2020 Los Angeles FC season

LAFC
2020 season
General manager	John Thorrington
Head coach	Bob Bradley
Stadium	Banc of California Stadium
MLS	Conference: 7th; Overall: 12th
MLS Cup Playoffs	First round
U.S. Open Cup	Canceled
CONCACAF Champions League	Runners-up
MLS is Back Tournament	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Diego Rossi (14); All: ; Diego Rossi (18)
Highest home attendance	22,121
Lowest home attendance	0 (multiple closed door games)
Average home league attendance	22,051
Biggest win	6–0; (Sept. 23 vs. Vancouver)
Biggest defeat	0–3; (Sept. 6 at LA Galaxy); (Sept. 9 at Real Salt Lake); (Sept. 18 at Seattle)
Home colors	Away colors
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General managerJohn Thorrington

Head coachBob Bradley

StadiumBanc of California Stadium

MLSConference: 7th
Overall: 12th

The 2020 Los Angeles FC season was the club's third season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. Los Angeles FC played their home matches at the Banc of California Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Outside of MLS play, the team planned to participate in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup tournament (before the tournament's cancelation due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, reaching the final.

No.	Name	Nationality	Pos	Date of birth (age)	Apps	Goals
1	Kenneth Vermeer (INTL)	Netherlands	GK	(1986-01-10) January 10, 1986 (age 40)	8	0
23	Pablo Sisniega	Mexico	GK	(1995-07-07) July 7, 1995 (age 30)	14	0
40	Phillip Ejimadu	United States	GK	(1999-08-31) August 31, 1999 (age 26)	0	0
2	Jordan Harvey	United States	DF	(1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 42)	12	0
3	Mohamed Traore	Senegal	DF	(2002-08-15) August 15, 2002 (age 23)	1	0
4	Eddie Segura (INTL)	Colombia	DF	(1997-02-02) February 2, 1997 (age 29)	22	2
12	Diego Palacios (INTL)	Ecuador	DF	(1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 26)	17	0
18	Erik Dueñas (HG)	United States	DF	(2004-10-18) October 18, 2004 (age 21)	2	0
28	Tony Leone (HG)	United States	DF	(2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 (age 21)	0	0
13	Mohamed El Monir (INTL)	Libya	DF	(1992-04-08) April 8, 1992 (age 33)	13	1
43	Mark Segbers	United States	DF	(1996-04-18) April 18, 1996 (age 29)	0	0
27	Tristan Blackmon	United States	DF	(1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 29)	14	0
5	Dejan Jaković	Canada	DF	(1985-07-16) July 16, 1985 (age 40)	14	1
94	Jesús David Murillo	Colombia	DF	(1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 (age 32)	5	0
8	Francisco Ginella (INTL)	Uruguay	MF	(1999-01-21) January 21, 1999 (age 27)	22	1
7	Latif Blessing	Ghana	MF	(1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 29)	21	1
14	Mark-Anthony Kaye	Canada	MF	(1994-12-02) December 2, 1994 (age 31)	16	3
15	Alejandro Guido	United States	MF	(1994-03-22) March 22, 1994 (age 31)	0	0
20	Eduard Atuesta	Colombia	MF	(1997-06-18) June 18, 1997 (age 28)	17	1
11	José Cifuentes (INTL)	Ecuador	MF	(1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 26)	18	1
19	Bryce Duke (HG)	United States	MF	(2001-02-28) February 28, 2001 (age 25)	11	0
16	Danny Musovski	United States	FW	(1995-11-30) November 30, 1995 (age 30)	15	5
9	Diego Rossi (DP)	Uruguay	FW	(1998-03-05) March 5, 1998 (age 28)	19	14
10	Carlos Vela (DP)	Mexico	FW	(1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 37)	7	4
17	Brian Rodríguez (DP, INTL)	Uruguay	FW	(2000-05-20) May 20, 2000 (age 25)	19	2
26	Adrien Perez	United States	FW	(1995-10-13) October 13, 1995 (age 30)	10	0
66	Bradley Wright-Phillips	England	FW	(1985-03-12) March 12, 1985 (age 40)	18	8
24	Andy Najar	Honduras	DF	(1993-03-16) March 16, 1993 (age 32)	8	0
21	Christian Torres (HG)	United States	FW	(2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 21)	9	1
22	Kwadwo Opoku	Ghana	FW	(2001-07-13) July 13, 2001 (age 24)	3	0

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	América 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]
July 8, 2020	FW	Christian Torres	LAFC Academy	Homegrown Signing	^[8]
July 8, 2020	MF	Erik Dueñas	LAFC Academy	Homegrown Signing	^[9]
July 8, 2020	DF	Tony Leone	LAFC Academy	Homegrown Signing	^[10]
October 13, 2020	DF	Mark Segbers	Memphis 901 FC	Loan	^[11]
October 14, 2020	DF	Jesús David Murillo	Independiente Medellín	Loan	^[12]

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Notes	Ref.
November 21, 2019	DF	Lamar Batista	North Texas SC	Option declined	^[13]
November 21, 2019	DF	Steven Beitashour	Colorado Rapids	Contract not renewed	^[14]
November 21, 2019	GK	Phillip Ejimadu	Nacional	Loan Ended	^[15]
November 21, 2019	MF	Javier Pérez		Option declined	^[16]
November 21, 2019	MF	Peter-Lee Vassell		Option declined	^[17]
January 7, 2020	FW	Rodolfo Zelaya	Celaya	Mutually agreed to part ways	^[18]
January 16, 2020	GK	Tyler Miller	Minnesota United FC	Traded for $150,000 in GAM in 2020 and $50,000 in TAM in 2021	^[19]
February 7, 2020	FW	Joshua Perez		Mutually agreed to part ways	^[20]
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	^[21]
August 13, 2020	FW	Adama Diomande		Mutually agreed to part ways
September 1, 2020	MF	Alejandro Guido	San Diego Loyal SC	Loan	^[22]
September 23, 2020	DF	Danilo Silva		Retired
September 23, 2020	GK	Phillip Ejimadu	San Diego Loyal SC	Loan
December 23, 2020	FW	Bradley Wright-Phillips	Columbus Crew SC	Free agent	^[23]

Round	#	Position	Player	College/Club Team	Reference
1	24	GK	Paulo Pita	Marshall	^[24]
2	50	MF	Jack Hallahan	Michigan	^[24]
3	76	MF	Jorge Gonzalez	SIUE	^[25]
4	102	DF	Younes Boudadi	Creighton	^[25]

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

2020 Los Angeles FC season

First-team roster

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Draft picks

Competitions

Exhibitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference

MLS is Back – Group F

Overall

Results

MLS is Back Tournament

MLS Cup Playoffs

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

U.S. Open Cup

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

References

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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

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.

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
5	Colorado Rapids	18	8	6	4	32	28	+4	28	1.56	MLS Cup First Round
6	FC Dallas	22	9	6	7	28	24	+4	34	1.55
7	Los Angeles FC	22	9	8	5	47	39	+8	32	1.45
8	San Jose Earthquakes	23	8	9	6	35	51	−16	30	1.30
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	23	9	14	0	27	44	−17	27	1.17

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advanced to knockout stage
3	Houston Dynamo	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	LA Galaxy	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

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

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

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

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

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

September 9 10	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Los Angeles FC	Sandy, Utah
6:30 PDT	Kreilach 9', 48' Meram 47' Ruíz 61' Glad 70' Rusnák 79' (pen.) Beckerman 85'	Report	Cifuentes 65' Harvey 78'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Victor Rivas
Note: Match was originally scheduled for August 26.

October 7 16	Colorado Rapids	Canceled	Los Angeles FC	Commerce City, Colorado
6:00 PM PDT				Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Note: Match was postponed and later canceled after a staff member from the Colorado Rapids tested positive for COVID-19.

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)

August 22 6	Los Angeles FC	0–2	LA Galaxy	Los Angeles
3:00 PM PDT	Blackmon 51' El Monir 90'	Report	Zubak 26' Lletget 54' Kitchen 66'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ismail Elfath

August 30 7	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Los Angeles FC	Seattle, Washington
7:00 PM PDT	Ruidíaz 11' Morris 48', 49' Leerdam 28' O'Neill 64'	Report	Rossi 60' Kaye 42' Blessing 69'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Stott

September 2 8	Los Angeles FC	5–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Los Angeles
8:00 PM PDT	Rossi 21', 69' Palacios 33' Wright-Phillips 49' Cifuentes 64' Musovski 83'	Report	Hoesen 90+2'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Note: Match originally scheduled to kick-off at 7:30 PDT

September 6 9	LA Galaxy	3–0	Los Angeles FC	Carson, California
7:30 PDT	Kitchen 22' Pavón 51' Lletget 73', 83'	Report	Blessing 19' Kaye 53'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Allen Chapman

September 13 11	Los Angeles FC	4–2	Portland Timbers	Los Angeles
8:00 PM PDT	Kaye 37' Rossi 41' Wright-Phillips 45+1' Musovski 90+5' Cifuentes 83'	Report	Williamson 25' Ebobisse 45+2' Bonilla 71'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jair Marrufo

September 18 12	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	Los Angeles FC	Seattle, Washington
7:00 PM PDT	Lodeiro 29' (pen.), 33' (pen.), 71' Arreaga 63' Ruidíaz 82' Gómez Andrade 84'	Report	Cifuentes 54' Najar 90+4'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

September 23 13	Los Angeles FC	6–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Los Angeles
7:30 PDT	Jakovic 2' Wright-Phillips 5', 11' Veselinović 14' (o.g.) Rossi 33' Rose 68' (o.g.) Harvey 83'	Report	Baldisimo 27'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 27 14	Los Angeles FC	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Los Angeles
7:30 PDT	Kaye 45' Ginella 90+3'	Report	Ríos 34' Salinas 75', 80' Espinoza 83' Yueill 90+3'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ismail Elfath

October 4 15	Real Salt Lake	1–3	Los Angeles FC	Sandy, Utah
6:30 PM PDT	Ruíz 60' Atuesta 64' (o.g.) Johnson 71' Toia 80'	Report	Wright-Phillips 22' Rossi 27' Rodríguez 59'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 3,062 Referee: Nima Saghafi

October 11 17	Los Angeles FC	3–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Los Angeles
4:00 PM PDT	Musovski 15', 84' Ginella 19', 65' El Monir 88'	Report	Lodeiro 74', 77' João Paulo 80'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ramy Touchan

October 14 18	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 PM PDT	Cavallini 30', 59' Bush 83' Bikel 89'	Report	Segura 49' Atuesta 83' (pen.) Dueñas 90+3'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tori Penso
Note: Match was played in Portland due to Canadian travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic

October 18 19	Portland Timbers	1–1	Los Angeles FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 PM PDT	D. Chará 12' Williamson 29' Ebobisse 47'	Report	Harvey 5' Segura 49' Jakovic 77' Torres 90+3' Opoku 90+6'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Allen Chapman

October 25 20	Los Angeles FC	2–0	LA Galaxy	Los Angeles
12:30 PDT	Musovski 58' Vela 90+3'	Report	González 25' DePuy 75'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Stott

October 28 21	Los Angeles FC	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PDT	Rossi 9' Segura 22', 32' Cifuentes 84' Blessing 85'	Report	Lassiter 46' Vera 33' 59' Quintero 72' Garcia 90'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ramy Touchan

November 4 22	San Jose Earthquakes	3–2	Los Angeles FC	San Jose, California
8:00 PM PST	Ríos 21' Atuesta 28' (o.g.) Wondolowski 37' Yueill 51' 61' Espinoza 72'	Report	Blessing 23' Ginella 33' Murillo 66' Rossi 90+5'	Stadium: Earthquakes Stadium Referee: Timothy Ford
Note: Match was postponed from November 1 after 3 players from LAFC tested positive for COVID-19.

November 8 23	Los Angeles FC	1–1	Portland Timbers	Los Angeles
3:30 PM PST	Vela 5' Blessing 27' Torres 63'	Report	Valeri 31' Asprilla 81' Villafaña 90' Mabiala 90+2'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Kelly

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

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

November 24 First round	Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	Los Angeles FC	Seattle, Washington
7:30 PM PST	Lodeiro 18', 88' Ruidíaz 66' Morris 80'	Report	Atuesta 77' El-Munir 90+2'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Stott

February 27 Second leg	Los Angeles FC	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	León	Los Angeles
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)