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[edit]

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.

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LA Galaxy Academy player.

Competitions[edit]

Preseason[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Western Conference[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "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[edit]

Official website

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

[cnote_B_grp_2] 
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