Starting XI: GK Novak Mićović, D Miki Yamane, D Chris Rindov, D Maya Yoshida(c), D John Nelson, M Edwin Cerillo, M Isaiah Parente, M Diego Fagundez, F Harbor Miller, F Gabriel Pec, F Joseph Paintsil
Bench: GK JT Marcinkowski, D Mauricio Cuevas, D Julian Aude, D Zanka, D Eriq Zavaleta, M Ruben Ramos Jr., F Tucker Lepley, F Nicklaus Sullivan, F Miguel Berry
Lineup Notes:
- Serbian goalkeeper Novak Mićović, 23, makes his 22nd start across all competitions during the 2025 campaign in today’s match against Cincinnati. Mićović, who holds a 1.63 goals-against average this season, recorded his third shutout of the season in LA’s 4-0 win over Santos Laguna to advance to the Quarterfinal round of Leagues Cup 2025 on Aug. 7. In his last match against the Seattle Sounders, Mićović made seven saves.
- Chris Rindov, 23, makes his fourth LA Galaxy start in tonight’s match. His first start with the first team and his MLS career first start was Saturday Aug. 23 in the 3-0 MLS Regular Season win against the Colorado Rapids, when he logged 90 minutes. He also entered the LA Galaxy's Leagues Cup Third-Place match as a substitute in the 46th minute and played for the remainder of the match. Rindov has appeared as a steady presence on the Galaxy’s defense and had the only shot on goal in 90 minutes of play against the Houston Dynamo, before Sanabria headed one in for the draw. Rindov recorded one goal in 21 appearances (21 starts) across all competitions for VCFC during the 2025 campaign.
- John Nelson, 27, tallied his third assist for the season in 30 appearances (21 starts) across all competitions. He again starts at left back in the match against Cincinnati. The Medina, Ohio, native has now logged one goal and six assists in 60 matches played (39 starts) across all competitions in two seasons with the LA Galaxy. In the match played against Colorado at Dignity Health Sports Park, Nelson recorded his first career MLS goal (Regular Season or Playoffs) and an assist in LA’s 5-0 win over the Colorado Rapids in the Round One Best-of-3 Series opener of the 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs on Oct. 26, 2024.
- Team Captainand defender* Maya Yoshida*, 36,has tallied six goals and five assists in 84 appearances (81 starts) across all competitions for the LA Galaxy in three seasons for the club (2023 – Present) since signing as a free agent on Aug. 3. His goal against the Sounders in the Club’s last regular season match on Sept. 13 helped to mark the first instance that two Japanese born players on the same team scored in the same MLS match (Yamane scored the second goal to bring the game to a draw.) Yoshida made over 450 professional appearances in the top leagues of England, Germany, Italy, Japan and Netherlands since making his professional debut in 2007 with J1 League side Nagoya Grampus. The Nagasaki, Japan, native made 29 appearances (28 starts) for FC Schalke 04 during the 2022/23 Bundesliga campaign. Yoshida recorded nine goals and four assists in 194 appearances (172 starts) across all competitions for Southampton. Yoshida tallied six goals and four assists for Southampton in 154 career appearances (135 starts) in the Premier League (2012-20). Yoshida has tallied 12 goals and two assists in 126 career appearances (120 starts) for the Japanese National Team. Yoshida has played in three FIFA World Cups (2014, 2018, 2022) and captained Japan to the Round of 16 of the 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup.
- Miki Yamane, 31, is making his 23rd start (26th appearance) for the LA Galaxy in tonight’s match against Cincinnati. Yamane was named to Major League Soccer's Team of the Matchday for Matchday 30 after two assists in the Galaxy's 3-0 win on August 23 against the Colorado Rapids, and again for Matchday 33 after his 87th minute game-tying goal against the Seattle Sounders. Last match’s goal in Seattle was Yamane’s career-first in MLS. Now in his second season with the Galaxy, the defender has recorded 10 assists in 58 games played since he was signed in January 2024. He recorded 14 goals and 27 assists across 196 J1 League appearances with Shonan Bellmare (2016-19) and Kawasaki Frontale (2020-23). Notably, Yamane was named to the J1 League Best XI in three consecutive seasons (2020, 2021, 2022), and helped Kawasaki Frontale earn two J1 League titles (2021, 2020), two Emperor’s Cup titles (2020, 2023) and one Japanese Super Cup (2021). Yamane has recorded two goals and four assists across 16 appearances (12 starts) for Japan since making his debut for his country in 2021.
