LA Galaxy Starting XI: GK Novak Mićović; D Miki Yamane, D Emiro Garcés, D Maya Yoshida (C), D John Nelson; M Edwin Cerrillo, M Lucas Sanabria, M Marco Reus, F Gabriel Pec, F Joseph Paintsil, F Matheus Nascimento
Substitutes: GK John McCarthy; D Julián Aude, D Mauricio Cuevas, D Zanka, M Diego Fagundez, M Tucker Lepley, M Isaiah Parente, M Elijah Wynder, F Christian Ramirez,
Lineup Notes:
- Serbian goalkeeper Novak Mićović, 23, makes his eighth start of the 2025 MLS Regular Season in tonight's match against the Rapids. Mićović tallied four saves and notched his first shutout of the 2025 campaign in LA's 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake on May 31. Mićović made four starts across all competitions during the 2024 campaign, posting one shutout and a 1.25 goals-against average. Mićović has registered one shutout in seven league appearances (7 starts) for the Galaxy during the 2025 campaign.
- Japanese International defender Miki Yamane, who has tallied two assists in 15 appearances (13 starts) during the 2025 MLS Regular Season, starts at right back in tonight’s match against Colorado. Yamane has registered 10 assists in 58 appearances (55 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 19 appearances (15 starts) across all competitions for the Galaxy during the 2025 campaign, starts in defense in tonight's match against Colorado. Garcés has recorded two goals and three assists in 34 career appearances (25 starts) across all competitions for the LA Galaxy (2024-Present).
- Maya Yoshida, who has recorded three goals and three assists in 71 appearances (70 starts) across all competitions in three seasons with the Galaxy (2023-Present), captains LA in tonight’s match Notably, Yoshida played in three FIFA World Cups (2014, 2018, 2022) for the Japanese National Team. Yoshida was the only player on the Galaxy roster to appear in every MLS match (Regular Season & Playoffs) during the 2024 season.
- John Nelson, who has tallied two assists in 17 appearances (17 starts) across all competitions this season for LA, starts at left back in the match against the Rapids. The Medina, Ohio, native has logged one goal and five assists in 49 matches played (37 starts) across all competitions in two seasons with the LA Galaxy. Nelson tallied an assist in the 3-3 draw against St. Louis on June 14.
- Edwin Cerrillo, who has tallied one assist in 16 matches played (16 starts) during the 2025 MLS Regular Season, starts in midfield against the Rapids in his return from a yellow-card accumulation suspension. Cerrillo, 24, has registered one goal and five assists in 72 career matches played (61 starts) across all competitions with the LA Galaxy (2023 - Present). In his last appearance at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Cerrillo tallied an assist in the 4-1 win over the Colorado Rapids in the second leg Round One match of the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs on Nov. 1, 2024.
- Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Sanabria, 21, makes his 13th appearances (10th start) of the 2025 MLS Regular Season in the match against Colorado. 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.
- 2024 MLS Newcomer of the Year Gabriel Pec, 24, who finished the 2024 MLS Regular Season with 30 goal contributions (16 goals, 14 assists) in 33 appearances (30 starts), starts on the right wing against Colorado. Pec has totaled 44 goal contributions (25 goals, 19 assists) in 60 appearances (57 starts) across all competitions in two seasons with the LA Galaxy (2024 - Present). Pec recorded two goals in the 3-3 draw against St. Louis CITY SC on June 14. In four matches played across all competitions against Colorado during the 2024 campaign, Pec totaled 10 goal contributions (4 goals, 6 assists).
- Marco Reus, who tallied two assists against St. Louis CITY SC on June 14, starts in midfield in tonight’s match against Colorado. Reus has registered 13 goal contributions (4 goals, 9 assists) in 18 career regular season matches played (13 starts) for LA (2024-Present). In his last eight matches played dating back to April 27, Reus has registered nine goal contributions (3 goals, 6 assists). Additionally, Reus has totaled 1.39 goals and assists per 90 minutes played in the eight matches played dating back to April 27.
- Ghanaian international forward Joseph Paintsil, who has recorded 29 goal contributions (17 goals, 12 assists) in 50 career matches played (46 starts) across all competitions for LA, starts on the left wing against Colorado. In four matches played against Colorado across all competitions during the 2024 campaign, Paintsil totaled four goal contributions (2 goals, 2 assists).
- Brazilian youth international forward Matheus Nascimento, 21, makes his fourth consecutive start for the LA Galaxy in tonight’s match against the Rapids. The Niterói, Brazil native has notched one goal and two assists in 11 appearances (3 starts) for the Galaxy during the 2025 MLS Regular Season. The Brazilian Youth international is logging 1.82 goals and assists per 90 minutes played (1 goal, 2 assists) in two matches played dating back to May 31. 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.
