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2015 season
Owner	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
Coach	Bruce Arena
MLS	Conference: 5th Overall: 9th
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
CONCACAF Champions League	Group stage
MLS Cup Playoffs	Knockout Round
Top goalscorer	League: Robbie Keane (20 goals) All: Robbie Keane (25 goals)
Highest home attendance	League: 27,000 (Nine times) All: 93,226 (July 21 vs. Barcelona, at the Rose Bowl)
Lowest home attendance	League: 13,391 (May 27 vs. Salt Lake) All: 4,055 (June 17 vs. PSA Elite)
Average home league attendance	League: 23,392 All: 25,094
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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The 2015 LA Galaxy season was the club's twentieth season of existence, and their twentieth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer.

The Galaxy entered the season as the defending MLS Cup champions. They finished fifth in the Western Conference during the 2015 MLS regular season and were eliminated by Seattle Sounders FC in the Knockout Round of the playoffs. The team qualified for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League by virtue of winning MLS Cup 2014. The Galaxy reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup before being eliminated by Real Salt Lake.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Player Nation 1 GK Donovan Ricketts  Jamaica 2 DF Todd Dunivant  United States 3 MF Mika Väyrynen  Finland 4 DF Omar Gonzalez  United States 5 MF Jose Villarreal (HGP)  United States 6 MF Baggio Husidić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 FW Robbie Keane (DP & Captain)  Republic of Ireland 8 MF Steven Gerrard (DP)  England 9 FW Alan Gordon  United States 10 FW Giovani dos Santos (DP)  Mexico 11 FW Gyasi Zardes (HGP)  United States 12 GK Brian Rowe  United States 14 DF Robbie Rogers  United States 15 FW Ignacio Maganto  Spain 16 FW Edson Buddle  United States 17 MF Sebastian Lletget  United States 19 MF Juninho  Brazil 20 DF A. J. DeLaGarza  Guam 21 DF Tommy Meyer  United States 22 DF Leonardo  Brazil 24 GK Brian Perk  United States 25 MF Rafael Garcia  United States 27 DF Dave Romney  United States 31 GK Andrew Wolverton  United States 32 FW Jack McBean (HGP)  United States 33 DF Dan Gargan  United States 34 MF Kenney Walker  United States 36 DF Oscar Sorto (HGP)  United States 38 FW Bradford Jamieson IV (HGP)  United States 40 FW Raúl Mendiola (HGP)  Mexico

Transfers

Transfers in

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Steven Gerrard	Liverpool	Joined the team in July	January 7, 2015
FW	Ignacio Maganto	Iona Gaels Reading United	Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the 21st pick	January 15, 2015
DF	Daniel Keller	Louisville Cardinals Chicago Fire U-23	Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the 62nd pick	January 20, 2015
GK	Andrew Wolverton	Penn State Nittany Lions IMG Academy Bradenton	Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft with the 82nd pick	January 20, 2015
GK	Brian Perk	None	Re-sign	January 22, 2015
MF	Rafael Garcia	None	Re-sign	January 26, 2015
MF	Mika Väyrynen	HJK Helsinki	Sign	March 6, 2015
FW	Edson Buddle	Colorado Rapids	Sign	March 6, 2015
GK	Trey Mitchell	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	Sign	March 27, 2015
MF	Sebastian Lletget	West Ham United	Sign	May 8, 2015
FW	Giovani dos Santos	Villarreal	Sign	July 15, 2015
GK	Donovan Ricketts	Orlando City SC	Acquired in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.	July 30, 2015
DF	Dave Romney	LA Galaxy II	Sign	August 5, 2015

