2023 Los Angeles FC season

From Justapedia, unleashing the power of collective wisdom
Jump to navigation Jump to search
LAFC
2023 season
Los Angeles Football Club.svg
General managerJohn Thorrington
Head coachSteve Cherundolo
StadiumBanc of California Stadium
MLSConference: TBD
Overall: TBD
U.S. Open CupRound of 32
CONCACAF Champions LeagueRound of 16
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Los Angeles FC season will be the club's sixth 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.

Squad

First-team roster

As of September 18, 2022[1]
No. Name Nationality Pos Date of birth (Age) Apps Goals
16 Maxime Crépeau  Canada GK (1994-05-11) May 11, 1994 (age 29) 0 0
30 Tomas Romero (HG)  El Salvador GK (2000-12-19) December 19, 2000 (age 22) 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 28) 0 0
3 Jesús Murillo  Colombia DF (1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 (age 29) 0 0
4 Eddie Segura (INTL)  Colombia DF (1997-02-02) February 2, 1997 (age 26) 0 0
5 Mamadou Fall  Senegal DF (2002-11-21) November 21, 2002 (age 20) 0 0
12 Diego Palacios (INTL)  Ecuador DF (1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 24) 0 0
14 Giorgio Chiellini (INTL)  Italy DF (1984-08-14) August 14, 1984 (age 39) 0 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 32) 0 0
25 Sebastien Ibeagha  United States DF (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 31) 0 0
28 Tony Leone (HG)  United States DF (2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 (age 19) 0 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 32) 0 0
7 Latif Blessing  Ghana MF (1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 26) 0 0
8 Francisco Ginella (INTL)  Uruguay MF (1999-01-21) January 21, 1999 (age 24) 0 0
20 José Cifuentes (INTL)  Ecuador MF (1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 24) 0 0
23 Kellyn Acosta  United States MF (1995-07-24) July 24, 1995 (age 28) 0 0
31 Danny Trejo  Mexico MF (1998-04-29) April 29, 1998 (age 25) 0 0
32 Sebastian Méndez  Ecuador MF (1997-04-26) April 26, 1997 (age 26) 0 0
9 Cristian Arango  Colombia FW (1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 (age 28) 0 0
10 Carlos Vela (DP)  Mexico FW (1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 34) 0 0
11 Gareth Bale  Wales FW (1989-07-16) July 16, 1989 (age 34) 0 0
21 Christian Torres (HG)  United States FW (2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 19) 0 0
22 Kwadwo Opoku  Ghana FW (2001-07-13) July 13, 2001 (age 22) 0 0
26 Cal Jennings  United States FW (1997-05-17) May 17, 1997 (age 26) 0 0
37 Cristian Tello  Spain FW (1991-08-11) August 11, 1991 (age 32) 0 0
99 Denis Bouanga  Gabon FW (1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 (age 29) 0 0

Coaching staff

As of February 8, 2022[2] [3]
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.

Transfers out

Exit date Position Player To club Notes Ref.

Draft picks

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

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preseason

MLS

Standings

Overall
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
10 Houston Dynamo FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Inter Miami CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Minnesota United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on an unknown date. 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)

Matches

All matches are in Pacific time

February 25 1 LA Galaxy v Los Angeles FC Pasadena, California
12:30 PM PT Stadium: Rose Bowl

U.S. Open Cup

Los Angeles FC will enter the Open Cup at the Round of 32.

CONCACAF Champions League

Los Angeles FC qualified for the tournament as the 2022 Supporters' Shield winners.

Statistics

References

  1. ^ "First team roster". Los Angeles FC. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles FC Technical Staff". January 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "LAFC Hires Marco Antonio Garcés As Director Of Football Operations". February 3, 2022.