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LA Galaxy 5-2 D.C. United - September 20, 2008 / MLS 2008

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MLS 2008 - Round 26 - Western Conference

The Home Depot Center - Carson - United States

September 20, 2008

27 000

LA Galaxy

5 - 2

D.C. United

Assist by Chris KleinLandon Donovan

23'

Assist by David BeckhamLandon Donovan

35'

Alan Gordon

38'

Assist by Landon DonovanPeter Vagenas

81'

Assist by Chris KleinLandon Donovan

90+2'

Devon McTavishAssist by Ivan Guerrero

48'

Thabiso KhumaloAssist by Gonzalo Martínez

logo Los Angeles Galaxy LAG

2' - Goal Devon McTavish

23' - Goal Landon Donovan23

35' - Goal Landon Donovan35

38' - Goal Alan Gordon38

logo Los Angeles Galaxy LAG

48' - Goal Thabiso Khumalo

62' - Substitution Alan Gordonis substituted by Peter Vagenas62

63' - Red card Marc Burch

79' - Substitution Gonzalo Martínezis substituted by Ryan Cordeiro

80' - Substitution Greg Vanneyis substituted by Brandon McDonald80

81' - Goal Peter Vagenas81

83' - Substitution Santino Quarantais substituted by Rod Dyachenko

87' - Substitution Ante Jazicis substituted by Joe Franchino87

87' - Substitution Luciano Emiliois substituted by Francis Doe

92' - Goal Landon Donovan92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

LA Galaxy

5 - 2

D.C. United

LA Galaxy D.C. United

Team line-ups

LA Galaxy

31 Wicks

Josh Wicks

United States

B.date01/11/1983

Age24 years

positionGoalkeeper

3 Vanney80

Greg Vanney

United States

B.date11/06/1974

Age34 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

12 Roberts

Troy Roberts

United States

B.date18/09/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionDefender

4 Jazic87

Ante Jazic

Canada

B.date26/02/1976

Age32 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6 Lewis

Eddie Lewis

United States

B.date17/05/1974

Age34 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

28 Franklin

Sean Franklin

United States

B.date21/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

23 Beckham

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age33 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

7 Klein

Chris Klein

United States

B.date04/01/1976

Age32 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

21 Gordon3862

Alan Gordon

United States

B.date16/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m91

positionForward

10 Donovan233592

Landon Donovan

United States

B.date04/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m74

positionSecond striker

14 Buddle

Edson Buddle

United States

B.date21/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Josh Wicks		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Greg Vanney	80	34	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Troy Roberts		25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ante Jazic	87	32	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Eddie Lewis		34	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Sean Franklin		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	David Beckham		33	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Chris Klein		32	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Alan Gordon	3862	26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Landon Donovan	233592	26	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Edson Buddle		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

D.C. United

27 Crayton

Louis Crayton

Liberia

B.date26/10/1977

Age30 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

23 Martínez79

Gonzalo Martínez

Colombia

B.date30/11/1975

Age32 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

12 Guerrero

Ivan Guerrero

Honduras

B.date30/11/1977

Age30 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

26 Namoff

Bryan Namoff

United States

B.date28/05/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

18 McTavish2

Devon McTavish

United States

B.date08/08/1984

Age24 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

17 Khumalo48

Thabiso Khumalo

South Africa

B.date27/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

19 Simms

Clyde Simms

United States

B.date21/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

4 Burch63

Marc Burch

United States

B.date07/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft Midfielder

25 Quaranta83

Santino Quaranta

United States

B.date14/10/1984

Age23 years

H1m85

positionForward

11 Luciano Emilio87

Luciano Emilio

Brazil

B.date12/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionForward

7 Fred

Fred

Brazil

B.date18/08/1979

Age29 years

H1m75

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
27	G	Louis Crayton		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Gonzalo Martínez	79	32	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Ivan Guerrero		30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Bryan Namoff		29	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Devon McTavish	2	24	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Thabiso Khumalo	48	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Clyde Simms		26	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Marc Burch	63	24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Santino Quaranta	83	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Luciano Emilio	87	29	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Fred		29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	D	Joe Franchino	87	32	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Brandon McDonald	80	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Peter Vagenas	8162	30	236	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	F	Ryan Cordeiro	79	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Francis Doe	87	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Rod Dyachenko	83	24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alan Gordon

