Front Row Seat: Chucky Lozano is "very happy here" with SDFC
Doesn't sound like Chucky is pushing to leave San Diego FC, but that doesn't necessarily mean he'll be back with the club next season.
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Chucky Lozano says ‘my mentality is to be here’ at San Diego FC - San Diego Union-Tribune
“That is the biggest honor that you can live, to represent your country in a World Cup, especially for Hirving on home soil,” SDFC coach Mikey Varas said. “We want the same for him. He’s under contract, he’s with us and we’re happy to have him. But we also want him to play in a World Cup, so anything to support him.”
Might that involve at least a short-term loan to a club in Mexico or elsewhere that would enhance those chances?
Lozano seemed to close that door Monday. SDFC sporting director Tyler Heaps did not.
“We’re open to anybody if any offer does come through,” Heaps said. “What I can say right now is nothing has, so there’s no need for me to speculate about what we would do if nothing is there. We’re expecting him back in preseason and, yeah, we want him to go to the World Cup."
It's All Part of the Journey - Chromatic FC
From the time the season started to now, the supporter’s section has grown. The Purple Lot is filled with more people. Being at Snapdragon for a match is more than just being at a match; it’s a community gathering event. Beers were shared, friendships have been made and moments of taking your kids to their soccer game then taking them to watch SDFC will always be remembered. San Diego has grown so much as a sports town in the last 10 years. From losing a team to falling in love with a new one.
Darren Smith
When the World Cup Became America First - Sports Politika
Trump has always understood sport as a battlefield in the American culture wars. He attacked kneeling NFL players as “unpatriotic,” cast the NBA as “disrespectful,” and presented himself as the lone defender of a traditional, flag-waving vision of American sport. Football, the world’s game, offers him something different: not just a domestic wedge issue but a global spectacle that can be reframed to serve his nationalist narrative.
For Trump, the 2026 World Cup is the perfect stage. It allows him to claim credit for bringing the world to America, to present the U.S. as the indispensable host nation, and to contrast “American greatness” with what he depicts as weak, declining Europe or unstable Latin America.
He can drape the event in patriotic symbols, insist that it proves his “America First” agenda works, and use the tournament’s massive audiences to dominate the domestic political conversation in an election cycle.
Ajax match abandoned in the sixth minute after fans set off fireworks - The Athletic
The Dutch top-flight match at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam kicked off at 8pm local time, but was temporarily suspended after just five minutes when a substantial pyrotechnic display lit up the south stand behind one of the goals, where the Ajax ultras are situated. Supporters were described as “repeatedly” setting off fireworks.
The players were taken off the pitch, before a decision was taken to abandon the game.
