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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
Home colors
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. 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 (NWSL) and the San Diego State Aztecs football team.

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. 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.

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. The club plans to use players from the international Right to Dream academy system and other teams owned by Mansour, including FC Nordsjælland. The first regular season match for San Diego FC is scheduled to be played on February 23 against the LA Galaxy. The team's first home match is scheduled for March 1 against St. Louis City SC.

Preseason and friendlies

The preseason camp for San Diego FC is scheduled to begin on January 11, 2025, with the first training sessions two days later. The club's first training matches will be played behind closed doors against Phoenix Rising FC and Sacramento Republic FC, both from the second-division USL Championship. San Diego FC will play in the 2025 Coachella Valley Invitational in February at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, against New York City FC, the Portland Timbers, and New York Red Bulls. Sister club San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League will also travel to California to play in the tournament's NWSL matches. On January 3, 2025, San Diego FC and Liga MX club Club América reached an agreement to play a friendly each season for the next three years.

Matches

June 21 Friendly	San Diego FC	v	Club América	San Diego, California
7:00 pm PDT				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Western Conference

Regular season

The MLS regular season schedule was released on December 19, 2024. Every team will play 34 matches, of which 17 are at home; this includes a full home-and-away series against the fourteen other teams in the Western Conference and six matches against opponents from the Eastern Conference. Unlike previous seasons, play will not be paused for the Leagues Cup in August.

Players

Roster

As of January 6, 2025

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

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Age	Previous club	Notes
11	Hirving Lozano	Mexico	FW	29	PSV Eindhoven (NED)	DP
—	Tomás Ángel	Colombia	FW	22	Los Angeles FC (USA)
—	Heine Gikling Bruseth	Norway	MF	20	Orlando City SC (USA)
—	Hamady Diop	Senegal	DF	23	Charlotte FC (USA)
—	CJ dos Santos	United States	GK	24	Inter Miami CF (USA)
—	Aníbal Godoy	Panama	MF	35	Nashville SC (USA)
—	Marcus Ingvartsen	Denmark	FW	29	FC Nordsjælland (DEN)
—	Jacob Jackson	United States	GK	24	San Jose Earthquakes (USA)
—	Jasper Löffelsend	Germany	MF	27	Colorado Rapids (USA)
—	Paddy McNair	Northern Ireland	DF	28	West Bromwich Albion F.C. (ENG)
—	Christopher McVey	Sweden	DF	27	D.C. United (USA)
—	Alex Mighten	England	MF	22	FC Nordsjælland (DEN)
—	Jeppe Tverskov	Denmark	MF	31	FC Nordsjælland (DEN)
—	Andrés Reyes	Colombia	DF	25	New York Red Bulls (USA)
—	Manu Duah	Ghana	MF	19	UC Santa Barbara (USA)
—	Pablo Sisniega	Mexico	GK	29	San Antonio FC (USA)
—	Anisse Saidi	Tunisia	FW	16	Philadelphia Union (USA)
—	Emmanuel Boateng	Ghana	MF align=center | 31	New England Revolution (USA)

Coaching staff

As of December 2024

Technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Mikey Varas	United States
Assistant coach	Frank Hjortebjerg	Denmark
Assistant coach	Kelvin Jones	United States
Assistant coach	Luciano Fusco	United States
Goalkeeper coach	Jason Grubb	United States

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

Player	No.	Pos.	Previous team	Notes	Date
Duran Ferree (USA)	20	GK	San Diego Loyal SC (USA)	Loaned to Orange County SC until end of 2024 USL Championship season	December 13, 2023
Jeppe Tverskov (DEN)	—	MF	FC Nordsjælland (DEN)	Loaned to FC Nordsjælland until January 2025	March 19, 2024
Marcus Ingvartsen (DEN)	—	FW	FC Nordsjælland (DEN)	Loaned to FC Nordsjælland until January 2025	March 19, 2024
Paddy McNair (NIR)	—	DF	Middlesbrough F.C. (ENG)	Loaned to West Bromwich Albion F.C. until January 2025	July 25, 2024
Hirving Lozano (MEX)	11	FW	PSV Eindhoven (NED)	Designated Player; loaned to PSV Eindhoven until January 1, 2025	June 6, 2024
Alex Mighten (ENG)	—	MF	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	August 30, 2024
Tomás Ángel (COL)	—	FW	Los Angeles FC (USA)	Traded for $200,000 in general allocation money and a second-round pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft	December 9, 2024
CJ dos Santos (USA)	—	GK	Inter Miami CF (USA)	Traded for $100,000 in general allocation money	December 11, 2024
Christopher McVey (SWE)	—	DF	D.C. United (USA)	Traded for $50,000 in general allocation money with an additional $50,000 based on performance	December 11, 2024
Heine Gikling Bruseth (NOR)	—	DF	Orlando City SC (USA)	Acquired in MLS Expansion Draft	December 11, 2024
Hamady Diop (SEN)	—	DF	Charlotte FC (USA)	Acquired in MLS Expansion Draft	December 11, 2024
Jasper Löffelsend (GER)	—	MF	Colorado Rapids (USA)	Acquired in MLS Expansion Draft	December 11, 2024
Andrés Reyes (COL)	—	DF	New York Red Bulls (USA)	Traded for $800,000 in general allocation money	December 12, 2024
Jacob Jackson (USA)	—	GK	San Jose Earthquakes (USA)	Selected in 2024 MLS Re-Entry Draft Stage 1	December 13, 2024
Aníbal Godoy (PAN)	—	MF	Nashville SC (USA)	Free agent	December 19, 2024
Manu Duah (GHA)	—	MF	UC Santa Barbara (USA)	MLS SuperDraft	December 20, 2024
Pablo Sisniega (MEX)	—	GK	San Antonio FC (USA)	Free	December 27, 2024
Anisse Saidi (TUN)	—	FW	Philadelphia Union Academy (USA)	Homegrown player	January 3, 2025
Emmanuel Boateng (GHA)	—	MF	New England Revolution (USA)	Trade	January 6, 2025

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.

2024 MLS Expansion Draft picks

Player	Nationality	Pos.	Previous team	Notes
Heine Gikling Bruseth	Norway	MF	Orlando City SC (USA)
Jasper Löffelsend	Germany	MF	Colorado Rapids (USA)
Hamady Diop	Senegal	DF	Charlotte FC (USA)
Thiago Andrade	Brazil	MF	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	Japan	MF	St. Louis City SC (USA)	Traded to D.C. United for $400,000 in general allocation money

Out

Outgoing transfers for San Diego FC

Player	No.	Pos.	New team	Notes	Date
Duran Ferree (USA)	—	GK	FC Nordsjælland (DEN)	Loaned until June 30, 2025	September 28, 2024

Other transactions

• On December 12, 2024, San Diego FC acquired two international roster slots from Seattle Sounders FC for $250,000 in general allocation money

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