2007 Los Angeles Galaxy season

Los Angeles Galaxy
2007 season
Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Coach	Frank Yallop
Major League Soccer	Western Conference: 5th; Overall: 10th
MLS Cup	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Third round
SuperLiga	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Landon Donovan (8); All: Landon Donovan (12)
Average home league attendance	24,252
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2007 LA Galaxy season was the 12th season of the team's existence, and their 12th in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The season was highlighted by the first season of David Beckham's career in MLS with the Galaxy. Outside of MLS the Galaxy played in the U.S. Open Cup, where they reached the third round, and the inaugural edition of the North American SuperLiga, CONCACAF's former secondary club tournament. In the Open Cup, the Galaxy reached the third round, while in the SuperLiga, the Galaxy finished as runners-up. Their 5th place record in the West was not good enough for the Galaxy to earn a berth into the MLS Cup playoffs, making it the second-consecutive year the Galaxy did not qualify for the playoffs.

Along with Beckham's mid-season arrival, the team changed its image and released new home and away kits along with a new team logo. Before his arrival, Galaxy used their previous season's white away as their home kit, and the yellow home as the away kits. In an effort to keep up with the rest of the world's soccer marketing tactics, MLS allowed for clubs to have shirt sponsors on the front, and since then, local brand Herbalife became the Galaxy's main shirt sponsor.

Club

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
0	Steve Cronin	GK	San Jose Earthquakes
1	Joe Cannon	GK	Colorado Rapids
35	Lance Friesz	GK	Los Angeles Storm
Defenders
2	Mike Randolph	DF	Portland Timbers
3	Ty Harden	DF	University of Washington
4	Ante Jazić	DF	Kuban Krasnodar
5	Chris Albright	DF	D.C. United
12	Troy Roberts	DF	Sonoma County Sol
16	Kyle Veris	DF	Michigan Bucks
17	Abel Xavier	DF	Middlesbrough
22	Kelly Gray	DF	Houston Dynamo
Midfielders
6	Kevin Harmse	MF	Nitra
7	Chris Klein	MF	Real Salt Lake
8	Peter Vagenas	MF	UCLA
13	Cobi Jones	MF	Vasco da Gama
15	Quavas Kirk	MF	IMG Soccer Academy
18	Kyle Martino	MF	Columbus Crew
19	Josh Tudela	MF	Indiana University
23	David Beckham	MF	Real Madrid
Forwards
9	Gavin Glinton	FW	Bradley University
10	Landon Donovan	FW	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
11	Israel Sesay	FW	IMG Soccer Academy
14	Edson Buddle	FW	Toronto FC
20	Carlos Pavón	FW	Real España
21	Alan Gordon	FW	Portland Timbers
27	Mike Caso	FW	University of San Diego

Non-competitive

Preseason friendlies

Midseason friendlies

July 22, 2007	LA Galaxy	0–1	Chelsea	Carson
19:30 PDT		Report	Terry 48'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Brian Hall

Postseason friendlies

7 November 2007	Vancouver Whitecaps	0–0	LA Galaxy	Vancouver
		Report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 48,172

11 November 2007	Minnesota Thunder	v	LA Galaxy	Minneapolis
				Stadium: Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 20,123

27 November 2007	Sydney FC	5–3	LA Galaxy	Sydney
	Brosque 5', 25' Zadkovich 29' Middleby 49', 53' Biddle 76' Fyfe 87'	Report	Harmse 31' 76' Beckham 45', 64' Buddle 49' Donovan 90'	Stadium: Telstra Stadium Attendance: 80,295 Referee: Mark Shield

Competitive

Major League Soccer

April 8, 2007 1	Houston Dynamo	0–0	LA Galaxy	Houston
16:00 PDT				Stadium: Robertson Stadium

April 12, 2007 2	LA Galaxy	1–2	FC Dallas	Carson
19:00 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

April 28, 2007 3	LA Galaxy	3–1	Chivas USA	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

May 12, 2007 4	LA Galaxy	2–3	New England Revolution	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

May 20, 2007 5	Chivas USA	1–1	LA Galaxy	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

May 26, 2007 6	Colorado Rapids	1–0	LA Galaxy	Commerce City
17:30 PDT				Stadium: DSG Park

June 2, 2007 7	LA Galaxy	0–0	D.C. United	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

June 9, 2007 8	FC Dallas	3–1	LA Galaxy	Frisco
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Pizza Hut Park

June 17, 2007 9	LA Galaxy	3–2	Real Salt Lake	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

June 23, 2007 10	LA Galaxy	2–3	Columbus Crew	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

July 4, 2007 11	LA Galaxy	2–0	Chicago Fire	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

