2023 LA GALAXY II SEASON

LA Galaxy II
2023 season
Head coach	Marcelo Sarvas
Stadium	Dignity Health Sports Park
MLS Next Pro	Western Conference: 14th; Overall: 26th
Top goalscorer	Aaron Bibout (14 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 LA Galaxy II season was the club's 10th season in existence, and their first season in the MLS Next Pro.^[1]

Squad information

As of March 23, 2023^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
28	DF	Marcus Ferkranus (^[A])	United States
30	MF	Gino Vivi (^[A])	Costa Rica
35	GK	Novak Mićović (^[A])	Serbia
38	MF	Axel Picazo	United States
41	GK	Simon Jillson	United States
43	MF	Adam Saldaña (^[A])	United States
45	MF	Adrián González	Mexico
47	DF	Carson Klein	United States
48	MF	Diego López	Mexico
50	DF	Riley Dalgado (^[B])	United States
51	DF	Ascel Essengue	Cameroon
52	DF	Elijah Amadin	United States
53	MF	Alex Alcalá	Mexico
54	MF	Brandon Téllez	Mexico
55	MF	Diego Rodriguez (^[B])	United States
56	MF	Jonathan Pérez (^[A])	Mexico
59	DF	Owen Bizarro (^[B])	United States
60	GK	Nolan Anderson	United States
61	FW	Brendan Bell (^[B])	United States
62	FW	Nicholas Rozo (^[B])	United States
64	DF	Javier Zapien (^[B])	United States
65	MF	Juan Calderón (^[B])	United States
66	DF	Matteo Carbone	United States
70	FW	Nicholas Dunbar (^[B])	United States
71	FW	Justin Knighton (^[B])	United States
72	MF	Nicolas Schelotto (^[B])	Argentina
73	FW	Aaron Bibout	Cameroon
74	FW	Sergio Villalpando	United States
76	GK	Aaron Cervantes	United States
79	MF	Paulo Rudisill (^[B])	United States
80	DF	Luis Medina (^[B])	United States
82	FW	Julian Placias (^[B])	United States
83	DF	Allen LeGaspi (^[B])	United States
84	FW	Rubén Ramos (^[B])	United States

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Signed to first team contract with LA Galaxy.

^

LA Galaxy Academy player.

Competitions

Preseason

LA Galaxy II announced the friendlies schedule on February 2, 2023.^[3]

February 11, 2023 (2023-02-11)	LA Galaxy II	1–2	Orange County SC	Carson, California
				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

March 4, 2023 (2023-03-04)	LA Galaxy II	1–2	Las Vegas Lights FC	Carson, California
		Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

Friendlies

July 22, 2023 (2023-07-22)	LA Galaxy II	0–4	Wrexham	Carson, California
7:30 p.m.		Report	Hayden 27' Cannon 47' Lee 55' Mullin 65' Forde 68'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 10,553 Referee: Omeed Azadpour

MLS Next Pro

Western Conference

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	PC	Portland Timbers 2	28	11	0	1	16	40	63	−23	34
11	PC	Whitecaps FC 2	28	8	3	4	13	33	46	−13	34
12	PC	Real Monarchs	28	8	2	3	15	27	54	−27	31
13	PC	Los Angeles FC 2	28	6	0	7	15	30	39	−9	25
14	PC	LA Galaxy II	28	5	4	2	17	36	74	−38	25

Source: MLSNP Western Conference
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 table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Awards
23	Toronto FC II	28	6	3	5	14	43	57	−14	29
24	FC Cincinnati 2	28	7	2	2	17	37	65	−28	27
25	Los Angeles FC 2	28	6	0	7	15	30	39	−9	25
26	LA Galaxy II	28	5	4	2	17	36	74	−38	25	U.S. Open Cup First Round
27	Inter Miami CF II	28	5	1	5	17	34	68	−34	22

Source: MLSNP
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)

Regular season

The full schedule was announced on March 14.^[4]

All times in Pacific Time Zone.

