San Diego FC - MLS Expansion Team (Updated Transfers 20/12/2024)

Transfer activity so far before the upcoming expansion draft.

• San Diego FC have been rumoured to have aquired Chris McVey in a trade with D.C. United. $50k GAM + $50k add-ons. D.C. just declined his contract as per Tom Bogert
• San Diego FC have acquired forward Tomás Ángel (Son of Juan Pablo Angel) and a second-round pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft from LAFC in exchange for $200,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM), the Western Conference clubs announced Monday as per MLS
• MLS expansion draft eligible pool of players to be announced later today and tomorrow San Diego FC will be able to select 5 players from the draft

So the Expansion draft just took place and San Diego selected 5 players I've never heard of and traded 2 draft picks for allocation money.

They also made a couple trade signings for General Allocation Money.

Deals

Expansion Draft Picks

Trades

• San Diego FC announced today the Club has acquired the right of first refusal for Swedish American Defender Christopher McVey from D.C. United in exchange for $50,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) and up to $50,000 in conditional 2026 GAM if certain performance metrics are met. SDFC has also signed McVey to a new contract through the end of the 2026 MLS season with a Club option for an additional year.
• San Diego FC are set to acquire defender Andrés Reyes from the New York Red Bulls according to MLS insider Tom Bogert. RBNY will receive a package in the region of $750,000 for the Colombian defender
• San Diego FC announced today the Club has acquired goalkeeper CJ dos Santos from Inter Miami in exchange for $100,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM). Dos Santos has a guaranteed contract through the 2025 MLS season with a Club option for an additional year.
• San Diego traded Hosei Kijima to D.C. United for $400,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM), giving them more assets to continue their roster build.
• San Diego traded Thiago Andrade to Toronto FC for the No. 9 overall pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, $250,000 in conditional General Allocation Money (GAM) and a sell-on percentage in any future move.

From the sounds of it Tyler Heaps wants to make more free signings since the free agency window starts tomorrow so they'll be able to scoop up a few players.

Strange selections from the draft and I don't see how they improve the squad.

Trades

• San Diego FC announced today the Club has selected goalkeeper and San Diego native Jacob Jackson in Stage 1 of the 2024 MLS Re-Entry Draft, picking up his contract option for the 2025 MLS season.
• San Diego FC announced today the Club has acquired Colombian defender Andrés Reyes from the New York Red Bulls in exchange for $600,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM), $200,000 in 2026 GAM and a future sell-on percentage. Reyes, who holds a U.S. Green Card, has a guaranteed contract through the 2026 MLS season with a Club option for an additional year.
• San Diego FC receives two 2025 International Roster Slots from Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for $250,000 in 2025 GAM.
• San Diego FC announced today the Club has acquired a 2025 international roster slot from the Columbus Crew in exchange for $100,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM).

Mikey Varas stated that the next DP signing will be a RW and they'll probably leave the 3rd DP open to sign someone next summer.

Erick Gutierrez from Chivas was linked with San Diego with the transfer said to be close but nothing confirmed just yet.

My attempt at making a new kit to match the newly released home shirt.

There were some issues with compatibility with the sortioutsi transfer update file (transferring San Diego players to the wrong team and releasing them as free agents) so I've included a modified version of the sortioutsi transfer update in the San Diego zip so you can use it to have the latest transfers but not interfere with San Diego's transfers.

Transfer 

San Diego FC announced today the Club has signed free agent midfielder Aníbal Godoy. Godoy, who holds a U.S. Green Card, has signed a one-year contract through the end of the 2025 MLS season with Club options for the 2026 and 2027 MLS seasons.

Coaching team additions

Various coaches and recruitment staff have been added to the San Diego squad.

Update coming soon.

MLS Superdraft scheduled for later today.

Will release the update for transfers after the draft.

San Diego FC selected Ghana midfielder Manu Duah with their first pick of the SuperDraft.

He doesn't exist in the base game so I'll create him to add him to the club.

More draft additions still to come.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/superdraft/news/mls-superdraft-2025-selection-tracker

The team now has 20 players! I know right. Shocking.

The file has been updated to include new staff and player additions as of the 20th of December.

As ever feel free to alert me of any errors in the database.

I'm sure a couple more signings will be coming in between now and January but obviously it's going to slow down around Christmas time.

All Superdraft players for San Diego have been added into the game.

Sometimes it really is shocking how ungrateful the FM community can be to Editors who spend a lot of time making databases but you will see comments on your post completely dismissing the work.

Something I was uncertain on when creating San Diego FC was whether they would have a USL second team like it seems most MLS teams have, by default I created a II 2nd team to have a development squad but after listening to a local San Diego football podcast (San Diego.Futbol) they claimed that USL team would be an extension of the Right to Dream set up.

There's no real info to get more clarification but I assume if the Right to Dream academy will have their own USL team I can rename the San Diego II team in this database to something like Right to Dream (USL) and alter their kits and logo.

Transfers

• San Diego FC (SDFC) announced today the Club has signed free agent goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega to a one-year contract through the end of the 2025 MLS season with Club options for the 2026 and 2027 MLS seasons.
• Duran Ferree will rejoin FC Nordsjælland (FCN) on loan until June 2025.