Bryan Jordan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Louis Crayton

Zachary Wells

OUT

Fred

Ryan Cordeiro

OUT

Ivan Guerrero

Craig Thompson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bruce Arena

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Arena vs D.C. United

2 victories

2 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Arena vs Soehn

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Tom Soehn

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Soehn vs LA Galaxy

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Soehn vs Arena

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Referee

Terry Vaughn

10 victories	9 draws	13 losses	LA Galaxy32 matches	General total	D.C. United27 matches	10 victories	8 draws	9 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	LA Galaxy1 match	Season total	D.C. United2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 13, 2011					Latest figure on June 18, 2011

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Devon McTavish scores 1 goal vs Los Angeles Galaxy in his professional career

D.C. United keeps its 3 consecutive losses away from home running (since 20/08/2008).

It's the first time Alan Gordon scores a goal vs D.C. United in his professional career since the 26/08/2006 (with Los Angeles Galaxy vs D.C. United )

Read the next 21 key stats

General ranking

+1	3	Colorado Rapids	31 pts	25 rd
-2	4	Real Salt Lake	31 pts	25 rd
+2	5	Los Angeles Galaxy	29 pts	25 rd
-1	6	San Jose Earthquakes	29 pts	24 rd
-1	7	FC Dallas	27 pts	24 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLos Angeles Galaxy 3-2 Colorado Rapids07/06/2008

DLos Angeles Galaxy 3-3 Columbus Crew21/06/2008

LLos Angeles Galaxy 1-2 New England Revolution04/07/2008

DLos Angeles Galaxy 1-1 Chivas USA10/07/2008

LLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 Chicago Fire21/08/2008

DLos Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Real Salt Lake06/09/2008

Overall

LSan Jose Earthquakes 3-2 Los Angeles Galaxy03/08/2008

DChivas USA 2-2 Los Angeles Galaxy14/08/2008

LLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 Chicago Fire21/08/2008

DNew England Revolution 2-2 Los Angeles Galaxy30/08/2008

DLos Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Real Salt Lake06/09/2008

LSporting Kansas City 2-0 Los Angeles Galaxy13/09/2008

Current form

Away

DNew England Revolution 2-2 D.C. United29/05/2008

VChicago Fire 1-2 D.C. United07/06/2008

LNew York Red Bulls 4-1 D.C. United10/08/2008

VChicago Fire 0-1 D.C. United16/08/2008

LNew England Revolution 2-1 D.C. United20/08/2008

LSan Jose Earthquakes 2-1 D.C. United06/09/2008

Overall

VD.C. United 3-0 Colorado Rapids23/08/2008

DD.C. United 0-0 New York Red Bulls30/08/2008

VD.C. United 2-1 Charleston Battery03/09/2008

LSan Jose Earthquakes 2-1 D.C. United06/09/2008

DD.C. United 2-2 FC Dallas13/09/2008

LD.C. United 0-2 Deportivo Saprissa16/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	5	12
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	11	12

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	6	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

786	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	669
11	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
6	Victories (Competition total)	10
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
8	Draws (Competition total)	3
4	Draws (Home / Away)	1
10	Losses (Competition total)	11
4	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

44	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
49	Goals conceded (Competition total)	38
21	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.63
2.08	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.82
2.04	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.58
1.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.09

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

37	Yellow cards (Competition total)	53
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Landon Donovan	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Luciano Emilio
Landon Donovan	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Jaime Moreno
Landon Donovan	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Jaime Moreno
Landon Donovan	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Landon Donovan	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Jaime Moreno
David Beckham	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Jaime Moreno
Landon Donovan	7 goals, 1 assist during the last 12 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Jaime Moreno

