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I have added 29,000 cities to the USA in the FM database from a census data database found online.

I'll post it here so it can be used as a resource for anyone who wants to use it.

I'm going to merge this file with my San Diego update so it won't be needed to merge with later versions of this update.

The difference a day makes lol

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.

Transfer

• SD receive: Luca Bombino
• LAFC receive: International roster spot

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.

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.

If anyone catches any errors in the latest update please use this thread to inform me.

Great first win against the title holders.

Anders Dreyer looks like an incredible player for MLS level.

Away kit finally released.

Transfer

Monday, Feb 10, 2025, 05:59 PM

 

San Diego FC (SDFC) today announced the signing of Ghanaian defender Willy Kumado from Danish Superliga club Lyngby Boldklub on a two-year contract through the 2026 MLS season, with Club options for 2027 and 2028. Kumado will occupy an International Roster Slot and will be added to the roster pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate (ITC) and P-1 Visa.

I'm getting pretty close to completing my San Diego update and general MLS update.

The update will include:

• 500+ new players
• All MLS 2025 Superdraft players added
• A LOT of US Youth Prospects added
• Added a few missing high potential youth players (e.g. Juma Bah)
• MLS players updated PA and CA (based on 2024 season and market value changes on transfermarkt)
• USMNT player's given CA boost based on performance
• Some high performing players for the 2024/25 season have been given a CA boost
• Player faces added
• Club graphics added
• MLS league reputation boost (source)
• Paul Pogba added back into FM
• New clubs (mainly academy clubs)
• Added cities
• Player contract fix (DP players for all MLS clubs given correct contract type and salary)
• MLS Next Pro Teams updated (added Chattanooga and Carolina Core)
• NYCFC New Stadium name update (now called Etihad Park)
• LA Galaxy II renamed to Ventura County
• San Jose II renamed to The Town FC
• Other various changes

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.

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.

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.

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.

That should be the correct path.

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.

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

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)

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

Latest Update

I've been tweaking the file to try to adjust the newgen intakes for the RTD San Diego academy and I think I've got it to a place I'm satisfied with.

The majority of newgens will now be USA-Mexican dual nationals (due to San Diego being a very Mexican city) with other newgens appearing from regions RTD scouts in West Africa and Egypt with the odd couple newgens from neighbouring cities in the US and across the border in Tijuana.

Since RTD scouts almost the entirety of west Africa and has more than just Ghanian players come through their ranks this feels like it's more accurate to how the model could work in real life.

I also didn't like that my newgens were appearing as Just American with no second nationality (even when they had Spanish names) because it's more than likely most of the players coming through RTD San Diego will be Hispanic of some sort, but mostly Mexican obviously.

The new update should resolve this.

I'd say the team is missing about 5 players to make a well rounded squad. 

Team needs a RB, Winger, Offensive minded Midfielders, Backup Striker.

If they're going to go down the Right To Dream route again like with the Boateng signing they might sign Ema Twumasi for cover at RB and give options on both wings.

For the striker it seems kind of obvious they will sign Milan Iloski from Nordsjaelland (American & San Diego native)

Transfer

• Finnish national team player Onni Valakari will join MLS club San Diego FC on loan from Pafos in Cyprus, according to information from MTV Urheilu. The parties have reached an agreement on the transfer. Valakari, 25, will travel to California to finalize his move, which is now pending a medical and final contract details. Barring any surprises, he will be announced as San Diego's new player. San Diego will pay a substantial compensation to Pafos for the loan covering the entire MLS season, in addition to which a purchase option of approximately 1.5 million euros will be included in the agreement.

(Source)

The 10-year agreement also designates Sharp as one of the club’s top-tier Chrome Club partners and includes marketing rights in both the health care and health insurance categories. A source with knowledge of the agreement said it is worth several million dollars annually and ranks in the top three among naming-rights deals for MLS training facilities. 

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/01/10/san-diego-fc-sharp-healthcare-training-facility

I think in the vanilla version Scotland has 15 regions (more than England).

This is where I was confused though because there are “council areas” which are more modern and there are historic counties.

I wasn't sure which made more sense to divide Scotland into.

Should I make it in historic counties or the council areas? I don't know which is more commonly used.

With the editor the best way to recreate another league's structure is to check the advanced rules already in the game for that league.

The MLS groups are set in the advanced editor as group 0 and Group 1 with the teams being assigned a 0 or 1 to allocate them to the correct group.

To see the MLS advanced rules, add nation rules for USA then convert it to advanced rules without changing anything in the basic rules.

I had a geography question regarding Scotland.

When adding the regions for Scotland I wasn't sure which way to subdivide things into that would make the most sense.

Does Scotland have counties like England because when I searched it up it seems that Scotland no longer uses counties.

What way do you thin would make most sense?

Thank you for the praise.

Glad I could help.