FORWARDS
11 — Chucky Lozano
Age: 30
Hometown: Mexico City
Previous club: PSV Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
How acquired: San Diego FC made Lozano the first designated player in club history and the face of the franchise last June, g the Mexican star to a four-year contract with two club options that could keep him here through the 2030 season. San Diego paid a reported $12 million transfer fee for the right to sign Lozano, who will reportedly make between $7 million and $9 million per year.
7 — Marcus Ingvartsen
Age: 29
Hometown: Farum, Denmark
Previous club: FC Nordsjælland (Denmark)
How acquired: Ingvartsen signed a three-year contract with the club in March; the deal includes club options that could keep him with SDFC through the 2029 season.
77 — Alex Mighten
Age: 22
Hometown: West Hartford, Conn.
Previous club: Nottingham Forest (England)
How acquired: Mighten a two-and-a-half-year deal with the club in August.
9 — Tomás Ángel
Age: 22
Hometown: Medellín, Colombia
Previous club: LAFC
How acquired: LAFC traded Ángel and a second-round pick to San Diego in December in exchange for $200,000 in general allocation money. Ángel is under contract through the end of the 2026 season; SDFC owns a club option for 2027.
29 — Anisse Saidi
Age: 16
Hometown: Camden, New Jersey
Previous club: Philadelphia Union Academy
How acquired: Philadelphia traded Saidi to San Diego in January in exchange for $100,000 in general allocation money with a possibility for more depending on how Saidi fares. San Diego FC signed Sasidi to a homegrown contract through 2028 with a club option for 2029.
WINGERS
24 — Emmanuel Boateng
Age: 31
Hometown: Accra, Ghana
Previous club: New England Revolution
How acquired: New England traded Boateng to SDFC in January in exchange for $200,000 in general allocation money.
14 — Luca de la Torre
Age: 26
Hometown: San Diego
Previous club: RC Celta de Vigo (Spain)
How acquired: Celta de Vigo agreed in January to loan de la Torre, a former San Diego Surf and San Diego Nomads player, to SDFC for the 2025 season. SDFC has a a purchase option on de la Torre.
10 — Anders Dreyer
Age: 26
Hometown: Bramming, Denmark
Previous club: R.S.C. Anderlecht (Belgium)
How acquired: Signed a three-year contract with SDFC in January following a transfer from Anderlecht. Dreyer becomes the second designated player in club history, following Chucky Lozano. SDFC paid a reported $5 million in transfer fees for the rights to Dreyer.
15 Manu Duah
Age: 19
Hometown: Kumasi, Ghana
Previous club: UC Santa Barbara
How acquired: San Diego FC selected Duah No. 1 overall in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft last month.
MIDFIELDERS
6 — Jeppe Tverskov
Age: 31
Hometown: Copenhagen, Denmark
Previous club: FC Nordsjælland (Denmark)
How acquired: Signed a two-year contract with SDFC last March, the same day the club announced that teammate Marcus Invartsen had agreed to a three-year deal in San Diego.
16 — Heine Gikling Bruseth
Age: 20
Hometown: Gjemnes, Norway
Previous club: Orlando City SC
How acquired: San Diego selected Bruseth in December’s Major League Soccer Expansion Draft.
20 — Anibal Godoy
Age: 35
Hometown: Panama City, Panama
Previous club: Nashville SC
How acquired: Signed a one-year free-agent deal with SDFC in December.
19 — Jasper Löffelsend
Age: 27
Hometown: Koln,
Previous club: Colorado Rapids
How acquired: San Diego selected Löffelsend in December’s Major League Soccer Expansion Draft.
70 — Alejandro Alvarado Jr.
Age: 21
Hometown: Los Angeles
Previous club: FC Vizela (Portugal)
How acquired: Vizela traded Alvarado, a former LA Galaxy academy player, to San Diego in January, with the Portuguese club retaining a sell-on percentage. Alvarado signed a two-year deal with SDFC.
8 — Onni Valakari
Age: 25
Hometown: Motherwell, Finland
Previous club: Pafos FC (Cyprus)
How acquired: Pafos agreed last month to loan Valakari to SDFC for the 2025 season, with the option to extend his stay until 2026.
DEFENDERS
17 — Paddy McNair
Age: 29
Hometown: Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
Previous club: Middlesbrough (England)
How acquired: Signed a three-year contract with SDFC last July.
4 — Andrés Reyes
Age: 25
Hometown: Puerto Tejada, Colombia
Previous club: New York Red Bulls
How acquired: The Red Bulls traded Reyes to SDFC in December in exchange for $800,000 in general allocation money and a future sell-on percentage. Reyes is under contract through 2026, though San Diego owns a club option for 2027.
97 — Chris McVey
Age: 27
Hometown: Sparsör, Sweden
Previous club: DC United
How acquired: DC United traded McVey to SDFC in December for $50,000 in general allocation money and up to $50,000 more depending on how he performs. San DIego signed McVey to a two-year deal with a club option for 2027.
5 — Hamady Diop
Age: 23
Hometown: Dakar, Senegal
Previous club: Charlotte FC
How acquired: San Diego selected Diop from Charlotte in December’s Major League Soccer Expansion Draft.
22 — Franco Negri
Age: 30
Hometown: San Martín, Argentina
Previous club: Philadelphia Union Academy
How acquired: SDFC selected Negri in December’s MLS Re-Entry Draft and signed him to a one-year deal.
25 — Ian Pilcher
Age: 21
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Previous club: University of North Carolina-Charlotte
How acquired: SDFC drafted Pilcher 24th overall in December’s MLS SuperDraft and signed him to a one-year deal with club options for the 2026, 2027 and 2028 seasons.
GOALKEEPERS
CJ dos Santos
Age: 24
Hometown: Foxchase, Pa.
Previous club: Inter Miami
How acquired: SDFC acquired dos Santos from Inter Miami in December in exchange for $100,00 in general allocation money.
98 — Jacob Jackson
Age: 24
Hometown: San Diego
Previous club: San Jose Earthquakes
How acquired: SFC selected Jackson, a San Dieggo native, in Stage 1 of December’s MLS Re-Entry Draft ang signed him to a one-year deal.
13 — Pablo Sisniega
Age: 29
Hometown: Mexico City
Previous club: San Antonio FC
How acquired: Signed a one-year free-agent deal with SDFC in December.
