2023 Los Angeles FC season

Los Angeles FC
2023 season
	An El Tráfico match at the Rose Bowl on July 4, 2023
General manager	John Thorrington
Head coach	Steve Cherundolo
Stadium	BMO Stadium
MLS	Conference: 3rd ; Overall: 8th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Runners-up
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 16
CONCACAF Champions League	Runners-up
Leagues Cup	Quarter-finals
Campeones Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Denis Bouanga (20); All: ; Denis Bouanga (38)
Average home league attendance	22,155
Biggest win	LAFC 5–1 MIN; (10/4) (MLS); LAFC 7–1 FCJ; (8/2) (Leagues Cup)
Biggest defeat	HOU 4–0 LAFC ; (6/10)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2022 2024 →

General managerJohn Thorrington

Head coachSteve Cherundolo

StadiumBMO Stadium

MLSConference: 3rd
Overall: 8th

The 2023 Los Angeles FC season was the club's sixth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. LAFC plays its home matches at BMO Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The venue was renamed prior to the start of the season.^[2]

LAFC finished as runners-up in MLS Cup 2023 to the Columbus Crew^[3] and the CONCACAF Champions League to Club León.^[4] The team traveled over 63,000 miles (101,000 km) over the course of the season and played 53 matches—a record at the time for an MLS team during a single year.^[5]

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No.	Name	Nationality	Pos	Date of birth (age)	Apps	Goals
1	Eldin Jakupović	Switzerland	GK	(1984-10-02) October 2, 1984 (age 41)	2	0
16	Maxime Crépeau	Canada	GK	(1994-05-11) May 11, 1994 (age 31)	7	0
32	Abraham Romero	Mexico	GK	(1998-02-18) February 18, 1998 (age 28)	0	0
77	John McCarthy	United States	GK	(1992-07-04) July 4, 1992 (age 33)	25	0
2	Denil Maldonado	Honduras	DF	(1998-05-26) May 26, 1998 (age 27)	21	1
3	Jesús Murillo	Colombia	DF	(1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 (age 32)	19	0
5	Mamadou Fall	Senegal	DF	(2002-11-21) November 21, 2002 (age 23)	1	0
12	Diego Palacios (INTL)	Ecuador	DF	(1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 26)	29	0
14	Giorgio Chiellini (INTL)	Italy	DF	(1984-08-14) August 14, 1984 (age 41)	20	1
15	Mohamed Traore	Senegal	DF	(2002-08-15) August 15, 2002 (age 23)	0	0
18	Erik Dueñas (HG)	United States	DF	(2004-10-18) October 18, 2004 (age 21)	18	0
24	Ryan Hollingshead	United States	DF	(1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 34)	32	4
28	Tony Leone (HG)	United States	DF	(2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 (age 21)	0	0
30	Sergi Palencia	Spain	DF	(1996-03-23) March 23, 1996 (age 29)	20	0
33	Aaron Long	United States	DF	(1992-10-12) October 12, 1992 (age 33)	21	0
80	Julian Gaines	United States	DF	(2002-11-05) November 5, 2002 (age 23)	2	0
6	Ilie Sánchez	Spain	MF	(1990-11-21) November 21, 1990 (age 35)	34	1
8	Francisco Ginella (INTL)	Uruguay	MF	(1999-01-21) January 21, 1999 (age 27)	0	0
11	Timothy Tillman	United States	MF	(1999-01-04) January 4, 1999 (age 27)	25	4
17	Daniel Crisostomo	United States	MF	(1997-01-16) January 16, 1997 (age 29)	6	0
19	Mateusz Bogusz	Poland	MF	(2001-08-22) August 22, 2001 (age 24)	28	3
23	Kellyn Acosta	United States	MF	(1995-07-24) July 24, 1995 (age 30)	24	0
50	Filip Krastev	Bulgaria	MF	(2001-10-15) October 15, 2001 (age 24)	9	1
7	Stipe Biuk	Croatia	FW	(2002-12-26) December 26, 2002 (age 23)	30	3
9	Mario González	Spain	FW	(1996-02-25) February 25, 1996 (age 30)	8	1
10	Carlos Vela (DP)	Mexico	FW	(1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 37)	34	9
21	Christian Torres (HG)	United States	FW	(2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 21)	0	0
25	Cristian Olivera	Uruguay	FW	(2002-04-17) April 17, 2002 (age 23)	10	2
27	Nathan Ordaz (HG)	Mexico	FW	(2004-01-12) January 12, 2004 (age 22)	17	0
99	Denis Bouanga	Gabon	FW	(1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 (age 31)	31	20

