NEW YORK – San Diego FC forward Anders Dreyer was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Matchday presented by Michelob Ultra for Matchday 31 of the 2025 MLS season.
Dreyer recorded an assist and scored the game-winning goal in San Diego FC’s 2-1 win on the road against LAFC (Watch MLS Wrap-Up Discuss His Performance Here). The Danish international is now up to a league-best 32 goal contributions in 2025 (14 goals, 18 assists), which include six game-winning goals and seven game-winning assists. His 32 goal contributions are tied with Zlatan Ibrahimović (2018) for the second-most by a player in their debut season in MLS history, trailing only Sebastian Giovinco (38 in 2015).
With the victory over LAFC, San Diego won its seventh consecutive road match, tying 2024 FC Cincinnati and 2022 CF Montréal for the longest single-season road winning streak in MLS history (excluding the shootout era). San Diego’s 56 points are also tied for the second-most by an expansion club in its debut season in MLS history, sitting just a single point shy of LAFC’s record 57 points (16-9-9) in 2018. The victory also moves San Diego closer to a full Californian sweep in its first season, as the club sits a perfect 5-0-0 against teams from the state of California this season, including season sweeps of both the LA Galaxy and LAFC.
After falling behind in the first half to LAFC, San Diego equalized in the 33rd minute when Dreyer chipped a pass over the top of the defense to Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, who slotted a finish past the goalkeeper (Watch Here). In the 66th minute, Dreyer scored the game-winning goal as 2025 MLS All-Star Jeppe Tverskov played a perfect through ball to the Danish forward, who cut back on to his left foot and saw his deflected effort find the back of the net (Watch Here).
This is the second time Dreyer has been named MLS Player of the Matchday presented by Michelob Ultra after previously earning the honor on Matchday 1. San Diego have four different MLS Player of the Matchday wins this season – Dreyer (two), Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, and Milan Iloski – as they become the first expansion team to do this since Atlanta United in 2017 (four).
San Diego returns to action following the FIFA international break, as the club hosts Minnesota United FC on Saturday, September 13 (10:30 p.m. ET, MLS Season Pass on Apple TV).
The MLS Player of the Matchday presented by Michelob Ultra is selected each matchday of the regular season through both media and fan voting in a process conducted by MLS Communications. A panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) comprises 75 percent of the vote, while an Instagram fan vote represents the remaining 25 percent of voting. NASR consists of members of print, television, radio, and online media.
