SAN DIEGO (Wednesday, May 14, 2025) –San Diego FC (SDFC) earned three points at home with a 2-0 win against the Colorado Rapids with goals by defender Christopher McVey and forward Anders Dreyer at Snapdragon Stadium on Wednesday night. With the result, SDFC extended its winning streak to three. SDFC (7-4-2, 23 pts) now sits in second place in the Western Conference, having recorded its fourth win at home this season.
McVey opened the scoring with a header into the net in the 33rd minute and Dreyer added a goal in the 58th minute to seal the win in the second meeting between clubs and SDFC’s first-ever midweek MLS match. SDFC Goalkeeper CJ Dos Santos helped keep the Club’s shutout in the 73rd minute when he blocked a penalty kick by Colorado’s Djordje Mihailovic.
Next up, SDFC will host another home match, its second in a span of four days at Snapdragon Stadium against Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, May 17. The match will kick off at 7:30 p.m. PT and will air live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. Tickets for Saturday’s match are available via
SanDiegoFC.com/Tickets.
Goal-Scoring Plays
1-0 – Christopher McVey (Jeppe Tverskov and Anders Dreyer, 33rd minute) McVey scored the opening goal of the night with a close-range header past Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Zack Steffen, following a corner kick from Anders Dreyer. Jeppe Tverskov got his head on the initial delivery, redirecting it toward McVey, who finished the play
2-0 – Anders Dreyer 58th minute: Dreyer doubled SDFC’s lead with a composed finish after his initial left-footed shot hit the left post and bounced back to him. The Danish forward had broken into the box from the left side on a quick counterattack before slotting his shot home on the rebound.
Postgame Notes:
· With tonight’s 2-0 win against Colorado Rapids, SDFC earned its seventh win in Club history.
· SDFC is now 7-4-2 with 23 points through 13 games this season and currently sits in second place in the Western Conference standings.
· SDFC has won three consecutive matches, outscoring its last three opponents 9-1.
· SDFC is now 4-1-2 at home this season.
· SDFC is now 7-3-1 against Western Conference rivals this season.
· SDFC is 6-0-0 when scoring first this season.
· SDFC is 4-0-0 when leading at halftime this season.
· In its inaugural season, SDFC is third in most goals scored in MLS in 2025, with 25 through 13 matches, behind Philadelphia Union (second, 26 goals) and San Jose Earthquakes (first, 29 goals).
· Goalkeeper CJ Dos Santos and defender Chris McVey started tonight and played a full 90 minutes through the Club’s first 13 matches, each totaling 1170 minutes played.
· Goalkeeper CJ Dos Santos recorded the first blocked penalty kick in SDFC history when he stopped Djordje Mihailovic’s PK in the 73rd minute of the match.
· Dos Santos also recorded his fifth clean sheet of the season.
· Dos Santos now has 46 saves in 13 matches this season.
· Defender Christopher McVey scored his second goal with SDFC and his third in MLS.
· Anders Dreyer scored his sixth goal of the season in the 59th minute of the match.
· Dreyer also tallied his sixth assist of the season tonight.
· Dreyer now totals three goals and has three assists in the last three matches.
· Anders Dreyer now leads SDFC in goal contributions this season with 12 (6 goals, 6 assists) in 13 starts and 13 appearances.
· Dreyer leads SDFC in scoring (6 goals) and assists (6).
· SDFC is currently the only team in MLS to have multiple players with at least 10 goal contributions (Dreyer and Lozano).
· Defenders Luca Bombino and Willy made their sixth start for SDFC tonight.
· Forward Milan Iloski made his sixth-consecutive SDFC appearance, replacing Alex Mighten 78th minute, marking his eighth career MLS appearance.
· Forward Emmanuel Boateng came on as a second half substitute in the 87th minute for Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, seeing action for the first time since March 8 at Real Salt Lake.
Next Game
Next up, SDFC is set to host Sporting Kansas City at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday, May 17 as the Club celebrates Kids Night presented by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance at 7:30 p.m. PT. The match will air live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Match Information
2025 MLS Regular Season
San Diego FC (7-4-2, 23 pts) vs. Colorado Rapids (4-5-4, 16 pts)
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, Calif.)
Scoring Summary:
SD (1-0) Christopher McVey (assisted by Jeppe Tverskov and Anders Dreyer), 33’
SD (2-0) Anders Dreyer, 59’
Misconduct Summary:
SD – Jeppe Tverskov (caution 6’)
COL – Darren Yapi (caution 25’)
COL – Kevin Cabral (caution 66th)
SD – Willy (caution 66th)
COL – Ted Ku-Dipietro (caution 77th)
COL – Calvin Harris (caution 83rd)
SD – Anders Dreyer (caution 85th)
Lineups:
SAN DIEGO FC:GK CJ Dos Santos, D Willy, D Luca Bombino, D Paddy McNair, D Christopher McVey, M Jeppe Tverskov -C-, M Aníbal Godoy (Alejandro Alvarado Jr., 87’), F Alex Mighten (Milan Iloski, 78’), M Luca de la Torre (Onni Valakari, 78’), F Anders Dreyer (Tomás Ángel, 87’), F Hirving “Chucky” Lozano (Emmanuel Boateng, 87’).
Substitutes Not Used: GK Pablo Sisniega, D Franco Negri, D Ian Pilcher, D Oscar Verhoeven,
TOTAL SHOTS: 28; SHOTS ON GOAL: 9; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 10; SAVES; 5
COLORADO RAPIDS: GK Zack Steffen, D Keegan Rosenberry -C-, D Sam Vines, D Andreas Maxso, D Ian Murphy, M Djordje Mihailovic, M Wayne Frederick (Oliver Larraz, 59’), M Connor Ronan (Josh Atencio, 73’), M Cole Bassett (Calvin Harris, 80’), F Darren Yapi (Ted Ku-DiPietro, 59’), F Kevin Cabral (Sam Bassett, 73’).
Substitutes Not Used: GK Nicolas Defreitas-Hansen, D Reggie Cannon, D Chidozie Awaziem, D Jackson Travis.
TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDES: 0; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 6
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
Assistant Referees: Felisha Mariscal, Stephen McGonagle
Fourth Official: Ricardo Fierro
VAR: Timothy Ford
AVAR: Craig Lowry
Weather: Sunny, 67 Degrees
Attendance: 22,361
