SAN DIEGO (Saturday, March 1, 2025) – San Diego FC (SDFC) will make history once again as it hosts St. Louis CITY SC in its highly anticipated MLS home debut at Snapdragon Stadium. Presented by DIRECTV, the match kicks off at 7:30 p.m. PT, airing live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, with radio broadcasts available in English on San Diego Sports 760 AM (KGB-AM) and Spanish on TUDN 1700 AM.
A Historic Night for San Diego
San Diego is set to make history as Major League Soccer arrives in the city for the first time. SDFC anticipates a record-breaking crowd at Snapdragon Stadium for the Club’s Inaugural Home Opener on Saturday, March 1, presented by DIRECTV. The current attendance record for a soccer match at Snapdragon Stadium stands at 34,248, set during the Wrexham vs. Manchester United match in July 2023. That figure surpassed the stadium’s debut attendance of 34,046 when San Diego State football hosted Arizona to open the 2022 season. To mark this historic occasion, the first 30,000 fans in attendance will receive a commemorative scarf, presented by DIRECTV, celebrating a new era of soccer in San Diego.
SDFC Shines in MLS Debut
In a weekend full of memorable moments, SDFC’s debut was among the brightest. The league’s 30th club made an immediate statement, defeating defending MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy on the road in its first-ever match. With the victory, San Diego became just the second expansion team since 2019 to win its inaugural game, joining St. Louis CITY SC in 2023. Now, SDFC returns home to Snapdragon Stadium for its historic first home match, facing off against another recent expansion club.
St. Louis set the standard for expansion success in 2023, recording 17 wins and finishing atop the Western Conference – the most successful inaugural season in the last two decades. San Diego now looks to carve out its own history. A win on Saturday would make SDFC just the fifth expansion club to start its MLS journey with back-to-back victories (excluding the league’s debut season in 1996).
Anders Wins Player of the Matchday
SDFC Forward Anders Dreyer was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Matchday for Matchday 1 of the 2025 MLS season. In SDFC’s inaugural game, Dreyer scored both goals as part of the club’s 2-0 victory over the defending MLS Cup presented by Audi champion LA Galaxy (Watch Highlights From His Performance Here). Dreyer is the first player to score multiple goals in a club’s inaugural game since Eric Hassli for the 2011 Vancouver Whitecaps and is just the seventh in MLS history to do so. The Danish international was one of seven players to score multiple goals on Matchday 1 and joined Tai Baribo (Philadelphia Union) and Brian Gutiérrez (Chicago Fire FC) as the only individuals to do so on the road.
Dreyer is the first player from an expansion club to be named MLS Player of the Matchday after the club’s inaugural game since Fredy Montero for Seattle Sounders FC in 2009. San Diego is now the 33rd different club in MLS history to have a player earn MLS Player of the Matchday honors. Dreyer is the first Danish player to earn the honor since Philadelphia’s Mikael Uhre did so on Matchday 9 of 2023.
SAN DIEGO FC VS. ST. LOUIS CITY SC
2025 MLS Regular Season | Match 2
Saturday, March 1 | 7:30 p.m. PT (7:40 p.m. PT Kickoff)
Snapdragon Stadium | San Diego, Calif.
MLS Season Pass on Apple TV
MLS Season Pass English Broadcast: Jake Zivin (Play-By-Play); Taylor Twellman (Analyst)
MLS Season Pass Spanish Broadcast: Sammy Sadovnik (Play-By-Play); Diego Valeri (Analyst)
San Diego FC English Radio (San Diego Sports 760 AM): Adrian Garcia Marquez (Play-By-Play); Darren Smith (Analyst)
San Diego FC Spanish Radio (TUDN 1700 AM): Ricardo “Pony” Jimenez (Play-By-Play); Brandon Ambriz (Analyst)
