Los Angeles Galaxy

History and achievements

Los Angeles Galaxy is a football club from Los Angeles, California, founded in 1995. It is one of the ten clubs that established the Major Soccer League in 1996 and one of the strongest ones, since it has won more silverware than any other club except for D.C. United.

The main club’s achievements: MLS Cup in 2002, 2005 and 2011, U.S. Open Cup in 2001 and 2005, CONCANAF Champions’ Cup in 2000.

The Home Depot Center with the capacity of 27,000 is the team’s home arena. The stadium saw the crowd of around 35,000 spectators during the match between Galaxy and Chelsea when David Beckham was introduced as a new signing from Real Madrid in 2007. The English star has had a five and a half year spell with the club, bringing new class and much attention to American soccer and Los Angeles Galaxy in particular.

Legendary American forward Landon Donovan is a captain of the team and Bruce Arena is the head coach.

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Club top players

№	Name and surname	Role	Ranking	Age	Weight	Height	Country
1	Romain Alessandrini	midfielder	37	34 years	70 kg	173 cm	France
2	Giovani dos Santos	forward	7	34 years	77 kg	174 cm	Mexico
3	Giancarlo González	defender	7	35 years	78 kg	185 cm	Costa Rica
4	Jonathan dos Santos	midfielder	3	33 years	74 kg	172 cm	Mexico
5	Diego Polenta	defender	0	31 years	82 kg	185 cm	Uruguay
6	Jørgen Skjelvik	defender	0	31 years	80 kg	180 cm	Norway