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.
LAFC finished as runners-up in MLS Cup 2023 to the Columbus Crew and the CONCACAF Champions League to Club León. The team traveled over over the course of the season and played 53 matches—a record at the time for an MLS team during a single year.
Squad First-team roster
Name Nationality Date of birth (age) 1 Eldin Jakupović GK 2 0 16 Maxime Crépeau GK 7 0 32 Abraham Romero GK 0 0 77 John McCarthy GK 25 0 2 Denil Maldonado DF 21 1 3 Jesús Murillo DF 19 0 5 Mamadou Fall DF 1 0 12 Diego Palacios DF 29 0 14 Giorgio Chiellini DF 20 1 15 Mohamed Traore DF 0 0 18 Erik Dueñas DF 18 0 24 Ryan Hollingshead DF 32 4 28 Tony Leone DF 0 0 30 Sergi Palencia DF 20 0 33 Aaron Long DF 21 0 80 Julian Gaines DF 2 0 6 Ilie Sánchez MF 34 1 8 Francisco Ginella MF 0 0 11 Timothy Tillman MF 25 4 17 Daniel Crisostomo MF 6 0 19 Mateusz Bogusz MF 28 3 23 Kellyn Acosta MF 24 0 50 Filip Krastev MF 9 1 7 Stipe Biuk FW 30 3 9 Mario González FW 8 1 10 Carlos Vela FW 34 9 21 Christian Torres FW 0 0 25 Cristian Olivera FW 10 2 27 Nathan Ordaz FW 17 0 99 Denis Bouanga FW 31 20
Los Angeles FC 2 players that made MLS appearances Name Nationality Date of birth (age) 38 Yekeson Subah FW 1 0
Coaching staff
Technical staff
Transfers
Transfers in Entry datePositionPlayerFrom clubNotesRef. December 30, 2022 FW Stipe Biuk Hajduk Split Transfer January 4, 2023 DF Aaron Long New York Red Bulls Free agent January 9, 2023 GK Eldin Jakupović Everton Transfer January 26, 2023 MF Daniel Crisostomo Las Vegas Lights Transfer January 26, 2023 GK Abraham Romero Las Vegas Lights Transfer February 2, 2023 DF Sergi Palencia Saint-Étienne Transfer February 10, 2023 MF Timothy Tillman Greuther Fürth Transfer March 31, 2023 MF Mateusz Bogusz Leeds United Transfer June 9, 2023 MF Bajung Darboe Homegrown signing June 21, 2023 DF Diego Rosales Los Angeles FC 2 Homegrown signing July 22, 2023 FW Mario González Braga Transfer August 4, 2023FW Cristian Olivera Almería Transfer
Transfers out Exit datePositionPlayerTo clubNotesRef. November 15, 2022 FW Cal Jennings Tampa Bay Rowdies Declined contract options November 15, 2022 GK Tomás Romero Toronto FC Declined contract options November 15, 2022 MF Daniel Trejo Phoenix Rising Declined contract options November 15, 2022 DF Franco Escobar Houston Dynamo Free agent November 15, 2022 DF Sebastien Ibeagha FC Dallas Free agent November 15, 2022 MF Sebastian Méndez São Paulo Free agent November 15, 2022 FW Cristian Tello Al Fateh Free agent January 3, 2023 MF Latif Blessing New England Revolution Trade January 9, 2023 FW Gareth Bale N/A Retired February 1, 2023 FW Cristian Arango Pachuca Transfer July 5, 2023 FW Kwadwo Opoku CF Montréal Trade August 3, 2023 MF José Cifuentes Rangers Transfer
Loans in PositionPlayerFrom ClubStart dateEnd dateNotesRef. DF Denil Maldonado Motagua December 22, 2022 December 31, 2023 Loan with purchase option MF Filip Krastev Lommel July 26, 2023 July 26, 2024 Year-long loan with purchase option
Loans out No.PlayerTo ClubStart dateEnd dateNotesRef. 8 Francisco Ginella Nacional July 18, 2022 June 2024 Loan; Extended June 21, 2023 15 Mohamed Traore Phoenix Rising February 28, 2023 December 31, 2023 Season-long loan 5 Mamadou Fall Barcelona B September 1, 2023 June 2024 Year-long loan with purchase option
Draft picks
Round#PositionPlayerCollege/Club TeamReference 1 No Draft Selection 2 58 GK Jassem Koleilat University of New Hampshire 3 87 DF Noah Dollenmayer CSU, San Bernardino
Competitions
All matches are in Pacific Time
Preseason
Coachella Valley Invitational
MLS
Standings Western Conference
Overall
Matches
All matches are in Pacific time
MLS Cup Playoffs
Round One
Conference Semifinals
Conference Finals
MLS Cup 2023
U.S. Open Cup
Los Angeles FC entered the Open Cup at the Round of 32.
All matches are in Pacific Time.
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
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leagues Cup
Los Angeles FC will enter the Leagues Cup in the Round of 32
Knockout round
Campeones Cup
Statistics Squad appearances and goals
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! colspan=18 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards
! colspan=18 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players who made an appearance this season but left the club
References