Transfers out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
FW	Landon Donovan	None	Retired	December 2, 2014
MF	Rafael Garcia		Option declined	December 11, 2014
DF	James Riley	Later signed with Colorado Rapids.	Option declined	December 11, 2014
GK	Brian Perk		Option declined	December 11, 2014
FW	Chandler Hoffman	Later selected by the Houston Dynamo in 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft second stage.	Option declined	December 11, 2014
DF	Kyle Venter	Later signed with Tulsa Roughnecks FC.	Waived	December 11, 2014
MF	Marcelo Sarvas	Colorado Rapids	Allocation money	January 15, 2015
FW	Charlie Rugg	Indy Eleven	Loan	March 18, 2015
MF	Stefan Ishizaki	Later signed with AIK.	Released	July 4, 2015
GK	Jaime Penedo		Contract mutually terminated	July 29, 2015

Competitions

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

January 28	LA Galaxy	2–0	Ventura County Fusion	Carson, California
	Keane Buddle	Report		Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium

January 31	LA Galaxy	6–1	Cal State Fullerton Titans	Carson, California
	Auras , Keane Rugg Garcia Mendiola	Report		Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium

February 3	Georgetown Hoyas	1–2	LA Galaxy	Washington, D.C.
	Campbell	Report	Villarreal o.g'	Stadium: Shaw Field

February 6	LA Galaxy	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
11:30	Husidic 18' Maganto 54'	Report	Pappa 26'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: Closed door

February 16	Hammarby	2–1	LA Galaxy	Stockholm, Sweden
10:00 PST	Israelsson 11' Hallenius 47'	Report	Keane 7' (pen.) Juninho  55'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena

February 21	Shamrock Rovers	0–1	LA Galaxy	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
8:00 PST		Report	Väyrynen 44'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium

February 28	San Jose Earthquakes	3–2	LA Galaxy	San Jose, California
14:00 PST	Gonzalez 42' (o.g.) Alashe  53' Koval 58' Jahn 68'	Report	Villareal 66' Keane 82'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference

Overall

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

March 6 1	LA Galaxy	2–0	Chicago Fire	Carson, California
19:00 PST	Walker  61' Villareal 65' Keane 81'	Report	Maloney  22' Guly  75'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

March 15 2	Portland Timbers	2–2	LA Galaxy	Portland, Oregon
16:00 PDT	Adi 31', 90'	Report	Zardes 65' Väyrynen  79' Gargan  88' Gordon 90+2'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

March 21 3	LA Galaxy	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Keane 3' Husidić  39' Juinho  58'	Report	Barnes  5' Sturgis 11' Garrido  39' Sarkodie  77'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 19,087 Referee: Juan Guzman

March 28 4	D.C. United	1–0	LA Galaxy	Washington, D.C.
16:00 PDT	Arnaud  46' Boswell  89' Pontius 90+3'	Report		Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 14,462 Referee: Ismail Elfath

April 4 5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0	LA Galaxy	Vancouver
19:00 PDT	Kah  41' Manneh 56' Adekugbe  59' Rivero 66'	Report	Zardes  85'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April 12 6	LA Galaxy	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
16:00 PDT	Gordon 23',  90+3' Gargan  27' Husidić  81' Juninho  88'	Report	Martins  34' Marshall  45+2'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Mark Geiger

April 18 7	LA Galaxy	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Husidić 9' Gargan  32' Juninho  83' Gonzalez 90+4'	Report	Németh 22' Espinoza  30' Dwyer  83'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 20,018 Referee: Alan Kelly

April 26 8	New York Red Bulls	1–1	LA Galaxy	Harrison, New Jersey
14:00 PDT	Miazga  29' Felipe 58' McCarty  66'	Report	Jamieson IV 9' Zardes  14' Gordon  44' Rogers  81' Gonzalez  82'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 20,062 Referee: Ted Unkel

May 2 9	LA Galaxy	1–1	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Gargan  13' Gordon 75' Rogers  82'	Report	LaBrocca  25' Torres 40' Cronin  49' Riley  88'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 16,676 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

May 6 10	Real Salt Lake	0–0	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
19:40 PDT	Olave  89'	Report	Gonzalez  42'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,296 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Note: Match originally to be played at 18:30 PDT but was delayed due severe weather in Sandy.

May 9 11	FC Dallas	2–1	LA Galaxy	Frisco, Texas
17:30 PDT	Hernandez  33' Pérez 77' Akindele 86'	Report	Gargan  41' Zardes 59' Ishizaki  65'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 13,829 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 17 12	Orlando City SC	4–0	LA Galaxy	Orlando, Florida
14:00 PDT	Avila 12' Larin 34' Kaká 56' (pen.),  56' Cerén 73'	Report	Penedo  59' Väyrynen  65'	Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 40,122 Referee: Jair Marrufo

May 22 13	LA Galaxy	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Ishizaki  24' Juninho  58' Gordon 90+2',  90+3' Sorto  90+6'	Report	Rodríguez  43' Barnes  82'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 20,195 Referee: Ismail Elfath

May 27 14	LA Galaxy	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Carson, California
19:30	Juninho 7' (pen.) Gordon  40' Husidić  45' Väyrynen  63'	Report	Beckerman  10' Olave  90+1'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 13,391 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

May 31 15	New England Revolution	2–2	LA Galaxy	Foxborough, Massachusetts
16:00 PDT	Bunbury 5' Alston  24' Fagúndez 37' Dorman  61'	Report	Maganto 18' Zardes 27'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 17,569 Referee: Alan Kelly

June 6 16	LA Galaxy	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Leonardo  34'	Report	Beitashour  20' Manneh 32'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 20,219 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

June 13 17	Columbus Crew	1–1	LA Galaxy	Columbus, Ohio
16:30 PDT	Higuaín 66'	Report	Lletget 14' Gonzalez  71' Rogers  87'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 21,051 Referee: Robert Sibiga

June 20 18	LA Galaxy	5–1	Philadelphia Union	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	DeLaGarza  6' Husidić 23' Juninho 35' Zardes 56' Ishizaki 59' Lletget 65'	Report	Sapong 58' Fred  88'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 23,875 Referee: Kevin Stott

June 24 19	LA Galaxy	5–0	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Lletget 13' Keane 18' (pen.) Rogers 33',  65' Juninho 72' Gordon  78' Villareal 88'	Report	Ridgewell  78'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 21,207 Referee: Ted Unkel

June 27 20	San Jose Earthquakes	3–1	LA Galaxy	Stanford, California
19:30 PDT	Nyassi  13' Bernárdez  23' Wondolowski 28' Goodson 53' Cato 72'	Report	Juninho 17' Ishizaki  19' Gordon  88'	Stadium: Stanford Stadium Attendance: 50,422 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

July 4 21	LA Galaxy	4–0	Toronto FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Keane 9', 41', 59' (pen.) Villareal  54' Husidić  58' DeLaGarza  80' Lletget 90+4'	Report	Zavaleta  60' Delgado  68' Warner  85'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Chris Penso

July 17 22	LA Galaxy	5–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Carson, California
20:00 PDT	Keane 30' (pen.), 64', 80' (pen.) Rogers  36' Gerrard 37' Lletget 90+2'	Report	Amarikwa 22', 25' Thompson  30' Salinas  55' Bingham  69' Stewart  70'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Alan Kelly

July 25 23	Houston Dynamo	3–0	LA Galaxy	Houston, Texas
18:00 PDT	Bruin 9' Davis 27' Miranda 88'	Report	Jamieson IV  16'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,445 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

August 1 24	Colorado Rapids	1–3	LA Galaxy	Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 PDT	Sarvas 12' Burling  42' Cronin  43'	Report	Lletget 56' Gordon 69' Buddle  80' Garcia  88' Keane  90+1', 90+3'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 18,597 Referee: Juan Guzman

August 9 25	LA Galaxy	3–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Carson, California
13:00 PDT	Zardes 13' Keane 47' Giovani 64'	Report	Barrett 1' Friberg  38' Fisher  62'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