Technical staff
Head coach	Steve Cherundolo
Assistant coach	Marc Dos Santos
Assistant coach	Ante Razov
Assistant/Goalkeeping coach	Oka Nikolov
Assistant coach/Performance director	Gavin Benjafield
Co-President & General Manager	John Thorrington
Director of football operations	Marco Garcés

Entry date	Position	Player	From club	Notes	Ref.
December 30, 2022	FW	Stipe Biuk	Hajduk Split	Transfer	^[8]
January 4, 2023	DF	Aaron Long	New York Red Bulls	Free agent	^[9]
January 9, 2023	GK	Eldin Jakupović	Everton	Transfer	^[10]
January 26, 2023	MF	Daniel Crisostomo	Las Vegas Lights	Transfer	^[11]
January 26, 2023	GK	Abraham Romero	Las Vegas Lights	Transfer	^[11]
February 2, 2023	DF	Sergi Palencia	Saint-Étienne	Transfer	^[12]
February 10, 2023	MF	Timothy Tillman	Greuther Fürth	Transfer	^[13]
March 31, 2023	MF	Mateusz Bogusz	Leeds United	Transfer	^[14]
June 9, 2023	MF	Bajung Darboe		Homegrown signing	^[15]
June 21, 2023	DF	Diego Rosales	Los Angeles FC 2	Homegrown signing	^[16]
July 22, 2023	FW	Mario González	Braga	Transfer	^[17]
August 4, 2023	FW	Cristian Olivera	Almería	Transfer	^[18]

Exit date	Position	Player	To club	Notes	Ref.
November 15, 2022	FW	Cal Jennings	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Declined contract options	^[19]
November 15, 2022	GK	Tomás Romero	Toronto FC	Declined contract options	^[20]
November 15, 2022	MF	Daniel Trejo	Phoenix Rising	Declined contract options	^[21]
November 15, 2022	DF	Franco Escobar	Houston Dynamo	Free agent	^[22]
November 15, 2022	DF	Sebastien Ibeagha	FC Dallas	Free agent	^[23]
November 15, 2022	MF	Sebastian Méndez	São Paulo	Free agent	^[24]
November 15, 2022	FW	Cristian Tello	Al Fateh	Free agent	^[25]
January 3, 2023	MF	Latif Blessing	New England Revolution	Trade	^[26]
January 9, 2023	FW	Gareth Bale	N/A	Retired	^[27]
February 1, 2023	FW	Cristian Arango	Pachuca	Transfer	^[28]
July 5, 2023	FW	Kwadwo Opoku	CF Montréal	Trade	^[29]
August 3, 2023	MF	José Cifuentes	Rangers	Transfer	^[30]

Position	Player	From Club	Start date	End date	Notes	Ref.
DF	Denil Maldonado	Motagua	December 22, 2022	December 31, 2023	Loan with purchase option	^[31]
MF	Filip Krastev	Lommel	July 26, 2023	July 26, 2024	Year-long loan with purchase option	^[32]

2023 Los Angeles FC season

First-team roster

Los Angeles FC 2 players that made MLS appearances

Coaching staff

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Draft picks

Competitions

Preseason

Coachella Valley Invitational

MLS

Standings

Western Conference

Overall

Matches

MLS Cup Playoffs

Round One

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

MLS Cup 2023

U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leagues Cup

Knockout round

Campeones Cup

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

References

Related Articles

No.	Player	To Club	Start date	End date	Notes	Ref.
8	Francisco Ginella	Nacional	July 18, 2022	June 2024	Loan; Extended June 21, 2023	^[33]
15	Mohamed Traore	Phoenix Rising	February 28, 2023	December 31, 2023	Season-long loan	^[34]
5	Mamadou Fall	Barcelona B	September 1, 2023	June 2024	Year-long loan with purchase option	^[35]

Round	#	Position	Player	College/Club Team	Reference
1	No Draft Selection
2	58	GK	Jassem Koleilat	University of New Hampshire	^[36]
3	87	DF	Noah Dollenmayer	CSU, San Bernardino	^[37]

January 21 1	Los Angeles FC	0–2	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles
11:00 AM			Jacquesson 10' Rubin 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Los Angeles Football Club Performance Center Attendance: 0
Note: Played behind closed doors.

