San Diego FC will officially enter the sports world at 4 p.m. Sunday, when the club takes the field in Carson for its inaugural match against the LA Galaxy. The newborns will be dressed in blue — the team calls it azul — and eager to make an impact in Major League Soccer during a match that will be broadcast on Apple TV and both English and Spanish radio.
Regardless of the outcome, it’s a Sunday worth celebrating.
San Diego has lost so much over the past decade — the Chargers left for Los Angeles, a pandemic wiped out a historic SDSU basketball season and Padres owner Peter Seidler died too soon, to name a few — that the addition of another major professional sports franchise seems more significant.
San Diego FC’s arrival is a rebirth for local sports fans eager to stand, stomp, sing, cheer and — to borrow a saying from another sport — root for the home team, regardless of where they’re playing.
Read the stories below to learn all about San Diego FC’s origins, league, players, coach and fans. Click here to read the Union-Tribune’s 2025 season preview:
What to know
All about Major League Soccer
Everything you need to know about Major League Soccer as San Diego FC’s first match nears
San Diego FC’s Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano among MLS newcomers to watch in 2025 season
Meet SDFC’s players and coach
Bryce Miller: Eclectic San Diego FC coach Mikey Varas brings unique background to debut
Bryce Miller: Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano braces for the physicality coming his way with San Diego FC
Though he won’t San Diego FC until January, Chucky Lozano is already expansion club’s face, heart
Q&A: Former No. 1 overall pick Hamady Diop says San Diego FC ‘capable of doing great things’
San Diego FC acquires US Men’s National Team regular Luca de la Torre from Spanish club
Bryce Miller: Soccer journey brings San Diego FC’s Jacob Jackson home
San Diego FC signees Marcus Ingvartsen, Jeppe Tverskov adjusting to city … and Padres
Wild Tigers: Danish club offers a preview of what San Diego’s MLS franchise could look like
Landmark moments
San Diego could be weeks away from getting a Major League Soccer expansion franchise
Major League Soccer expected to announce San Diego expansion team Thursday
San Diego becomes Major League Soccer’s 30th franchise in landmark moment for sport’s hotbed
San Diego’s new MLS team will be defined by its unique approach to youth development
True colors: MLS expansion club San Diego FC unveils brand identity at Snapdragon Stadium party
San Diego FC names Tyler Heaps as club’s first sporting director; expect a coach ‘very soon’
San Diego FC makes it official: Mikey Varas will be club’s first head coach
San Diego’s MLS club in ‘very advanced’ talks with Mexican star Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano
San Diego FC signs Mexican star Chucky Lozano, ‘a champion wherever he goes,’ to 4-year contract
San Diego FC unveils jersey ahead of first Major League Soccer season
San Diego FC introduces new white jerseys ahead of inaugural season
