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Canada News.Net
16 hours ago
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- Canada News.Net
Expansion San Diego FC take aim at surging Nashville SC
(Photo credit: Scott Wachter-Imagn Images) San Diego FC and Nashville SC both have three All-Stars and are among the best teams in MLS. The two squads will meet Friday night in San Diego. Expansion San Diego FC (13-7-4, 43 points) have been among the league's biggest surprises, leading the Western Conference. Nashville (14-5-5, 47 points) has thrived in B.J. Callaghan's first full season as coach. His club is 10-1-4 over its past 15 MLS matches and is tied for second place in the Eastern Conference with the Philadelphia Union and sits one point behind leader FC Cincinnati. 'For us, it's the strive for consistency,' Callaghan said Wednesday. 'Our objective from the beginning of the season was to establish our culture, establish our style of play and earn our way into the playoffs.' San Diego has hit a dip in July with a 1-2-1 record, including 0-2-1 at home. The club played Vancouver to a 1-1 home draw last Saturday to remain one point ahead of the Whitecaps in the West. San Diego features big-time offensive forces in All-Stars Anders Dreyer (11 goals, league-high 15 assists) and Chucky Lozano (six goals, eight assists). Midfielder Jeppe Tverskov (one goal, eight assists) is the team's other All-Star. 'Everyone can see their quality,' Tverskov said of Dreyer and Lozano. 'Luckily for us as a team, they're also good team players, and that's the big part of how we want to play. If we had two guys who just stood up there and waited for us to defend, and then got the balls and scored goals, I didn't think we would work as good as we have been.' San Diego ranks second in the league in goals (47) behind Inter Miami (49). Nashville's Sam Surridge scored on a header during Wednesday's All-Star Game, when the MLS All-Stars recorded a 3-1 victory over the LIGA MX All-Stars in Austin, Texas. Surridge is tied with Inter Miami's Lionel Messi for the league lead of 18 goals. Fellow All-Star Hany Mukhtar has 11 goals and eight assists as the duo has combined for 29 of Nashville's 42 goals. Nashville's other All-Star is defender Andy Najar (one goal, 10 assists). Nashville is coming off back-to-back shutout wins, but Callaghan is wary of San Diego FC. 'You see a very consistent team that plays with a very clear identity week-in and week-out,' Callaghan said of San Diego. 'It's really impressive. I'm not surprised they're having success. It's going to be a difficult match going to the West Coast.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
'Chucky' Lozano set for reunion with Pachuca
Hirving "Chucky" Lozano is gearing up to face the club where he was born, Pachuca, in San Diego FC's debut in the Leagues Cup 2025. From Austin, Texas, the Mexican striker expressed his excitement: 'It's going to be a very special moment, Pachuca is my home'. The attacker fondly remembered his time with the Tuzos, where he began his career before emigrating to Europe. Now, from the MLS, he considers this duel as an opportunity to reconnect with his roots and face a team that marked his football life. Additionally, he praised the growth of the Leagues Cup, stating that 'it's an international tournament, it always has a plus' and highlighted the growing interest of the clubs. Lozano believes that the competition will be key to strengthening football in Mexico and the United States. The match between Pachuca and San Diego FC will be played on Tuesday, July 29th at 9:00 PM at the Snapdragon Stadium, and beyond the result, promises to be a match full of emotions for the 'Chucky'. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. 📸 Orlando Ramirez - 2025 Getty Images
Toronto Star
2 days ago
- Sport
- Toronto Star
Vancouver Whitecaps defender Ranko Veselinovic suffers season-ending knee injury
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Whitecaps defender Ranko Veselinovic will miss the rest of the Major League Soccer season after suffering a knee injury. The 26-year-old centre back left the field after getting hurt in the 34th minute of Vancouver's 1-1 draw with San Diego FC on Saturday, and did not return to the game.
Toronto Star
5 days ago
- Sport
- Toronto Star
Ian Pilcher's late goal helps San Diego tie Whitecaps 1-1, remain atop Western Conference
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ian Pilcher scored his first Major League Soccer goal for San Diego FC in a 1-1 tie with the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the Western Conference. San Diego (13-7-4) leads the conference with 43 points and the Whitecaps have 42. Minnesota United is third with 41 points.
Canada News.Net
5 days ago
- Sport
- Canada News.Net
San Diego rookie Ian Pilcher's late goal earns draw with Whitecaps
(Photo credit: Chadd Cady-Imagn Images) Rookie Ian Pilcher scored his first career goal late in the second half as San Diego FC recorded a 1-1 tie with the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night to remain in first place in the Western Conference. Vancouver's tally came on an own goal off the foot of San Diego FC's Manu Duah. The Whitecaps had a chance to win it in the ninth and final minute of second-half stoppage time, but San Diego FC goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega made a leg save on Daniel Rios' close-range right-footed shot. San Diego FC (13-7-4, 43 points) holds a one-point lead over the Whitecaps (12-5-6, 42 points) and two over Minnesota United (11-5-8, 41 points). Sisniega made three saves, while Vancouver counterpart Yohei Takaoka had five stops. San Diego FC had a 17-9 advantage in shots and placed six on target to Vancouver's three. San Diego was shut out at home by Toronto FC on Wednesday and was facing the possibility of being blanked again as the match reached the 79th minute. Then Luca Bombino mis-hit a shot and the ball went right to Pilcher, who unleashed a left-footed blast that Takaoka had no chance to stop. It landed in the top left corner to knot the score. Earlier, Vancouver's Edier Ocampo took a blistering right-footed shot in the 37th minute that was stopped by Sisniega. The Whitecaps kept the pressure on and Ocampo took a right-footed shot that was knocked away by Sisniega. The ball then deflected off the foot of Duah into the net for an own goal in the 40th minute. The Whitecaps had a big opportunity in the 76th minute when star Brian White got the ball unmarked and worked his way to the left and around Sisniega. He sent a left-footed roller toward the open net and it went through the goal mouth and just wide of the far post. Just three minutes later, Pilcher scored the tying goal and San Diego seized the momentum. In the 88th minute, Jeppe Tverskov's glancing header was pushed over the net by Takaoka.