January 28 2	Los Angeles FC	1–1	New York City FC	Los Angeles
	30'	Report	Magno 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Los Angeles Football Club Performance Center
Note: Played behind closed doors.

February 18 3	Los Angeles FC	3–1	San Diego Loyal	Los Angeles
5:00 PM	Vela 21' Opoku 57' Bouanga 83'		Moon 38'	Stadium: BMO Stadium

February 6 1	Los Angeles FC	1–2	D.C. United	Indio, California
2:00 PM	Bouanga		68' 90+8'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club

February 11 2	Los Angeles FC	2–1	Toronto FC	Indio, California
11:00 AM	Bouanga ,		Vázquez 6'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Louis City SC	34	17	12	5	62	45	+17	56	MLS Cup Round One
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	41	32	+9	53
3	Los Angeles FC	34	14	10	10	54	39	+15	52
4	Houston Dynamo FC	34	14	11	9	51	38	+13	51
5	Real Salt Lake	34	14	12	8	48	50	−2	50

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	New England Revolution	34	15	9	10	58	46	+12	55	CONCACAF Champions Cup
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	41	32	+9	53
8	Los Angeles FC	34	14	10	10	54	39	+15	52
9	Houston Dynamo FC	34	14	11	9	51	38	+13	51	CONCACAF Champions Cup
10	Atlanta United FC	34	13	9	12	66	53	+13	51

March 4 1	Los Angeles FC	3–2	Portland Timbers	Los Angeles
1:30 PM	Chiellini 24' Vela 34' (pen.) Ilie 45+1' Hollingshead 45+8' Opoku 52' Tillman 72'	Report	McGraw 41' Evander 62' Paredes 84' Fogaça 90+1'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,202 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

March 18 3	Seattle Sounders FC	0–0	Los Angeles FC	Seattle, Washington
1:00 PM	João Paulo 35' Nouhou 43' Rusnák 45' A. Roldán 56'	Report	Long 43' Murillo 43' Acosta 48' Bouanga 84'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 32,515 Referee: Ismail Elfath

March 25 4	Los Angeles FC	2–1	FC Dallas	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Tillman 3' Murillo 37' Hollingshead 69' Bounga 84'	Report	Twumasi 34' Velasco 40' Quignon 43' Ibeagha 53' Cerrillo 63' Tafari 66', 73'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,163 Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Note: FC Dallas head coach Nico Estévez was shown a yellow card (45+4').

April 1 5	Colorado Rapids	0–0	Los Angeles FC	Commerce City, Colorado
6:30 PM	Barrios 87'	Report	Long 65'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,298 Referee: Drew Fischer

April 16 7	LA Galaxy	2–3	Los Angeles FC	Carson, California
1:30 PM	Boyd 41' Aude 73' Delgado 84' Puig 90' Joveljić 90+4'	Report	Acosta 19' Vela 22', 68' (pen.) Palacios 60' Cifuentes 63' Hollingshead 70' Palencia 90+1'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 27,154 Referee: Armando Villarreal

March 12 2	Los Angeles FC	4–0	New England Revolution	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Bouanga 14' (pen.), 67' Tillman 83' Biuk 90+6'	Report	Polster 67'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,007 Referee: Allen Chapman

April 8 6	Los Angeles FC	3–0	Austin FC	Los Angeles
4:30 PM	Bouanga 40', 58', 68'	Report	Lima 67'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,199 Referee: Victor Rivas

April 22 8	Nashville SC	1–1	Los Angeles FC	Nashville, Tennessee
5:30 PM	Mukhtar 35'	Report	Maldonado 8' Bouanga 59' Dueñas 69' Murillo 88'	Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 30,109 Referee: Ted Unkel

May 6 9	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Santa Clara, California
4:30 PM	Espinoza 8', 83' (pen.)	Report	Bogusz 29' Bouanga 30' Maldonado 83'	Stadium: Levi's Stadium Attendance: 45,112 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

May 13 10	Real Salt Lake	0–3	Los Angeles FC	Sandy, Utah
6:30 PM	Ojeda 27' Eneli 79'	Report	Opoku 8' Bouanga 34' Hollingshead 68' Bogusz 87' (pen.)	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 19,407 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

