San Diego FC, Major League Soccer's 30th franchise, will make its regular-season league debut Sunday — the city's first top-flight professional soccer team since the Sockers in 1984.

Players, fans, and sports officials are gearing up for the debut of the newest Major League Soccer expansion team in San Diego after waiting for nearly two years.

The path to San Diego FC’s historic home opener has been years in the making. Fans eager to cheer the squad on at Snapdragon Stadium will have to wait one more week. The club will play its first-ever regular season match in Los Angeles when it squares off against the L.A. Galaxy at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson Sunday.

San Diego FC is playing its first-ever MLS game this weekend in a primetime matchup that adds a new layer to the city's "Beat L.A." mantra.Why it matters: The historic game against LA Galaxy officially kicks off SDFC's 2025 inaugural season as the newest franchise in a league that's rapidly grown to 30 teams in 30 years.

Lozano is the star on Major League Soccer's 30th team, which kicks off its first season Sunday with a match on the road against the defending league champion LA Galaxy. Lozano said he's looking forward to seeing where San Diego is at to start the season,

It makes sense that MLS teams were active globally during FIFA’s winter transfer window, because it occurs in the MLS offseason when clubs are busy building rosters. However, some international clubs in the thick of their seasons may be unwilling to part with players — which has helped spur increasing calls to shift the MLS season.