2009 Los Angeles Galaxy season
The 2009 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the 14th season of the team's existence. It began on March 22, 2009 with a 2-2 home draw against D.C. United, and ended on November 22, 2009 with a loss on penalties to Real Salt Lake in the 2009 MLS Cup Final.
Squad
First-team squad
As of August 29, 2009.Off-season
The Galaxy was involved in the following off-season activity:Draft
The 2009 MLS SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2009, with draft order determined by regular and post-season record.Players marked with an asterisk after their previous club affiliation were contracted under the Generation Adidas program.
| Player | Position | Pick overall | Previous club |
| Omar Gonzalez | D | #3 | University of Maryland '*' |
| A. J. DeLaGarza | D | #19 | University of Maryland |
| Joshua Boateng | F | #33 | Liberty University |
| Kyle Patterson | M | #48 | Saint Louis University St. Louis Lions |
Statistics
Statistics are from all MLS matches. Ages are as of March 19, 2009.Last updated: September 20, 2009.
| Nat | No | Player | Age | Pos | Starts | Apps | G | A | Acquired | ||
| 2 | Todd Dunivant | |DF | 21 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Leonard Griffin | |DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Omar Gonzalez | |DF | 26 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Eddie Lewis | |MF | 21 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 7 | Chris Klein | |MF | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Dema Kovalenko | |MF | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 9 | Jovan Kirovski | |FW | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Landon Donovan | |FW | 20 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Alecko Eskandarian | |FW | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 14 | Edson Buddle | |FW | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Stefani Miglioranzi | |MF | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Gregg Berhalter | |DF | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 17 | Tristan Bowen | |FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Mike Magee | |MF | 17 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Josh Tudela* | |MF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 20 | A. J. DeLaGarza | |DF | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Alan Gordon | |FW | 13 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 22 | Tony Sanneh | |DF | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 23 | David Beckham | |MF | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 27 | Bryan Jordan | |FW | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 28 | Sean Franklin | |DF | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | Kyle Patterson | |MF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | Chris Birchall | |MF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 33 | 33 | 40 | 7 |
* = Not currently part of team.
Goalkeepers
Recognition
;MLS All-Stars- Landon Donovan - FW - First XI
- Donovan Ricketts - Week 4 -
- Landon Donovan - July -
- Landon Donovan - Week 21 -
- Donovan Ricketts - Week 14 -
- Josh Saunders - Week 16 -
- Donovan Ricketts - Week 18 -
Club