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

7 v

5 d

6 l

20 gf

18 ga

Away

18 matches

9 v

1 d

8 l

32 gf

29 ga

Total

36 matches

16 v

6 d

14 l

52 gf

47 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

8 v

1 d

9 l

29 gf

32 ga

Away

18 matches

6 v

5 d

7 l

18 gf

20 ga

Total

36 matches

14 v

6 d

16 l

47 gf

52 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 25, 2000
Home	2 - 0	August 15, 2007

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	June 29, 2008
Away	2 - 0	November 21, 1999

Latest head to head

June 29, 2008 - MLS 2008

D.C. United

4 - 1

LA Galaxy

August 15, 2007 - North American SuperLiga 2007

LA Galaxy

2 - 0

D.C. United logo D.C. United

August 09, 2007 - MLS 2007

D.C. United

1 - 0

LA Galaxy

June 02, 2007 - MLS 2007

LA Galaxy

0 - 0

D.C. United logo D.C. United

August 26, 2006 - MLS 2006

D.C. United

2 - 5

LA Galaxy

Best historical scorers against D.C. United

Cobi Jones	6 goals	1997 - 2006
Carlos Ruiz	5 goals	2002 - 2004
Landon Donovan	5 goals	2005 - 2007
Eduardo Hurtado	4 goals	1996 - 1997
Alejandro Moreno	3 goals	2004 - 2004
Mauricio Cienfuegos	2 goals	1996 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Jaime Moreno	8 goals	1997 - 2008
Luciano Emilio	3 goals	2007 - 2008
Freddy Adu	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Ben Olsen	2 goals	1999 - 2003
Eddie Pope	2 goals	1996 - 1996
John Harkes	2 goals	1996 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs D.C. United

Cobi Jones	30 matches	1996 - 2007
Mauricio Cienfuegos	22 matches	1996 - 2003
Kevin Hartman	22 matches	1997 - 2006
Greg Vanney	18 matches	1996 - 2001
Robin Fraser	16 matches	1996 - 2000
Peter Vagenas	14 matches	2000 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

Jaime Moreno	26 matches	1996 - 2008
Marco Etcheverry	21 matches	1996 - 2003
Eddie Pope	19 matches	1996 - 2002
Richie Williams	19 matches	1996 - 2002
Jeff Agoos	18 matches	1996 - 2001
Ben Olsen	15 matches	1998 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Greg Vanney

231 matches

20 matches

1996 - 2008

Ezra Hendrickson

191 matches

15 matches

1997 - 2004

Chris Albright

150 matches

71 matches

1999 - 2007

Quavas Kirk

42 matches

13 matches

2006 - 2008

Santino Quaranta

22 matches

112 matches

2001 - 2008

Curt Onalfo

16 matches

5 matches

1996 - 1999

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Santino Quaranta

22 matches

112 matches

2001 - 2008

Chris Albright

150 matches

71 matches

1999 - 2007

Marc Burch

3 matches

59 matches

2006 - 2008

Greg Vanney

231 matches

20 matches

1996 - 2008

Ezra Hendrickson

191 matches

15 matches

1997 - 2004

Quavas Kirk

42 matches

13 matches

2006 - 2008

Total : 7 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/05/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Houston Dynamo	39	24	10	9	5	35	28	+7
+12	Chivas USA	33	25	9	6	10	32	37	-5
+13	Colorado Rapids	31	25	9	4	12	33	33	0
-24	Real Salt Lake	31	25	8	7	10	30	32	-2
+25	Los Angeles Galaxy	29	25	7	8	10	49	51	-2
-16	San Jose Earthquakes	29	24	7	8	9	24	28	-4
-17	FC Dallas	27	24	6	9	9	32	32	0

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LA Galaxy 5-2 D.C. United - September 20, 2008 / MLS 2008

LA Galaxy

5 - 2

D.C. United

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Arena vs D.C. United

Arena vs Soehn

Manager

Soehn vs LA Galaxy

Soehn vs Arena

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against D.C. United

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Players with most games played vs D.C. United

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking