2025 Los Angeles FC season
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Overall: 6th
| 2025 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General manager | John Thorrington | ||
| Head coach | Steve Cherundolo | ||
| Stadium | BMO Stadium | ||
| MLS | Conference: 3rd Overall: 6th | ||
| MLS Cup Playoffs | Conference semifinals | ||
| Leagues Cup | League stage | ||
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| FIFA Club World Cup | Group stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Denis Bouanga (24) All: Denis Bouanga (32) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 21,931[1] | ||
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The 2025 Los Angeles FC season was the club's eighth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. LAFC played its home matches at BMO Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was the final season under head coach Steve Cherundolo, who stepped down at the end of the season.[2]
Since joining MLS in 2018, LAFC has won the 2022 MLS Cup and twice won the Supporters' Shield in 2019 and 2022.[3] LAFC was also a finalist for the 2023 MLS Cup and twice a runner-up for the final of the CONCACAF Champions League in 2020 and 2023.[4][5] LAFC finished the 2024 regular season at the top of the Western Conference and advanced to the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs; their playoff run ended when they lost to the Seattle Sounders in the conference semifinals.[6][7] LAFC also won their first U.S. Open Cup and were finalists in the 2024 Leagues Cup which allowed them to qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.[8][9] LAFC finished 2024 with a record of 31 wins, 11 losses, and 8 draws.[10]
Summary
Preseason
On November 27, 2024, LAFC announced they were exercising contract options to retain five players while declining options for six players including Carlos Vela, Kei Kamara, and Marlon.[11] They also reported Aaron Long, Jesús Murillo, Ilie Sánchez, and Erik Dueñas were out of contract while the loan terms for Eduard Atuesta and Lewis O'Brien expired at the end of the year.[11] LAFC signed Long and Marlon to new contracts before the end of 2024.[12][13] LAFC also transferred Bajung Darboe to Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich and traded Tomás Ángel to San Diego FC along with LAFC's second round pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for $200,000 in general allocation money.[11][14]
On December 10, 2024, LAFC signed Jude Terry from their youth academy to a homegrown contract.[15] They also signed Jeremy Ebobisse as a free agent on December 23, 2024 and selected Alec Hughes as the 22nd pick of the 2025 MLS SuperDraft.[16][17] On January 5, 2025, LAFC announced Omar Campos had transferred to Liga MX club Cruz Azul.[18] The next day, LAFC announced they had acquired two 2025 international roster slots from Nashville SC in exchange for $350,000 in general allocation money.[19] LAFC made a number of player acquisitions in January. They acquired Odin Thiago Holm on loan from Scottish Premier League club Celtic FC for the 2025 season and Igor Jesus from Primeira Liga club Estrela da Amadora as an U22 Initiative signing.[20][21] They also made trades to acquire midfielder Mark Delgado from the LA Galaxy in exchange for $400,000 in general allocation money and defender Nkosi Tafari from FC Dallas in exchange for $300,000 in general allocation money and a 2026 international roster slot.[22][23] On January 24, LAFC signed former Columbus Crew midfielder Yaw Yeboah for a two-year contract after acquiring first refusal rights from San Diego FC with $50,000 in general allocation money.[24] The next day, LAFC announced the transfer of midfielder Mateusz Bogusz to Cruz Azul.[25]
LAFC began their preseason schedule with a closed-door friendly against CPL club Cavalry FC on January 20. They then play two closed-door friendlies at BMO Stadium against the San Jose Earthquakes on January 25 and the Portland Timbers on January 29. On February 2, LAFC heads to Indio where they will play a friendly against USL Championship club Phoenix Rising FC.[26] They will then participate in the 2025 Coachella Valley Invitational at the Empire Polo Club by playing a preseason match against the Chicago Fire FC on February 5 before heading back to BMO Stadium for a friendly against Liga MX's Club América on February 11.[3][27] On February 18, LAFC will travel to Colorado to play the Colorado Rapids in the first round of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup; the second leg of the first round will be played in Los Angeles on February 25. LAFC's regular season will begin with a home match against Minnesota United FC on February 22.[28] While LAFC will participate in the 2025 Leagues Cup which runs from July 29 to August 31, LAFC will not compete in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup with MLS Next Pro team Los Angeles FC 2 taking their place.[29]
Squad
First-team roster
- As of October 18, 2025
| No. | Name | Nationality | Pos | Date of birth (age) | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Lloris |  France | GK | December 26, 1986 | 32 | 0 |
| 12 | Thomas Hasal |  Canada | GK | July 9, 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | David Ochoa |  Mexico | GK | January 16, 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Eddie Segura |  Colombia | DF | February 2, 1997 | 31 | 1 |
| 5 | Ryan Porteous |  Scotland | DF | March 25, 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 14 | Sergi Palencia |  Spain | DF | March 23, 1996 | 33 | 1 |
| 15 | Lorenzo Dellavalle |  Italy | DF | April 4, 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Ryan Hollingshead |  United States | DF | April 16, 1991 | 31 | 2 |
| 25 | Maxime Chanot |  Luxembourg | DF | November 21, 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Artem Smolyakov |  Ukraine | DF | May 29, 2003 | 26 | 1 |
| 33 | Aaron Long | United States | DF | October 12, 1992 | 14 | 1 |
| 42 | Luca Bombino (HG) | United States | DF | July 10, 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Kenny Nielsen | United States | DF | February 13, 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | Nkosi Tafari | United States | DF | March 23, 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 6 | Igor Jesus |  Brazil | MF | March 7, 2003 | 24 | 0 |
| 8 | Mark Delgado | United States | MF | May 16, 1995 | 34 | 3 |
| 11 | Timothy Tillman | United States | MF | January 4, 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 16 | Jailson | Brazil | MF | September 7, 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Andrew Moran |  Ireland | MF | October 15, 2003 | 8 | 1 |
| 20 | Yaw Yeboah |  Ghana | MF | March 28, 1997 | 17 | 1 |
| 21 | Ryan Raposo | Canada | MF | March 5, 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | Frankie Amaya | United States | MF | September 26, 2000 | 19 | 1 |
| 43 | Adam Saldana | United States | MF | February 7, 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | Jude Terry (HG) | United States | MF | October 8, 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Mathieu Choinière | Canada | MF | February 7, 1999 | 9 | 1 |
| 80 | Odin Thiago Holm |  Norway | MF | January 18, 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Son Heung-min |  South Korea | FW | 8 July 1992 (aged 32) | 10 | 9 |
| 17 | Jeremy Ebobisse | United States | FW | February 14, 1997 | 22 | 4 |
| 22 | Alexandru Băluță |  Romania | FW | September 13, 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Javairô Dilrosun |  Netherlands | FW | June 22, 1998 | 6 | 2 |
| 27 | Nathan Ordaz (HG) |  El Salvador | FW | January 12, 2004 | 26 | 5 |
| 30 | David Martínez |  Venezuela | FW | February 7, 2006 | 30 | 3 |
| 77 | Adrian Wibowo (HG) |  Indonesia | FW | January 17, 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | Denis Bouanga |  Gabon | FW | November 11, 1994 | 31 | 24 |
Los Angeles FC 2 players that made MLS appearances
| No. | Name | Nationality | Pos | Date of birth (age) | Apps | Goals |
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Coaching staff
| Technical staff | |
|---|---|
| Head coach |  Steve Cherundolo |
| Assistant coach | Marc Dos Santos |
| Assistant coach | Ante Razov |
| Assistant coach | Enrique Duran |
| Assistant/Goalkeeping coach |  Oka Nikolov |
| Assistant coach/Performance director |  Gavin Benjafield |
| Co-President & General Manager | John Thorrington |
| Technical Director | Neil McGuinness |
