SAN DIEGO (Sunday, March 22, 2026) – San Diego FC remained unbeaten in the 2026 MLS Regular Season following a 2-2 draw against Real Salt Lake at Snapdragon Stadium. Marcus Ingvartsen and Anders Dreyer scored for San Diego, while Sergi Solans and Victor Olatunji found the net for the visitors.
Real Salt Lake opened the scoring in the 17th minute when Solans headed home a cross from Juan Sanabria. San Diego responded 10 minutes later, as Ingvartsen tapped home a loose ball from close range to level the match.
Dreyer gave San Diego the lead early in the second half, finishing off a well-worked attacking sequence. However, Real Salt Lake found a late equalizer in the 85th minute, earning a point in just the third regular-season meeting between the clubs. San Diego finished the match with 10 men after Christopher McVey was ejected in the 89th minute.
SDFC now enters the FIFA international break before returning to MLS action on the road against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. PT at PayPal Park. The club will then return home to host Minnesota United FC on Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. PT at Snapdragon Stadium.
Goal Scoring Plays:
RSL – 0-1 – Sergi Solans (Juan Sanabria), 17th minute: Solans opened the scoring with a header into the right corner of the net off a cross from Sanabria.
SD – 1-1 – Marcus Ingvartsen, 27th minute: Ingvartsen tapped home a loose ball from inside the six-yard box following a set piece to level the match.
SD – 2-1 – Anders Dreyer (Amahl Pellegrino), 56th minute: Dreyer put San Diego in front with a left-footed finish into the lower right corner after Pellegrino tracked down a long ball from Christopher McVey and delivered the assist.
RSL –2-2 – Victor Olatunjji (Morgan Guilavogui), 85th minute: Olatunji equalized with a header from close range, meeting a cross from Guilavogui inside the six-yard box.
Postgame Notes:
· With tonight’s 2-2 draw against Real Salt Lake, SDFC remains unbeaten in the 2026 MLS Regular Season with a 3-0-2 record and 11 points.
· SDFC has outscored MLS opponents 12-5 in its first four matches of the regular season.
· With tonight’s 2-2 draw, SDFC has scored 77 MLS Regular Season goals and 87 combined regular season and post-season goals. The Club has scored 99 goals across all competitions, including five in Leagues Cup and seven in Concacaf Champions Cup.
· SDFC is 19-7-6 all-time against Western Conference teams in the regular season.
· SDFC now holds a 22-9-8 all-time regular season record.
· SDFC is now 1-1-1 all-time against Real Salt Lake.
· Tonight’s draw against Real Salt Lake is also the first tie at home for SDFC this season.
· SDFC is 2-0-1 at home this MLS Regular season.
· SDFC is 9-5-6 all-time at home in regular season play.
· SDFC had 581 passes completed compared to Real Salt Lake’s 394 tonight.
· SDFC out-possessed Real Salt Lake 57 percent to 43 percent tonight.
· SDFC has now scored 99 goals across all competitions (MLS, Leagues Cup, Concacaf Champions Cup).
· SDFC is now 5-2-2 in 2026 across all competitions (MLS Regular Season 3-0-2, Concacaf Champions Cup 2-2).
· SDFC has outscored opponents 20-12 across all competitions in 2026 (13-5 in MLS).
· SDFC allowed a goal at home in MLS play for the first time this season.
· SDFC has outscored opponents 9-2 in MLS play at home this season.
· Forward Marcus Ingvartsen scored his fourth goal of the MLS Regular Season. He now has six goal contributions (4 goals, 2 assists) in the regular season.
· Ingvartsen now has six goal contributions (4 goals, 2 assists) this season.
· Forward Anders Dreyer scored his third goal in the MLS Regular Season. It was his fourth in 2026 across all competitions.
· Forward Amahl Pellegrino registered his third assist of the MLS Regular Season during Dreyer’s goal tonight.
· Onni Valakari is the only player to feature in all 39 of SDFC’s regular season and five post-season matches for a total of 44 MLS career appearances.
· Defender Osvald Søe made his third Club appearance tonight coming on as a substitute for Onni Valakari in stoppage time. Søe made his MLS debut with SDFC as part of the First XI against FC Dallas on March 14.
· Forward David Vazquez made his second start of the 2026 MLS Regular Season and his fourth MLS career start.
· Goalkeeper Duran Ferree made his fourth MLS start tonight.
· Ferree allowed his first career goal in MLS tonight against Real Salt Lake.
· Defender Wilson Eisner made his MLS debut tonight when he came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute for Oscar Verhoeven.
· Forward Lewis Morgan made his second MLS appearance for SDFC tonight, coming on for Amahl Pellegrino in the 74thminute.
· Morgan made his international debut for the Club on March 18 against Toluca F.C in the Concacaf Champions Cup. He made his debut for SDFC on March 11, also against Toluca in the CCC.
· Newcomer Osvald Søe made his second consecutive MLS Regular Season appearance. He has played in SDFC’s last four matches, including two consecutive appearances in the CCC.
· Defender Christopher McVey will miss the next match after being shown a second yellow card and red card tonight.
Match Information
2026 MLS Regular Season
San Diego FC vs. Real Salt Lake
Sunday, March 22, 2026 – Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, Calif.)
Scoring Summary:
RSL (0-1) – Sergi Solans (Juan Sanabria) 17’
SD (1-1) – Marcus Ingvartsen, 27’
SD (2-1) – Anders Dreyer (Assisted by Amahl Pellegrino) 56’
RSL (2-2) – Victor Olatunjji (Morgan Guilavogui), 85’
Misconduct Summary:
RSL – Noel Caliskan (caution, 40’)
RSL – Griffin Dillon (caution, 49’)
SD – Aníbal Godoy (caution, 87’)
SD – Christopher McVey (caution, ejection, 89’)
Lineups:
SAN DIEGO FC:GK Duran Ferree; D Luca Bombino, D Oscar Verhoeven (Wilson Eisner, 63’), D Christopher McVey, D Manu Duah; M Onni Valakari (Osvald Søe, 90+1), M Jeppe Tverskov –C–, M David Vaquez (Aníbal Godoy, 63’); F Marcus Ingvartsen, F Amahl Pellegrino (Lewis Morgan, 74’), F Anders Dreyer
Substitutes Not Used: GK CJ Dos Santos, F Bryan Zamblé, M Bryce Duke, F Anisse Saidi, F Alex Mighten
TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES; 4
REAK SALT LAKE: GK Rafael Cabral, D Lukas Engel, D Justen Glad, D Philip Quinton, M Griffin Dillon (Stijn Spierings, 67’), M Noel Caliskan, M Juan Sanabria, M Morgan Guilavogui, F Sergi Solans (Victor Olatunji, 67’), M Aiden Hezarkhani (Diego Luna, 46’), F Zavier Gozo.
Substitutes Not Used: GK Mason Stajduhar, Dominik Marczuk, Sam Junqua, Luca Moisa, Jesus Barea, Alexandros Katranis
TOTAL SHOTS: 21; SHOTS ON GOAL: 8; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDES 2; CORNER KICKS: 8; SAVES: 3
Referee: Alexis Da Silva
Assistant Referees: Cameron Blanchard, Bruno Rizo
Fourth Official: Ricardo Fierro,
VAR: Daniel Radford
AVAR: Joshua Patlak
Weather: 71-degrees, Sunny
Attendance: 24,141
All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial
