Background
DeLaGarza was born in Bryans Road, Maryland to a Mexican-Guamanian father and a Native American mother.
DeLaGarza was born in Bryans Road, Maryland to a Mexican-Guamanian father and a Native American mother.
DeLaGarza was born in Bryans Road, Maryland to a Mexican-Guamanian father and a Native American mother. At the age of 12, DeLaGarza played for the District of Columbia United U-12 at the Danone Cup in France, under coach Dave Sarachan. He also played for Baltimore Casa Mia"s Boys, where he won 2 USYSA National Championships.
In high school, DeLaGarza played at Henry East. Lackey High School for head coach Gary Lesko in Indian Head, Maryland.
DeLaGarza played college soccer at the University of Maryland, College Park.
He was named College Soccer News Second Team All-Freshman after helping Maryland win the National Championship in 2005, and was named in the College Cup All-Tournament Team, was a Second Team All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination selection, and was his team"s Company-Most Valuable Defensive Player as he helped lead Maryland to the 2008 College Cup championship.
Youth and college Professional DeLaGarza was drafted in the second round (19th overall) of the 2009 Master of Library Science SuperDraft by. He made his professional début on March 22, 2009, in Galaxy"s first game of the 2009 Master of Library Science season against District of Columbia United. Following Sean Franklin"s mid-season hamstring injury, DeLaGarza played many games at the right side of Galaxy"s defense, ultimately clocking 1,754 minutes in his rookie season.
On October 1, 2012 against Colorado, he went down with a serious injury in the 31st minute.
In that match they managed to hold off Colorado in a 1–1 draw. International career On December 21, 2010 then United States men"s national soccer team head coach, Bob Bradley, called in A. J. DeLaGarza along with 23 other players into the United States" January 2011 training camp.
The end of the training camp culminated in a match against the Chile national football team On January 22, 2011, DeLaGarza was selected to the 18 member game day roster.
However, DeLaGarza failed to make an appearance in the 1–1 draw against Chile.
On January 21, 2012 DeLaGarza made his début for the senior side of the United States in a friendly match against the Venezuela national football team Four days later, DeLaGarza, again started and played the full 90 minutes in the United States" victory against Panama. DeLaGarza was still eligible to play for the Guam national team because he was not officially cap-tied with the United States.
On August 27, 2013, he made the commitment to switch and play for the Guam national team
Club Individual.