{"id":75255,"date":"2025-11-30T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/75255\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T06:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:23:08","slug":"san-diegos-inaugural-run-ends-in-3-1-western-final-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/75255\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego’s inaugural run ends in 3-1 Western Final loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"First<\/a>SDFC during post-season play. (Photo by Chris Stone\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n

San Diego FC\u2019s inaugural run ended Saturday night with a 3-1 loss to Vancouver, as Brian White scored twice in the first half to lift the Whitecaps to their first Western Conference title.<\/p>\n

Jesper S\u00f8rensen\u2019s Whitecaps will head to Florida to play Lionel Messi and Inter Miami for the MLS Cup on Dec. 6. Inter Miami won the Eastern Conference with a 5-1 victory over visiting New York City FC earlier Saturday. Both clubs are playing in the final for the first time.<\/p>\n

White staked Vancouver to a 1-0 lead<\/a>\u00a0in the 8th minute and the Whitecaps took a two-goal lead three minutes later on an own goal by San Diego keeper Pablo Sisniega<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9s Cubas and Ali Ahmed collected assists on White\u2019s first netter this postseason.<\/p>\n

Ahmed sent a shot on goal that Sisniega saved, but Manu Duah tried to clear it and instead sent the ball off Sisniega\u2019s back and into the net for the 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

White again used assists from Cubas and Ahmed to score two minutes into stoppage time for a three-goal advantage at halftime.<\/p>\n

White has five career goals in 12 playoff appearances. Cubas collected his first two postseason assists in his 10th appearance. All three of Ahmed\u2019s assists in nine career playoff appearances have come this season.<\/p>\n

Hirving \u201cChucky\u201d Lozano subbed in to begin the second half for San Diego and used an assist from Jeppe Tverskov to score in the 60th minute when his shot deflected over the head of Yohei Takaoka to cut it to 3-1. It was Lozano\u2019s first goal in his first MLS postseason. Tverskov earned his second assist in his first postseason.<\/p>\n

San Diego was forced to play a man down from the 79th minute on after Sisniega picked up a red card for a foul on Ryan Gauld.<\/p>\n

Takaoka finished with three saves in his 10th postseason start in the last three seasons for the Whitecaps. He allowed 12 goals through his first nine.<\/p>\n

Pablo Sisniega saved four shots in his third postseason start for San Diego. He had clean sheets in his first two.<\/p>\n

Mikey Varas\u2019 San Diego squad became the second expansion team to advance to a conference final, joining the 1998 Chicago Fire. Chicago went on to beat two-time defending champion D.C. United 2-0 to win the MLS Cup before 50,000 fans at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.<\/p>\n

San Diego beat Vancouver 5-3 on the road and drew 1-1 with the Whitecaps at home during the regular season.<\/p>\n

Mayor Todd Gloria weighed in on X, writing, \u201cI am so proud of @San DiegoFC. No matter the score tonight, this first-season run has been incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Associated Press contributed to this article. <\/p>\n

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