{"id":34431,"date":"2025-09-03T10:59:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=34431"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:59:47","slug":"ruthless-san-diego-fc-spoil-son-heung-min-home-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ruthless-san-diego-fc-spoil-son-heung-min-home-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"“Ruthless” San Diego FC Spoil Son Heung-Min Home Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A sold-out crowd at BMO Stadium came to celebrate Son Heung-Min<\/a> long-awaited home debut for LAFC<\/a>. Instead, San Diego FC<\/a> made sure the night belonged to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major League Soccer\u2019s newest club silenced the buzz and stunned the hosts with a 2-1 comeback victory<\/a> on Sunday, leaving thousands of Black & Gold supporters heading home in frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cImpacting the flow of the game was going to be really important,\u201d head coach Mikey Varas said afterward. \u201cThey\u2019re a top team. We knew the environment was going to be tough, Son\u2019s first home game, so there was going to be a lot of electricity around this game\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn these games, you\u2019ve got to be ruthless in both boxes. It\u2019s not just about attacking plays, but it\u2019s also about making big blocks, big defensive actions. And if you think you\u2019re not going to have to do that, you\u2019re not going to win very often.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sold-out crowd at BMO Stadium came to celebrate Son Heung-Min<\/a>‘s anticipated home debut for LAFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Diego FC<\/a> crashed the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major League Soccer\u2019s newest team sent that raucous crowd home in disappointment on Sunday night with a 2-1 comeback victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cImpacting the flow of the game was going to be really important,\u201d explained head coach Mikey Varas postgame. \u201cThey’re a top team. We knew the environment was going to be tough, Son\u2019s first home game, so there was going to be a lot of electricity around this game\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn these games, you’ve got to be ruthless in both boxes. It’s not just about attacking plays, but it’s also about making big blocks, big defensive actions. And if you think you’re not going to have to do that, you’re not going to win very often.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A sold-out crowd at BMO Stadium came to celebrate Son Heung-Min long-awaited home debut for LAFC. Instead, San Diego FC made sure the night belonged to them. Major League Soccer\u2019s newest club silenced the buzz and stunned the hosts with a 2-1 comeback victory on Sunday, leaving thousands of Black & Gold supporters heading home in frustration. \u201cImpacting the flow of the game was going to be really important,\u201d head coach Mikey Varas said afterward. \u201cThey\u2019re a top team. We knew the environment was going to be tough, Son\u2019s first home game, so there was going to be a lot of electricity around this game\u2026 \u201cIn these games, you\u2019ve got to be ruthless in both boxes. It\u2019s not just about attacking plays, but it\u2019s also about making big blocks, big defensive actions. And if you think you\u2019re not going to have to do that, you\u2019re not going to win very often.\u201d A sold-out crowd at BMO Stadium came to celebrate Son Heung-Min‘s anticipated home debut for LAFC. San Diego FC crashed the party. Major League Soccer\u2019s newest team sent that raucous crowd home in disappointment on Sunday night with a 2-1 comeback victory. \u201cImpacting the flow of the game was going to be really important,\u201d explained head coach Mikey Varas postgame. \u201cThey’re a top team. We knew the environment was going to be tough, Son\u2019s first home game, so there was going to be a lot of electricity around this game\u2026 \u201cIn these games, you’ve got to be ruthless in both boxes. It’s not just about attacking plays, but it’s also about making big blocks, big defensive actions. And if you think you’re not going to have to do that, you’re not going to win very often.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news","category-mls"],"yoast_head":"\n"Ruthless" San Diego FC Spoil Son Heung-Min Home Debut - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A sold-out crowd came to celebrate Son Heung-Min long-awaited home debut for LAFC. 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