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 (37)
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 →

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 for an MLS team during a single year.^[5]

Squad

First-team roster

As of October 21, 2023^[6]

No.	Name	Nationality	Pos	Date of birth (Age)	Apps	Goals
1	Eldin Jakupović	Switzerland	GK	(1984-10-02) October 2, 1984 (age 39)	2	0
16	Maxime Crépeau	Canada	GK	(1994-05-11) May 11, 1994 (age 30)	7	0
32	Abraham Romero	Mexico	GK	(1998-02-18) February 18, 1998 (age 26)	0	0
77	John McCarthy	United States	GK	(1992-07-04) July 4, 1992 (age 32)	25	0
2	Denil Maldonado	Honduras	DF	(1998-05-26) May 26, 1998 (age 26)	21	1
3	Jesús Murillo	Colombia	DF	(1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 (age 30)	19	0
5	Mamadou Fall	Senegal	DF	(2002-11-21) November 21, 2002 (age 21)	1	0
12	Diego Palacios (INTL)	Ecuador	DF	(1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 25)	29	0
14	Giorgio Chiellini (INTL)	Italy	DF	(1984-08-14) August 14, 1984 (age 39)	20	1
15	Mohamed Traore	Senegal	DF	(2002-08-15) August 15, 2002 (age 21)	0	0
18	Erik Dueñas (HG)	United States	DF	(2004-10-18) October 18, 2004 (age 19)	18	0
24	Ryan Hollingshead	United States	DF	(1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 33)	32	4
28	Tony Leone (HG)	United States	DF	(2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 (age 20)	0	0
30	Sergi Palencia	Spain	DF	(1996-03-23) March 23, 1996 (age 28)	20	0
33	Aaron Long	United States	DF	(1992-10-12) October 12, 1992 (age 31)	21	0
80	Julian Gaines	United States	DF	(2002-11-05) November 5, 2002 (age 21)	2	0
6	Ilie Sánchez	Spain	MF	(1990-11-21) November 21, 1990 (age 33)	34	1
8	Francisco Ginella (INTL)	Uruguay	MF	(1999-01-21) January 21, 1999 (age 25)	0	0
11	Timothy Tillman	United States	MF	(1999-01-04) January 4, 1999 (age 25)	25	4
17	Daniel Crisostomo	United States	MF	(1997-01-16) January 16, 1997 (age 27)	6	0
19	Mateusz Bogusz	Poland	MF	(2001-08-22) August 22, 2001 (age 22)	28	3
23	Kellyn Acosta	United States	MF	(1995-07-24) July 24, 1995 (age 29)	24	0
50	Filip Krastev	Bulgaria	MF	(2001-10-15) October 15, 2001 (age 22)	9	1
7	Stipe Biuk	Croatia	FW	(2002-12-26) December 26, 2002 (age 21)	30	3
9	Mario González	Spain	FW	(1996-02-25) February 25, 1996 (age 28)	8	1
10	Carlos Vela (DP)	Mexico	FW	(1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 35)	34	9
21	Christian Torres (HG)	United States	FW	(2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 20)	0	0
25	Cristian Olivera	Uruguay	FW	(2002-04-17) April 17, 2002 (age 22)	10	2
27	Nathan Ordaz (HG)	Mexico	FW	(2004-01-12) January 12, 2004 (age 20)	17	0
99	Denis Bouanga	Gabon	FW	(1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 (age 29)	31	20

Los Angeles FC 2 players that made MLS appearances

No.	Name	Nationality	Pos	Date of birth (Age)	Apps	Goals
38	Yekeson Subah	United States	FW	(2004-02-13) February 13, 2004 (age 20)	1	0

Coaching staff

As of February 21, 2023^[7]

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

Transfers

Transfers in

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]

Transfers out

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]

Loans in

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]

Loans out

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]

Draft picks

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]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

All matches are in Pacific Time

Preseason

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

Coachella Valley Invitational

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

MLS

Standings

Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2023)
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	Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	41	32	+9	53	Qualification for round one
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

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall

Overall MLS standings table
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	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[a]
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	41	32	+9	53	Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32^[b]
8	Los Angeles FC	34	14	10	10	54	39	+15	52	Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32^[b]
9	Houston Dynamo FC (U)	34	14	11	9	51	38	+13	51	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One and U.S. Open Cup Round of 32^[c]
10	Atlanta United FC	34	13	9	12	66	53	+13	51	Qualification for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 32^[b]

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
(U) U.S. Open Cup winner
Notes:

