LA Galaxy Starting XI and Supporting Cast?

Okay, what is the LA Galaxy line-up likely to look like in the 2016 season?

Defense
Starters
Rogers
DeLaGarza
Cole and Van Damme - rumored to be in negotiation with these 2 30+ year old European players
UPDATE: Van Damme has been signed 1/26
Cole has been signed 1/27
Reserves
Leonardo
Gargan
Romney

Midfield/Forwards
Starters
Dos Santos
Gerrard
Lletget
De Jong - rumored to be in negotiation with this 30+ year old European player
UPDATE: De Jong officially signed 2/3
Reserves
Larentowicz - LAG Confidential have doubts about the wisdom of this signing. I wonder if he might get some back four time in addition to being slotted in as a defensive midfielder?
Husidic
Garcia

Forwards/Midfield
Starters
Keane
Zardes
Reserves
Gordon
Magee - experienced player for squad rotation
Villareal
Boateng - Since AEG has eyes and ears in Sweden they picked up this younger player for further development

Goalie
Starter
Kennedy
Reserve
Rowe

My feeling is that at most they will sign two of the three (Cole, Van Damme, and De Jong) and maybe only one. For a deeper dive into how all these selections could impact the line-up see LAG Confidential for their thorough analysis and thoughts.

UPDATE: What do LA Galaxy fans think? The starting line-up could contain FIVE over-30 European players (Cole, Van Damme, Gerrard, De Jong, and Keane). Perhaps, they are going "all-in" to try to win an MLS Cup on the final (?) year of Gerrard and Keane with LA?

UPDATE: I wondered how the LA Galaxy could fit 3 euro-stars into their line-up! The 3DP spots are filled (Keane, Dos Santos, Gerrard). Thus, how will they fit these 3 under the salary cap? Well, some creative salary structuring according to Baxter at the LAT.

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