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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	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	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

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

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

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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
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
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

References

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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