SAN DIEGO (Sunday, March 1, 2026) – San Diego FC (SDFC) defeated St. Louis CITY SC 2-0 at Snapdragon Stadium to remain unbeaten in the 2026 MLS Regular Season and earn its second consecutive home victory. Forwards Anders Dreyer and Marcus Ingvartsen scored in each half to secure three more points in the Western Conference standings.
Dreyer opened the scoring just three minutes into the match, finishing a left-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area for his first goal of the 2026 campaign. Dreyer later assisted Ingvartsen’s goal in the 54th minute, helping seal the 2–0 victory.
SDFC will next travel for its first road match of the 2026 MLS Regular Season to face Sporting KC on Saturday, Mar. 7, at 5:30 p.m. PT at Sporting Park. SDFC then returns to international competition when it hosts Deportivo Toluca F.C. in Round of 16, Leg One of the Concacaf Champions Cup on Tuesday, Mar. 11, at 8:30 p.m. PT at Snapdragon Stadium. Tickets for the match are available at
www.SanDiegoFC.com/Tickets.
Goal Scoring Plays:
SD – 1-0 – Anders Dreyer (Marcus Ingvartsen, Onni Valakari), 3rd minute: Dreyer finished a left-footed shot past St. Louis goalkeeper Roman Bürki, first-timing a quick pass from Ingvartsen. The play began with Valakari breaking free downfield before finding Ingvartsen in space.
SD – 2-0 – Marcus Ingvartsen (Anders Dreyer), 54th minute: Ingvartsen doubled SDFC’s lead with a left-footed finish off a through ball from Dreyer, who split a defender after beating his mark.
Postgame Notes:
· With tonight’s 2-0 win against St. Louis CITY SC, SDFC is unbeaten in the 2026 Regular season with a 2-0-0 record and six points.
· SDFC has won two-consecutive home matches, equalizing the Club’s record for consecutive home win in 2025.
· With tonight’s shutout win, SDFC remains atop the Western Conference and Supporter’ Shield standings.
· SDFC has outscored MLS opponents 7-0 in its first two matches of the regular season.
· SDFC is one of four MLS teams to have yet allow a goal this season (San Jose, LAFC and Vancouver).
· With tonight’s 5-0 win. SDFC has scored 71 MLS regular-season goals and 81 combined regular season post season goals. The Club has scored 90 goals across all competitions, including five in Leagues Cup and four in Concacaf Champions Cup.
· SDFC is 9-5-5 All-Time at home in Regular Season play.
· SDFC is 16-7-4 against Western Conference teams all-time in the regular season.
· SDFC is now 2-0-1 against St. Louis CITY SC (1-0-1 in 2025).
· SDFC has outscored St. Louis CITY SC 7-1 in the club’s three meetings.
· SDFC now has had 10 different players score goals this year across all competitions: (Christopher McVey, Amahl Pellegrino, Onni Valakari, Marcus Ingvartsen, Bryan Zamblé, Anders Dreyer in MLS play and Luca Bombino, Alex Mighten, Manu Duah and David Vazquez in Concacaf Champions Cup).
· SDFC had 772 passes completed compared to St. Louis’ 399.
· SDFC out-possessed St. Louis 69 to 31 percent.
· Tonight’s win is also SDFC’s 21st MLS Regular Season win.
· Forward Anders Dreyer recorded his first goal of the 2026 Regular Season.
· Dreyer registered the second-fastest goal in SDFC Club history, scoring in the third minute tonight. Jeppe Tverskov scored the fastest (2nd minute) in a match against Seattle Sounders on April 5, 2025.
· Dreyer now holds four of the five fastest goals in Club history.
· Dreyer now has 24 goals with SDFC across all competitions.
· Dreyer also became the second-fastest player in MLS history to record 20 goals and 20 assists, doing so in his 36th regular season game (follows Lionel Messi, 26 games).
· Dreyer now has three assists this season.
· Overall, Anders Dreyer has recorded 42 combined goals and assists (20 goals, 22 assists), accounting for 59 percent of San Diego FC’s 71 regular-season goals.
· Dreyer has 26 assists across all competitions and 24 in MLS play (Regular and Postseason).
· Dreyer now has a combined 41 MLS career starts with SDFC.
· Forward Marcus Ingvartsen scored his second goal of the season, becoming the first multi-goal scorer for SDFC in the 2026 MLS Regular Season.
· Ingvartsen scored his fourth MLS and SDFC career goal. He also added an assist on a goal by Dreyer, his third assist with SDFC.
· Ingvartsen now has four goal contributions (2 goals, 2 assists).
· Ingvarsen has registered a goal and an assist in the first two matches of the MLS Regular Season.
· Ingvartsen also scored in the season opener last week. His last goal prior to last week was on Aug. 17, 2025 against the SJ Earthquakes in the 2025 regular season.
· Winger and Right to Dream Academy graduate Bryan Zamblé made his second-straight appearance for SDFC. He came on as substitute for Amahl Pellegrino in the 88th minute.
· Dreyer and Valakari are the only two players to feature in all 36 of SDFC’s regular season and five post-season matches for a total of 41 MLS career appearances.
· Goalkeeper and San Diego native Duran Ferree made his second career MLS and SDFC start. He made his first MLS start in last week’s 5-0 win against CF Montréal, registering just his third appearance for the Club tonight. In his first-ever MLS appearance for SDFC, he came on in the 80th minute of the 2025 Audi MLS Playoffs Western Conference Final against Vancouver Whitecaps on Nov. 29, 2025.
· Ferree, SDFC’s first-ever player signing, had his second career clean sheet tonight with three saves. He now has a total seven career MLS saves. He recorded two saves in the Western Conference final against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
· Defender Kieran Sargeant made his second-straight start for SDFC. He made his MLS debut last week against CF Montréal as part of the Starting XI and made his fourth appearance for the Club. Sargeant made his SDFC debut in a 4-1 win in the Concacaf Champions Cup Round One, Leg One match on Feb. 3 as a second half substitute. He also came on as a substitute in the second leg of that series on Feb. 10.
· Midfielder Bryce Duke made his SDFC debut when he came on as a substitute for Onni Valakari in the 79th minute.
· Defender Manu Duah made his 19th MLS start and 21st MLS appearance for SDFC. He has a total of 27 appearances with the Club across all competitions, including three 2025 Leagues Cup and three Concacaf Champions Cup matches.
· SDFC wore its 2026 Unprecedented Unity Kit for the first time this season.
Match Information
2026 MLS Regular Season
San Diego FC vs. St. Louis CITY SC
Sunday, March 1, 2026 – Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, Calif.)
Scoring Summary:
SD – (1-0) – Anders Dreyer (Assisted by Marcus Ingvartsen and Onni Valakari), 3’
SD – (2-0) – Marcus Ingvartsen (Assisted by Anders Dreyer) 54’
Misconduct Summary:
STL – Chris Durkin (caution, 45+1’)
Lineups:
SAN DIEGO FC: GK Duran Ferree; D Luca Bombino, D Christopher McVey, D Manu Duah (Ian Pilcher, 88’), D Kieran Sargeant; M Onni Valakari (Bryce Duke, 78’), M Jeppe Tverskov –C–, M Aníbal Godoy (Pedro Soma, 64’); F Amahl Pellegrino (Bryan Zamblé, 88’), F Marcus Ingvartsen (Alex Mighten, 79’), F Anders Dreyer.
Substitutes Not Used: GK CJ Dos Santos, GK Pablo Sisniega, D Osvald Søe, D Oscar Verhoeven
TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDES: 4; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES; 3
ST. LOUIS CITY SC: GK Roman Burki, D Dante Polvara, D Daniel Edelman, D Timo Baumgarti, D Jaziel Orozco, M Chris Durkin, M Rafael Santos (Tomas Totland, 46’, Lukas MacNaughton, 72’), M Miguel Perez (Brendan McSorley, 58’), M Conrad Wallem, F Simon Becher (Cedric Teuchert, 64’), F Sang Bin Jeong (Cielo Pompeu, 58’)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Ben Lundt, M Mbacke Fall, D Josh Yaro, F Mykhi Joyner
TOTAL SHOTS: 6; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDES 2; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 4
Referee: Drew Fischer
Assistant Referees: Micheal Barwegen, Lyes Arfa
Fourth Official: Victor Rivas
VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero
AVAR: Jonathan Johnson
Weather: 78-degrees, Clear
Attendance: 21,969
All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial
