2014 LA Galaxy II season

LA Galaxy II
2014 season
Manager	Curt Onalfo
Stadium	StubHub Center; Track & Field Stadium
USL Pro	3rd
USL Pro Playoffs	Semi-final
U.S. Open Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Chandler Hoffman – 14 goals; All: Chandler Hoffman – 14 goals
Highest home attendance	2,478; (September 13 v. Rochester)
Lowest home attendance	408; (September 1 v. Richmond)
Average home league attendance	597
Home colors	Away colors
	2015 →

The 2014 LA Galaxy II season was the club's first season of existence. This season LA Galaxy II participated in the USL Pro and the U.S. Open Cup.

Players

Squad information

The squad of LA Galaxy II was composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed by Galaxy II, and LA Galaxy Academy players. Academy players who appeared in matches with LA Galaxy II retained their college eligibility.

Daniel Steres was named captain, and was named Defender of the Year.^[1]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of April 11, 2014.


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
25	MF	Rafael Garcia	United States
27	FW	Charlie Rugg	United States
32	FW	Jack McBean (HGP)	United States
34	MF	Kenney Walker	United States
36	DF	Oscar Sorto (HGP)	United States
38	FW	Bradford Jamieson IV (HGP)	United States
40	FW	Raúl Mendiola (HGP)	Mexico
41	GK	Cody Laurendi	United States
43	DF	Logan Emory	United States
44	DF	Daniel Steres	United States
48	MF	Dragan Stojkov	Macedonia
50	FW	Travis Bowen	United States
53	DF	Bradley Diallo	France
55	DF	Jason Bli	France
56	MF	Laurent Courtois	France
57	MF	Alejandro Covarrubias	United States
58	FW	Kainoa Bailey	United States
59	MF	Elijah Martin	United States
61	MF	Jaime Villarreal	United States
63	MF	André Auras	France
64	GK	Nicholas Shackelford	United States
66	DF	Joe Franco	United States
72	DF	Lee Nishanian	United States

Coaching staff

Role	Name	Nation
Head coach	Curt Onalfo	United States
Player-Coach	Laurent Courtois^[3]	France

Friendlies

February 13	Fresno Fuego	1–2	LA Galaxy II	Fresno, California
7:00pm	Ellison 44'		Bowen 11' Mendiola 22'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park

February 22	LA Galaxy	3–0	LA Galaxy II	Carson, California
7:30pm	Keane 2' 24' (pen.) Samuel 68'			Stadium: StubHub Center

USL Pro

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando City (C)	28	19	5	4	56	24	+32	62	Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs
2	Sacramento Republic FC (A)	28	17	4	7	49	28	+21	55	Playoffs
3	LA Galaxy II (A)	28	15	6	7	54	38	+16	51
4	Richmond Kickers (A)	28	13	12	3	53	28	+25	51
5	Charleston Battery (A)	28	11	8	9	36	31	+5	41

Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (C) Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record)

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	10	5	4	36	21	+15	35	7	2	1	28	14	+14	3	3	3	8	7	+1

Source: Match reports

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Stadium	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	P	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on July 14, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Regular season

All times from this point on Pacific Daylight Saving Time (UTC−07:00)

March 22 1	LA Galaxy II	3–1	Orange County Blues FC	Carson, California
7:30pm	Covarrubias 8' Garcia 34' Rugg 40' Walker 45' Emory 52' Steres 54'	Report	O'Leary 34' Okai 42' 58' Santana 54'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 1,259 Referee: Bernhard Hosu

March 29 2	LA Galaxy II	1–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Carson, California
7:30pm	Emory 40' Hoffman 81'	Report	López 12' Braun 33' Alvarez 52' Daly 82'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 1,085 Referee: Reed Christy

April 7 3	LA Galaxy II	4–2	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Carson, California
7:30pm	Courtois 14' Hoffman 35' Steres 39' Auras 48' Djokovic 90+'	Report	Doue 8' Morad 45' Thomas 57' Caringi 59'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 525 Referee: Christopher Calderon

April 13 4	LA Galaxy II	0–3	Sacramento Republic FC	Carson, California
3:00pm	Auras 19' Courtois 38'	Report	Mirković 14' Daly 33' Alvarez 41' 45' Collins 75'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 588 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

April 19 5	LA Galaxy II	3–1	Orange County Blues FC	Carson, California
7:30pm	Auras 37' Rugg 49' Garcia 61' Hoffman 73' Courtois 90'	Report	Bardsley 6' Santana 9' Gautrat 88'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: Daniel Radford

April 25 6	Arizona United SC	1–1	LA Galaxy II	Peoria, Arizona
7:10pm	Dillon 31' DelPiccolo 68'	Report	Mendiola 35' Auras 38' Sorto 46' Diallo 89'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 2,818 Referee: Charles Farr

April 27 7	Orange County Blues FC	0–3	LA Galaxy II	Irvine, California
4:00pm	Momeni 29' 76' McKenzie 32' Rivera 56'	Report	Garcia 34' Arreola 45' Bowen 50' Zardes 65'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 913 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

May 5 8	LA Galaxy II	2–1	Charlotte Eagles	Carson, California
7:10pm	Rugg 28' Garcia 51' Hoffman 55'	Report	Toby 14' Herrera 35' (pen.) Gold 44' Gentile 52' Leathers 61'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 410 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

May 10 9	Dayton Dutch Lions	1–1	LA Galaxy II	West Carrollton, Ohio
7:00pm	Schoenfeld 43' (pen.) Harada 65' Cruyff 84'	Report	Hoffman 41' Arreola 43'	Stadium: DOC Stadium Attendance: 831 Referee: Edwin Durisevic

May 17 10	Sacramento Republic FC	2–1	LA Galaxy II	Sacramento, California
7:30pm	Stewart 7' López 67' Daly 87'	Report	Venter 16' Bowen 25' Garcia 51' Diallo 67'	Stadium: Hughes Stadium Attendance: 20,231 Referee: Nestor Chavez

May 25 11	LA Galaxy II	5–0	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Carson, California
8:00pm	Hoffman 13', 22' Jamieson IV 51', 55' McBean 69'	Report		Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 738 Referee: Tyler Ploeger

June 1 12	Seattle Sounders Reserves	0–1	LA Galaxy II	Tukwila, Washington
1:00pm	DeGroot 65'	Report	Steres 7' Hoffman 76'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Referee: Katja Koroleva

June 8 13	LA Galaxy II	5–1	Dayton Dutch Lions	Carson, California
7:30pm	Jamieson IV 8', 45' McBean 25', 39' Stojkov 35' Rugg 42' Bowen 77'	Report	Schoenfeld 75'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 850 Referee: Adrian Gonzalez

June 11 14	LA Galaxy II	1–2	Rochester Rhinos	Carson, California
7:30pm	Sorto 45' McBean 50' Auras 68' Garcia 75'	Report	Mendoza 8' Dixon 29' Banks 44' Obasi 72' Rolfe 90'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 561 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

June 14 15	Charleston Battery	3–0	LA Galaxy II	Charleston, South Carolina
4:30pm	Falvey 25' Kelly 50' Cordovés 85'	Report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,377 Referee: Richonne Clark

June 21 16	Arizona United SC	1–1	LA Galaxy II	Peoria, Arizona
7:10pm	Morrison 54' Antúnez 74' Woodberry 88'	Report	Bowen 17'	Stadium: Peoria Sports Complex Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Jon Freemon

June 28 17	Orlando City	3–0	LA Galaxy II	Lake Buena Vista, Florida
4:30pm	Hertzog 18', 43' Molino 61' Cerén 68' Quinn 86'	Report	Garcia 43'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Attendance: 5,029 Referee: Patrick O'Brian

July 4 18	LA Galaxy II	4–2	Arizona United SC	Carson, California
7:00pm	Jamieson IV 16' Rugg 18', 45' Antúnez 41' (o.g.) Sorto 58'	Report	Okafor 76' (pen.) Kassel 90+2'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 415 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

July 19 20	Oklahoma City Energy FC	0–1	LA Galaxy II	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6:00pm	Hedrick 43' Leichty 55'	Report	Stojkov 45' Emory 67' Mendiola 75'	Stadium: Pribil Stadium Attendance: 4,102 Referee: Kyle Phillips

July 26 21	Orange County Blues FC	0–4	LA Galaxy II	Irvine, California
7:00pm	Gautrat 30'	Report	Auras 4' Hoffman 40', 41' Stojkov 64'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 1,226 Referee: Bernhard Hosu

July 30 22	Harrisburg City Islanders	3–1	LA Galaxy II	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
4:00pm	Hardware 17' McLaughlin 54' Derschang 86'	Report	Garcia 40' Mendiola 76'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 1,833 Referee: Jarolaw Werel

August 2 23	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	3–1	LA Galaxy II	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
4:00pm	Ngwenya 30' Earls 39', 62' Flunder 40' Kerr 78'	Report	Villarreal 18' Garcia 66' 88' Mendiola 62' Bowen 90'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,243 Referee: Brandon Artis

August 9 24	LA Galaxy II	3–2	Arizona United SC	Carson, California
7:30pm	Rugg 9' Jamieson IV 10' Auras 37' Villarreal 42'	Report	Kassel 47' DelPiccolo 60' Tan 72' Morrison ?'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 535 Referee: Christopher Calderon

August 16 25	Oklahoma City Energy FC	0–1	LA Galaxy II	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
6:00pm	Doue 38' Badr 79'	Report	Steres 19' Sorto 30' Diallo 80' 90' Stojkov 90'	Stadium: Pribil Stadium Attendance: 4,089 Referee: Andrew Musashe

August 24 26	LA Galaxy II	3–3	Wilmington Hammerheads	Carson, California
7:30pm	Hoffman 14', 53' Steres 33' Bailey 57' Villarreal 61' Garcia 90'	Report	Fairclough 22' Ruggles 68' Jane 77', 83' Kaye 86' Ackley 90'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 423 Referee: Alejar Mariscal

September 1 27	LA Galaxy II	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Carson, California
7:00pm	Bli 27' Hoffman 43' (pen.) Villarreal 45'	Report	Basso 8' William 68', 87'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Attendance: 408 Referee: Denis Vargas

September 6 28	Sacramento Republic FC	1–2	LA Galaxy II	Sacramento, California
7:30pm	Klimenta 50' Guzman 51' Alvarez 69' Collins 89'	Report	McBean 18', 59' Villarreal 27' Rugg 70' Bli 82' Covarrubias 90'	Stadium: Hughes Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alex del Angel Jr.

Playoffs

The 2014 USL PRO Playoffs include the top eight finishers in the table, with the quarterfinals (No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, etc.) set for the weekend of September 12–14. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams will be played the following weekend, with the 2014 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 26–28. All playoff rounds feature a single-game knockout format and teams will not be re-seeded following each round.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			USL Pro Championship

1	Orlando City	0

8	Harrisburg City Islanders	1
			8	Harrisburg City Islanders	3

			4	Richmond Kickers	2
4	Richmond Kickers (a.e.t.)	2

5	Charleston Battery	1
						8	Harrisburg City Islanders	0

						2	Sacramento Republic	2
2	Sacramento Republic	4

7	Wilmington Hammerheads	1
			2	Sacramento Republic	3

			3	LA Galaxy II	2
3	LA Galaxy II	2

6	Rochester Rhinos	1

Quarter-final

September 13	LA Galaxy II	2–1	Rochester Rhinos	Carson, California
7:30pm	Hoffman 29' Stojkov 42' Rugg 45', 62' Garcia 45' 65' Bli 90+3'	Report	Rosenlund 16' Banks 22' Smith 90+5'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 2,478 Referee: Daniel Radford

Semi-finals

September 20	Sacramento Republic	3–2	LA Galaxy II	Sacramento, California
7:30pm	López 57', 70' (pen.), 84' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Klimenta 82'	Report	Rugg 26' Jamieson IV 44' Sorto 74'	Stadium: Bonney Field Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

U.S. Open Cup

Second round

May 14 Second round	LA Galaxy II	6–1	Cal FC	Carson, California
7:30pm	Emory 4' Covarrubias 6' Diallo 24' Bowen 30', 33' McBean 45' Steres 79' Đoković 82'	Report	Reza 50' Bonvehi 57' Alfaro 75' Riley 88'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium

Third round

May 28 Third round	LA Galaxy II	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	PSA Elite	Carson, California
7:30pm	McBean 87' Garcia 97' Auras 103'	Report	Salazar 21' Barron 65' Smith 88' Preciado 100'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track & Field Stadium Referee: Michael Zapata

References

^ "Getting 2 know Galaxy II: Defender Daniel Steres". LA Galaxy. April 15, 2015.
^ "Daniel Steres LA Galaxy:Profile". Retrieved August 6, 2016.
^ Serrano, Adam. "A look at who suited up for LA Galaxy II in their inaugural match". LA Galaxy. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.

External links

Official website

[get_to_know_Daniel_Steres-1] "Getting 2 know Galaxy II: Defender Daniel Steres". LA Galaxy. April 15, 2015.

[LA_Galaxy_Profile-2] "Daniel Steres LA Galaxy:Profile". Retrieved August 6, 2016.

[who_suited_up-3] Serrano, Adam. "A look at who suited up for LA Galaxy II in their inaugural match". LA Galaxy. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014.

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