San Diego FC in the MLS - Updated Transfers 27/2/2025
San Diego FC are a new expansion team set to join the MLS for the 2025 season.
With this database you will be able to use them in the MLS right away.
Includes added graphics, teams, players, staff, nation, cities, regions, stadiums, etc.
Star signing Hirving Lozano is the club's most expensive purchase but as a club with big ambition the team have expressed interest recently in signing Mo Salah, Kevin de Bruyne and Sergio Ramos.
San Diego have aspirations to become “the Ajax of north America” with plans in place to develop young players in the San Diego-Tijuana area with their connections to the Right to Dream academy in Ghana, Egypt, Denmark and now San Diego.
Included in the download is an optional file to add Kevin De Bruyne to the squad.
I've created a version of the Sortioutsi name fix INC file that will change the club name to San Diego FC to hopefully stop the game from reverting the name back to Chivas USA.
- Date Created
- 17 Nov 2024 13:47:22
- Date Updated
- 05 Jun 2025 19:20:13
- Last Comment
- 19 Oct 2025 03:22:56
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renskay
Transfer
San Diego FC is set to add U.S. men's national team midfielder Luca de la Torre from Celta Vigo on loan with a future purchase option.
(Source)
I will include the transfer to the update when it's confirmed so I can set the correct future purchase price to the loan agreement.
Nice to see San Diego are prioritising signing local players from the San Diego area.
renskay
Transfer
San Diego FC (SDFC) announced today the Club has signed midfielder Alejandro Alvarado Jr. from Portugal’s FC Vizela through the 2026 MLS season with Club options for 2027 and 2028. San Diego FC (SDFC) announced today the Club has signed midfielder Alejandro Alvarado Jr. from Portugal’s FC Vizela through the 2026 MLS season with Club options for 2027 and 2028.
renskay
Transfer
Anders Dreyer will move to San Diego FC to sign a 3 year deal on a designated player contract for a 5 million euro transfer fee and a 1.5 million dollar a year contract plus bonuses.
(Source)
The update for the latest signings will be delayed as I am working on adding US youth prospect to the database that are missing in this version of FM.
I will be adding about 500 players including graphics.
I have also reviewed the performances of players in the MLS over the 2024 season and given the players who performed well a boost to their CA to reflect their real life performances.
Bruna Alvez
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Bru Vlog
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renskay
San Diego FC Update
I am still working on adding players to the database, mainly US prospects but also some African talents and missing Tijuana players.
My sources are mainly transfermarkt and this excellent website I've found for US prospects called US Soccer Collective.
This will take some time to get through these players and add their details so please have patience as the next update will not come immediately.
Since Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. was born in San Diego I'm including him too for the culture.
Transfer
San Diego FC Acquires San Diego Native Midfielder Luca de la Torre on Loan from RC Celta de Vigo.
renskay
Something else I wanted to share after I was checking the Ghana leagues for players to add to the database was this player who really stood out to me called Mark Kagawa.
I had never heard of him before but he looks absolutely incredible.
He was a runner up for the Ghana young player of the year award (Odartey Lamptey Future Star Award) at only 15 where the winner Abdul Aziz Issah earned a move to Barcelona. I assume this guy Kagawa must be being scouted by huge clubs too.
Zayszn9
Hello boss, what team does this replace? I cant seem to find it
renskay
San Diego replaces Chivas USA.
If you load up your game you'll find it in the Western Conference making it the 30th team in the MLS.
It is easier to use Chivas rather than creating a new team in the database because the MLS is a bit glitchy in FM so when you create a new team from scratch it doesn't get allocated draft picks and allocation money etc.
Even with using Chivas USA the first transfer window doesn't get allocated any MLS specific TAM or GAM money but after the 2nd transfer window you get it.
renskay
Trade
San Diego FC (SDFC) announced today the Club has acquired $50,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) from LAFC in exchange for the Right of First Refusal for winger Yaw Yeboah.
Yeboah, 27, was originally selected by SDFC in Stage 2 of the 2024 MLS Re-Entry Draft in December.
Transaction: SDFC acquires $50,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) from LAFC in exchange for the Right of First Refusal for Yaw Yeboah.