March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26) 1	San Jose Earthquakes II	3–0	LA Galaxy II	San Jose, California
5:00 p.m.	Carrillo 12' Bouda 26' Richmond 31' Cilley 38' Walls 78' Kwende Jr. 83'	Report	Dalgado 48'	Stadium: PayPal Park Referee: Christopher Calderon

April 2, 2023 (2023-04-02) 2	LA Galaxy II	0–1	North Texas SC	Carson, California
5:00 p.m.	Saldana 33' Essengue 45+1'	Report	Korça 23' Essengue 44' ( o.g.) Urzua 83'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Alexis Da Silva

April 9, 2023 (2023-04-09) 3	LA Galaxy II	1–2	Minnesota United FC 2	Carson, California
5:00 p.m.	Tellez 6' González 90+3'	Report	Oluwaseyi 3' Rodas 11' Iwe 36' ( pen.) Fischer 76'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Adam Zarrin

April 16, 2023 (2023-04-16) 4	Whitecaps FC 2	3–4	LA Galaxy II	Burnaby
5:00 p.m.	Coupland 35' Amanda 44' Habibullah 51' Aguilar 74'	Report	Bibout 2', 56', 88', 54' Rudisill 59' Carbone 69' López 72'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Referee: Mario Alayass

April 23, 2023 (2023-04-23) 5	LA Galaxy II	1–1 (5–4 SO)	Austin FC II	Carson, California
5:00 p.m.	Picazo 41' Klein 43'	Report	Byaruhanga 21' Walti 29' Mazzaferro 34' Louis Jean 83'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Brad Jensen
	Shootout
	Rudisill Tellez Pérez López Saldana Amadin		Noël Byaruhanga Touré Asensio Pineau Mazzaferro

April 30, 2023 (2023-04-30) 6	Tacoma Defiance	3–1	LA Galaxy II	Tukwila, Washington
8:00 p.m.	Bowen 7' Herrera 24' Uderitz 42' ( pen.) Daroma 44' Ovalle 51' Rothrock 69' Thomas 77' Rodrigues 80'	Report	Ferkranus 25' González 41' Bibout 78' ( pen.) Essengue 82' 90+3'	Stadium: Starfire Stadium Referee: Corbyn May

May 7, 2023 (2023-05-07) 7	LA Galaxy II	0–5	Colorado Rapids 2	Carson, California
5:00 p.m.	Bibout 53' Saldana 57' Tellez 80' González 82'	Report	Vargas 17' Malone 32' Hanya 42', 58' Garcia 51', 62' Cabral 60'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Chris Ruska

May 14, 2023 (2023-05-14) 8	Sporting Kansas City II	2–1	LA Galaxy II	Lawrence, Kansas
3:00 p.m.	Flores 72' Mauriz 83' Vidal 90+2'	Report	Ramos 2' Essengue 34' González 61'	Stadium: Rock Chalk Park Referee: Matthew Corrigan

May 21, 2023 (2023-05-21) 9	LA Galaxy II	2–0	Portland Timbers 2	Carson, California
5:00 p.m.	Ramos 11' Alcalá 20' Klein 51'	Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Alex Beeley

May 24, 2023 (2023-05-24) 10	Minnesota United FC 2	3–2	LA Galaxy II	Blaine, Minnesota
5:00 p.m.	Fischer 18' Iwe 68' Mosquera 87'	Report	Calderón 10' Bibout 16', 77'	Stadium: National Sports Center Referee: Greg Dopka

May 28, 2023 (2023-05-28) 11	LA Galaxy II	2–2 (4–2 SO)	Whitecaps FC 2	Carson, California
7:30 p.m.	Bibout 27', 51' Saldana 37' González 71' Picazo 84'	Report	Fry 14' Ndakala 34' Johnston 53'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Matthew Thompson
	Shootout
	González Tellez Calderón Bibout		Aguilar Habibullah Ngando Fry

June 4, 2023 (2023-06-04) 12	North Texas SC	2–0	LA Galaxy II	Arlington, Texas
5:30 p.m.	Sainte 29' Henri 37' Ramirez 50', 56' Araneda 85' Hernandez 89'	Report	Tellez 80' Essengue 86'	Stadium: Choctaw Stadium Attendance: 787^[5] Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

