Atlanta United

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Lore & Background

The club's inaugural head coach was Bob Bradley, who served from 2017 to 2021 before being replaced by Steven Cherundolo. During their second season in 2019, Los Angeles FC won the Supporters' Shield with club captain Carlos Vela earning the MVP Award. The club won their first MLS Cup in 2022, which completed a league double with their second Supporters' Shield. In 2020 and 2023, Los Angeles FC were also the runners-up in the CONCACAF Champions League. In 2024, Los Angeles FC won their first Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The club within its short history has been home to notable players such as Gareth Bale, Olivier Giroud, Hugo Lloris, Son Heung-min, Giorgio Chiellini, and Carlos Vela.

Reader's Guide

LAFC accomplished the best regular season for an MLS expansion team, earning 57 points. The total surpassed the 56 picked up by the 1998 Chicago Fire, also coached by Bob Bradley, as well as the post-shootout era record of 55 set in 2017 by Atlanta United FC. LAFC's seven road wins also tied for the most ever by an expansion team in the pre or post shootout-era with the '98 Fire who had two road wins come via the shootout. They finished second all-time in goals scored by an expansion team in a season, with 68, just behind Atlanta's 70.

Did You Know?

• LAFC was founded on October 30, 2014, as a result of MLS awarding a new expansion team to Los Angeles after the complete dissolution of Chivas USA.
• The club's inaugural head coach Bob Bradley also coached the 1998 Chicago Fire, whose expansion point record LAFC broke.
• LAFC's 57 points in 2018 surpassed the post-shootout era record of 55 set by Atlanta United FC in 2017.
• LAFC finished second all-time in goals scored by an expansion team in a season, with 68, just behind Atlanta's 70.
• The club's first MLS game was a 1–0 win against Seattle Sounders FC on March 4, 2018, with Diego Rossi scoring the club's first competitive goal.