A by-the-numbers look at San Diego FC’s 2-0 win over LA Galaxy in Sunday’s inaugural Major League Soccer match:
1 — San Diego FC is 1-0 after winning its first-ever regular-season match. It’s also the first-ever MLS win for coach Mikey Varas.
2 — Goals for San Diego’s Anders Dreyer, as he scored a brace in Sunday’s win. He is tied with six other players for the most goals in MLS.
647 — Sunday’s SDFC win came 647 days after San Diego was first announced as an MLS expansion franchise.
78 — Sunday’s LA Galaxy loss came 78 days after the club won the MLS Cup championship.
220 — Sunday marked the 220th Major League Soccer match for San Diego FC midfielder Anibal Godoy. The rest of SDFC’s starters had a combined 178 MLS appearances.
105 — Number of career MLS matches played by San Diego FC defender Andres Reyes, who missed Sunday’s opener with a leg issue.
14 — Number of San Diego FC players making their MLS debuts on Sunday: Alejandro Alvarado Jr., Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, Heine Bruseth, Paddy McNair, Luca De La Torre, Alex Mighten, Anders Dreyer, Ian Pilcher, Manu Duah, Anisse Saidi, Marcus Ingvartsen, Jeppe Tverskov, Willy Kumado and Onni Valakari.
9-7 — San Diego outshot the Galaxy, finishing with more shots on goal (6) than LA (3).
10 — San Diego became the 10th team to make its MLS debut since 2018, and …
3 — just the third team to win its inaugural match, ing LAFC (1-0 over Seattle in 2018) and Saint Louis City SC (3-2 over Austin in 2023).
Milestones:
10th minute: First SDFC corner kick (Hirving “Chucky” Lozano)
12th minute: First offside call on SDFC (Luca de la Torre)
13th minute: First free kick for SDFC (Jeppe Tverskov)
25th minute: SDFC’s first shot on goal (Lozano)
45th minute: SDFC’s first yellow card (Anibal Godoy)
47th minute: First SDFC save (CJ dos Santos)
52nd minute: SDFC’s first goal (Anders Dreyer)
63rd minute: First SDFC substitutions (Onni Valakari and Willy Kumado for Luca de la Torre and Franco Negri)
