San Diego FC have their spot in the record books.
The 30th MLS expansion team had few expectations heading into its inaugural season, and outside of some MLS veterans and Mexican international Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, there was little evidence that they would go on to have a successful year, let alone a record-breaking one.
Fast forward to Saturday night and their penultimate game of the regular season, and things could not be more different.
With a 4–2 win over Houston Dynamo FC, San Diego smashed the record for the most points for an expansion season, hitting 60 and surpassing LAFC’s 2018 high watermark of 57 points.
Yet, they left it late, scoring an 89th-minute winner, and relying on one of the best breakout stars of the season in Anders Dreyer, who scored a brace, bringing him to 17 goals and 18 assists, and further pushing him forward as a contender for MLS MVP.
The result also eliminated Houston from MLS Cup Playoff contention.
“You have to celebrate that, man,” head coach Mikey Varas said, having led the team to the historic mark in his first full-time professional head coaching role. “You have to celebrate that. 60 points. Nobody can take that away from us, that’s written down right now until somebody else breaks it, and that’s a huge testament to these guys and how they work. We did it our way.”
