Anders Dreyer scored twice and San Diego FC cleared two impressive milestones with Saturday’s 4-2 road win against Houston.
The victory is the first year club’s 18th of the season, breaking St. Louis’ Major League Soccer expansion record set in 2023. SDFC reached 60 points, putting them beyond LAFC – who set the previous high of 57 in 2018.
Mikey Varas’ team is once again alone atop the Western Conference standings, but Vancouver has a chance to match their 60 points with a win Sunday against San Jose. Minnesota currently sits second with 58 points. SDFC and Minnesota have one match remaining this season, while Vancouver will have two more after Sunday.
The Dynamo led 1-0 after the first half. Dreyer, an MVP candidate, got the visitors level on a 53rd minute penalty kick.
Mayhem ensued late in regulation. Luca de la Torre gave San Diego FC a brief advantage in the 85th minute. Just two minutes later a sloppy giveaway by the SDFC back line resulted in a Sergio Santos equalizer.
SDFC pulled back ahead in the 89th minute. Dreyer took a pass in the box, gave it up to Amahl Pellegrino, who patiently made a return pass to Dreyer for the go-ahead goal.
Pellegrino made it 4-2 in the game’s final moments. He finished with a goal, two assists and drew the penalty that led to Dreyer’s PK.
Dreyer now has 17 goals and 35 goal contributions in his first MLS season.
SDFC held possession for 65.6 percent of the match. They also had a 7-1 advantage on corners, but trailed in shot attempts 17-15 and held a 6-5 edge in shots on goal.
The expansion side has gone nine straight road matches without a loss, and has 11 wins away from Snapdragon. That ties Montreal in 2022 and Inter Miami in 2024 for the single season league high.
San Diego FC wraps up the regular season October 18th at Portland.