- Edwin Cerrillo, 24, who has tallied one assist in 34 matches played (34 starts) across all competitions during the 2025 campaign, starts again as the holding midfielder against Cincinnati. Cerrillo has registered one goal and five assists in 84 career matches played (73 starts) across all competitions with the LA Galaxy (2023 - Present). Cerrillo has tallied one goal and eight assists in 155 career MLS regular season matches played (119 starts).
- Isaiah Parente, 24, finished the 2024 MLS Regular Season with six appearances in his first season with the Galaxy. In the 2025 Regular Season, this marks Parente’s ninth start in 23 games played. Parente has recorded three assists in 34 career matches played (11 starts) across all competitions for the LA Galaxy (2024 - Present). Parente made his LA Galaxy debut as a second-half substitute in the 2-0 win over NYCFC on June 19. Parente tallied three goals and one assist in 21 appearances (21 starts) with Ventura County FC during the 2024 MLS NEXT Pro Regular Season.
- With a goal scored in the 2-1 win over D.C. United on June 12, Diego Fagundez continues his march towards the 80/80 club, and has now tallied 77 goals and 77 assists in 464 career regular-season games played, becoming the eighth player in MLS history to record at least 75 goals and 75 assists in league play: (Landon Donovan; 145 G, 136 A), (Jaime Moreno; 133 G, 102 A), (Dwayne De Rosario; 104 G, 77 A), (Diego Valeri; 86 G, 91 A), (Preki; 79 G, 112 A), (Steve Ralston; 76 G, 135 A), (Luciano Acosta; 77 G, 98 A). In the 2025 Regular Season, Fagundez has made 23 starts of 26 games played and has notched four goals. Fagundez became the youngest player (30 years, 89 days) in MLS history to make 300 career regular season starts, surpassing Andrew Farrell's previous record (30 years, 182 days).
- Eighteen-year-old LA Galaxy Academy product Harbor Miller, who has recorded one assist and one goal in seven matches played (tonight marks his eighth start) across all competitions for the Galaxy during the 2025 campaign, starts on the left flank in tonight's match against Cincinnati. Harbor Miller recorded his first career MLS goal in the 3-0 victory against the Colorado Rapids on Aug. 23, becoming the second-youngest player in team history to score a goal (Regular Season or Playoffs). Miller is a U.S. Youth International (U-15, U-17, U-18, U-19), and has recorded eight goal contributions (4 goals, 4 assists) in 15 appearances (15 starts) on loan with Ventura County FC during the 2025 MLS NEXT Pro Regular Season. With his assist against Herediano on March 12, Miller (17 years, 264 days) became the youngest player to record a goal contribution in Concacaf Champions Cup action for an MLS team since Alphonso Davies (16 years, 120 days) accomplished the feat for Vancouver in 2017.
- 2024 MLS Newcomer of the Year Gabriel Pec, 24, who has recorded eight goals and seven assists in 35 matches played (33 starts) across all competitions for LA during the 2025 campaign, starts on the right wing against Cincinnati. Pec has totaled 53 career goal contributions (29 goals, 24 assists) in 76 appearances (71 starts) across all competitions in two seasons with the LA Galaxy (2024 - Present). In his last 11 appearances across all competitions dating back to July 19, Pec has recorded eight goal contributions (4 goals, 4 assists).
- Joseph Paintsil, 27, has recorded 38 goal contributions (24 goals, 15 assists) in 64 career matches played (61 starts) across all competitions for the Galaxy (2024 - Present). Paintsil was acquired by the LA Galaxy from Belgian Pro League side K.R.C. Genk as a Designated Player and was signed to a four-year contract through the end of the 2027 MLS season. During the 2022-23 Belgian Pro League season, Paintsil notched 28 goal contributions (14 goals, 14 assists) in 30 league appearances (28 starts), helping Genk qualify for the 2023-24 Europa Conference League. At the international level, Paintsil has notched two assists in 15 appearances (9 starts) for Ghana.