^ As second highest-ranked club in 2023 MLS Supporters' Shield not already qualified
^ ^a ^b As one of the top seven teams in the overall table to not qualify for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
^ Qualify for both the Champions Cup and U.S. Open Cup as 2023 U.S. Open Cup champions

Matches

All matches are in Pacific time

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 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

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 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 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

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

September 3 26	Los Angeles FC	1–3	Inter Miami CF	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Bogusz 3' Murillo 79' Bouanga 88' Hollingshead 90'	Report	Farías 14', 72' Alba 51' Yedlin 63' Campana 83' Gómez 86'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,921 Referee: Ted Unkel
Note: Originally scheduled for September 2

September 9 27	Portland Timbers	2–0	Los Angeles FC	Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM	Mabiala 28' Bravo 53' Paredes 82'	Report	Acosta 57'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 23,239 Referee: Drew Fischer

September 16 28	Los Angeles FC	4–2	LA Galaxy	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Ilie 7' Palacios 13' Bouanga 24', 75' Hollingshead 33', 66' Tillman 84' Acosta 90'	Report	Sharp 25' Cuevas 43' Yoshida 59'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,132 Referee: Chris Penso

September 20 29	St. Louis City SC	0–0	Los Angeles FC	St. Louis, Missouri
5:30 PM	Markanich 89' Ostrák 90+2'	Report	Palencia 53' Acosta 84'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 23 30	Philadelphia Union	0–0	Los Angeles FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
4:30 PM			Long 2' Palencia 79'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 18,738 Referee: Allen Chapman

October 1 31	Los Angeles FC	0–1	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles
5:00 PM	Ilie 39' Olivera 56' Tillman 62' Bogusz 67' Palacios 78'	Report	Gómez 51' Arango 72' Rubin 86' Palacio 89'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,221 Referee: Timothy Ford

October 4 32	Los Angeles FC	5–1	Minnesota United FC	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Bouanga 6', 36', 45+1' Tapias 46' (o.g.) Krastev 67'	Report	Dotson 4' Reynoso 39'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,041 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

October 7 33	Austin FC	2–4	Los Angeles FC	Austin, Texas
5:30 PM	Rigoni 51' Väisänen 75' Zardes 90' Chiellini 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Tillman 13' Bouanga 45+1' (pen.), 54' Olivera 68'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Jon Freemon

October 21 34	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Los Angeles FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
6:00 PM	Ahmed 58' Adekugbe 71' Berhalter 76'	Report	Bouanga 34', 45+4' Palacios 44' Tillman 51' Bogusz 57' Ilie 69' Chiellini 73' Crépeau 74'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 25,146 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

MLS Cup Playoffs

Round One

October 28 Game 1	Los Angeles FC	5–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Los Angeles
5:00 pm PT	Hollingshead 18', 52' Vela 22' Bouanga 29', 64' Murillo 80'	Report	White 27' Adekugbe 40' Brown 41' Blackmon 55' Vite 63' Johnson 82'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,002 Referee: Jon Freemon

November 5 Game 2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–1	Los Angeles FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
4:30 pm PT	Veselinović 22' Schöpf 90+1' Adekugbe 90+4' Becher 90+4'	Report	Bouanga 24' (pen.) González 40' Olivera 83'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 30,204 Referee: Timothy Ford
Note: Los Angeles FC won the series 2–0.

Conference Semifinals

November 26	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Los Angeles FC	Seattle, Washington
6:30 pm PT	Nouhou 20' Atencio 40' João Paulo 66'	Report	Bouanga 30' Crépeau 84' Palacios 86' Chiellini 90'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 33,649 Referee: Ted Unkel

Conference Finals

December 2	Los Angeles FC	2–0	Houston Dynamo FC	Los Angeles
6:30 pm PT	Hollingshead 44' Escobar 80' (o.g.)	Report	Escobar 45+3' Herrera 71'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,221 Referee: Victor Rivas

MLS Cup 2023

December 9	Columbus Crew	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Columbus, Ohio
1:00 pm PT	Hernández 33' (pen.) Yeboah 37' Amundsen 61' Rossi 90' Morris 90+3'	Report	Vela 49' Tillman 53' Sánchez 67' Bouanga 74' Palacios 85'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 20,802 Referee: Armando Villarreal

U.S. Open Cup

Los Angeles FC entered the Open Cup at the Round of 32.

All matches are in Pacific Time.