July 8, 2007 12	LA Galaxy	2–2	Kansas City Wizards	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

August 5, 2007 13	Toronto FC	0–0	LA Galaxy	Toronto
16:30 PDT				Stadium: BMO Field

August 9, 2007 14	D.C. United	1–0	LA Galaxy	Washington, D.C.
16:00 PDT				Stadium: RFK Stadium

August 12, 2007 15	New England Revolution	1–0	LA Galaxy	Foxborough
16:00 PDT				Stadium: Gillette Stadium

August 18, 2007 16	New York Red Bulls	5–4	LA Galaxy	East Rutherford
16:30 PDT				Stadium: Giants Stadium

August 23, 2007 17	LA Galaxy	0–3	Chivas USA	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

August 26, 2007 18	Colorado Rapids	3–0	LA Galaxy	Commerce City
16:30 PDT				Stadium: DSG Park

September 1, 2007 19	LA Galaxy	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

September 8, 2007 20	LA Galaxy	3–1	Colorado Rapids	Carson
19:30 PDT				Stadium: Home Depot Center

U.S. Open Cup

July 10, 2007 Third round	Richmond Kickers	1–0	LA Galaxy	Richmond
19:30 PDT	Bulow 29' Alexander 87'	Report	Harden 27' Gordon 49'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,578 Referee: Andrew Chapin

SuperLiga

Group stage

July 24, 2007 1	LA Galaxy	2–1	Pachuca	Carson
19:30 PDT	Gordon 50' Donovan 81'	Report	Márquez Lugo 78'	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 19,317 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

July 28, 2007 2	LA Galaxy	1–2	Guadalajara	Los Angeles
19:30 PDT	Donovan 88'	Report	Rodríguez 59' Bravo 82'	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 37,337 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

July 31, 2007 3	FC Dallas	5–6	LA Galaxy	Frisco
17:00 PDT	Alvarez 43' Toja 78' Alvarez 82' Ruíz 90+1' Thompson 90+6'	Report	Gordon 3' Klein 12' Gordon 15' Harmse 18' Donovan 84' Pavón 90+5'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 21,576 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

Knockout round

August 15, 2007 Semifinals	LA Galaxy	2–0	D.C. United	Carson
20:00 EDT	Beckham 27' Donovan 47'	Report		Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 17,223 Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

August 29, 2007 Final	LA Galaxy	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Pachuca	Carson
20:00 PDT	Klein 90+3'	Report	Vagenas 29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Home Depot Center Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	Penalties
	Vagenas Jones Klein Buddle Donovan Xavier		Lugo Rey Caballero Manzur Cabrera Rodríguez

Statistics

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
1	GK	Joe Cannon	Colorado Rapids	Traded for Herculez Gomez and Ugo Ihemelu	December 1, 2006	^[1]
35	GK	Lance Friesz	Los Angeles Storm	Free	January 1, 2007
	FW	Robbie Findley	Oregon State Beavers	2007 MLS SuperDraft, R2 P16	January 12, 2007
19	DF	Josh Tudela	Indiana Hoosiers	2007 MLS SuperDraft, R2 P20	January 12, 2007
3	DF	Ty Harden	Washington Huskies	2007 MLS SuperDraft, R2 P23	January 12, 2007
	GK	Tally Hall	San Diego State Aztecs	2007 MLS SuperDraft, R4 P44	January 12, 2007
	DF	Bobby Burling	Loyola Marymount Lions	2007 MLS SuperDraft, R4 P45	January 12, 2007
6	MF	Kevin Harmse	Nitra	Undisclosed	April 2, 2007
17	DF	Abel Xavier	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	May 14, 2007	^[2]
22	DF	Kelly Gray	Houston Dynamo	Trade for Nate Jaqua	June 28, 2007
23	MF	David Beckham	Real Madrid	Undisclosed	July 11, 2007
11	FW	Israel Sesay	IMG Academy	Weighted lottery	August 1, 2007

Out

Loan in

Loan out

Draft picks

Round	Selection	Player	Pos.	College
2007 LA Galaxy Draft
2	16	Robbie Findley	Forward	Oregon State
	20	Josh Tudela	Midfielder	Indiana
	23	Ty Harden	Defender	Washington
4	44	Tally Hall	Goalkeeper	San Diego State
4	45	Bobby Burling	Defender	Loyola Marymount

References

^ Forbes, Brian (December 1, 2006). "Rapids trade Joe Cannon". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
^ "Xavier joins Beckham at LA Galaxy". CNN. May 14, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

[1] Forbes, Brian (December 1, 2006). "Rapids trade Joe Cannon". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

[2] "Xavier joins Beckham at LA Galaxy". CNN. May 14, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

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