SAN DIEGO (Saturday, April 11, 2026) – San Diego FC (SDFC) suffered its first home loss of the 2026 MLS season, falling 2-1 to Minnesota United FC at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday night.
SDFC struck early through Luca Bombino, but Minnesota responded with two first-half goals to take the lead. San Diego was later reduced to 10 men early in the second half after Christopher McVey was sent off for a second yellow card.
Bombino’s opener in the 7th minute marked his first goal of the 2026 MLS season and the 100th in Club history across all competitions. Despite pushing for an equalizer while down a man, SDFC was unable to find a breakthrough in the second half.
SDFC will next travel to face Real Salt Lake on Saturday, April 18 at America First Field.
Goal Scoring Plays:
SD – 1-0 – Luca Bombino (Lewis Morgan and Anders Dreyer), 7th minute: Bombino fired a left-footed volley into the left side netting to open the scoring. The goal – his first of the 2026 MLS Regular Season – came off a cross from Lewis Morgan on the right, finding Bombino just outside the six-yard box.
MIN – 1-1 – Kyle Duncan (Tomas Chancalay) 15th minute: Kyle Duncan headed home a long cross from Tomas Chancalay to level the match. Duncan made a run into the six-yard box and met the delivery with a well-placed finish.
MIN – 1-2 – Kelvin Yeboa (Anthony Markanich and Owen Gene) 40th Minute: Kelvin Yeboah poked in a loose ball at the goal line to give Minnesota the lead. The chance came from a driven cross by Markanich into the center of the box, where Yeboah reacted quickly to finish from close range following a deflection.
Postgame Notes:
- With tonight’s 2-1 loss against Minnesota United, SDFC suffered its first defeat at home and second overall in the 2026 MLS Regular Season.
- SDFC now has a 3-2-2 record with 11 points.
- Despite tonight’s loss, SDFC has outscored opponents 13-10 in its first six matches of the regular season.
- The loss also snapped an SDFC three-match home win streak in MLS Regular Season play this season.
- SDFC is 19-9-6 all-time against Western Conference teams in the regular season.
- SDFC now holds a 22-11-8 all-time regular season record.
- SDFC is now 2-2-0 all-time against Minnesota United and 1-2 in the Regular Season.
- SDFC is 3-1 at home this MLS Regular Season.
- SDFC had 715 passes completed compared to Minnesota’s 413 tonight.
- SDFC had 60 percent possession compared to Minnesota’s 40 percent.
- SDFC now has 100 goals across all competitions (MLS, Leagues Cup, Concacaf Champions Cup).
- SDFC is now 5-4-2 in 2026 across all competitions (MLS Regular Season 3-2-2, Concacaf Champions Cup 2-2).
- SDFC has outscored opponents 21-17 across all competitions in 2026 (14-10 in MLS).
- SDFC is 1-1 in one goal games this season.
- SDFC suffered its first loss when scoring the first goal and is now 3-1-1 when scoring first in regular season matches.
- SDFC has now gone four-straight MLS matches without a win.
- With his 7th minute goal, defender Luca Bombino registered his first goal of the 2026 MLS regular season, marked the fourth-fasted goal in Club history, and also marked the Club’s 100th goal in all completions through 53 games played.
- Bombino now has two goals and two assists in 2026. He owns three career goals and five assists across all senior competitions.
- Winger Anders Dreyer registered his 54th goal contribution (27 goals, 27 assists) with SDFC across all competitions during Bombino’s goal tonight.
- Midfielder Lewis Morgan registered his first career MLS assist and his first with SDFC during Bombino’s goal tonight.
- Morgan also made his second MLS start for SDFC tonight. He also made his fourth MLS appearance with the club.
- Onni Valakari and Anders Dreyer are the only players to play in all 41 of SDFC’s regular season and five post-season matches for a total of 46 MLS career appearances each.
- Goalkeeper Duran Ferree made his sixth MLS start tonight.
- Newcomer Osvald Søe made his second career MLS start and his second with SDFC. He also made his fourth consecutive MLS Regular Season appearance. He has played in SDFC’s last six matches, including two consecutive appearances in the CCC.
- 18-year-old forward Bryan Zamblé made his first-ever MLS start tonight. He also made his fourth appearance with SDFC.
- Defender Willy made his second 2026 MLS Regular Season appearance tonight when he came on as a substitute for Oscar Verhoeven in the 80th minute. He made his season debut last week against San Jose also as a second half substitute.
- Midfielder Bryce Duke made his second appearance for SDFC when he came on as a substitute for Aníbal Godoy in the 80th minute, also making his third appearance across all competitions.
- Defender Christopher McVey was back in tonight’s Starting XI after missing last week’s match at San Jose while serving a red card suspension.
- McVey will miss the next MLS Regular Season match after receiving a second yellow card and was ejected tonight.
- Defender Manu Duah missed tonight’s match, serving a red card suspension.
- SDFC has had six red cards in its last six matches across all competitions (two red cards vs. Toluca on March 11, one at Toluca on March 18, one vs. Real Salt Lake on March 22, one at San Jose on April 4 and one vs. Minnesota United tonight.)
Match Information
2026 MLS Regular Season
San Diego FC vs. Minnesota United FC
Saturday, April 11, 2026 – Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, Calif.)
Scoring Summary:
SD (1-0) – Luca Bombino (Assisted by Lewis Morgan and Anders Dreyer) 7’
MIN (1-1) Kyle Duncan (Assisted by Tomas Chancalay) 15’
MIN (1-2) Kelvin Yeboa (Assisted by Anthony Markanich and Owen Gene), 40’
Misconduct Summary:
SD– Christopher McVey (caution, 12’)
SD – Oscar Verhoeven (caution, 30’)
SD – Christopher McVey (caution, ejection, 46’)
MIN – Joaquin Pereyra (caution, 69’)
Lineups:
SAN DIEGO FC: GK Duran Ferree; D Osvald Søe, D Luca Bombino, D Oscar Verhoeven (Bryce Duke, 80’), D Christopher McVey; M Onni Valakari, M Jeppe Tverskov –C–, M Aníbal Godoy (Bryce Duke, 80’); F Anders Dreyer, F Lewis Morgan (David Vazquez, 73’), F Bryan Zamblé (Marcus Ingvartsen, 53’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK CJ Dos Santos, M Pedro Soma, F Anisse Saidi, D Willy, F Emmanuel Boateng, F Alex Mighten.
TOTAL SHOTS: 17; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 8; OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES; 4
MINNESOTA UNITED FC: GK Drake Callender; M Nicolas Romero (Devin Padelford, 68’), D Anthony Markanich, D Jefferson Diaz (Carlos Harvey, 71’), M Nectarios Triantis, M Joaquin Pereyra –C– (Bongokuhle Hlongwane, 83’), M Owen Gene (Will Trapp, 68’), M Tomas Chancalay, F Kelvin Yeboah (Mamdou Dieng, 83’), F Kyle Duncan
Substitutes Not Used: GK Alec Smir, F Mauricio Gonzalez, M DJ Taylor, D Kieran Chandler
TOTAL SHOTS: 18; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7; FOULS: 18; OFFSIDES 2; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 5
Referee: Victor Rivas
Assistant Referees: Jeremy Kieso, Nick Balcer
Fourth Official: Timothy Ford
VAR: Chris Penso
AVAR: Craig Lowry
Weather: 62-degrees, Clear
Attendance: 23,394
All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial
