The Los Angeles Football Club Gazette
Squad9 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Los Angeles Football Club
Denis Bouanga and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad9 Nov 2026
David Martínez signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” David Martínez and Los Angeles Football Club agree another 4 years.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Jeremy Ebobisse
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jeremy Ebobisse, and the manager let it.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
When it matters, Heung-Min Son plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market9 Nov 2026
The Denis Bouanga story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Denis Bouanga signs something — a contract at Los Angeles Football Club or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Timothy Tillman asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad9 Nov 2026
International call for Yevhen Cheberko
Yevhen Cheberko joins up with his country. Los Angeles Football Club lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Ryan Hollingshead has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Ryan Hollingshead has written the date down.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
The goals keep arriving from Artem Smolyakov’s exile
3 goals in 13 games at Metalist — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Los Angeles Football Club updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
In brief
- Squad Tyler Boyd wants to know why he earns less
- Boardroom The Los Angeles Football Club board choose calm