2021 Los Angeles FC season

LAFC
2021 season
General manager	John Thorrington
Head coach	Bob Bradley
Stadium	Banc of California Stadium
MLS	Conference: 9th ; Overall: 19th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Canceled
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cristian Arango (14); All: ; Cristian Arango (14)
Biggest win	LAFC 4–0 SKC, September 3rd
Biggest defeat	COL 5–2 LAFC, November 7th
Home colors	Away colors
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General managerJohn Thorrington

Head coachBob Bradley

StadiumBanc of California Stadium

MLSConference: 9th
Overall: 19th

The 2021 Los Angeles FC season was the club's fourth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. LAFC played its home matches at the Banc of California Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

No.	Name	Nationality	Pos	Date of birth (age)	Apps	Goals
1	Jamal Blackman (INTL)	England	GK	(1993-10-27) October 27, 1993 (age 32)	8	0
23	Pablo Sisniega	Mexico	GK	(1995-07-07) July 7, 1995 (age 30)	8	0
30	Tomas Romero (HG)	El Salvador	GK	(2000-12-19) December 19, 2000 (age 25)	18	0
2	Jordan Harvey	United States	DF	(1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 42)	4	0
3	Mohamed Traore	Senegal	DF	(2002-08-15) August 15, 2002 (age 23)	0	0
4	Eddie Segura (INTL)	Colombia	DF	(1997-02-02) February 2, 1997 (age 29)	15	0
5	Mamadou Fall	Senegal	DF	(2002-11-21) November 21, 2002 (age 23)	19	4
12	Diego Palacios (INTL)	Ecuador	DF	(1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 26)	27	0
18	Erik Dueñas (HG)	United States	DF	(2004-10-18) October 18, 2004 (age 21)	0	0
24	Alvaro Quezada	United States	DF	(1999-03-04) March 4, 1999 (age 26)	1	0
25	Sebastien Ibeagha	United States	DF	(1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 34)	13	0
27	Tristan Blackmon	United States	DF	(1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 29)	22	1
28	Tony Leone (HG)	United States	DF	(2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 (age 21)	0	0
32	Marco Farfan	United States	DF	(1998-11-12) November 12, 1998 (age 27)	29	0
33	Kim Moon-hwan	South Korea	DF	(1995-08-01) August 1, 1995 (age 30)	27	1
94	Jesús David Murillo	Colombia	DF	(1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 (age 31)	32	0
7	Latif Blessing	Ghana	MF	(1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 29)	30	2
8	Francisco Ginella (INTL)	Uruguay	MF	(1999-01-21) January 21, 1999 (age 27)	17	0
11	José Cifuentes (INTL)	Ecuador	MF	(1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 26)	32	5
15	Daniel Crisostomo	United States	MF	(1997-01-16) January 16, 1997 (age 29)	10	0
19	Bryce Duke (HG)	United States	MF	(2001-02-28) February 28, 2001 (age 24)	15	0
20	Eduard Atuesta	Colombia	MF	(1997-06-18) June 18, 1997 (age 28)	24	2
44	Raheem Edwards	Canada	MF	(1995-07-17) July 17, 1995 (age 30)	27	0
9	Diego Rossi (DP)	Uruguay	FW	(1998-03-05) March 5, 1998 (age 27)	19	6
10	Carlos Vela (DP)	Mexico	FW	(1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 36)	20	5
16	Danny Musovski	United States	FW	(1995-11-30) November 30, 1995 (age 30)	22	4
17	Brian Rodríguez (DP, INTL)	Uruguay	FW	(2000-05-20) May 20, 2000 (age 25)	15	4
21	Christian Torres (HG)	United States	FW	(2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 21)	0	0
22	Kwadwo Opoku	Ghana	FW	(2001-07-13) July 13, 2001 (age 24)	4	0
26	Cal Jennings	United States	FW	(1997-05-17) May 17, 1997 (age 28)	6	0
29	Cristian Arango	Colombia	FW	(1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 (age 30)	17	14
45	Michee Ngalina	Democratic Republic of the Congo	FW	(2000-04-06) April 6, 2000 (age 25)	2	0

