SDFC’s Onni Valakari recorded a brace and Marcus Ingvartsen scored the third as the Club remains unbeaten in MLS play
Frisco, TX (Saturday, March 14, 2026) – San Diego FC (SDFC) remained unbeaten in the 2026 MLS Regular Season after a 3-3 draw against FC Dallas at Toyota Stadium. Onni Valakari had a brace and Marcus Ingvartsen also scored for SDFC to help the Club extend its MLS Regular Season unbeaten road streak to 12 matches. Petar Musa recorded a hat trick to help FC Dallas come from behind and equalize the match with a stoppage-time goal.
Valakari scored his first goal of the night after converting a penalty kick in the 21st minute. Shaq Moore was whistled for a penalty kick when an Alex Mighten cross struck his right arm in the penalty area. SDFC scored again on a penalty kick 10 minutes later when Ingvartsen converted from the spot. David Vazquez was taken down from behind by FC Dallas defender Herman Johansson as he chased a rolling pass in the penalty area, prompting the penalty kick whistle.
Musa scored his first goal of the night in the 41st minute. SDFC responded with Valakari’s second goal of the night in the 51st minute, but FC Dallas got one back three minutes later to cut the lead to 3-2. Musa got his second goal of the match via a penalty kick in the 54th minute. Musa completed his hat trick with a goal in stoppage time.
Next, SDFC will return to Concacaf Champions Cup play as the Club travels to Mexico to face Deportivo Toluca F.C. in Leg Two of the Round of 16 on Wednesday, March 18 at 8 p.m. PT at Estadio Nemesio Díez. SDFC will then return home for MLS Regular Season play to host Real Salt Lake on Sunday, March 22 at 4:00 p.m. PT at Snapdragon Stadium for Kid's Night, presented by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
Goal Scoring Plays:
SD – 0-1 – Onni Valakari (Penalty Kick), 21st minute: Valakari converted a penalty kick with a left-footed shot to the lower-left corner of the net to beat FC Dallas goalkeeper Michael Collodi.
SD – 0-2 – Marcus Ingvartsen (Penalty Kick), 31st minute: Ingvartsen converted a penalty kick, slotting a left-footed shot to the right of Collodi to extend the SDFC lead.
DAL – 1-2 – Petar Musa (Kaick Ferreira), 41st Minute: Musa sent in a right-footed shot from near the goal line after SDFC goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega blocked a close-range shot from Musa following a pass by Kaick Ferreira.
SD – 1-3 – Onni Valakari (Alex Mighten), 51st Minute: A charging Valakari sent in a right-footed volley off a cross from Mighten into the middle of the 18-yard box. Valakari was unmarked as he ran toward the six-yard box for his second goal of the night.
DAL –2-3 – Petar Musa (Penalty Kick), 54th minute: Musa converted a penalty kick with a powerful shot to the right of goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega to cut the SDFC lead.
DAL –3-3 – Petar Musa (Bernard Kamungo), 90+5: Musa completed his hat trick with a left-footed shot from the six-yard box off a pass by Kamungo, who split a pair of defenders before setting up the assist.
Postgame Notes:
- With tonight’s 3-3 draw against FC Dallas, SDFC remains unbeaten in the 2026 Regular Season with a 3-0-1 record and 10 points.
- SDFC has now gone 12 straight MLS Regular Season matches unbeaten on the road, including matches from last season. They are 10-0-2 over that span. The streak began with a 4-2 win against Minnesota United on June 14, 2025 at Allianz Field. SDFC’s last loss away from Snapdragon Stadium came on May 25, 2025 (0-1 at SEA).
- SDFC has outscored MLS opponents 11-3 in its first four matches of the regular season.
- With tonight’s 3-3 draw, SDFC has scored 75 MLS Regular Season goals and 85 combined regular season and post-season goals. The Club has scored 97 goals across all competitions, including five in Leagues Cup and seven in Concacaf Champions Cup.
- SDFC is 13-4-2 all-time on the road in MLS Regular Season play.
