LA Galaxy Starting XI: GK Novak Mićović; D Miki Yamane, D Emiro Garcés, D Zanka, D Julián Aude; M Edwin Cerrillo, M Diego Fagundez, M Lucas Sanabria, F Gabriel Pec, F Joseph Paintsil, F Marco Reus ©
Substitutes: GK JT Marcinkowski, GK John McCarthy; D Mauricio Cuevas, D John Nelson, D Maya Yoshida, D Eriq Zavaleta, M Tucker Lepley, M Isaiah Parente, M Elijah Wynder, F Miguel Berry, F Matheus Nascimento, F Christian Ramirez
Lineup Notes:
- Serbian goalkeeper Novak Mićović, 23, makes his 15th appearance across all competitions during the 2025 campaign in tonight's Leagues Cup match against Cruz Azul. Mićović, who holds a 1.57 goals-against average this season, recorded eight saves in LA's 5-2 win over Club Tijuana on July 31.
- Japanese International defender Miki Yamane, who has tallied three assists in 24 appearances (21 starts) across all competitions during the 2025 campaign, starts at right back in tonight’s match against Cruz Azul. Yamane, who tallied an assist against Club Tijuana on July 31, has registered 11 assists in 65 career appearances (62 starts) across all competitions in two seasons played with the Galaxy (2024-Present).
- Colombian defender Emiro Garcés, 23, who has tallied two goals and one assist in 25 appearances (20 starts) across all competitions for the Galaxy during the 2025 campaign, starts in defense in tonight's match against Cruz Azul. Garcés has recorded two goals and three assists in 40 career appearances (31 starts) across all competitions for the LA Galaxy (2024-Present).
- Danish defender Zanka, 35, makes his 19th career appearance (17th start) across all competitions for the LA Galaxy in tonight’s match against Cruz Azul. 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 27 appearances (13 starts) across all competitions during the 2025 campaign, makes his eighth consecutive start for the Galaxy in tonight’s match against Cruz Azul. Aude, 22, has recorded three goals and three assists in 80 matches played (52 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 Cruz Azul. Cerrillo, 24, has registered one goal and five assists in 79 career matches played (68 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 tallied an assist in LA’s 5-2 victory against Tijuana on July 31, starts in midfield in tonight's match against Cruz Azul. 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 and one assist in 28 matches played (24 starts) across all competitions during the 2025 campaign.
- Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Sanabria, 21, makes his 20th appearance (12th start) across all competitions during the 2025 campaign in the match against Cruz Azul. Notably, Sanabria notched his first career goal for the LA Galaxy in the 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake on May 31. Sanabria recorded five goals and four assists in 46 matches played (41 starts) across all competitions (Campeonato Uruguayo Clausura & Apertura, Copa AUF Uruguay, Copa Libertadores, Torneo Intermedio) for Club Nacional de Football (2024). At the international level, Sanabria was called up to the Uruguayan National Team for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying for matches against Peru on Oct. 11 and Ecuador on Oct. 15, 2024.
- Ghanaian international forward Joseph Paintsil, who has recorded 35 goal contributions (22 goals, 13 assists) in 57 career matches played (54 starts) across all competitions for LA, starts on the left wing against Cruz Azul. Paintsil has tallied seven goals and two assists in 20 matches played (18 starts) across all competitions for LA during the 2025 campaign. Notably, Paintsil has recorded six goals and one assist in his last five matches played at Dignity Health Sports Park dating back to May 31.
- 2024 MLS Newcomer of the Year Gabriel Pec, 24, who has recorded six goals and four assists in 26 matches played (26 starts) across all competitions for LA during the 2025 campaign, starts on the right wing against Cruz Azul. Pec has totaled 49 goal contributions (27 goals, 22 assists) in 67 appearances (64 starts) across all competitions in two seasons with the LA Galaxy (2024 - Present). Pec tallied a goal in the 5-2 win over Club Tijuana on May 13. In four career Leagues Cup matches played dating back to 2024, Pec has recorded three goals and one assist.
- Marco Reus, who recorded a goal against Club Tijuana on July 31, captains the Galaxy up top in tonight’s match against Cruz Azul. Reus has registered 19 goal contributions (7 goals, 12 assists) in 31 career matches played (23 starts) across all competitions for LA (2024-Present). Additionally, Reus has recorded 14 goal contributions (6 goals, 8 assists; 1.06 goals & assists per 90 min. played) in his last 15 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.
