SAN DIEGO (Saturday, April 5, 2025) –San Diego FC (SDFC) earned its second-straight home win with a 3-0 victory against Seattle Sounders FC, extending its unbeaten streak at Snapdragon Stadium to four matches in its 2025 MLS inaugural season. With tonight’s win, SDFC is now 2-0-2 at home.
SDFC (4-1-2, 14 points) has won two consecutive home matches while scoring three first-half goals in each match. SDFC’s Jeppe Tverskov, Aníbal Godoy and Hirving “Chucky” Lozano found the net for head coach Mickey Varas’ squad in the first half against Seattle in the first meeting between the two Western Conference rivals.
Next up, SDFC will travel to the Rocky Mountains to play the Colorado Rapids on Saturday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. PT at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Goal-Scoring Plays
1-0 SD – Jeppe Tverskov (Hirving “Chucky” Lozano), 2nd minute: Tverskov opened the scoring with a composed left-footed strike from near the center of the box after receiving a quick pass from Lozano, calmly controlling the ball and slotting it past Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei for his first goal with SDFC.
2-0 SD – Aníbal Godoy (Anders Dreyer), 41st minute: Godoy doubled the SDFC lead with a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner off a pass by Dreyer. Godoy charged into the penalty box to get the pass from Dreyer on the scoring play that also came off a ball played in from left to right by Hirving “Chucky Lozano.
3-0 SD – Hirving “Chucky” Lozano (Jasper Löffelsend), 45+3 minute: Lozano extended the lead with his first-ever goal for SDFC, splitting a pair of defenders on a breakaway off a pass from Löffelsend before going one-on-one with Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei and burying a right-footed shot.
Postgame Notes:
· With tonight’s 3-0 win, SDFC earned its second home victory and stretched its unbeaten streak at Snapdragon Stadium to four matches.
· SDFC is now 4-1-2 with 14 points this season and sits second in the Western Conference.
· SDFC has become the third expansion club in MLS history to record at least 14 points through its first seven games, joining LAFC (15 in 2018) and St. Louis CITY FC (15 in 2023).
· SDFC is 3-0-2 when wearing the Club’s Primary Kit.
· SDFC is 2-0-2 at Snapdragon Stadium.
· SDFC 3-0-0 is when scoring first.
· Team captain Jeppe Tverskov scored his first goal with SDFC and his first in MLS.
· Tverskov’s goal was the fastest in club history, scoring 1:21 minutes into the match. It was the quickest by an expansion team since Yordy Reyna scored (0:26) for Charlotte FC in 2022.
· Defender Andrés Reyes was available and on the bench for SDFC for the first time in 2025.
· Winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano scored his first goal with SDFC and his first in MLS. Lozano was involved in all three of SDFC’s goals tonight.
· Lozano was back in the SDFC starting lineup after coming back from injury and playing 25 minutes during the second half last week against LAFC.
· Defender Aníbal Godoy scored for the first time for SDFC tonight, tallying his ninth career MLS goal.
· SDFC has scored three goals in the first half in its last two home matches.
· Defender Hamady Diop made it on to the pitch for SDFC for the third-straight match coming on as a substitute.
· Anders Dreyer has now contributed to five scoring plays for SDFC in 2025, totaling three goals and two assists in six games played, tied with Onni Valakari for the team lead.
· Goalkeeper CJ Dos Santos, defender Chris McVey and midfielder Jeppe Tverskov, have all started and played a full 90 minutes through the Club’s first seven matches, each totaling 640 minutes played.
· Dos Santos also earned his third cleansheet of the season (at LA Galaxy; vs. St. Louis CITY SC; vs. Seattle Sounders FC).
· SDFC has had nine different players score a goal this season (Anders Dreyer, Onni Valakari, Marcus Ingvartsen, Christopher McVey, Alex Mighten, Franco Negri, Jeppe Tverskov, Aníbal Godoy, Hirving “Chucky” Lozano).
· SDFC is now unbeaten against four of the last five MLS Cup Champions (LA Galaxy – 2024; Columbus Crew – 2020, 2023; LAFC – 2022; and Seattle Sounders – 2019).
Next Game
Next up, SDFC will travel to face the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Saturday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. PT live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Match Information
2025 MLS Regular Season
San Diego FC (4-1-2, 14 pts) vs. Seattle Sounders (1-3-3, 6 pts)
Saturday, April 5, 2025 – Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, Calif.)
Scoring Summary:
SD (1-0) – Jeppe Tverskov 2’ (Assisted by Hirving “Chucky” Lozano)
SD (2-0) – Aníbal Godoy 41’ (Assisted by Anders Dreyer)
SD (3-0) – Hirving “Chucky” Lozano (Assisted by Jasper Löffelsend)
Misconduct Summary:
SD – Franco Negri (caution 60’)
SD – Luca de la Torre (caution 64’)
SEA – Danny Leyva (caution 68’)
SD – Alex Mighten (caution 80’)
Lineups:
SAN DIEGO FC:GK CJ Dos Santos, D Franco Negri (Hamady Diop, 67’), D Paddy McNair, D Christopher McVey, D Jasper Löffelsend (Willy Kumado, 55’), M Luca de la Torre (Alejandro Alvarado Jr., 80’), M Jeppe Tverskov -C-, M Aníbal Godoy, F Hirving “Chucky” Lozano (Alex Mighten, 67’), F Onni Valakari, F Anders Dreyer (Tomás Ángel, 80’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Pablo Sisniega, D Andrés Reyes, D Ian Pilcher, M Heine Bruseth
TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 22; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES; 4
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC: GK Stefan Frei –C-, D Nouhou, D Jackson Ragen, D Yeimar Gomez, D Alex Roldan (Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, 31’), M Cristian Roldan, M Albert Rusnak (Danny Leyva, 46’), M Paul Rothrock (Reed Baker-Whiting, 81’), M Obed Vargas, M Georgi Minoungou (Pedro de la Vega, 61’), F Jesus Ferreira (Danny Musovski, 61’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Andrew Thomas, D Jonathan Bell, D Kim Kee-hee, D Jao Paulo.
TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDES: 5; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 1
Referee: Malik Badawi
Assistant Referees: Jason White, Felisha Mariscal
Fourth Official: Rosendo Mendoza
VAR: Armando Villareal
AVAR: Mike Kampmeinert
Weather: Clear, 65 degrees
Attendance: 28,228
