San Diego FC | San Diego FC takes UCSB freshman Manu Duah No. 1 in MLS SuperDraft, picks USD standout By Mark Zeigler December 20, 2024 at 3:47 p.m. The expansion club selected 19-year-old Manu Duah, a 6-foot-4 freshman defensive midfielder from Ghana who...
San Diego FC | San Diego FC learns its full schedule, signs a midfielder By Mark Zeigler December 19, 2024 at 3:41 p.m. San Diego FC has a coach, a general manager, a full staff, a new training...
San Diego FC | San Diego FC continues to build MLS roster with No. 1 pick in Friday’s SuperDraft By Mark Zeigler December 19, 2024 at 11:27 a.m. It’s not a rebuild. It’s a build.
San Diego FC | San Diego FC, Wave will play in same Indio tournament as they prepare for 2025 seasons By Ryan Finley December 17, 2024 at 3:27 p.m. The Coachella Valley Invitational runs throughout February in Indio
San Diego FC | San Diego FC unveils jersey ahead of first Major League Soccer season By Ryan Finley December 13, 2024 at 4:04 p.m. The navy blue jersey — the club calls it azul — features the club's crest...
San Diego FC | San Diego FC acquires defender from New York Red Bulls, continues building roster for inaugural season By Ryan Finley December 12, 2024 at 6:33 p.m. Club lands Colombian defender Andres Reyes from the New York Red Bulls in exchange for...
San Diego FC | San Diego FC wheels, deals during Major League Soccer’s expansion draft By Ryan Finley December 11, 2024 at 9:03 p.m. Club receives draft picks, cash after picking and trading 2 players, acquire 2 more in...
San Diego FC | San Diego FC has its choice of locals, highly paid players in Wednesday’s MLS Expansion Draft By Mark Zeigler December 10, 2024 at 1:47 p.m. The draft will be held on the patio outside Eighteen Threads, the club’s apparel store...
Soccer | Soccer notebook: With draft gone, Wave sign Longhorns star; SDFC hires 4 to front office By Ryan Finley November 7, 2024 at 3:24 p.m. University of Texas star forward Trinity Byars and the Wave have agreed to a two-year...
San Diego FC | San Diego FC learns its first two Major League Soccer opponents By Mark Zeigler October 21, 2024 at 3:03 p.m. The full 36-game league schedule for 2025 will be released in December.
San Diego FC | New San Diego FC coach Mikey Varas provides ‘alignment’ By Mark Zeigler September 18, 2024 at 10:55 p.m. San Diego FC has said from the beginning it won’t be just another cookie-cutter franchise...
San Diego FC | San Diego FC makes it official: Mikey Varas will be club’s first head coach By Mark Zeigler September 16, 2024 at 10:26 a.m. San Diego FC has hired Mikey Varas, who most recently served as interim coach for...
San Diego FC | U.S. interim coach Mikey Varas moves closer to getting San Diego FC job By Mark Zeigler September 12, 2024 at 6:22 a.m. Sources tell the Union-Tribune the soccer club could make a formal announcement as soon as...
San Diego FC | San Diego FC names Tyler Heaps as club’s first sporting director; expect a coach ‘very soon’ By Ryan Finley August 15, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. At 33, Tyler Heaps is the youngest sporting director in Major League Soccer
San Diego FC | San Diego FC signs Northern Ireland defender to first club By Ryan Finley July 25, 2024 at 3:03 p.m. Defender Paddy McNair signed a three-year deal through 2027 with a club option for 2028
San Diego FC | San Diego FC announces jersey sponsor ahead of first Major League Soccer season By Ryan Finley July 19, 2024 at 7:27 a.m. DirecTV's logo will appear on the front of the club's first-ever jerseys, the club says
San Diego FC | Sources: Despite report, San Diego FC is not hiring Bob Bradley as coach By gqlshare June 25, 2024 at 9:24 a.m. Bob Bradley's connection with San Diego FC President Tom Penn makes some sense. Nothing else...
San Diego FC | Photos: San Diego FC star ‘Chucky’ Lozano surprises kids in Barrio Logan By John Kelley June 17, 2024 at 12:03 p.m.
San Diego FC | Though he won’t join San Diego FC until January, Chucky Lozano is already expansion club’s face, heart By Mark Zeigler June 14, 2024 at 6:37 a.m. No one figures to embody the ethos of San Diego FC more than the player...
Sports | San Diego FC signees Marcus Ingvartsen, Jeppe Tverskov adjusting to city … and Padres By Bryce Miller June 6, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. At Snapdragon Stadium this week, San Diego FC players Marcus Ingvartsen and Jeppe Tverskov began...
Sports | San Diego FC signs Mexican star Chucky Lozano, ‘a champion wherever he goes,’ to 4-year contract By Mark Zeigler June 6, 2024 at 4:02 p.m. Hirving “Chucky” Lozano made his professional soccer debut with Mexican club Pachuca in 2014 at...
Sports | San Diego FC still looking for sporting director after deal for Carlos Avina falls through By Mark Zeigler May 20, 2024 at 1:54 a.m. When soccer’s rumor mill begins churning about someone joining a new club, and the club...
Sports | San Diego’s MLS club in ‘very advanced’ talks with Mexican star Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano By Mark Zeigler May 1, 2024 at 3:03 a.m. Star winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano missed Mexico’s friendly against Cameroon at Snapdragon Stadium last June...
Sports | San Diego’s MLS expansion club hires head of youth academy By Mark Zeigler April 17, 2024 at 10:32 p.m. The San Diego Football Club’s Right to Dream Academy is under construction on the Sycuan...
Sports | Wild Tigers: Danish club offers a preview of what San Diego’s MLS franchise could look like By Mark Zeigler January 28, 2024 at 9:10 p.m. Last spring, England’s Premier League sent a group of its top youth coaches and directors...
Sports | San Diego FC, county’s new pro soccer team, makes a case for fans. First stop: Oceanside By Phillip Molnar January 29, 2024 at 5:10 p.m. OCEANSIDE — San Diego's new professional sports team is on tour to gather support throughout the region...
Sports | From OTL to ‘Emo Night,’ San Diego serves up spectacular sporting events every month in 2024 By Ryan Finley January 20, 2024 at 1:57 a.m. Conventional wisdom — fine, it's Larry David in "Curb Your Enthusiasm" — says it's already...
Sports | MLS expansion club San Diego FC signs its first-ever player By Mark Zeigler December 13, 2023 at 6:29 p.m. San Diego FC has its first player, and the club didn’t have to look far...
Sports | Sit on the pitch: San Diego FC debuts luxury seating option for fans who want their feet on the grass By Jennifer Van Grove December 13, 2023 at 4:35 p.m. San Diego Football Club is putting its own spin on premium seating with an on-field...
Sports | San Diego FC sets up retail shop at Mission Valley mall By Jennifer Van Grove November 20, 2023 at 10:33 p.m. MISSION VALLEY — A month after more than 5,000 people showed up at Snapdragon Stadium for the...
Sports | It’s crunch time for San Diego’s MLS team, which just started construction of its $150M training campus By Jennifer Van Grove November 9, 2023 at 10:29 p.m. In January 2025, just 14 months from now, San Diego Football Club's inaugural batch of...
Sports | San Diego MLS team leases space at high-end Little Italy building for corporate headquarters By Jennifer Van Grove October 31, 2023 at 11:23 p.m. San Diego Football Club, Major League Soccer's newest franchise, recently leased 15,000 square feet of...
Sports | Major League Soccer’s San Diego FC will have Snapdragon scheduling priority over Wave By Mark Zeigler October 21, 2023 at 10:06 p.m. The Snapdragon Stadium lease agreement for San Diego’s Major League Soccer expansion team is 62...
Sports | True colors: MLS expansion club San Diego FC unveils brand identity at Snapdragon Stadium party By Mark Zeigler October 21, 2023 at 5:36 p.m. Major League Soccer’s San Diego expansion team held its Brand Reveal Festival on Friday night,...
Sports | Name, crest, colors for San Diego MLS team leak a day early By Mark Zeigler October 20, 2023 at 8:48 p.m. The name: San Diego Football Club, or San Diego FC for short.The crest: 18 lines...
Sports | San Diego MLS team leases 28-acre site on Sycuan Reservation for $150M training campus By Jennifer Van Grove October 20, 2023 at 12:30 a.m. A little more than four months after its splashy debut, San Diego's Major League Soccer...
Sports | Loyal president hired by San Diego’s MLS expansion team By Mark Zeigler September 8, 2023 at 9:06 p.m. The San Diego Loyal’s first employee is headed to Major League Soccer.Ricardo Campos, the Loyal’s...
Opinion | To build a new culture around its MLS team, San Diego should look to the Tijuana Xolos By Javi Llausás June 9, 2023 at 12:36 a.m. Llausás is communications manager for Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente and Vargas is the club’s...
Opinion | Here’s how SDSU fulfilled its promise to bring a Major League Soccer team to San Diego By Adela De La Torre June 8, 2023 at 8:51 p.m. De la Torre is president of San Diego State University. She lives in the College...
Opinion | Snapdragon Stadium, the arrival of Major League Soccer are San Diego success stories By Kim Kilkenny June 8, 2023 at 8:52 p.m. Doyle is the chair of the SDSU Campanile Foundation and lives in San Diego. Kilkenny...
Opinion | As mayor, I know San Diego is a sports town that will embrace Major League Soccer By Todd Gloria May 26, 2023 at 11:07 p.m. Gloria is the mayor of San Diego. He lives in Little Italy.January 2017 is a...
Opinion | Will San Diego prove it’s a sports town with arrival of an MLS team? San Diegans weigh in. By San Diego Union-Tribune May 26, 2023 at 11:07 p.m. San Diego the perfect place to play soccer We needed more professional sports teams in...
Sports | Can the new San Diego Major League Soccer team be a financial success? By Phillip Molnar May 26, 2023 at 11:08 p.m. San Diego has been awarded the 30th team in Major League Soccer, marking the first...
Sports | Source refutes report that Hugo Sanchez will coach MLS expansion team in San Diego By Mark Zeigler May 26, 2023 at 11:09 p.m. The official announcement of San Diego as Major League Soccer’s 30th franchise was not yet...
Sports | Wave’s Alex Morgan, Jill Ellis show MLS that San Diego is indeed a good soccer market By Tom Krasovic May 26, 2023 at 11:12 p.m. Let's not forget who opened the door to Major League Soccer after the league had...
Sports | San Diego becomes Major League Soccer’s 30th franchise in landmark moment for sport’s hotbed By Mark Zeigler May 19, 2023 at 6:18 a.m. A stage overlooking a 35,000-capacity stadium, deep-pocketed local and international investors, Padres star Manny Machado...
Sports | ‘Pretty good soccer fan’ Manny Machado among investors in San Diego’s MLS team By Kirk Kenney May 19, 2023 at 5:48 a.m. Major League Soccer has learned over its three-decade existence that a significant boost comes from...
Opinion | San Diego scores a major soccer Gooooooooooool! by landing an MLS team By Contributed Content May 19, 2023 at 4:11 p.m. Re “‘Little red engine that could’ defies doubters, helps San Diego land MLS expansion team”...
Sports | San Diego’s new MLS team will be defined by its unique approach to youth development By Mark Zeigler May 19, 2023 at 2:48 a.m. To understand the ethos of Major League Soccer’s expansion franchise in San Diego, which will...
Sports | ‘Little red engine that could’ defies doubters, helps San Diego land MLS expansion team By Bryce Miller May 18, 2023 at 1:15 p.m. On Dec. 5, 2017, a group that included San Diego State Athletic Director John David...
Sports | Major League Soccer expected to announce San Diego expansion team Thursday By Mark Zeigler May 19, 2023 at 2:49 a.m. It’s happening.Major League Soccer is set to announce San Diego as its 30th team on...
Sports | San Diego could be weeks away from getting a Major League Soccer expansion franchise By Mark Zeigler May 19, 2023 at 2:51 a.m. After a quarter-century of dashed hopes, after the league’s first commissioner called the city a...