2021 Los Angeles FC season

The 2021 Los Angeles FC season will be the club's 4th season, and 4th season in Major League Soccer, , the top-tier of the American soccer pyramid. Los Angeles FC will play its home matches at the Banc of California Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

LAFC
2021 season
General managerJohn Thorrington
Head coachBob Bradley
StadiumBanc of California Stadium
MLSConference:

Squad

First team roster
As of February 6, 2021[1]
    No. Name Nationality Pos Date of birth (Age) Apps Goals
    1Kenneth Vermeer (INTL) NetherlandsGK (1986-01-10) January 10, 198600
    23Pablo Sisniega MexicoGK (1995-07-07) July 7, 199500
    --Tomas Romero El SalvadorGK (2000-12-19) December 19, 200000
    2Jordan Harvey United StatesDF (1984-01-28) January 28, 198400
    3Mohamed Traore SenegalDF (2002-08-15) August 15, 200200
    4Eddie Segura (INTL) ColombiaDF (1997-02-02) February 2, 199700
    12Diego Palacios (INTL) EcuadorDF (1999-07-12) July 12, 199900
    18Erik Dueñas (HG) United StatesDF (2004-10-18) October 18, 200400
    27Tristan Blackmon United StatesDF (1996-08-12) August 12, 199600
    28Tony Leone (HG) United StatesDF (2004-04-28) April 28, 200400
    33 Kim Moon-hwan  South Korea DF (1995-08-01) August 1, 1995 0 0
    94Jesús David Murillo ColombiaDF (1994-02-18) February 18, 199400
    — Marco Farfan  United StatesDF (1998-11-12) November 12, 199800
    7Latif Blessing GhanaMF (1996-12-30) December 30, 199600
    8Francisco Ginella (INTL) UruguayMF (1999-01-21) January 21, 199900
    11José Cifuentes (INTL) EcuadorMF (1999-03-12) March 12, 199900
    14Mark-Anthony Kaye CanadaMF (1994-12-02) December 2, 199400
    15Alejandro Guido United StatesMF (1994-03-22) March 22, 199400
    19Bryce Duke (HG) United StatesMF (2001-02-28) February 28, 200100
    20Eduard Atuesta ColombiaMF (1997-06-18) June 18, 199700
    9Diego Rossi (DP) UruguayFW (1998-03-05) March 5, 199800
    10Carlos Vela (DP) MexicoFW (1989-03-01) March 1, 198900
    16Danny Musovski United StatesFW (1995-11-30) November 30, 199500
    17Brian Rodríguez (DP, INTL) UruguayFW (2000-05-20) May 20, 200000
    21Christian Torres (HG) United StatesFW (2004-04-15) April 15, 200400
    22Kwadwo Opoku GhanaFW (2001-07-13) July 13, 200100
    — Corey Baird

    (HG)

    		  United StatesFW (1996-01-30) January 30, 199600

    Coaching staff
    As of January 16, 2021[2]
    Technical staff
    Head coach Bob Bradley
    Assistant coach Mike Sorber
    Assistant coach Ante Razov
    Assistant coach Kenny Arena
    Assistant coach Gavin Benjafield
    Goalkeeping coach Zak Abdel
    Director of soccer operations John Thorrington
    Director of soccer operations Will Kuntz

    Transfers

    Transfers in
    Entry date Position Player From club Notes Ref.
    December 17, 2020 FW Raheem Edwards Minnesota United Re-Entry Draft [3]
    December 13, 2020 DF Marco Farfan Portland Timbers Trade [4]
    January 11, 2021 FW Corey Baird Real Salt Lake Trade [5]
    January 11, 2021 DF Kim Moon-hwan Busan IPark Transfer [6]
    January 21, 2021 GK Tomas Romero Philadelphia Union II Traded $50,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) to the Philadelphia Union in exchange for MLS Homegrown rights [7]
    January 22, 2021 DF Jesús David Murillo Independiente Medellín Permanent transfer [8]

    Transfers out
    Exit date Position Player To club Notes Ref.
    December 1, 2020 GK Philip Ejimadu Free agent declined contract options [9]
    December 1, 2020 DF Andy Najar Free agent declined contract options [9]
    December 1, 2020 DF Dejan Jaković Free agent Free agent [9]
    December 1, 2020 DF Mohamed El-Munir Free agent Free agent [9]
    December 22, 2020 FW Adrien Perez D.C. United Re-Entry Draft [10]
    December 23, 2020 FW Bradley Wright-Phillips Columbus Crew SC Free agent [11]
    February 1, 2021 FW Brian Rodríguez UD Almería Loan [12]

    Draft picks
    Round # Position Player College/Club Team Reference
    1 FW Daniel Trejo CSU Northridge
    2 DF CC Uche Ohio State University
    3 FW Alvaro Quezada University of California, Irvine

    References
    1. "First team roster". Los Angeles FC. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
    2. "Los Angeles FC Technical Staff". January 16, 2021.
    3. "Three players selected in Stage One of 2020 MLS Re-Entry Draft". Major League Soccer. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
    4. "Portland Timbers send Marco Farfan to Los Angeles FC for allocation money". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
    5. "LAFC acquire US international Corey Baird from Real Salt Lake in trade". Major League Soccer. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
    6. "LAFC Signs Korean International Kim Moon-Hwan". LAFC. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
    7. "LAFC Acquires MLS Homegrown Rights To Goalkeeper Tomas Romero". LAFC. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
    8. "LAFC & Jesús David Murillo Agree To New Deal". LAFC. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
    9. "LAFC Announces Roster Moves For 2021 Season".
    10. "Joe Corona headlines three selected in Stage Two of the MLS Re-Entry Draft". Major League Soccer. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
    11. "Bradley Wright-Phillips signs with Columbus Crew SC as free agent". Major League Soccer. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
    12. "LAFC's Brian Rodriguez joins Spanish side Almeria on loan". ESPN. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
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