INDIO, Calif. (Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025) – San Diego FC (SDFC) wrapped up preseason preparations with a dominant 6-0 win over the New York Red Bulls in the Club’s third and final match of the 2025 Coachella Valley Invitational. Anders Dreyer led the scoring with a brace, while Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, Luca de la Torre, Marcus Ingvartsen, and Emmanuel Boateng each added a goal.
SDFC opened the scoring in the 8th minute when Lozano found Dreyer on the right, who cut inside and buried a left-footed shot past New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Carlos Coronel. Nine minutes later, Lozano doubled the lead, beating Coronel one-on-one to finish a breakaway. Just before halftime, De la Torre made it 3-0, controlling a long ball from Jeppe Tverskov and slotting it home in the 40th minute.
In the 61st minute of the match, SDFC extended its lead to 4-0 as De la Torre set up Dreyer, who scored his second goal of the match. Three minutes later, Lozano found a wide-open Ingvartsen, who buried a left-footed shot to make it 5-0 in the 64th minute. In the 90thminute, SDFC was awarded a penalty after forward Onni Valakari was brought down in the box by NYRB defender Tim Parker. Boateng converted the penalty kick to round out San Diego’s afternoon with a 6-0 win.
Up next, SDFC will kick off its inaugural season when they travel to face the LA Galaxy in the 2025 MLS Regular Season opening match at 4 p.m. PT on Sunday, Feb. 23 at Dignity Health Sports Park.