August 15 26	FC Dallas	1–2	LA Galaxy	Frisco, Texas
18:00 PDT	Barrios 33' Acosta  38' Pérez  61'	Report	Keane 51', 56' DeLaGarza  57' Ricketts  77' Zardes  90+1'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 21,907 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

August 23 27	LA Galaxy	5–1	New York City FC	Carson, California
12:00 PDT	Zardes 36' Keane 54', 81' Giovani 67' Lletget 70'	Report	Villa 80' (pen.) Grabavoy  83'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August 28 28	San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	LA Galaxy	San Jose, California
20:00 PDT	Salinas 18' Bernárdez  90'	Report	Leonardo  47' Rogers  74'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

September 12 29	LA Galaxy	0–0	Montreal Impact	Carson, California
19:30 PDT		Report	Reo-Coker  37' Romero  52'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Mark Geiger

September 19 30	Real Salt Lake	3–0	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
18:30 PDT	Sandoval 3', 53' Morales  15', 28' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 21,004 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 27 31	LA Galaxy	3–2	FC Dallas	Carson, California
18:30 PDT	Giovani 11' Keane 14' Gerrard 57' Juninho  69' Gordon  90+4'	Report	Barrios 35' Harris 86'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

October 4 32	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	LA Galaxy	Seattle
18:30 PDT	Keane 36'	Report	Barrett 90+3'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 56,097 Referee: Jair Marrufo

October 18 33	LA Galaxy	2–5	Portland Timbers	Carson, California
16:00 PDT	Keane 36', 84' Gargan  67' Leonardo  77'	Report	Adi 65', 68' (pen.) Chará 74' Villafaña  81' Nagbe 85' Urruti 90'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Alan Kelly

October 25 34	Sporting Kansas City	2–1	LA Galaxy	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 PDT	Dwyer  17', 65' Ellis 38' Myers  58' Nagamura  66' Feilhaber  90+2'	Report	DeLaGarza  24' Keane 45+1'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,422 Referee: Mark Geiger

MLS Cup Playoffs

Knockout round

October 28	Seattle Sounders FC	3–2	LA Galaxy	Seattle
19:00	Dempsey 5' Valdez 12' Friberg 73' Frei  90+3'	Report	Lletget 6' Zardes 22' Gonzalez  44' Husidić  77'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,537 Referee: Jair Marrufo

U.S. Open Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Fourth round

June 17	LA Galaxy	6–1	PSA Elite	Carson, California
19:30 PT	Lletget 15' Zardes 19' Keane 29', 53', 70' Husidić 77'	Report	Salazar 12' Haberkorn  39' Wallace  72'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 4,055 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Fifth round

The draw for this round was held on June 18.

July 1	San Jose Earthquakes	0–1	LA Galaxy	San Jose, California
19:30 PT	Pierazzi  84' Fucito  87'	Report	Villarreal 5' Mendiola  84' Rowe  90'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 13,329 Referee: Allen Chapman

Quarterfinal

July 14	Real Salt Lake	1–0	LA Galaxy	Sandy, Utah
19:00 PT	Maund 87' Mulholland  89'	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 11,060 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

CONCACAF Champions League

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Group stage

The LA Galaxy have been drawn into Group D. The full tournament schedule was announced on June 29, 2015.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAX	CEN	COM
1	LA Galaxy	4	2	2	0	12	3	+9	8	Knockout stage		—	5–1	5–0
2	Central	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	4			1–1	—	1–0
3	Comunicaciones	4	1	1	2	2	7	−5	4			1–1	1–0	—

Matches

All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

August 6 1	LA Galaxy	5–1	Central	Carson
22:00	Gordon 3' Mendiola 31' Zardes 54' (pen.) Giovani 75' Maganto 83'	Report	Guerra 5' (pen.) Williams  38'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 13,625 Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)

August 18 2	LA Galaxy	5–0	Comunicaciones	Carson
22:00	Väyrynen 5' Gordon 9', 54' Keane 87', 89'	Report	Del Águila  30'	Stadium: StubHub Center Referee: José Peñaloza (Mexico)

September 23 3	Central	1–1	LA Galaxy	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
20:00	Plaza 2' Dillion  49' Oliver  52'	Report	Walker  63' Gordon 82'	Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

October 21 4	Comunicaciones	1–1	LA Galaxy	Guatemala City, Guatemala
22:00	Lalín  66' Blackburn 90+3'	Report	Meyer  80' Gordon 84'	Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

International Champions Cup

Matches announced on April 28.

