LA Galaxy MLS Cup 2014: Where are they now?

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07 December 2014: Los Angeles’s A.J. DeLeGarza (20) holds the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy overhead. The Los Angeles Galaxy played the New England Revolution in Carson, California in MLS Cup 2014. Los Angeles won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon SMI/Corbis via Getty Images) /

The 2014 MLS Cup final saw the LA Galaxy secure an MLS-record fifth league crown, and their third in four seasons, but where is that cup-winning 18-man squad now?

In 2014, For the third time in MLS Cup history, the Los Angeles Galaxy overcame the New England Revolution to win the title. And for a third time, they did so after 120 minutes of football.

They had previously beaten Real Salt Lake, thanks to a 5-0 win at home, and the Seattle Sounders, thanks to away goals, ahead of the 2014 final, but the Revolution posed their biggest challenge in the MLS Cup final. In the end, it was the Galaxy that came out on top, the third time they had done so in four years.

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The majority of the team had already won the title in the past three years, but where is the 2014 MLS Cup-winning squad now?

December 7, 2014: Los Angeles Galaxy’s Jaime Penedo (18) makes the save on New England Revolution’s Teal Bunbury (10). The Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the New England Revolution 2-1 (AET) to win the 2014 MLS Cup at the Stub Hub Center in Carson, CA. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire/Corbis via Getty Images) /

GK – Jaime Penedo – Retired

The starting goalkeeper for the LA Galaxy when they took their fifth MLS Cup crown was Panamanian shot-stopper Jaime Penedo. The goalkeeper played 34 times for the Los Angeles side in their title season, including playing all 480 minutes of their postseason exploits.

Penedo’s career started at the turn of the century, signing his first professional contract with Estudiantes de Panama. After a single season there, he played for Plaza Amador and Árabe Unido in his home country before spending a season with Osasuna B in Spain. During his time in his home nation, Penedo became his country’s number one and went on to play in goal 134 times for Panama, second only in appearances for the national side to Gabriel Gómez.

In his international career, the shot-stopper finished as runner-up in both the 2005 and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cups and was their first-choice goalkeeper for their debut appearance at a FIFA World Cup, which came in 2018.

After a spell in Spain, Penedo returned to his home nation and spent the next six years with Municipal, playing over 170 times for the club before he made his move to the States. He signed for LA Galaxy in August 2013 and went on to become the club’s starter ahead of their title-winning campaign in 2014, in which he played 34 times.

After leaving the Galaxy in 2015, Penedo spent a season with Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica, before then spending two seasons with Dinamo Bucuresti. In his time in Romania, Penedo helped the side to the Cupa Ligii trophy in 2017. He spent another season with Dinamo before retiring at the start of 2019.

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