(Whatever any of that means)
renskay
Ok they actually did sign him. The whole “right of first refusal thing” had me confused.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/lafc-sign-midfielder-yaw-yeboah
Ronald Kraston
When I load in the team name shows Chivas instead of San Diego FC how do I fix this?
renskay
If you save your game, shut down FM completely and then open FM once more and re-enter the save file the name should be changed.
Usually this fix works.
Zayszn9
Documents-Sports Interactive- football manager 2024- graphics. Is this the wrong path for the pack?
renskay
That should be the correct path.
FlybyS
Does this work 100%. Any issues I need to know about before I start a long term save. By the way this is amazing work.
renskay
The only issues I've had reported back to me is the actual name of the club reverting back to Chivas USA and the logo not working.
The name issue is an easy fix where you just need to save the game and switch off FM then load back into the save then it should be fixed.
With the logo the issue can arise if you have got another logopack that is overriding the one included with this download.
A fix for that is that you can find the UID for San Diego FC/Chivas USA (980542) in your logos config,xml file and comment out the line of code referencing UID 980542.
I'm about to release a big update to the file that will include the entire 2025 draft class added to the MLS squads and a bunch of missing players that haven't been added to the game yet, mainly youth prospects for the US.
Pogba is removed from FM24 so I added him back to the game too because it's been discussed that he'll return to football in the MLS when he comes back from his ban in March.
I've also adjusted the CA for players that performed well in the MLS in 2024.
I still need to add details and graphics for a few players so it might be a few days until I'm finished with the latest update.
renskay
Another issue that I am frustrated that I can't resolve but just have to accept is that for the club history records for San Diego FC they've still got the league record appearance maker as Dan Kennedy and record goalscorer as Ante Razov both formerly of Chivas.
I've tried everything to fix it so the records show up as blank but it doesn't seem to work. It must be a hardcoded thing.
It doesn't cause any issue besides being annoying but their records aren't that high so it shouldn't take that long for you to break their records with existing San Diego players.
renskay
I asked Chatgpt to give me suggestions for names of local California derbies for San Diego FC.
If anybody has any better recommendations of what to call them just let me know.
FlybyS
Hi mate. Really liking the save but it's so hard to attract players in the first window. Also when will the new update be with Luca de la torre in the squad. No rush just asking.
renskay
Currently there's 100 players I need to add details to after I've already added their names to the database with a script.
I've had the flu really bad the past couple of days so I've been putting off working on the database.
I could release the file as it is currently but the faces will take a bit longer to add although wouldn't require a change to any existing save game.
Zayszn9
damn man i have no clue why its not showing for me
FlybyS
No it's all good. Take your time. I might just put off starting a long term save until you release the new update. Great work.
renskay
Away kit finally released.
Transfer
Monday, Feb 10, 2025, 05:59 PM
I'm getting pretty close to completing my San Diego update and general MLS update.
The update will include:
renskay
Great first win against the title holders.
Anders Dreyer looks like an incredible player for MLS level.
renskay
If anyone catches any errors in the latest update please use this thread to inform me.
renskay
I eventually figured out how to do MLS draft pick numbers correctly.
I assumed to do the 1st pick of the 1st round you would select MLS last draft round as 1 and MLS last draft pick as 1 with the MLS draft type as superdraft along with the year but this actually would make the player be the 2nd pick of the 2nd round because the number selection starts at 0 with the unticked selection being the equivalent of 1.
If you want it to be the 1st pick of the 1st round you just leave “last draft year” and “last draft round” unticked and make the draft type superdraft with the draft year the year you want.
Last draft = 1 would be the equivalent of 2 so you need to take that into consideration when entering the number.
Last draft pick = 1 is also the equivalent of 2 so any a draft pick number you are entering you will need to minus 1 to it.
renskay
Transfer
San Diego FC have acquired defender Luca Bombino on loan from LAFC, the clubs announced Tuesday.
The 18-year-old LAFC homegrown's deal last through the 2025 MLS season and includes a permanent transfer option.
FlybyS
Hi mate
Loving the update. About to start my long term save with it. Just wondering what skin you recommend to go with all the graphics/pictures.
renskay
Appreciate that a lot.
In regards to skins, I don't know what the best choice for anything other than laptop would be right now because that's all I have available to me for the moment.
I use the Zealand skin because it looks best to me on laptop but if you have a PC there are others that look better since there's more screen available.
It's about personal preference so whatever looks best to you.
My preference is usually for a skin that has the stadium and the city showing for clubs.