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San Diego Loyal SC will resume its 2020 USL Championship season on July 11. Their first game back from a nearly three month coronavirus-induced break will not be an easy one. The Loyal head to Utah to face the defending champion Real Monarchs SLC in one of three matches remaining against clubs not in Group B (Loyal SC, LA Galaxy…

How about this for something pretty cool: When San Diego Loyal S.C. gets to resume its inaugural season they’ll be in first place. USL Championship revealed details of its return to play plan this week. All 35 clubs will be broken into eight groups based on geography. Some groups will have four teams, others will have five teams. The...

One of the last live sporting events to be held in San Diego before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the sports world was San Diego Loyal SC’s inaugural match in front of a sold out Torero Stadium. Loyal SC might also be hosting the next live sporting event in America’s Finest City. On Thursday, USL Championship announced it’s decided...

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego was supposed to hold its 2nd annual Dream Big Walk in May. Like just about all the other public gatherings it was put off by the coronavirus pandemic. So, in a time of crisis, Rady and San Diego’s new professional soccer club are getting creative. “This is their biggest fundraiser every year and all of...

No March Madness. A delayed Opening Day. On Thursday the coronavirus pandemic altered the landscape of nearly the entire sports world. The NCAA announced it will not hold the 2020 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, arguably the most lucrative sporting event in America outside the Super Bowl, out of concern for the COVID-19 outbreak. That means the San Diego...

The celebration following the Loyal’s first win was bound to be quiet, they were on the road after all. But the atmosphere in their road game at Tacoma was even more subdued than usual. Fans were not allowed at Cheney Stadium Wednesday night, the home of the Defiance. That was due to Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s suspension of large...

San Diego has been waiting for a high-level outdoor professional soccer club for years. That wait finally ended on Saturday night. Loyal SC, the newest member of United Soccer League Championship, played to a 1-1 draw against the Las Vegas Lights in the first match in franchise history. They did it in front of a sold-out crowd of more than…

For a while now we’ve known when, where, and against whom San Diego Loyal SC will play its inaugural USL Championship match. Now we know what they’ll be wearing. And what they’ll be drinking. On Thursday night Loyal SC revealed its kit and sponsor for the 2020 season. Stone Brewing, one of the largest craft breweries in San Diego,...

On Monday San Diego Loyal SC started training camp at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center. It’s the next step on their road to the first United Soccer League Championship match in San Diego history. That game is against Las Vegas at Torero Stadium on March 7. But every team needs some kind of game prep so the Loyal…

Warren Smith Joins Sports Wrap OT

A brand new professional soccer team debuts in San Diego on March 7th, and Warren Smith is a big reason why. The President and CEO of the San Diego Loyal stopped by NBC 7 to discuss their upcoming debut season on Sports Wrap OT. “It’s not brain surgery for us,” Smith said. “We just need to really put on exciting…

NBC 7’s SportsWrap OT features a new segment called “The Ball’s in Your Court” where San Diego sports experts debate the hot topics of the week. You can see it every Sunday night at midnight on NBC 7!

What was rumored for a while is now official. San Diego Loyal SC will begin its inaugural United Soccer League season on March 7 at Torero Stadium against the Las Vegas Lights. “I couldn’t be more honored to lead SD Loyal onto the field for our inaugural game,” said Loyal coach Landon Donovan in a statement. “Having played twice at…

As we’ve seen recently with franchises like the Vegas Golden Knights, who went to the Stanley Cup Final as an expansion team, it’s not impossible for new sports entities to have immediate success. San Diego Loyal SC is trying to follow suit in its inuagural USL Championship season and the way they’re building the roster, a playoff spot in...