- SDFC is 19-7-5 all-time against Western Conference teams in the regular season.
- SDFC now holds a 22-9-7 all-time regular season record.
- SDFC is now 2-0-1 all-time against FC Dallas, outscoring the Western Conference rival 11-5 in three matches.
- SDFC had 732 passes completed compared to FC Dallas’ 386 tonight.
- SDFC out-possessed FC Dallas 60 percent to 40 percent tonight.
- Midfielder Onni Valakari scored his second and third goal of the MLS season. He converted a penalty kick in the 21st minute and found the net in the 51st minute.
- Valakari now has five goal contributions in the 2026 Regular season (3 goals, 2 assists).
- Valakari has scored a goal or had an assist in the last four MLS Regular Season games, the longest active goal contribution streak this season.
- Valakari is the only player to feature in all 38 of SDFC’s regular season and five post-season matches for a total of 43 MLS career appearances.
- Forward Marcus Ingvartsen scored his third goal of the season, converting a penalty kick in the 31st minute.
- Ingvartsen now has five goal contributions (3 goals, 2 assists) this season.
- Forward Alex Mighten made his first 2026 MLS Regular Season start tonight, his 12th overall for the Club.
- Mighten also recorded his first MLS career assist during Valakari’s second goal of the night.
- Goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega made his first 2026 MLS Regular Season start tonight.
- Defender Osvald Søe made his MLS debut with SDFC as part of the First XI, his second club appearance. He made his SDFC debut coming on as a substitute for Amahl Pellegrino on March 11 in a Concacaf Champions Cup match against Toluca.
- Forward Anders Dreyer appeared on the 18-man lineup on the bench for the first time in club history. Dreyer had been a starter in 37 SDFC’s regular season and post-season matches before tonight. Dreyer came on as a substitute tonight in the 58th minute for David Vazquez.
- Defender Ian Pilcher made his first start of the 2026 MLS Regular Season, his ninth MLS career start.
- Forward David Vazquez made his first start of the 2026 MLS Regular Season and his third MLS career start.
- Midfielder Pedro Soma made his second start this season, his second career MLS start and fourth overall with SDFC across all competitions.
- SDFC allowed a goal for the first time this 2026 MLS Regular Season. It was the fifth team in MLS history to start the season with three clean sheets prior to tonight.
Match Information
2026 MLS Regular Season
San Diego FC at FC Dallas
Saturday, March 14, 2026 – Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
Scoring Summary: SD (0-1) – Onni Valakari (Penalty Kick) 21’ SD (0-2) – Marcus Ingvartsen (Penalty Kick), 31’ DAL (1-2) – Petar Musa (Assisted by Kaick Ferreira), 41’ SD (1-3) – Onni Valakari (Assisted by Alex Mighten), 51’ DAL (2-3) - Petar Musa (Penalty Kick), 54’
DAL (3-3) - Petar Musa (Bernard Kamungo), 90+5
Misconduct Summary:
DAL – Christian Cappis (caution, 23’) DAL – Herman Johansson (caution, 30’) SD – Pedro Soma (caution, 40’)
SD – Luca Bombino (caution, 86’)
Lineups:
SAN DIEGO FC: GK Pablo Sisniega; D Luca Bombino, D Osvald Søe (Christopher McVey, 71’), D Manu Duah, D Ian Pilcher (Oscar Verhoeven, 46’); M Onni Valakari, M Pedro Soma, (Jeppe Tverskov, 46’), M Aníbal Godoy –C–; F Marcus Ingvartsen, F Alex Mighten (Amahl Pellegrino, 59’), F David Vazquez (Anders Dreyer, 58’).
