{"id":471089,"date":"2026-09-21T18:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/471089\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:58:08","slug":"team-of-the-matchday-anders-dreyer-san-diego-fc-stun-inter-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/471089\/","title":{"rendered":"Team of the Matchday: Anders Dreyer & San Diego FC stun Inter Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego FC<\/a> delivered late drama during Matchday 27\u2019s finale, helping the second-year club place two representatives on the Team of the Matchday presented by Audi.<\/p>\n

\n Full team (3-4-3, left to right)<\/p>\n

Starters: CJ Dos Santos (SD) – Tomas Totland (STL), Reid Roberts (SJ), Mohamed Farsi (CLB) – Peyton Miller (NE), Marco Reus (LA), Carles Gil (NE), Morgan Whittaker (COL) – Anders Dreyer (SD), Yadaly Diaby (VAN), Cristian Espinoza (NSH)<\/p>\n

Coach: B.J. Callaghan (NSH)<\/p>\n

Bench: Brad Stuver (ATX), Ashley Westwood (CLT), Alexandru M\u0103\u021ban (STL), Cavan Sullivan (PHI), Albert Rusn\u00e1k (SEA), Alexey Miranchuk (ATL), Andr\u00e9 Luiz (SKC), Son Heung-Min (LAFC), K\u00e9vin Denkey (CIN)<\/p>\n

San Diego star Anders Dreyer<\/a> capped his brace with an 82nd-minute breakaway finish, shocking\u00a0Inter Miami CF<\/a> in a 2-2 draw<\/a>. Goalkeeper CJ Dos Santos<\/a> was also stellar vs. the reigning MLS Cup presented by Audi champions, making six saves \u2013 several of the jaw-dropping variety \u2013 to earn a valuable road point against his old team.<\/p>\n

Supporters\u2019 Shield leaders Nashville SC<\/a> became the first Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs-bound side, courtesy of a 3-0 win<\/a> over Chicago Fire FC<\/a>. Cristian Espinoza<\/a> (1g\/1a) was one of three Nashville Designated Players to score and helped head coach B.J. Callaghan\u2019s side remain unbeaten (12W-0L-1D) at GEODIS Park this year.<\/p>\n

Behind braces from homegrown winger Peyton Miller<\/a> and club captain Carles Gil<\/a>, the New England Revolution<\/a> pulled out a 4-2 win<\/a> over Orlando City<\/a> that vaulted them to second place in the Eastern Conference. Miller was fresh off his first US men\u2019s national team<\/a> call-up, while Gil now boasts a team-leading 21 goal contributions (12g\/9a).<\/p>\n

Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> newcomer Yadaly Diaby<\/a> capitalized on his first MLS start, tallying 1g\/1a as the Western Conference leaders cruised to a 3-0 win<\/a> at Real Salt Lake<\/a>. Colorado Rapids<\/a> club-record signing Morgan Whittaker<\/a> also starred in his first MLS start, scoring twice off Paxten Aaronson<\/a>\u2019s assists in a 3-3 draw<\/a> against Seattle Sounders FC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LA Galaxy<\/a> midfielder Marco Reus<\/a> came up clutch in a 3-2 comeback victory<\/a> at Minnesota United FC<\/a>, assisting on the equalizer and scoring the match-winner to send his team above the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs line.<\/p>\n

Fresh off reaching the 2026 US Open Cup<\/a> final, St. Louis CITY SC<\/a> and the Columbus Crew<\/a> both got clutch performances from defenders.\u00a0St. Louis extended their league unbeaten run to 16 games, with left back Tomas Totland<\/a> (1g\/1a) helping secure a 3-1 home victory<\/a> over Toronto FC<\/a>, while right back Mohamed Farsi<\/a> opened the scoring in the Crew\u2019s 2-0 win<\/a> at CF Montr\u00e9al<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rounding out the TotM starting lineup, San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> center back Reid Roberts<\/a> provided late heroics with a 98th-minute equalizer in a 2-2 comeback draw<\/a> vs. LAFC<\/a> on Walmart Saturday Showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Diego FC delivered late drama during Matchday 27\u2019s finale, helping the second-year club place two representatives on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[11383,185251,11387,43956,12817,185255,41818,185256,185257,185258,86446,64049,185114,185259,185249,185252,185260,66135,185261,43948,185262,185254,185250,185263,119502,185264,74,1254,76,75,1084,6532,183976,185265,43959,185266,12792,172483,40873,185253],"class_list":["post-471089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-anders-dreyer","tag-carles-gil","tag-cj-dos-santos","tag-colorado-rapids","tag-columbus-crew","tag-colvssea-09-19-2026","tag-cristian-espinoza","tag-dalvsatx-09-19-2026","tag-dcvsclt-09-19-2026","tag-houvscin-09-19-2026","tag-la-galaxy","tag-marco-reus","tag-miavssd-09-20-2026","tag-minvsla-09-19-2026","tag-mohamed-farsi","tag-morgan-whittaker","tag-mtlvsclb-09-19-2026","tag-nashville-sc","tag-nevsorl-09-19-2026","tag-new-england-revolution","tag-nshvschi-09-19-2026","tag-nycvsrbny-09-18-2026","tag-peyton-miller","tag-porvsatl-09-19-2026","tag-reid-roberts","tag-rslvsvan-09-19-2026","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-fc","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-jose-earthquakes","tag-sendtonews","tag-sjvslafc-09-19-2026","tag-skcvsphi-09-19-2026","tag-st-louis-city-sc","tag-stlvstor-09-19-2026","tag-team-of-the-matchday","tag-tomas-totland","tag-vancouver-whitecaps-fc","tag-yadaly-diaby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}