June 9, 2023 (2023-06-09) 13	Real Monarchs	3–3 (5–4 SO)	LA Galaxy II	Herriman, Utah
8:00 p.m.	Paul 7' ( pen.), 90+2' Rivera 17' Sinclair 40', 49' Jacquesson 43' Nigro 62'	Report	Carbone 7' Bibout 14' Alcalá 68' Amadin 76', 74'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
	Shootout
	Nyeman Nigro Jacquesson Iskenderian Paul Dillon Williams		González Calderón Alcalá Bibout Essengue Saldana Amadin

June 25, 2023 (2023-06-25) 14	Colorado Rapids 2	5–1	LA Galaxy II	Denver
5:30 p.m.	Harris 19', 24' Larraz 71' Vargas 83' Aguirre 88'	Report	Calderón 11' Essengue 43' 77'	Stadium: CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium Referee: Jalen Gray

June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) 15	San Jose Earthquakes II	2–2 (9–8 SO)	LA Galaxy II	San Jose, California
7:00 p.m.	Serrano 10' Richmond 25' Hațegan 36', 37' Cilley 73' Blancas 86' Edwards 90'	Report	Bibout 23' González 31' Picazo 50' Knighton 82'	Stadium: PayPal Park Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
	Shootout
	Blancas Castro Serrano Walls Cilley Tingey Edwards Mota Morfin Ayon Mendoza		González Schelotto López Bibout Alcalá Medina Amadin Knighton Garcia Ferkranus

July 9, 2023 (2023-07-09) 16	LA Galaxy II	1–0	St. Louis City 2	Carson, California
5:00 p.m.	Klein 71'	Report	Volmar 44' McGuire 62' Hackworth 81'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Matthew Corrigan

July 12, 2023 (2023-07-12) 17	LA Galaxy II	4–3	Los Angeles FC 2	Carson, California
7:00 p.m.	Dalgado 1' Alcalá 28' González 34' ( pen.), 72' Vivi 53' Essengue 77' Bibout 79'	Report	Diaz 58' Wibowo 69' Romero 70' Jaime 75' Vazquez 82' ( pen.) Matheus Maia 84', 89'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Benjamin Meyer

July 16, 2023 (2023-07-16) 18	LA Galaxy II	1–1 (4–3 SO)	Tacoma Defiance	Carson, California
5:00 p.m.	Pérez 11' Dalgado 37' Vivi 43' Saldana 66' Bibout 75'	Report	Ovalle 35' Teves 55'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Laura Rodriguez
	Shootout
	González Schelotto Picazo López		Uderitz Teves Daroma Miglietti Karalkovas

July 30, 2023 (2023-07-30) 19	Austin FC II	4–0	LA Galaxy II	Austin, Texas
4:00 p.m.	Burton 12' Louis Jean 15' Vela 40' Ramírez 61' ( pen.) Torres 68' De Anda 90+1' Arellano 90+5'	Report	Schelotto 44' 71' López 56' González 60'	Stadium: Parmer Field Referee: Kyle Armstrong

August 6, 2023 (2023-08-06) 20	LA Galaxy II	1–4	San Jose Earthquakes II	Carson, California
5:00 p.m.	Picazo 6' Ferkranus 24' Tellez 85'	Report	Medina 14' Bouda 30', 66' Blancas 87'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Alex Beehler

August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09) 21	Portland Timbers 2	6–1	LA Galaxy II	Portland, Oregon
7:30 p.m.	Monzón 7' ( pen.) Gutierrez 29', 55', 66', 57' Pope 45+1' Rasmussen 64' Caliskan 65' Bravo 81'	Report	Dalgado 42' Klein 75' Picazo 90'	Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Corbyn May

August 12, 2023 (2023-08-12) 22	Los Angeles FC 2	6–0	LA Galaxy II	Fullerton, California
1:00 p.m.	Flores 8', 26' Batioja 14' Ordaz 16' Dueñas 52' Torres 70'	Report	LeGaspi 7'	Stadium: Titan Stadium Referee: Olvin Oliva