Technical staff
Head coach	Bob Bradley
Assistant coach	Mike Sorber
Assistant coach	Ante Razov
Assistant coach	Kenny Arena
Assistant coach	Gavin Benjafield
Goalkeeping coach	Zak Abdel
Director of soccer operations	John Thorrington
Director of soccer operations	Will Kuntz

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Notes	Ref.
December 17, 2020	FW	Raheem Edwards	Minnesota United FC	Re-Entry Draft	^[3]
December 13, 2020	DF	Marco Farfan	Portland Timbers	Trade	^[4]
January 11, 2021	FW	Corey Baird	Real Salt Lake	Trade	^[5]
January 11, 2021	DF	Kim Moon-hwan	Busan IPark	Transfer	^[6]
January 21, 2021	GK	Tomas Romero	Philadelphia Union II	Trade	^[7]
January 22, 2021	DF	Jesús David Murillo	Independiente Medellín	Exercised option to buy	^[8]
March 9, 2021	FW	Cal Jennings	Indy Eleven	Transfer	^[9]
April 24, 2021	DF	Alvaro Quezada	UC Irvine	Signed draft pick	^[10]
June 4, 2021	DF	Mamadou Fall	Montverde Academy	Signed using MLS waivers	^[11]
August 2, 2021	FW	Cristian Arango	Millonarios F.C.	Transfer	^[12]
August 4, 2021	MF	Daniel Crisostomo	Las Vegas Lights	Affiliate club signing	^[13]
August 6, 2021	DF	Sebastien Ibeagha	New York City FC	Trade	^[14]
August 19, 2021	DF	Julian Gaines	Las Vegas Lights	Affiliate club signing	^[15]
September 13, 2021	GK	Jamal Blackman	Chelsea	Free Agent	^[16]
September 21, 2021	FW	Michee Ngalina	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Loan	^[17]

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Notes	Ref.
December 1, 2020	GK	Philip Ejimadu	Las Vegas Lights	declined contract options	^[18]
December 1, 2020	DF	Andy Najar	D.C. United	declined contract options	^[18]
December 1, 2020	DF	Dejan Jaković	Forge FC	Free agent	^[18]
December 1, 2020	DF	Mohamed El-Munir	Free agent	Free agent	^[18]
December 22, 2020	FW	Adrien Perez	D.C. United	Re-Entry Draft	^[19]
December 23, 2020	FW	Bradley Wright-Phillips	Columbus Crew SC	Free agent	^[20]
February 1, 2021	FW	Brian Rodríguez	UD Almería	Loan	^[21]
March 4, 2021	MF	Alejandro Guido	San Diego Loyal SC	Released	^[22]
April 16, 2021	GK	Kenneth Vermeer	FC Cincinnati	Mutually agreed to part ways	^[23]
July 27, 2021	MF	Mark-Anthony Kaye	Colorado Rapids	Trade	^[24]
July 30, 2021	FW	Corey Baird	Houston Dynamo FC	Trade	^[25]
September 1, 2021	FW	Diego Rossi	Fenerbahçe	Loan	^[26]

Round	Position	Player	College/Club Team	Reference
1	FW	Daniel Trejo	CSU Northridge/Los Angeles Force	^[27]
2	DF	CC Uche	Ohio State University
3	FW	Alvaro Quezada	University of California, Irvine

2021 Los Angeles FC season

First-team roster

Coaching staff

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Draft picks

Competitions

Preseason friendlies

MLS

Standings

Western Conference

Overall

Matches

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

References

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April 3 Preseason 1	Los Angeles FC	2–2	New England Revolution	Los Angeles
11:00 AM PT	Atuesta 63' Rossi 90'	LAFC Report NE Report	Bou 46' Buksa 49'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played behind closed doors

April 10 Preseason 2	Los Angeles FC	3–3	New England Revolution	Los Angeles
	Rossi 14' Vela 58' Segura 84'		Buksa 2' Polster 7' Gil 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 0
Note: Match was played behind closed doors

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Real Salt Lake	34	14	14	6	55	54	+1	48	MLS Cup First Round
8	LA Galaxy	34	13	12	9	50	54	−4	48
9	Los Angeles FC	34	12	13	9	53	51	+2	45
10	San Jose Earthquakes	34	10	13	11	46	54	−8	41
11	FC Dallas	34	7	15	12	47	56	−9	33

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
17	Columbus Crew	34	13	13	8	46	45	+1	47
18	CF Montréal	34	12	12	10	46	44	+2	46	CONCACAF Champions League
19	Los Angeles FC	34	12	13	9	53	51	+2	45
20	Inter Miami CF	34	12	17	5	36	53	−17	41
21	San Jose Earthquakes	34	10	13	11	46	54	−8	41

April 17 1	Los Angeles FC	2–0	Austin FC	Los Angeles
2:30 PM PT	Baird 61' Cifuentes 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

April 24 2	Los Angeles FC	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Los Angeles
3:00 PM PT	Atuesta 2' Blessing 88'	Report	Smith 54' Arreaga 78' Dobbelaere 83' A. Roldan 85'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Armando Villarreal

May 1 3	Houston Dynamo FC	1–1	Los Angeles FC	Houston, Texas
12:30 PM PT	Pasher 57'	Report	Murillo 29' Baird 55'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 7,850 Referee: Robert Sibiga

May 8 4	LA Galaxy	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Carson, California
5:00 PM PT	Hernández 11', 44' Villafaña 20' Saldana 42' dos Santos 79', 79' Harvey 83' Araujo 90+2'	Report	Rossi 62' Blackmon 82'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 7,193 Referee: Allen Chapman

May 16 5	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0	Los Angeles FC	Seattle, Washington
6:30 PM PT	Paulo 45' Andrade 52' Arreaga 57' Smith 73'	Report	Murillo 78'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 7,173 Referee: Joe Dickerson

May 22 6	Los Angeles FC	2–1	Colorado Rapids	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT	Rossi 14', 33' Cifuentes 60'	Report	Barrios 50' Rubio 69'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 10,483 Referee: Ismail Elfath

June 26 10	Sporting Kansas City	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Kansas City, Kansas
2:00 PM PT	Ilie 44' Pulido 61' Sallói 87'	Report	Blackmon 12' 58' Moon-hwan 24' Romero 64'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,213 Referee: Chris Penso

July 3 11	Real Salt Lake	0–1	Los Angeles FC	Sandy, Utah
7:00 PM PT	Brody 17' Kreilach 75' Glad 83'	Report	Baird 61' Cifuentes 69' Rossi 90+6'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,253 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

July 21 14	Portland Timbers	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM PT	Valeri 2' Paredes 86' Mora 90+3'	Report	Vela 17'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Victor Rivas

August 8 18	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Los Angeles FC	San Jose, California
4:00 PM PT	Nathan 11' López 28' Cowell 39' Ebobisse 76'	Report	Murillo 10' Yueill 39' (o.g.) Rossi 78'	Stadium: Earthquakes Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

May 29 7	Los Angeles FC	1–2	New York City FC	Los Angeles
3:00 PM PT	Atuesta 48' Baird 56'	Report	Medina 53', 70' Acevedo 86' 86' Tajouri-Shradi 90'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 10,703 Referee: Kevin Stott

June 19 8	Los Angeles FC	1–1	Houston Dynamo FC	Los Angeles
8:00 PM PT	Cifuentes 50'	Report	Parker 17' Vera 30' Urruti 58' Picault 71'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,043 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

June 23 9	Los Angeles FC	2–0	FC Dallas	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT	Vela 4' Blessing 69' Murillo 90'	Report	Bressan 60' Vargas 80' Ricaurte 84'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,510 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

July 7 12	Austin FC	0–2	Los Angeles FC	Austin, Texas
6:00 PM PT	Pereira 3' Cascante 36' Kolmanič 45+2'	Report	Cifuentes 39' Farfan 70' Murillo 85' Rossi 89'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Ramy Touchan

July 17 13	Los Angeles FC	2–1	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT	Rossi 10' Murillo 62' Vela 79'	Report	Herrera 18', 77' Everton 45+1' Kreilach 50' Besler 87'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,490 Referee: Robert Sibiga

July 24 15	Los Angeles FC	2–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT	Vela 42' Baird 67' Cifuentes 75' Murillo 82'	Report	Caicedo 25', 84' Alexandre 27' Dájome 38' Baldisimo 58' Bikel 69'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,049 Referee: Kevin Stott

