San Diego FC may have no time to ease into their inaugural MLS marketing campaign.
The enlargement workforce will open in opposition to the Los Angeles Galaxy, the defending MLS Cup champions, on Sunday afternoon in Carson, Calif.
The league newcomers will get to see the Galaxy unfurl their league-record sixth championship banner following a considerably shocking run to the title final season.
Los Angeles will not be at full power, as star midfielder Riqui Puig is sidelined long run following knee surgical procedure and ahead Joseph Paintsil is out with a quad harm. However little drop-off is predicted from the Galaxy.
Veteran Marco Reus would be the focus of the Galaxy’s offense, and winger Gabriel Pec is about to take an enormous soar ahead this season. The Galaxy additionally added ahead Christian Ramirez in a commerce with the Columbus Crew, ahead Matheus Nascimento on mortgage from Brazilian aspect Botafogo and Mathias Jorgensen, a Danish heart again who has performed for quite a few groups in Europe, most not too long ago for Belgian powerhouse Anderlecht.
The midfield can be anchored by Edwin Cerrillo, one of many league’s finest defensive-minded gamers on the place.
“I assumed it was a superb two weeks for us,” Galaxy coach Greg Vanney mentioned concerning the workforce’s preseason camp and match. “An enormous a part of it was getting guys’ legs beneath them and health and attending to combine some guys into our system. We combined in guys, and guys had been in a position to adapt inside video games. I do know guys are able to get began.”
San Diego FC function the abilities of Mexican nationwide workforce legend Hirving “Chucky” Lozano and Anders Dreyer, a Danish winger who was Jorgensen’s teammate at Anderlecht final season.
The brand new membership additionally consists of winger Luca de la Torre, a San Diego native who has performed on the U.S. males’s nationwide workforce, and Paddy McNair, a Northern Eire worldwide heart again who has performed for Manchester United, Sunderland and Middlesbrough in England.
Positive, there are questions — and loads of them — about San Diego FC, as there are with any enlargement workforce. However coach Mikey Varas likes his workforce and the progress it has made up to now.
“We’re centered on three buckets: ensuring that we’re wholesome and match as an enlargement roster that is rising; ensure the sport mannequin type of performs is evident; after which ensure we develop a combating workforce spirit amongst the workforce,” Varas mentioned.
“I believe we have had a really profitable preseason when it comes to maximizing each second that we have had collectively and doing these three issues.”
–Area Degree Media