May 9 Round of 32	(USLC) Monterey Bay FC	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Los Angeles FC (MLS)	Seaside, California
7:30 PM	Murphy 45' Dawkins 90' Maldonado 94' Siaha 103' Fehr 110'	Report	Torres 25' Maia 105'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 5,808 Referee: Cristian Campo
	Penalties
	Volesky Dawkins Greene Okoli Boone Fehr		Maia Ordaz Crisostomo Moyado Jakupović Rosales

May 23 Round of 16	(MLS) Los Angeles FC	0–2	LA Galaxy (MLS)	Los Angeles
7:30 PM	Crisostomo 36' Dueñas 56' Gaines 76'	Report	Calegari 29' Rodríguez 41' Boyd 49' Puig 52', 52'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 16,362 Referee: Allen Chapman

CONCACAF Champions League

Los Angeles FC qualified for the tournament as the 2022 Supporters' Shield winners and MLS Cup 2022 winners.

All matches are in Pacific Time.

Round of 16

March 9 First leg	Alajuelense	0–3	Los Angeles FC	Alajuela, Costa Rica
7:00 PM	Parkins 34'	Report	Bouanga 47', 70', 89' Murillo 87'	Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Referee: Daneion Parchment (Jamaica)

March 15 Second leg	Los Angeles FC	1–2 (4–2 agg.)	Alajuelense	Los Angeles, United States
7:30 PM	Chiellini 7' Vela 83'	Report	González 8', 51' Gamboa 36' Suárez 52' Mora 73'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 19,672 Referee: Adonai Escobedo González (Mexico)
Note: Los Angeles FC advance 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

April 5 First Leg	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–3	Los Angeles FC	Vancouver, Canada
7:00 PM PDT		Report	Bouanga 55', 65' Opoku 61'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 11,652 Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez (Mexico)

April 11 Second Leg	Los Angeles FC	3–0 (6–0 agg.)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Los Angeles, United States
7:15 PDT	Vela 8' (pen.), 31' Ilie 32' Cifuentes 65'	Report	Berhalter 20'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 18,688 Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)
Note: Los Angeles FC advance 6–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

April 26 First Leg	Philadelphia Union	1–1	Los Angeles FC	Chester, United States
6:00 PM	Martínez 63' Gazdag 86' (pen.)	Report	Acosta 84', 90+1'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 17,676 Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

May 2 Second Leg	Los Angeles FC	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Philadelphia Union	Los Angeles, United States
7:00 PM	Tillman 13' Bouanga 17', 90' Murillo 43' Opoku 82'	Report	Bedoya 2' Uhre 37' Mbaizo 41' 59'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 19,985 Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Note: Los Angeles FC advance 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

May 31 First leg	León	2–1	Los Angeles FC	León, Mexico
10:00 pm (8:00 pm CDT)	Tesillo 8', 33' Frías 43' Mena 45+5' (pen.) Romero 65'	Report	Maldonado 45' Hollingshead 45+4' Cifuentes 89' Bouanga 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 20,517 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

June 4 Second leg	Los Angeles FC	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	León	Los Angeles, United States
10:00 pm (7:00 pm PDT)	Palacios 19' Ilie 32' Vela 52' Murillo 75' Hollingshead 90'	Report	Barreiro 19' Di Yorio 20' Moreno 76' Ambríz 80' Frías 81'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,413 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
Note: León wins the CONCACAF Champions League 3–1 on aggregate.

Leagues Cup

Los Angeles FC will enter the Leagues Cup in the Round of 32

Knockout round

August 2 Round of 32	Los Angeles FC	7–1	Juárez	Los Angeles
7:30 p.m. PST	Hollingshead 31' Vela 33', 61' Bouanga 52', 66', 78' (pen.) Maldonado 84' Ordaz 90'	Report	Escoto 47' Rodríguez 85'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,041 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

August 8 Round of 16	Los Angeles FC	4–0	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles
7:00 p.m.PST	Chiellini 38' Bouanga 52', 56' Ordaz 62' Palencia 83' Krastev 84'	Report		Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 17,728 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

August 11 Quarterfinals	Los Angeles FC	2–3	Monterrey	Pasadena, California
8:00 p.m. PST	Bouanga 2' (pen.) Acosta 8' Bogusz 42' Murillo 90+3'	Report	Meza 25' Medina 31' Aguirre 56' Canales 68' (pen.) Palencia 80' (o.g.) Funes Mori 88' Cortizo 90+8'	Stadium: Rose Bowl Attendance: 15,649 Referee: Héctor Said Martínez
Note: Due to a scheduled concert at BMO Stadium, Los Angeles FC hosted their quarterfinal match at the Rose Bowl.^[38]

Campeones Cup

September 27, 2023

20:00 PDT (UTC−07:00)

