INDIO, Calif. (Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025) – San Diego FC (SDFC) fell to the Portland Timbers 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon at the 2025 Coachella Valley Invitational. Despite the result, SDFC continued to showcase its evolving style of play, maintaining strong possession and ability to create attacking opportunities throughout the match.
Portland Timbers’ forward Felipe Mora opened the scoring in the 14th minute, striking a left-footed shot past SDFC goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega. San Diego nearly found the equalizer in the 62nd minute when Hirving “Chucky” Lozano’s shot hit the post. The Timbers doubled their lead when forward Ariel Lassiter connected with Gage Guerra, who placed the ball past Sisniega. In the 84thminute, Guerra secured his brace with a one-on-one breakaway to seal the 3-0 result.
“Positive takeaways… you can see the team already has an identity,” said SDFC Head Coach Mikey Varas. “You can see in these two games we were able to move the opponent a lot, we were able to have a lot of the ball, we were able to create break through moments where we were attacking their goal, so it’s not just possession for the sake of the possession and so that’s what I would say is one of the biggest takeaways and there is commitment, pure commitment to the stye of play, which is great.”