Substitutes Not Used: GK Duran Ferree, F Lewis Morgan, F Bryan Zamblé, M Bryce Duke
TOTAL SHOTS: 5; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDES: 4; CORNER KICKS: 0; SAVES; 5
FC DALLAS: GK Michael Collodi, D Shaq Moore, D Sebastien Ibeagha (Ran Binyamin. 85’), D Nolan Norris, D Bernard Kamungo; M Ramiro –C– (Patrickson Delgado, 77”), M Kaick Ferreira, M Christian Cappis (Logan Farrington, 67’), M Herman Johansson, F Joaquin Valiente (Don Deedson Louicius, 77’), F Peter Musa,
Substitutes Not Used: GK Jonathan Sirois, D Lalas Abubakar, D Alvaro Augusto, M Caleb Swann, F Samuel Sarver
TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 8; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDES 6; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 1
Referee: Ricardo Montero Araya
Assistant Referees: Brooke Mayo, Walt Heatherly Fourth Official: Greg Dopka VAR: Kevin Terry Jr.
AVAR: Craig Lowry Weather: 75-degrees, partly cloudy Attendance: 11,004 All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial
SDFC HEAD COACH MIKEY VARAS
On tonight’s performance: “Yeah, I think it's a group mentality that we want to score goals, and we want to go after the game. And I think the team, the team, showed that those intentions were strong. And then ultimately, the at the end of the day, it was a pretty inconsistent performance from us, so we just opened the door and rolled the dice a little bit too much in terms of How the result could have gone.”
On what the team can take from tonight going into the next match against Toluca F.C.:
“We made the honest reflection that that tonight was a bit of an inconsistent performance, where we had some really, really good moments, but we had too many individual errors and sloppy moments. So, you take that reflection because you need to, you need to look in the mirror and at the end of the day feel that disappointment. But we had to have a really short memory where we know we're very good team, and it's just about a matter of refocusing ourselves. Get in the shower, let this one go, make the little improvements that we know we can and then from now, from right now to the moment that whistle blows, everybody is just 100-percent focused on preparing the next game.”
On Osvald Søe making his first start tonight:
I think he showed a lot of composure, pretty brave on the ball. And considering has a lot of a lot of minutes, he had a very stable performance. And I think started running out of gas a little bit, just because he hasn't had a lot of minutes. But I think it was really positive.”
SDFC MIDFIELDER ONNI VALAKARI
On the draw feeling more like a loss:
“I feel we were not as clean as we usually are, but we still had chances to win the game, the gold we let in. I think we need to do better, new situations, everybody and like the small mistakes we made today, they just add up, and it kind of changes the flow of the game that we're really good at, usually. But now we have to take a shower, forget this game, learn from this of course, and recover quick, because the next game comes fast, and we have to be ready for that.”
On his performance this season and scoring tonight:
“Yeah, definitely, you always want to get on the score sheet if possible. Anders [Dreyer] was not on the field today, and we shared the penalties with Marco, so I think that was, that was good. But yeah, honestly, I'd rather not score today, and we win the game than for me to score two goals and tie the game. So really disappointing the result. The locker room was really quiet after the game, but we know in in the bad moments and in the good moments, we stick together so we just continue so we have to just keep on working now and recover now and go on to Wednesday.”
On trying to stay focused in this type of game:
“Yeah, good question. I think we had some lack of focus today in some moments that we kind of made easy mistakes like we don't usually make. So, like I said, that adds up and changes the flow of the game that we like to be in control of. So, it's a sum of many different things. Obviously, a lot happens in 90 minutes. I think we played 100 minutes today, so a lot happens in that time. But every moment, you just have to think about the next action and keep on, keep the focus, so you keep the flow on your own side.”
On his goals tonight: “Yeah. The first one, obviously penalty. Had good confidence. I wanted to take the ball, and I'm happy, happy to score that. The second goal, I saw Alex [Mighten]. He's really good in one on one situations. I saw him, he saw me. We had good eye contact, and I'm happy he found me. So, I think a little bit lucky on that goal, it hit somebody, but happy that it went in.”
On what the team can take onto the next Concacaf match:
“I think a lot of unpredictable things can happen in the next game, and we have to be ready for those. I know we're going to Toluca to win the game. That's the mentality that we had in the locker room now. So, we're going to recover now. Everybody has to get ready, and it's going to be a good game on Wednesday.”