Los Angeles FC	0–0	UANL
	Report
Penalties
Bouanga Tillman Ilie Hollingshead	2–4	Gignac Ibáñez Pizarro Angulo

BMO Stadium, Los Angeles

Attendance: 20,605

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

As of October 7, 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Major League Soccer		U.S. Open Cup		Champions League		Leagues Cup		Campeones Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SUI	Eldin Jakupović	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	CAN	Maxime Crépeau	7	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	GK	MEX	Abraham Romero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	GK	USA	John McCarthy	37	0	25	0	0	0	8	0	3	0	0+1	0
Defenders
2	DF	HON	Denil Maldonado	25	1	19+2	1	0	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
3	DF	COL	Jesús David Murillo	27	0	13+5	0	0	0	6+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
4	DF	COL	Eddie Segura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	ECU	Diego Palacios	39	0	27+1	0	0	0	8	0	2	0	1	0
14	DF	ITA	Giorgio Chiellini	26	1	16+3	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	0
18	DF	USA	Erik Dueñas	26	0	8+10	0	2	0	0+4	0	0+2	0	0	0
24	DF	USA	Ryan Hollingshead	42	5	24+7	4	0	0	6+1	0	3	1	1	0
28	DF	MEX	Tony Leone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	ESP	Sergi Palencia	29	0	14+5	0	0	0	2+4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
33	DF	USA	Aaron Long	32	0	17+4	0	0	0	7	0	3	0	1	0
35	DF	ESP	Jeremi Rodríguez	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	MEX	Javen Romero	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	USA	Armando Avila	2	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	USA	Diego Rosales	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	DF	USA	Julian Gaines	4	0	1+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ESP	Ilie Sánchez	45	1	30+3	1	0	0	8	0	3	0	1	0
11	MF	USA	Timothy Tillman	26	5	5+11	4	0	0	5+3	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
17	MF	PER	Daniel Crisostomo	9	0	3+3	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	POL	Mateusz Bogusz	36	4	19+8	3	1	0	2+2	0	3	1	1	0
23	MF	USA	Kellyn Acosta	34	1	18+5	0	0	0	6+1	1	3	0	1	0
34	MF	USA	Bryan Moyado	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	USA	Christopher Jaime	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	MF	BUL	Filip Krastev	10	2	0+8	1	0	0	0	0	0+2	1	0	0
	MF	USA	Bajung Darboe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	CRO	Stipe Biuk	43	3	13+17	3	0+1	0	1+7	0	3	0	0+1	0
9	FW	ESP	Mario González	8	1	5+2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	MEX	Carlos Vela	43	14	22+11	9	0	0	8	3	1	2	1	0
21	FW	MEX	Christian Torres	2	1	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	URU	Cristian Olivera	10	2	6+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW	MEX	Nathan Ordaz	21	2	2+14	0	2	0	0	0	1+2	2	0	0
38	FW	USA	Yekeson Subah	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	BRA	Matheus Maia	2	1	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	GAB	Denis Bouanga	42	32	27+3	19	0	0	7+1	7	3	6	1	0
Players who made an appearance this season but left the club
5	DF	SEN	Mamadou Fall	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
35	DF	USA	Noah Dollenmayer	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ECU	José Cifuentes	26	2	13+6	1	0	0	4+3	1	0	0	0	0
22	FW	GHA	Kwadwo Opoku	28	4	13+6	2	1	0	6+2	2	0	0	0	0
39	FW	MLI	Ladji Mallé	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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[table_note_res_CCC50.86127690545343-38] As second highest-ranked club in 2023 MLS Supporters' Shield not already qualified

[table_note_res_USOC10.86127690545343-39] As one of the top seven teams in the overall table to not qualify for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup

[table_note_res_USCC10.86127690545343-40] Qualify for both the Champions Cup and U.S. Open Cup as 2023 U.S. Open Cup champions

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[5] Baxter, Kevin (December 3, 2023). "'We faced a lot of adversity': How LAFC made the MLS Cup final". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

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[10] "LAFC Signs Goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic". Los Angeles FC. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.

[11] "LAFC Signs Midfielder Daniel Crisostomo & Goalkeeper Abraham Romero". Los Angeles FC. January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.

[12] "LAFC Signs Defender Sergi Palencia". Los Angeles FC. February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.

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[15] "LAFC Sign Bajung Darboe To A Homegrown Contract". Los Angeles FC. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

[16] "LAFC Signs South Gate Native & Former Academy Player Diego Rosales To Homegrown Contract". Los Angeles FC. June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

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