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Pappa 30 Tudela 4 Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona 8,614 T International friendlies June 9, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 ReportSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Herediano Buddle 12Griffin 66Patterson 91 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 3,657 Alejandro Mariscal W July 20, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Report Milan Gordon 30Jordan 64 Silva 16Inzaghi 60 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 27,000 Silviu Petrescu T August 1, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Report Barcelona Beckham 45Gordon 54 Pedro 11Touré 44Jeffrén 67 Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 93,137 Baldomero Toledo L MLS regular season 2009 Major League Soccer season March 22, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Report D.C. United Donovan 80 pen.Donovan 85 Gomez 44Pontius 62 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 18,013 Jair Marrufo T April 4, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 Report Colorado Rapids Gonzalez 37Gordon 48 Casey 1Gibbs 46+Casey 49Casey 63Ballouchy 66Casey 84 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 16,709 Michael Kennedy L April 11, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–0 Report Chivas USA Miglioranzi 19Lewis 26Gordon 2 68 71Berhalter 0 79 Nagamura 2 25 45Kljestan 33Thomas 36 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 23,317 Tim Weyland T April 18, 2009 San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Campos 5 Corrales 67Garcia 90Amarikwa 92+ Kovalenko 25Miglioranzi 73Jordan 76 Buck Shaw Stadium Santa Clara, California 15,463 Alex Prus T April 25, 2009 Colorado Rapids 1–1 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Clark 60 Donovan 82 Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, Colorado 12,180 Alex Prus T May 2, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Report New York Red Bulls Donovan 4 pen. Johnson 76 The Home Depot Center Carson, California Abiodun Okulaja 21,006 W May 6, 2009 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Mathis 7Findley 34Johnson 92+ pen. Donovan 91+ pen.Magee 94+ Rio Tinto Stadium Sandy, Utah 16,155 Michael Kennedy T May 10, 2009 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Le Toux 22Evans 45Riley 1 57 57Ljungberg 58Jaqua 80 Gordon 32Gordon 35 Magee 59Sanneh 61Miglioranzi 83 Qwest Field Seattle, Washington 29,025 Tim Weyland T May 17, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Report Columbus Crew Lewis 32Jordan 46Lewis 91+ Rogers 58Moreno 62Schelotto 70O'Rourke 2 86 89 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 16,649 Alex Prus T May 23, 2009 FC Dallas 1–1 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Saragosa 0 25Moor 31Ricchetti 32Rocha 41Guarda 74 Donovan 3Lewis 26Gonzalez 33Tudela 42 Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas 9,595 Paul Ward T May 30, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Report Kansas City Wizards DeLaGarza 57Berhalter 0 59Buddle 87 Conrad 47Arnaud 78Arnaud 84Watson 92 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 19,673 Terry Vaughn T June 6, 2009 Toronto FC 1–2 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Harmse 44Dichio 64 Gordon 5Gonzalez 9Senneh 31Buddle 77 BMO Field Toronto, Ontario Canada 20,753 Alex Prus W June 13, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Report Real Salt Lake Gordon 46Kirovski 65Lewis 0 65Gonzalez 91+ Movsisyan 13Borchers 51Johnson 59Mathis 59 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 19,718 Jasen Anno L June 20, 2009 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Campos 6 pen.Pitchkolan 24Johnson 48Johnson 54Huckerby 90 Kirovski 28 Kirovski 65 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Oakland, California 17,128 Yader Reyes L June 28, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Report Houston Dynamo Dunivant 24Buddle 56Magee 89 Chabala 54Boswell 56 Cameron 81 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 17,938 Michael Kennedy W July 4, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Report New England Revolution Eskandarian 8Berhalter 72Jordan 87 Mansally 50Thompson 61Phelan 61Reis 87 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 20,609 Mark Geiger W July 11, 2009 Chivas USA 0–1 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Buddle 30Eskandarian 66 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 23,409 Ricardo Salazar W July 16, 2009 New York Red Bulls 1–3 https://archive.today/20130104182202/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=267761&cc=5901&league=USA.1 