July 11 1	LA Galaxy	2–1	América	Carson, California
20:30 PT	Keane 45' Maganto  54' Gordon 80'	Report Report	Quintero 7' Rivera  45+2' Mares  57' Goltz  59'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,934 Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

July 21 2	LA Galaxy	1–2	Barcelona	Pasadena, California
20:00 PT	Leonardo  41' Meyer 90+1'	Report	Suárez 45' Roberto 56'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 93,226 Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

See also

• 2015 in American soccer
• 2015 LA Galaxy II season

References

1. "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Steven Gerrard". Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
2. "LA Galaxy select Ignacio Maganto in first round of 2015 MLS SuperDraft". Retrieved January 15, 2015.
3. "LA Galaxy sign 2015 MLS SuperDraft pick Ignacio Maganto". Retrieved March 13, 2015.
4. ^ "LA Galaxy select Daniel Keller and Andrew Wolverton in final rounds of 2015 SuperDraft". Retrieved January 20, 2015.
5. "LA Galaxy sign goalkeeper Andrew Wolverton". Retrieved June 2, 2015.
6. "LA Galaxy re-sign goalkeeper Brian Perk". Retrieved January 23, 2015.
7. "LA Galaxy re-sign midfielder Rafael Garcia". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
8. "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Mika Vayrynen". Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
9. "LA Galaxy sign forward Edson Buddle". Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
10. "LA Galaxy sign goalkeeper Trey Mitchell". Retrieved March 29, 2015.
11. "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Sebastian Lletget". Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
12. "LA Galaxy sign Giovani dos Santos". Archived from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
13. "LA Galaxy acquire goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts from Orlando City SC". Retrieved July 30, 2015.
14. "LA Galaxy sign defender Dave Romney from LA Galaxy II". Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
15. "LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan to retire following the 2014 Season". August 7, 2014. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
16. ^ "LA Galaxy decline options on four players". Retrieved December 12, 2014.
17. "Chandler Hoffman selected by Houston Dynamo in Stage 2 of Re-Entry Draft". Retrieved December 20, 2014.
18. "LA Galaxy acquire third allocation ranking from Colorado Rapids in exchange for Marcelo Sarvas". Retrieved January 15, 2015.
19. "LA Galaxy loan Charlie Rugg to Indy Eleven for 2015 NASL season". Retrieved March 23, 2015.
20. Adam Serrano. "Adam Serrano on Twitter". Retrieved July 5, 2015.
21. "Stefan Ishizaki admits leaving the LA Galaxy is "one of the hardest decisions" the midfielder has ever had to make". Retrieved July 5, 2015.
22. "LA Galaxy Insider has learned that the LA Galaxy and Jaime Penedo mutually have agreed to part ways". Retrieved July 30, 2015.
23. "U.S. Soccer Announces Round of 16 Draw for 2015 U.S. Open Cup". Retrieved June 19, 2015.
24. "LA Galaxy drawn into Group D of 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League". Retrieved June 2, 2015.
25. "LA Galaxy schedule set for 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League group stage". Retrieved June 30, 2015.
26. "LA Galaxy to participate in 2015 International Champions Cup North America". Retrieved April 15, 2015.
27. "LA Galaxy to face FC Barcelona and Club América in International Champions Cup". Retrieved April 28, 2015.

External links

• Official website

• LA Galaxy seasons
• 2010s in Carson, California
• 2015 Major League Soccer season
• American soccer clubs 2015 season
• 2015 in sports in Los Angeles County, California
• 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League participants seasons