2025 San Diego FC season

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San Diego FC
2025 season
General manager Tyler Heaps
Head coach Mikey Varas
Stadium Snapdragon Stadium
Major League Soccer TBD
MLS Cup Playoffs TBD
U.S. Open Cup TBD
Leagues Cup TBD
2026 →

The 2025 season is the upcoming first season for San Diego FC in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight of professional club soccer in the United States. San Diego FC was announced as an expansion team on May 18, 2023, under the ownership of Egyptian businessman Mohamed Mansour and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, a local indigenous tribe. [1] The team will play their home matches at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, which it will share with San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League and the San Diego State Aztecs football team. [2]

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Former FC Dallas and United States men's national team assistant coach Mikey Varas was hired as the club's first head coach on September 16, 2024. [3] The 2024 MLS expansion draft will take place on December 11, 2024, and allow San Diego FC to select up to five players from other MLS teams based on eligibility requirements. The team will also get the first pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, which is scheduled to take place on December 20, 2024. [4]

The first San Diego FC players, including Designated Player and Mexican forward Hirving "Chucky" Lozano, were sent on loan until they join the club in January 2025. [5] The club plans to use players from the international Right to Dream academy system and other teams owned by Mansour, including FC Nordsjælland. [6] [7] The first regular season match for San Diego FC is scheduled to be played on February 22 or 23 against the LA Galaxy. The team's first home match is scheduled for March 1 against St. Louis City SC. [8]

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2025)
PosTeam
PldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
8 Portland Timbers 00000000Qualification for the wild-card round
9 Real Salt Lake 00000000
10 San Diego FC 00000000
11 San Jose Earthquakes 00000000
12 Seattle Sounders FC 00000000
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Regular season

February 22 or 231 LA Galaxy v San Diego FC Carson, California
TBAStadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
March 12 San Diego FC v St. Louis City SC San Diego, California
7:30 pm PST Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

Players

Roster

As of December 11,2024 [9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad includes all players who had first team contracts or appearances during the 2024 season across all competitions. Ages listed for each player is calculated from February 22, 2025, the first matchday of the MLS regular season.

San Diego FC first team roster [9]
No.NameNationalityPositionAgePrevious clubNotes
11 Hirving Lozano Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico FW 29Flag of the Netherlands.svg  PSV Eindhoven  (NED) DP
20 Duran Ferree Flag of the United States.svg  United States GK 18Flag of Denmark.svg  FC Nordsjælland  (DEN)
— Tomás Ángel Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia FW 22Flag of the United States.svg  Los Angeles FC  (USA)
— Heine Gikling Bruseth Flag of Norway.svg  Norway MF 20Flag of the United States.svg  Orlando City SC  (USA)
— Hamady Diop Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal DF 23Flag of the United States.svg  Charlotte FC  (USA)
— CJ dos Santos Flag of the United States.svg  United States GK 24Flag of the United States.svg  Inter Miami CF  (USA)
— Marcus Ingvartsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark FW 29Flag of Denmark.svg  FC Nordsjælland  (DEN)
— Jasper Löffelsend Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MF 27Flag of the United States.svg  Colorado Rapids  (USA)
— Paddy McNair Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland DF 28Flag of England.svg  West Bromwich Albion F.C.  (ENG)
— Christopher McVey Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DF 27Flag of the United States.svg  D.C. United  (USA)
— Alex Mighten Flag of England.svg  England MF 22Flag of Denmark.svg  FC Nordsjælland  (DEN)
— Jeppe Tverskov Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark MF 31Flag of Denmark.svg  FC Nordsjælland  (DEN)
— Andrés Reyes Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DF 25Flag of the United States.svg  New York Red Bulls  (USA)

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when San Diego FC officially signed the player to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when San Diego FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from the San Diego FC roster.

In

Incoming transfers for San Diego FC
PlayerNo.Pos.Previous teamNotesDate
Flag of the United States.svg  Duran Ferree  (USA)20GKFlag of the United States.svg  San Diego Loyal SC  (USA)Loaned to Orange County SC until end of 2024 USL Championship season [10] December 13, 2023
Flag of Denmark.svg  Jeppe Tverskov  (DEN)—MFFlag of Denmark.svg  FC Nordsjælland  (DEN)Loaned to FC Nordsjælland until January 2025 [11] March 19, 2024
Flag of Denmark.svg  Marcus Ingvartsen  (DEN)—FWFlag of Denmark.svg  FC Nordsjælland  (DEN)Loaned to FC Nordsjælland until January 2025 [11] March 19, 2024
Ulster Banner.svg  Paddy McNair  (NIR)—DFFlag of England.svg  Middlesbrough F.C.  (ENG)Loaned to West Bromwich Albion F.C. until January 2025 [12] July 25, 2024
Flag of Mexico.svg  Hirving Lozano  (MEX)11FWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  PSV Eindhoven  (NED) Designated Player; loaned to PSV Eindhoven until January 1, 2025 [13] June 6, 2024
Flag of England.svg  Alex Mighten  (ENG)—MFFlag of England.svg  Nottingham Forest F.C.  (ENG)Loaned to FC Nordsjælland until January 2025; discovery rights acquired from Nashville SC for $50,000 in general allocation money [14] August 30, 2024
Flag of Colombia.svg  Tomás Ángel  (COL)—FWFlag of the United States.svg  Los Angeles FC  (USA)Traded for $200,000 in general allocation money and a second-round pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft [15] December 9, 2024
Flag of the United States.svg  CJ dos Santos  (USA)—GKFlag of the United States.svg  Inter Miami CF  (USA)Traded for $100,000 in general allocation money [16] December 11, 2024
Flag of Sweden.svg  Christopher McVey  (SWE)—DFFlag of the United States.svg  D.C. United  (USA)Traded for $50,000 in general allocation money with an additional $50,000 based on performance [17] December 11, 2024
Flag of Norway.svg  Heine Gikling Bruseth  (NOR)—DFFlag of the United States.svg  Orlando City SC  (USA)Acquired in MLS Expansion Draft [18] December 11, 2024
Flag of Senegal.svg  Hamady Diop  (SEN)—DFFlag of the United States.svg  Charlotte FC  (USA)Acquired in MLS Expansion Draft [18] December 11, 2024
Flag of Germany.svg  Jasper Löffelsend  (GER)—MFFlag of the United States.svg  Colorado Rapids  (USA)Acquired in MLS Expansion Draft [18] December 11, 2024
Flag of Colombia.svg  Andrés Reyes  (COL)—DFFlag of the United States.svg  New York Red Bulls  (USA)Traded for $800,000 in general allocation money [19] December 12, 2024

Expansion draft picks

In the 2024 MLS expansion draft, San Diego FC made five selections from a list of eligible players signed with other MLS teams. The club traded away two of their players on the same day as the draft. [18]

2024 MLS Expansion Draft picks [20]
PlayerNationalityPos.Previous teamNotes
Heine Gikling Bruseth Flag of Norway.svg  Norway MFFlag of the United States.svg  Orlando City SC  (USA)
Jasper Löffelsend Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MFFlag of the United States.svg  Colorado Rapids  (USA)
Hamady Diop Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal DFFlag of the United States.svg  Charlotte FC  (USA)
Thiago Andrade Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil MFFlag of the United States.svg  New York City FC  (USA)Traded to Toronto FC for first-round 2025 MLS SuperDraft pick and $250,000 in conditional general allocation money
Hosei Kijima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan MFFlag of the United States.svg  St. Louis City SC  (USA)Traded to D.C. United for $400,000 in general allocation money

Out

Outgoing transfers for San Diego FC
PlayerNo.Pos.New teamNotesDate
Flag of the United States.svg  Duran Ferree  (USA)—GKFlag of Denmark.svg  FC Nordsjælland  (DEN)Loaned until end of the year [21] September 28, 2024

Other transactions

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