Shocks aplenty as Main League Soccer season 30 will get underway

February 25 – Season 30 of Main League Soccer (MLS) supplied loads of shock outcomes, with none larger than the most recent franchise within the league, San Diego FC (SDFC), beating defending MLS Cup Champions LA Galaxy on their residence turf. 

Simply 600 and forty-seven days since they grew to become the thirtieth membership to affix the league, the upstarts from the southern-most main metropolis in California gave discover that they’re for actual behind a brace from Danish worldwide Anders Dreyer. 

“We mentioned from the start that we’re right here to win,” head coach Mikey Varas mentioned after the membership’s debut on Sunday Evening Soccer. 

“The tone was set from day one. That is only a step within the path of the place we need to go. We need to have a successful mentality on this membership. We need to do issues on the highest stage.

“We mentioned from the start that a very powerful factor is that the boys confirmed conviction for what we’ve been engaged on all pre-season.  

“They confirmed the standard that they’ve,” Varas added. “I believe they did a implausible factor as we speak. It’s not straightforward what they did. They made the soccer come to life on the sphere. I’m so pleased with the conviction that they confirmed.” 

Previous to kickoff, the Galaxy unveiled their record-breaking sixth Championship banner, nevertheless, SDFC have been intent on being party-poopers. 

So as to add to the momentous event, they beat a Galaxy staff that was unbeaten at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park for the whole lot of the 2024 season. For his or her final residence loss, you need to return to October twenty first, 2023. 

In attendance was MLS commissioner Don Garber who was delighted to see a beneficiant quantity of SDFC followers who stuffed 4 sections of the higher deck. 

“There are lots of issues which have taken a very long time to realize. Getting San Diego into the league has been a long-term aim and goal,” Garber mentioned earlier than the sport.  

“Our league has to continuously remind ourselves we’re new, higher to get it proper than carried out quick and guarantee when it does occur that you’re clicking on all cylinders.”