2020 Los Angeles FC season

The 2020 Los Angeles FC season is the club's third season, and third season in Major League Soccer, the top-tier of the American soccer pyramid. Los Angeles FC will play its home matches at the Banc of California Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Outside of MLS play, the team will participate in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup tournament, and qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.

LAFC

2020 season
General manager	John Thorrington
Head coach	Bob Bradley
Stadium	Banc of California Stadium
MLS	Conference: TBD Overall: TBD
MLS Cup Playoffs	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	Tournament canceled
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarter-finals
MLS is Back Tournament	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Rossi (6) All: Diego Rossi (9)
Biggest win	6–2 (July 18 vs. LA Galaxy)
Biggest defeat	0–2 (Feb. 18 at León, CCL)
Home colors Away colors

Squad

First team roster

As of July 27, 2020.[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Pos	Date of birth (Age)	Apps	Goals
1	Kenneth Vermeer (INTL)	Netherlands	GK	(1986-01-10) January 10, 1986	3	0
23	Pablo Sisniega	Mexico	GK	(1995-07-07) July 7, 1995	2	0
40	Phillip Ejimadu	United States	GK	(1999-08-31) August 31, 1999	0	0
2	Jordan Harvey	United States	DF	(1984-01-28) January 28, 1984	3	0
4	Eddie Segura (INTL)	Colombia	DF	(1997-02-02) February 2, 1997	5	1
6	Danilo Silva (INTL)	Brazil	DF	(1986-11-24) November 24, 1986	0	0
12	Diego Palacios (INTL)	Ecuador	DF	(1999-07-12) July 12, 1999	5	0
13	Mohamed El Monir (INTL)	Libya	DF	(1992-04-08) April 8, 1992	5	1
27	Tristan Blackmon	United States	DF	(1996-08-12) August 12, 1996	5	0
5	Dejan Jaković	Canada	DF	(1985-07-16) July 16, 1985	4	0
8	Francisco Ginella (INTL)	Uruguay	MF	(1999-01-21) January 21, 1999	5	0
7	Latif Blessing	Ghana	MF	(1996-12-30) December 30, 1996	5	0
14	Mark-Anthony Kaye	Canada	MF	(1994-12-02) December 2, 1994	5	1
15	Alejandro Guido	United States	MF	(1994-03-22) March 22, 1994	0	0
20	Eduard Atuesta	Colombia	MF	(1997-06-18) June 18, 1997	6	0
11	José Cifuentes (INTL)	Ecuador	MF	(1999-03-12) March 12, 1999	5	0
19	Bryce Duke (HG)	United States	MF	(2001-02-28) February 28, 2001	4	0
16	Danny Musovski	United States	FW	(1995-11-30) November 30, 1995	1	0
9	Diego Rossi (DP)	Uruguay	FW	(1998-03-05) March 5, 1998	5	7
10	Carlos Vela (DP)	Mexico	FW	(1989-03-01) March 1, 1989	2	2
17	Brian Rodríguez (DP, INTL)	Uruguay	FW	(2000-05-20) May 20, 2000	5	1
26	Adrien Perez	United States	FW	(1995-10-13) October 13, 1995	0	0
66	Bradley Wright-Phillips	England	FW	(1985-03-12) March 12, 1985	3	3
24	Andy Najar	Honduras	FW	(1993-03-16) March 16, 1993	1	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Notes	Ref.
December 10, 2019	FW	Danny Musovski	Reno 1868 FC	Transfer	[2]
December 16, 2019	MF	Francisco Ginella	Montevideo Wanderers	Transfer	[3]
January 13, 2020	MF	José Cifuentes	America de Quito	Transfer, $100,000 in GAM paid to Orlando City SC for player rights	[4]
January 15, 2020	GK	Kenneth Vermeer	Feyenoord	Transfer	[5]
January 25, 2020	MF	Bryce Duke	Real Salt Lake	Transfer for $50,000 in GAM for 2021 for Homegrown rights	[6]
February 14, 2020	FW	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	Free Agent	[7]

Transfers out

Draft picks

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Notes	Ref.
November 21, 2019	DF	Lamar Batista	North Texas SC	Option declined	[8]
November 21, 2019	DF	Steven Beitashour		Contract not renewed	[9]
November 21, 2019	GK	Phillip Ejimadu	Nacional	Loan Ended	[10]
November 21, 2019	MF	Javier Pérez		Option declined	[11]
November 21, 2019	MF	Peter-Lee Vassell		Option declined	[12]
January 7, 2020	FW	Rodolfo Zelaya	Celaya	Mutually agreed to part ways	[13]
January 16, 2020	GK	Tyler Miller	Minnesota United	Traded for $150,000 in GAM in 2020 and $50,000 in TAM in 2021	[14]
February 7, 2020	FW	Joshua Perez		Mutually agreed to part ways	[15]
February 11, 2020	DF	Walker Zimmerman	Nashville SC	Traded for $600,000 in GAM in 2020 and $350,000 in GAM in 2021, and up to $150,000 each in 2020 and 2021 based on appearances	[16]
August 13, 2020	FW	Adama Diomande		Mutually agreed to part ways

Round	#	Position	Player	College/Club Team	Reference
1	24	GK	Paulo Pita	Marshall	[17]
2	50	MF	Jack Hallahan	Michigan	[17]
3	76	MF	Jorge Gonzalez	SIUE	[18]
4	102	DF	Younes Boudadi	Creighton	[18]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Exhibitions

Los Angeles FC v Peñarol

January 25 Preseason 1	Los Angeles FC	2–0	Peñarol	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Vela  10' A. Perez  40'	Report Report		Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 16,292

Los Angeles FC v New York City FC

January 31 Preseason 2	Los Angeles FC	3–1	New York City FC	Los Angeles
12:00 PM	Rodríguez  23' A. Perez  31' Gonzalez  60'	Report	De Rosario  73'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: Closed door

Los Angeles FC v FC Dallas

February 6 Preseason 3	Los Angeles FC	2–2	FC Dallas	Los Angeles
1:00 PM	Rodríguez  30'  (o.g.)	Report	Ferreira  45' Pepi	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods.

Los Angeles FC v Toronto FC

February 12 Preseason 4	Los Angeles FC	3–1	Toronto FC	Los Angeles
12:00 PM	Rodríguez  20' Vela  74' Torres  81'	Report Report	Achara  51'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Minnesota United FC	5	3	0	2	12	6	+6	11	First round & 2021 Leagues Cup
3	Portland Timbers	5	3	1	1	8	7	+1	10
4	Los Angeles FC	5	2	0	3	15	10	+5	9
5	Seattle Sounders FC	5	2	1	2	7	4	+3	8
6	San Jose Earthquakes	5	2	1	2	10	10	0	8	First round

Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2020. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

MLS is Back – Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Timbers	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Los Angeles FC	3	1	2	0	11	7	+4	5
3	Houston Dynamo	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	LA Galaxy	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Minnesota United FC	5	3	0	2	12	6	+6	11
4	Portland Timbers (M)	5	3	1	1	8	7	+1	10	2021 CONCACAF Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
5	Los Angeles FC	5	2	0	3	15	10	+5	9
6	Toronto FC	5	2	0	3	9	7	+2	9
7	Seattle Sounders FC	5	2	1	2	7	4	+3	8

Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2020. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
(M) MLS is Back Tournament champions.
Notes:

1. As MLS is Back Tournament champions (USA3)

Results

All times are Pacific.

Los Angeles FC v Inter Miami CF

March 1 1	Los Angeles FC	1–0	Inter Miami CF	Los Angeles
2:30 PM PDT	Vela  44' Atuesta  60' Harvey  81'	Report	Ulloa  63' Powell  66' Agudelo  83'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,121 Referee: Allen Chapman

Los Angeles FC v Philadelphia Union

March 8 2	Los Angeles FC	3–3	Philadelphia Union	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PDT	Vela  38' Palacios  45+2' Rossi  49' Segura  71'	Report	Santos  29' Gaddis  33' Martínez  43' Bedoya  45+4' Glesnes  48' Aaronson  69' Fontana  90+6'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,112 Referee: Chris Penso

Los Angeles FC v Houston Dynamo

July 13 3 MLSiBT Group Stage	Los Angeles FC	3–3	Houston Dynamo	Bay Lake, Florida
5:30 PM PDT	Wright-Phillips  19' Blackmon  52' Rossi  63' Rodríguez  69'	Report	Rodríguez  9', 30' Elis  45+5' Vera  46' García  67'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Ford

Los Angeles FC v LA Galaxy

July 18 4 MLSiBT Group Stage	Los Angeles FC	6–2	LA Galaxy	Bay Lake, Florida
7:30 PM PDT	Rossi  13' (pen.), 45+2', 75', 90+2' Jakovic  28' Sisniega  31' Wright-Phillips  56' Atuesta  65' El Monir  80'	Report	Blessing  5' (o.g.) Insúa  16' Pavón  31' (pen.) Cuello  39' Feltscher  45' Kitchen  52'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Allen Chapman

Los Angeles FC v Portland Timbers

July 23 5 MLSiBT Group Stage	Los Angeles FC	2–2	Portland Timbers	Bay Lake, Florida
7:30 PM PDT	Wright-Phillips  36' Kaye  40' Atuesta  60'	Report	Niezgoda  7' Duvall  29' Blanco  54' Paredes  65' Ebobisse  81'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Drew Fischer

Los Angeles FC v Los Angeles Galaxy

August 22 6	Los Angeles FC	v	Los Angeles Galaxy	Los Angeles
3:00 PM PDT				Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0

Real Salt Lake v Los Angeles FC

August 26 7	Real Salt Lake	v	Los Angeles FC	Sandy, Utah
6:30 PM PDT				Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 0

Seattle Sounders v Los Angeles FC

August 30 8	Seattle Sounders	v	Los Angeles FC	Seattle, Washington
7:00 PM PDT				Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 0

Los Angeles FC v San Jose Earthquakes

September 2 9	Los Angeles FC	v	San Jose Earthquakes	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PDT				Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0

LA Galaxy v Los Angeles FC

September 6 10	LA Galaxy	v	Los Angeles FC	Carson, California
TBD				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0

Los Angeles FC v Portland Timbers

September 13 11	Los Angeles FC	v	Portland Timbers	Los Angeles
8:00 PM PDT				Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0

MLS is Back Tournament

Main article: MLS is Back Tournament

Seattle Sounders FC v Los Angeles FC

July 27 Round of 16	Seattle Sounders FC	1–4	Los Angeles FC	Bay Lake, Florida
8:00 PM PDT	Bruin  75'	Report	Rossi  14' (pen.), 82' Blessing  39'*Rodríguez  89'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Orlando City SC v Los Angeles FC

July 31 Quarter-finals	Orlando City SC	1–1 (5–4 p)	Los Angeles FC	Bay Lake, Florida
4:30 PM PDT	Ruan  9' Pereyra  48' Perea  86' Moutinho  90'	Report	Palacios  8' Wright-Phillips  60'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 0 Referee: Joseph Dickerson
	Penalties
	Pereyra Smith Moutinho Carlos Nani		Ginella Harvey Rossi Rodríguez Blessing

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

León v Los Angeles FC

February 18 First Leg	León	2–0	Los Angeles FC	León, Mexico
7:00 PM	Meneses  21' Aquino  45' Mena  89'	Report	Blessing  43' Palacios  61'	Stadium: Estadio León Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Los Angeles FC v León

February 27 Second Leg	Los Angeles FC	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	León	Los Angeles, United States
7:00 PM	Kaye  13' Atuesta  20' Vela  27', 77' Blackmon  61' Rossi  79'	Report	Tesillo  29' Montes  45' J. Rodríguez  49' Navarro  73' Ramos  83' Meneses  90+4'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Quarter-finals

Los Angeles FC v Cruz Azul

TBD First Leg	Los Angeles FC	Postponed	Cruz Azul	Los Angeles, United States
				Stadium: Banc of California Stadium

Cruz Azul v Los Angeles FC

TBD Second Leg	Cruz Azul	Postponed	Los Angeles FC	Mexico City, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Azteca

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup

Due to their final standings position for the 2019 MLS season, Los Angeles FC will enter the competition in the Fourth Round, to be played May 19–20.[19] However, it was announced on August 14, 2020 that the tournament will be canceled because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. [20]

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on March 8, 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		U.S. Open Cup		CONCACAF Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Kenneth Vermeer	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
23	GK		Pablo Sisniega	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Phillip Ejimadu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Jordan Harvey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Eddie Segura	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Dejan Jakovic	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Danilo Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Diego Palacios	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
13	DF		Mohamed El Monir	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
27	DF		Tristan Blackmon	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Latif Blessing	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Francisco Ginella	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	MF		José Cifuentes	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Mark-Anthony Kaye	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF		Alejandro Guido	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Bryce Duke	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	MF		Eduard Atuesta	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Diego Rossi	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	1
10	FW		Carlos Vela	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	2
16	FW		Danny Musovski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Brian Rodríguez	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
26	FW		Adrien Perez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
66	FW		Bradley Wright-Phillips	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Adama Diomande	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club

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