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Angel 87 pen.Rojas 90 Eskandarian 3Berhalter 10Eskandarian 28Donovan 31Lewis 45 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey 23,238 Shane Moody W July 25, 2009 Kansas City Wizards 1–1 ReportJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Los Angeles Galaxy López 26 Donovan 33Gonzalez 51 CommunityAmerica Ballpark Kansas City, Kansas 11,906 Terry Vaughn T August 8, 2009 New England Revolution 1–2 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Mansally 74Ralston 83 Donovan 21Kirovski 52Lewis 77 Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts 26,623 Jorge Gonzalez W August 15, 2009 20:00 PST Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Report Seattle Sounders FC DeLaGarza 14Beckham 0 17Lewis 0 79Kirovski 94+ Zakuani 22Montero 54Marshall 2 65 76Montero 81 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 20,162 Ricardo Salazar L August 19, 2009 Chicago Fire 0–2 ReportSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Los Angeles Galaxy Thorrington 60 Magee 23Miglioranzi 43Donovan 54Ricketts 72 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 20,000 Silviu Petrescu W August 22, 2009 D.C. United 0–0 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Olsen 10Wallace 68 Donovan 31Magee 54 RFK Memorial Stadium Washington, D.C. 22,134 Mark Geiger T August 29, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Report Chivas USA Beckham 80Klein 90 Saragosa 23Galindo 0 82Nagamura 92 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 27,000 Baldomero Toledo W September 12, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–6 Report FC Dallas Berhalter 6Benitez26 o.g.DeLaGarza 42Buddle90 van den Bergh 8Cunningham 25Ferreira 31Ihemelu 33McCarty 71Harris 82Ferreira 83Cunningham 86 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 18,148 Hilario Grajeda L September 19, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Report Toronto FC Beckham 9Beckham 64Buddle 83 Guzman 24 Guevara 64 Garcia 67 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 18,619 Kevin Stott W September 26, 2009 Columbus Crew 2–0 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Hejduk 28Gaven 33Lenhart 59Brunner 62Moreno 69Lenhart 75 Kirovski 56Birchall 71Berhalter 73Gordon 93+ Columbus Crew Stadium Columbus, Ohio 20,966 Terry Vaughn L October 2, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 ReportSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Chicago Fire Donovan 42Birchall 45Klein 63 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 21,679 Alex Prus W October 18, 2009 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Ching 2 84 84Oduro 87 Beckham 84Gordon 91+ Robertson Stadium Houston, Texas, United States 29,470 Kevin Stott T October 24, 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Report San Jose Earthquakes Burling 24 o.g.Donovan 77Gonzalez 78 Convey 17Alvarez 69 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 27,000 Silviu Petrescu W MLS playoffs 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs November 1, 2009 13:00 PST Conf. Semifinals Chivas USA 2–2 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Santos 4Galindo 50Saragosa 81 Magee 14Birchall 27Donovan 41 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 25,218 Kevin Stott T November 8, 2009 16:30 PST Conf. Semifinals Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Report Chivas USA Franklin 60Donovan 73 pen. Talley 38Thornton 72Nagamura 78Cuesta 78Kljestan 94+ The Home Depot Center Carson, California 27,000 Ricardo Salazar W November 13, 2009 20:00 PST Conf. Finals Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 y Report Houston Dynamo Kovalenko 77Donovan 89Berhalter 103Donovan 109 pen. Mullan 26Boswell 111Landín 119 Home Depot Center Carson, California 25,373 Terry Vaughn W November 22, 2009 5:30 p.m. PST Final Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 y Report Real Salt Lake Birchall 39Magee 41 Johnson 14Findley 64 4–5 Beckham Berhalter Kirovski Donovan Magee Klein Buddle Mathis Findley Beckerman Grabavoy Williams Wingert Russell Kevin Stott Qwest Field Seattle, Washington 46,011 D U.S. Open Cup qualification 2009 U.S. Open Cup qualification April 7, 2009 Qualification Los Angeles Galaxy 0–0 y Report Colorado Rapids Gonzalez 41Marshall 63Magee 109 Dalby 0 36 The Home Depot Center Carson, California 6,219 Abiodun Okulaja D Gordon Klein Jordan Magee 2–4 Cummings Ballouchy Clark Ihemelu References External links 2009 Schedule Category:LA Galaxy seasons Category:2000s in Carson, California Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Galaxy Category:MLS Western Conference champion seasons