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2010 Los Angeles Galaxy season

American soccer club season

Field	Value
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club	Los Angeles Galaxy
season	2010
league	Major League Soccer
league result	1st
chrtitle	Owner
chairman	Philip Anschutz (AEG)
mgrtitle	Coach
manager	Bruce Arena
cup1	MLS Cup
cup1 result	Conference finals
cup2	CONCACAF Champions League
cup2 result	Preliminary round
cup3	U.S. Open Cup
cup3 result	Quarterfinals
highest attendance	89,134 vs Real Madrid
(August 7, 2010)
lowest attendance	2,179 vs St. Louis
(June 29, 2010)
average attendance	21,437
league topscorer	Edson Buddle (17)
season topscorer	Edson Buddle (18)
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prevseason	2009
nextseason	2011
American	y

(August 7, 2010) (June 29, 2010)

The 2010 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the club's fifteenth season of existence. It was also the Galaxy's fifteenth season in Major League Soccer and their fifteenth-consecutive year at the top-flight of American soccer.

The club's season was highlighted by winning their third-ever Supporters' Shield. Statistically, the 2010 MLS season was the Galaxy's strongest season on record, and the club had their strongest start ever, opening their first eleven games unbeaten before losing to the eventual second-place finishers, Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto. Some of the club's notable achievements included Edson Buddle being a runner-up for the MLS Golden Boot award, with 17 goals tallied during the regular season. Galaxy captain and United States national team star Landon Donovan led the club in assists with 12. The club finished the MLS regular season with a 17–7–8 record, their best in nearly a decade.

The club also competed in the preliminary rounds of the CONCACAF Champions League, and the early rounds of the U.S. Open Cup.

In Champions League play, the Galaxy, considered at one point to be favorites to win the entire tournament suffered a shocking blow, when the club suffered a 4–1 home defeat to confederation minnows, Puerto Rico Islanders, who were 11th place at the time in USSF D2 Pro League, the then-second tier of U.S. soccer. Although the Galaxy would defeat the Islanders 2–1 in Puerto Rico, it was not enough on aggregate to see the club advance into Group play. In the tournament, the Galaxy were the only club to defeat the Islanders in Puerto Rico. However, the Galaxy returned to Champions League play the next year by winning the Supporters' Shield title.

The Galaxy made it to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup with a convincing 2–0 win over second-tier AC St. Louis, before losing to Seattle Sounders FC by the same score line.

Review

Pre-season

March

Los Angeles began their fifteenth Major League Soccer regular season at home with a 1–0 win against the New England Revolution on March 27, 2010. Edson Buddle scored the only goal for the Galaxy in the sixth minute.

April

David Beckham, with a torn left Achilles tendon injury, was ruled out for the season on April 26. He suffered the injury in a Serie A match for AC Milan against ChievoVerona on March 13, and as a result, will also miss the entire MLS season.

After scoring a league-leading 7 goals, Edson Buddle was named MLS Player of the Month for April

May

June

July

August

September

After a quick and incredible recovery, David Beckham returns to the LA Galaxy. He is brought in as a late sub for Juniho during the 70th minute of the September 11 L.A Galaxy vs Columbus Crew match, amidst the roaring cheers and applauds of Galaxy fans. The Galaxy go on to win the match 3–1.

October

Club

First team roster

As of August 10, 2010. -- Do NOT add new players before their signing is officially announced by the club -- and do NOT assign unreferenced squad numbers as well. -- Do NOT create articles for new draft picks until they make either their MLS or U.S. Open Cup debut, and do not add red wikilinks to these players as it prevents the creation of articles by people who don't understand the WP:FOOTY notability guidelines – Players with international caps should NOT be bolded – as per Wikipedia:WikiProject_Football/Clubs – This is Wikipedia, not a football gazette. – Any unconfirmed and unsourced signing/transfer will be reverted at sight. – Thanks in advance.

Technical staff

Date	Player	Previous club	Fee	Ref
December 23, 2009	BRA Leonardo	BRA São Paulo	Loan	title=Galaxy Sign Three On Loan From Sao Paulo	url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mls/news?slug=goal_galaxy_sign_three&prov=goal&type=lgns	publisher=Yahoo Sports	date=December 23, 2009	accessdate=December 25, 2009	archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091230164505/http://sports.yahoo.com/mls/news?slug=goal_galaxy_sign_three&prov=goal&type=lgns	archivedate= December 30, 2009	url-status= live}}
December 23, 2009	BRA Juninho	BRA São Paulo	Loan
December 23, 2009	BRA Alex Cazumba	BRA São Paulo	Loan
January 14, 2010	USA Michael Stephens	USA Chicago Fire Premier	Drafted

Out

Date	Player	Destination Club	Fee	Ref
November 27, 2009	BRA Stefani Miglioranzi	USA Philadelphia Union	Expansion Draft	url=http://search.yahoo.com/404handler?src=sports&fr=404_sports&ref=&url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mls/news%3Fslug%3Dap-mls-united-emilio	title=D.C. United resigns Emilio	publisher=Yahoo! Sports	date=January 11, 2010	accessdate=February 4, 2010 }}
August 5, 2010	USA Alan Gordon	USA Chivas USA	Trade

Loan

Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Ref
ENG David Beckham	ITA Milan	December 28, 2009	May 16, 2010
USA Landon Donovan	ENG Everton	January 1, 2010	March 15, 2010

Statistics

References

(September 24, 2009). "MLS clubs' 2010 Home Openers unveiled". Major League Soccer.
(March 14, 2010). "England's David Beckham is injured playing for AC Milan". British Broadcasting Corporation.
(April 26, 2010). "David Beckham says he won't be able to play soccer until November". LA Times.
(April 29, 2010). "Galaxy's Buddle is MLS Player of the Month". ESPN.
"Players {{!".
(December 23, 2009). "Galaxy Sign Three On Loan From Sao Paulo". Yahoo Sports.
(January 11, 2010). "D.C. United resigns Emilio". Yahoo! Sports.
guardian.co.uk. (November 9, 2010). "David Beckham's loan move to Milan from LA Galaxy is confirmed". Guardian News and Media.
(December 11, 2010). "Friday Kickaround". The Washington Post.
"Recap: LA Galaxy top DC United 2-1 | LA Galaxy".
(November 23, 2009). "Major League Nightmare: Galaxy Lose MLS Cup on PKS".
"USOC: Two-goal Jaqua praises "team effort" {{!}} Major League Soccer".

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