San Diego FC’s Leagues Cup run ends in back-to-back wins, with first-time scorers Søe & Thórhallsson main the Chrome & Azul to a Wednesday night time Snapdragon Stadium victory over Membership Puebla.
Final day out, SDFC defended their residence turf in opposition to cross-border neighboring rivals, Membership Tijuana, defeating the Xolos 1-0 to assert their first win and factors at this yr’s Leagues Cup.
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The ultimate remaining Part One match for SDFC lined up the Chrome & Azul in opposition to Liga MX facet Membership Puebla, because the pair met for his or her first-ever official match.
Though coming into Wednesday night time’s recreation mathematically nonetheless alive for a top-four end into the knockout rounds, SDFC’s probabilities of advancing had been very slim, needing a victory over Membership Puebla and several other outcomes across the Leagues Cup.
It solely took 4 minutes following the opening whistle for SDFC to get on the board, with the final touch from defender Osvald Søe.
Coming off a nook kick supply, then a header flicking the ball again right into a harmful space from midfielder and captain Jeppe Tverskov, Søe bought his proper foot to the ball as his first-touch lifted shot went into the precise facet of the objective for the 1-0 lead.
A memorable second for the 20-year-old defender, recording his first objective for SDFC.
Puebla bought the sport all twisted up as soon as once more, with midfielder Kevin Velasco getting his squad again to stage phrases on the 30-minute mark.
With numerous motion coming from contained in the penalty space for Puebla, unlucky bounces and a well-met rebound led to the 1-1 rating, with midfielder Kevin Velasco sneaking his low contact shot underneath SDFC goalkeeper Duran Ferree for his first objective on this Leagues Cup marketing campaign.
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After a cagey stretch with the match trying to be heading for a draw, SDFC’s offense got here alive within the final 15-minutes of the second half, scoring twice to get the match out of attain for Puebla.
The primary of the 2 scores got here within the 76-minute, with defender Bryce Duke letting off a formidable whipped-in back-post cross for David Vazquez, with the 20-year-old midfielder leaping over his defender and tucking his header into the underside left nook of the objective for the 2-1 lead.
Solely 4 minutes later, SDFC made it 3-1, with defender Dagur Thórhallsson following up his preliminary shot contained in the field with a second shot on track, discovering the online within the 80-minute, claiming his first objective for the membership.
Puebla bought a objective again late, with ahead Eduardo Mustre rifling a left-footed rising shot into the highest proper nook to make the scoreline 3-2 within the 87-minute with added time nonetheless left to play.
However the Chrome & Azul had been in a position to see out the consequence, as a three-goal-scorer night time was sufficient to take down Membership Puebla to shut out their 2026 Leagues Cup, ending Part One with 6-points gained and two wins by means of three video games.
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SDFC are proper again to MLS motion on the weekend, heading as much as BMO Stadium for a date with So-Cal rivals LAFC on Saturday night time, Aug. 15, set for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
The 2 golf equipment could not be separated of their earlier assembly this season, with their Might 2 match at Snapdragon Stadium ending in a 2-2 stoppage-time thriller.
SDFC stay unbeaten in opposition to the Black and Gold, having averted defeat of their three all-time conferences stretching again to final season.
