LOS ANGELES (Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019) – Major League Soccer today announced that LA Galaxy goalkeeper Matt Lampson is the recipient of the award as 2019 MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year. This is the third time Lampson has been selected for the honor, after having also won in 2016 and 2018.
Lampson joins former LA Galaxy defender A.J. DeLaGarza as the only LA Galaxy recipients to be honored as the MLS Works Humanitarian of the Year.
After being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 17, Lampson has been active in raising awareness for the disease when he started the non-profit LampStrong Foundation in 2013.