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San Diego FC chosen 5 gamers, together with 2023 MLS TremendousDraft No. 1 general choose Hamady Diop, within the 2024 MLS Expansion Draft on Wednesday because it prepares for its inaugural 2025 season.
Three of the picks — Diop, Heine Gikling Bruseth and Jasper Loffelsend — will stay with San Diego, whereas the opposite two picks, Thiago Andrade and Hosei Kijima, had been traded for belongings.
Clubs that had a participant chosen will obtain $50,000 in General Allocation Money.
Diop, 22, a flexible defender from Senegal, has performed in 4 video games for Charlotte FC and spent the second half of 2024 on mortgage in Serbia. He is coming into his third skilled season.
Loffelsend, a 27-year-old Germany native, has performed three seasons in MLS with Real Salt Lake (2022-23) and the Colorado Rapids (2024). In 69 matches from 2022-24, he recorded two objectives and eight assists whereas taking part in fullback and midfield.
Bruseth has but to play an MLS match and is a member of MLS’ U22 Initiative roster. The 20-year-old Norwegian midfielder joined Orlando City this summer season from top-flight facet Kristiansund BK in Norway.
Andrade, who helped NYFYC win the MLS Cup in 2021, was dealt to Toronto FC for the No. 9 choose within the 2025 MLS TremendousDraft together with $250,000 in General Allocation Money and a sell-on share in any future transfer. The 24-year-old Brazilian produced 12 objectives and 5 assists with NYCYC in 71 video games from 2021-23. He spent this season on mortgage in China.
Kijima, a 22-year-old Japanese midfielder, was despatched to D.C. United for $400,000 in General Allocation Money. The No. 17 general choose within the 2023 MLS TremendousDraft, he totaled 4 factors (two objectives, two assists) in 21 appearances for St. Louis City throughout all competitions this yr.
San Diego FC, which can play residence video games at San Diego State’s soccer stadium, will grow to be the thirtieth staff in MLS in 2025. The membership has six gamers underneath contract to this point, headlined by Mexican winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano.
–Field Level Media