Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Birchall ya zira kwallaye na farko na MLS a kakar wasa da Toronto FC a ranar 11 ga Yuni 2011 a minti na biyu na wasan; Miguel Pedro López ne ya taimaka masa. A lokacin lokacin da ya koma Vale Park don horar da motsa jiki. Bai yi watsi da komawa Port Vale a nan gaba ba, kodayake ya yarda cewa yana jin daɗin kansa a LA, bayan ya yi abokai da Landon Donovan, David Beckham da Robbie Williams. Galaxy ta sami nasara a shekara ta 2011, ta zama zakara na masu goyon baya da kuma gasar zakarun Turai, da kuma masu cin Kofin MLS. Birchall ya fito daga benci a wasan karshe na kofin
, ya maye gurbin Adam Cristman a minti na 57, yayin da Galaxy ta doke Houston Dynamo 1 zuwa 0 godiya ga burin Landon Donovan.