Expansion team tentatively known as San Diego FC will debut in 2025 at Snapdragon Stadium in Mission Valley; crest and colors to come
A stage overlooking a 35,000-capacity stadium, deep-pocketed local and international investors, Padres star Manny Machado as a minority partner, a progressive youth development plan, soccer scarves that said “San Diego MLS,” Commissioner Don Garber at the microphone …
The colors and crest are forthcoming after focus groups solicit input from the community over the spring and summer.sandiegofc.comThat’s not final, according to CEO Tom Penn. It could be, though. And there likely won’t be an official mascot unless one develops organically after the club launches.“It’s a placeholder, because you need something,” Penn said of SDFC. “It may very well be the direction we go.
Termini switched subjects to MLS and San Diego. Lawrence was familiar with both, having been part of the failed expansion bid in Sacramento and growing up in the county, playing basketball at Sweetwater High School .“In my last venture with LAFC,” Penn said, “I very clearly remember the commissioner saying we need local ownership, and nothing gets more local than the Sycuan tribe. … The one blind spot with the tribe was just not having soccer expertise.
For Sycuan, it amounts to a seminal shift after four decades of sponsoring San Diego sports. The only other Native American entity to own a pro sports team is the Mohegan tribe with the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun.
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