August 19, 2023 (2023-08-19) 23	LA Galaxy II	0–0 (10–9 SO)	Real Monarchs	Carson, California
7:30 p.m.	Vivi 90+3'	Report	Farnsworth 27' Pierre 77'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Osvaldo Delgado-Landeros
	Shootout
	González Vivi Pérez Saldana Bibout Ramos Dalgado LeGaspi Essengue Ferkranus Jillson González		Paul Pierre Storlie Alba Kei Dillon Pierre Mondi Nyeman Garcia Delgado Paul

August 27, 2023 (2023-08-27) 24	Houston Dynamo 2	0–4	LA Galaxy II	Houston
4:00 p.m.	Murana 17' Gonzalez 72'	Report	Bibout 20', 69' Dalgado 41' Pérez 53' Placias 90+3'	Stadium: SaberCats Stadium Referee: Servando Berna Rico

September 3, 2023 (2023-09-03) 25	LA Galaxy II	1–5	Sporting Kansas City II	Carson, California
7:00 p.m.	Calderón 50' González 68' ( pen.)	Report	Flores 5' Coan 13' Duke 31' Bryant 51', 56' Vidal 65'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Mark Verso

September 9, 2023 (2023-09-09) 26	LA Galaxy II	1–2	Los Angeles FC 2	Carson, California
7:30 p.m.	Bibout 23', 70' Klein 44' Ferkranus 47' Essengue 51' Dalgado 85' Picazo 90+5'	Report	Jaime 17', 90+2' Batioja 52' ( pen.) Matheus Maia 90+4'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Brandon Stevis

September 17, 2023 (2023-09-17) 27	St. Louis City 2	4–1	LA Galaxy II	St. Louis
3:00 p.m.	Kuzain 8' Glover 28' Jillson 33' ( o.g.) Klein 48'	Report	Picazo 45+4' González 72' Bibout 75'	Stadium: Citypark Attendance: 9,626 Referee: Alejo Calume

September 24, 2023 (2023-09-24) 28	LA Galaxy II	1–2	Houston Dynamo 2	Carson, California
2:00 p.m.	Vivi 59' Picazo 63' Ferkranus 70'	Report	Ndoye 19' Maples 71'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Corbyn May

References

^ "LA Galaxy To Join MLS NEXT Pro Beginning In 2023 | LA Galaxy". lagalaxy. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
^ "Players". lagalaxy.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ "LA Galaxy II Announce 2023 Preseason Match Schedule". LA Galaxy II.
^ "LA Galaxy II Announce 2023 MLS NEXT Pro Schedule". LA Galaxy II. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
^ "North Texas SC Extends Six-Game Unbeaten Streak with 2-0 Win over LA Galaxy II". North Texas SC.

External links

Official website

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Signed to first team contract with LA Galaxy.

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LA Galaxy Academy player.

[1] "LA Galaxy To Join MLS NEXT Pro Beginning In 2023 | LA Galaxy". lagalaxy. Retrieved October 10, 2022.

[2] "Players". lagalaxy.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[3] "LA Galaxy II Announce 2023 Preseason Match Schedule". LA Galaxy II.

[4] "LA Galaxy II Announce 2023 MLS NEXT Pro Schedule". LA Galaxy II. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[5] "North Texas SC Extends Six-Game Unbeaten Streak with 2-0 Win over LA Galaxy II". North Texas SC.

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v t e 2023 MLS Next Pro season by team
Playoffs Championship All-Star Game
Eastern	Atlanta United 2 Chicago Fire FC II FC Cincinnati 2 Columbus Crew 2 Crown Legacy FC Huntsville City FC Inter Miami CF II New England Revolution II New York City FC II New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Philadelphia Union II Toronto FC II
Western	Austin FC II Colorado Rapids 2 Houston Dynamo 2 Los Angeles FC 2 LA Galaxy II Minnesota United FC 2 North Texas SC Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs San Jose Earthquakes II Sporting Kansas City II St. Louis City SC 2 Tacoma Defiance Whitecaps FC 2

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