LA Galaxy Starting XI: GK Novak Mićović; D Mauricio Cuevas, D Emiro Garcés, D Zanka, D Julián Aude; M Edwin Cerrillo, M Diego Fagundez, M Marco Reus ©, F Gabriel Pec, F Joseph Paintsil, F Matheus Nascimento
Substitutes: GK JT Marcinkowski, GK John McCarthy; D Harbor Miller, D John Nelson, D Miki Yamane, D Eriq Zavaleta, M Tucker Lepley, M Isaiah Parente, M Lucas Sanabria, M Elijah Wynder, F Miguel Berry, F Christian Ramirez
Lineup Notes:
- Serbian goalkeeper Novak Mićović, 23, makes his 14th across all competitions during the 2025 campaign in tonight's Leagues Cup match against Club Tijuana. Mićović, who holds a 1.54 goals-against average this season, recorded one save and notched his second shutout of the 2025 campaign in LA's 3-0 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on July 4. In his last appearance at Dignity Health Sports Park in Leagues Cup play, Mićović recorded penalty-kick winning stop in LA’s 5-4 shootout victory over Club Deportivo Guadalajara on Aug. 4, 2024.
- LA Galaxy Academy product Mauricio Cuevas, 22, makes his third start across all competitions for LA during the 2025 campaign in tonight's match against Tijuana. Notably, Cuevas tallied the game-tying assist in LA’s 3-3 draw against LAFC on July 19. In three seasons with the LA Galaxy (2023-Present), the Los Angeles, Calif., native has logged two goals and four assists in 45 matches played (9 starts) across all competitions.
- Colombian defender Emiro Garcés, 23, who has tallied two goals and one assist in 24 appearances (19 starts) across all competitions for the Galaxy during the 2025 campaign, starts in defense in tonight's match against the Tijuana. Garcés has recorded two goals and three assists in 39 career appearances (30 starts) across all competitions for the LA Galaxy (2024-Present).
- Danish defender Zanka, 35, makes his 18th career appearance (16th start) across all competitions appearance (13th start) for the LA Galaxy in tonight’s match against Tijuana. Zanka tallied the game-tying assist in LA's 1-1 draw against the Timbers at Providence Park on March 16. In 37 career appearances (22 starts) for the Denmark Men’s National Team, Zanka recorded two goals, one of which came in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match against.
- Julián Aude, who has tallied one goal in 26 appearances (12 starts) across all competitions during the 2025 campaign, makes his seventh consecutive start for the Galaxy in tonight’s match against Tijuana. Aude, 22, has recorded three goals and three assists in 79 matches played (51 starts) across all competitions in three seasons played with LA (2023-Present).
- Edwin Cerrillo, who has tallied one assist in 22 matches played (22 starts) during the 2025 MLS Regular Season, starts in midfield against Tijuana. Cerrillo, 24, has registered one goal and five assists in 78 career matches played (67 starts) across all competitions with the LA Galaxy (2023 - Present). Cerrillo has tallied one goal and eight assists in 153 career MLS regular season matches played (117 starts).
- Diego Fagundez, who recorded the game-winning goal in the 2-1 win against D.C. United on July 12, starts in midfield in tonight's match against Club Tijuana. Fagundez has tallied 77 goals and 76 assists in 415 career MLS regular-season games played (307 starts), and is the eighth player in MLS history to record at least 75 career goals and 75 assists in regular season play. Fagundez has recorded four goals in 23 matches played (20 starts) during the 2025 MLS Regular Season.
- Marco Reus, who tallied an assist against LAFC on July 19, captains the Galaxy in midfield in tonight’s match against Tijuana. Reus has registered 17 goal contributions (6 goals, 11 assists) in 24 career regular season matches played (19 starts) for LA (2024-Present). Additionally, Reus has recorded 13 goal contributions (5 goals, 8 assists; 1.06 goals & assists per 90 min. played) in his last 14 matches played for the Galaxy dating back to April 27. The Dortmund, Germany, native has logged five goals and eight assists in 18 matches played (15 starts) during the 2025 MLS Regular Season.
- Ghanaian international forward Joseph Paintsil, who has recorded 32 goal contributions (20 goals, 12 assists) in 56 career matches played (53 starts) across all competitions for LA, starts on the left wing against Tijuana. Paintsil has tallied five goals and one assist in 19 matches played (17 starts) across all competitions for LA during the 2025 campaign. Notably, Paintsil has recorded four goals in his last four matches played at Dignity Health Sports Park dating back to May 31.
- 2024 MLS Newcomer of the Year Gabriel Pec, 24, who has recorded five goals and four assists in 25 matches played (25 starts) across all competitions for LA during the 2025 campaign, starts on the right wing against Tijuana. Pec has totaled 47 goal contributions (26 goals, 21 assists) in 66 appearances (63 starts) across all competitions in two seasons with the LA Galaxy (2024 - Present). Pec tallied a goal and an assist in his last appearance against LAFC on July 19. In three Leagues Cup matches played during the 2024 campaign, Pec recorded two goals and one assist.
- Brazilian youth international forward Matheus Nascimento, who tallied a goal against LAFC on July 19, starts up top in tonight’s match against Club Tijuana. The Niterói, Brazil native has notched three goals and three assists in 17 appearances (9 starts) for the Galaxy during the 2025 MLS Regular Season. Nascimento joined LA as a U22 Initiative Player on loan from Brazilian Série A side Botafogo on Feb. 19, 2025. Notably, Nascimento is the youngest player (16 years old) in club history to make their debut for Botafogo. Nascimento notched 12 goals and 7 assists in 98 appearances (55 starts) across all competitions in six seasons played with Botafogo (2020-25). At the international level, Nascimento has made multiple appearances for Brazil at the U-16, U-17, U-18, U-20 and U-23 age groups. The forward was part of the Brazilian National Team side that won the 2023 Pan American Games gold medal after defeating Chile in penalties on Nov. 4, 2023.