July 28 16	Los Angeles FC	2–2	Minnesota United FC	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT	Vela 40' Blackmon 77'	Report	Reynoso 49' Dibassy 59' Trapp 67' Dotson 90+5'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,118 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August 4 17	Los Angeles FC	1–4	Sporting Kansas City	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT	Romero 20' Cifuentes 33' Ginella 62' Musovski 82' Duke 85' Atuesta 90+7'	Report	Pulido 20' Isimat-Mirin 25' Martins 28' Sallói 36' Zusi 41' Sánchez 57' Kinda 58' Fontàs 90+2' Espinoza 90+6'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,114 Referee: Alan Kelly

August 15 19	Atlanta United FC	1–0	Los Angeles FC	Atlanta, Georgia
1:00 PM PT	Martínez 46' Bello 85'	Report	Atuesta 90+6'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 67,503 Referee: Chris Penso

August 21 20	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 PM PT	White 60' Gauld 89'	Report	Rossi 45+2' (pen.) Arango 90+4'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: Not reported Referee: Alex Chilowicz

August 28 21	Los Angeles FC	3–3	LA Galaxy	Los Angeles
4:00 PM PT	Cifuentes 14' Arango 44' (pen.) Rodríguez 58', 67'	Report	Joveljić 20', 64', 64' Dos Santos 35' Coulibaly 76' Cabral 86', 87'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,032 Referee: Allen Chapman

September 3 22	Los Angeles FC	4–0	Sporting Kansas City	Los Angeles
7:00 PM PT	Fall 18', 61' Ibeagha 41' Arango 71' Duke 77' Musovski 79' Atuesta 87' (pen.)	Report	Espinoza 58' Melia 85'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,018 Referee: Drew Fischer

September 12 23	Los Angeles FC	3–2	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles
7:30 PM PT	Arango 1', 30' Edwards 23' Duke 57' Datković 59' (o.g) Ibeagha 90+3'	Report	Datković 22' Kreilach 28' Everton 45+1' Julio 48'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,130 Referee: Ted Unkel

September 15 24	Austin FC	1–2	Los Angeles FC	Austin, Texas
6:00 PM PT	Stroud 35' Cascante 64' Fagúndez 67'	Report	Crisostomo 29' Arango 59' (pen.) Musovski 79', 81'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Timothy Ford

September 19 25	Portland Timbers	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Portland, Oregon
3:00 PM PT	Asprilla 21' Mabiala 24' Blanco 26' Bravo 42' Fochive 68' Valeri 83'	Report	Arango 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,311 Referee: Chris Penso

September 25 26	San Jose Earthquakes	2–0	Los Angeles FC	San Jose, California
7:00 PM PT	Kikanovic 3' Nathan 31' Espinoza 34' E. López 47' Abecasis 64' M. López 86'	Report	Crisostomo 39' Cifuentes 75'	Stadium: Earthquakes Stadium Attendance: 16,927 Referee: Jair Marrufo

September 29 27	Los Angeles FC	1–2	Portland Timbers	Los Angeles
7:00 PM PT	Palacios 29' Musovski 55' Arango 90+9'	Report	Paredes 25' Y. Chará 45' Asprilla 45+2', 59' Valeri 76'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,056 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

October 3 28	LA Galaxy	1–1	Los Angeles FC	Carson, California
5:00 PM PT	Araujo 10' Grandsir 18', 19' Depuy 30'	Report	Fall 11' Edwards 22' Crisostomo 44'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 25,174 Referee: Armando Villarreal

October 16 29	Los Angeles FC	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Los Angeles
12:30 PM PT	Musovski 3' Arango 28' (pen.), 88', 86' Murillo 81' Farfan 90+3'	Report	Marcinkowski 28' López 40' Fierro 61' Judson 90+9'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,003 Referee: Alan Kelly

October 20 30	FC Dallas	2–3	Los Angeles FC	Frisco, Texas
5:00 PM PT	Hollingshead 10', 72' Jara 45' Hedges 59'	Report	Arango 33' (pen.), 75', 79' Cifuentes 67' Musovski 89'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 12,532 Referee: Chris Penso