May 17 11	Los Angeles FC	1–1	Sporting Kansas City	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Bouanga 13' Ilie 29' Palacios 40' Tillman 70'	Report	Russell 20' Sallói 90+4'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,222 Referee: Armando Villarreal

May 20 12	Los Angeles FC	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Biuk 3' Maldonado 29' Vela 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Trauco 52' Judson 89'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,030 Referee: Ismail Elfath

June 7 13	Los Angeles FC	0–0	Atlanta United FC	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Palacios 18' Cifuentes 23' Crisostomo 90+6'	Report	Ibarra 28' Rossetto 61' Purata 70' Fortune 85' Wolff 90+5'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,010 Referee: Joseph Dickerson
Note: Match was rescheduled due to Los Angeles FC's participation in 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

June 10 14	Houston Dynamo FC	4–0	Los Angeles FC	Houston, Texas
5:30 PM	Quiñónes 11' Bassi 50' Clark 53' Baird 69', 81' Escobar 79', 89'	Report	Cifuentes 32'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 15,366 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

June 14 15	Los Angeles FC	0–1	Houston Dynamo FC	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Biuk 22' Ilie 27' Opoku 79' Palacios 89'	Report	Micael 23' Clark 64' Artur 76' Sviatchenko 90+2' Baird Steres 90+3'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,177 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
Note: Originally scheduled for April 29, match was rescheduled due to Los Angeles FC's participation in the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

June 17 16	Sporting Kansas City	1–2	Los Angeles FC	Kansas City, Kansas
5:30 PM	Pulido 17' (pen.) Rosero 50'	Report	Maldonado 48' Bogusz 59' Biuk 65' Vela 90'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,410 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

June 21 17	Los Angeles FC	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Bogusz 1' Opoku 35'	Report	Lodeiro 61'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,125 Referee: Ted Unkel

June 24 18	Los Angeles FC	2–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Crisostomo 25' Bouanga 45' Vela 68' Hollingshead 86'	Report	Veselinović 2' White 23' Raposo 32' Gauld 63' Vite 85' Martins 90+1'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,133 Referee: Jon Freemon

July 1 19	FC Dallas	2–0	Los Angeles FC	Frisco, Texas
5:30 PM	Jesus 24' Kamungo 56' Junqua 90' Mulato 90+3'	Report	Palacios 8'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 19,096 Referee: Sergii Boiko

July 4 20	LA Galaxy	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Pasadena, California
7:30 PM	Boyd 26' Edwards 34' Costa 54' Aude 72' Puig 73'	Report	Tillman 19' Ilie 57' Maldonado 70' Dueñas 82'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 82,110 Referee: Victor Rivas
Note: Match was originally scheduled for February 25, but was postponed and later rescheduled due to severe weather.

July 8 21	Los Angeles FC	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Bouanga 37' (pen.)	Report	Mensah 22' Gruezo 27' Espinoza 30' Daniel 56' Marcinkowski 90+2'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,033 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

July 12 22	Los Angeles FC	3–0	St. Louis City SC	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Cifuentes 14', 90+2' Maldonado 30' Vela 72' Biuk 82'	Report	Bell 51' Nerwinski 77'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,010 Referee: Joseph Dickerson
Note: Match was rescheduled due to Los Angeles FC's participation in 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.

July 15 23	Minnesota United FC	1–1	Los Angeles FC	Saint Paul, Minnesota
5:30 PM	Reynoso 24' Taylor 45'	Report	Vela 21' Palacios 40' Ilie 44'	Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 19,954 Referee: Allen Chapman

August 23 24	Los Angeles FC	4–0	Colorado Rapids	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Chiellini 5' Bogusz 19', 49' Vela 29' Hollingshead 36' Palencia 43' Olivera 83'	Report	Tavares 45+1' Wilson 55' Navarro 65' Ronan 72' Priso 89'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,017 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Note: Match rescheduled from August 20 due to Hurricane Hilary making landfall in Southern California.

August 26 25	Charlotte FC	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
4:30 PM	Malanda 8' Świderski 13' Westwood 29' Arfield 75' Bronico 90+6'	Report	Tillman 19' González 67'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 37,809 Referee: Victor Rivas