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Will San Diego FC’s Style of Play Work in Major League Soccer?
Hirving “Chucky” Lozano looked up from the left flank, the ball rolling toward his feet just outside the penalty area, then swung his famed right foot. The ball floated over six New York City FC defenders, and on the other end of the pass arrived Paddy McNair, who finished the play with a running header. San Diego FC’s fledgling supporter groups, with drums and banners in tow, erupted from beyond the endline. It’s a fitting goal to be San Diego FC’s first-ever. Last June, San Diego FC signed Lozano to be the team’s inaugural star and leading attacker. A month later, the team recruited McNair from England to lead the defense. Their historic connection was part of the Coachella Valley Invitational, a three-week preseason event at Indio’s Empire Polo Club featuring 14 MLS teams (as well as San Diego Wave and five other teams from the NWSL).December 19, 2024The 10 Biggest Highlights in San Diego Sports, 2024RELATED ARTICLE“We created a lot of chances [and] this is what we said from the beginning: We’re going to go after the game. We’re going to score goals,” head coach Mikey Varas said after the game, though McNair’s was San Diego FC’s only tally in the 3-1 loss. Varas remained undeterred. “Overall, [there is] 100 percent commitment to the ideas. Now there’s a lot of clarity about what little adjustments we need.”Courtesy of San Diego FCVaras’ side took on the Portland Timbers four days later, but fell 3-0. It wasn’t until their third and final test at the Coachella Valley Invitational, against the New York Red Bulls, that San Diego FC broke through and put their coach’s philosophy into action.Lozano had a goal and two more assists, and forward Anders Dreyer netted two goals en route to a 6-0 romp. But it was midfielder Luca de la Torre who stole the show.Defender Christopher McVey launched a long pass from the back in search of a releasing de la Torre, and when the ball fell back to earth de la Torre controlled it with a first touch from the heavens. Perfectly in stride, he nudged the ball towards the Red Bulls’ net with exacting pace and direction. The goalkeeper couldn’t cut it off. The defenders couldn’t chase it down. After a few dribbles, de la Torre smashed home the goal for a 3-0 first-half lead. View this post on Instagram A post shared by San Diego FC (@sandiegofc)It could be a sign of things to come as the team prepares for its first regular season game on February 23 against reigning MLS champions LA Galaxy and, at long last, its home debut at Snapdragon Stadium on March 1 against St. Louis City SC.The exhibition against the Red Bulls featured what’s probably San Diego FC’s best starting eleven, and the attack is the strength. Earlier in the Coachella Valley Invitational, a subtle hip movement from Lozano faked a NYCFC defender so badly the player stumbled backwards and fell on the seat of his pants. It’s skills like that, honed from years playing in top leagues in Europe, that sets Lozano apart in MLS. And as if there was any doubt, the kids who stormed the pitchside railing after the games, chanting “Chucky!” and pleading for his autograph, make clear who the star is. It’s the left winger from Mexico.Courtesy of San Diego FCOn the opposite side is Dreyer, who comes from RSC Anderlecht in the Belgium Pro League. SDFC outmaneuvered several suitors to bring Dreyer and his powerful left foot to San Diego, and completing the front line is forward Marcus Ingvartsen. When asked at the Coachella Valley Invitational what stood out to him about his team, Varas pointed to this trio. “You saw [Lozano and Dreyer] target each other, winger to winger, multiple times. I think that’s going to be massive in our league,” he said. “And in terms of how Marcus [Ingvartsen] complements those two, I see a lot of positives about the front three.”February 5, 20255 San Diego Sports Events to Watch: February 2025RELATED ARTICLEComplementing and feeding the attack is de la Torre, whose distinct running style—hands outstretched, arms swaying side to side—makes him look like a conductor leading an orchestra. He displayed that command when he came on in the 64th minute against NYCFC. Instantly, San Diego was stronger in possession, and de la Torre showed off his superlative ball handling. It’s little wonder why Fulham FC of the English Premier League had recruited him from San Diego at 16 years old. Now 26, de la Torre is a key part of a formidable four-man front for his hometown team.Courtesy of San Diego FC“Here, we want to play attacking football. It’s going to be more open than what I’ve played in the past,” de la Torre said. “I think it can be a good chance for me to improve, to be an attacking player, and to have goals and assists and help the team win.” At the same time, expansion franchises often struggle out of the gate, and there are plenty of questions about San Diego FC. Do they have enough depth and experience, particularly in the defense, to compete against the best teams in the MLS? Despite the clean sheet against the Red Bulls, SDFC conceded two goals per game in Indio. Only three teams in the league last year allowed goals at a worse rate. Will their style of play work in top-flight soccer in the US? As part of the Right to Dream network, San Diego FC employs a complex, physically demanding style of play that prioritizes winning possession and attacking the opponent’s goal.Courtesy of San Diego FCHow will Varas, a first-time head coach, respond to adversity? MLS’s preseason power rankings placed SDFC third-to-last. The team will be fighting for all the points they can get this season. But ranking ahead of two long-established franchises is a credit to the organization and roster that CEO Tom Penn and sporting director Tyler Heaps have put together. Penn’s involvement also portends well.Penn helped found LAFC, which started play in 2018 and achieved the best season ever for an expansion team, with 57 points. A year later, LAFC won the Supporters’ Shield as the best regular season team in MLS. In 2022, they won their first MLS championship. It’s unfair to expect the same from SDFC, but with three major league teams in San Diego starting their seasons soon, a championship-starved city can dream.Last October, the Padres went scoreless in the final 24 innings of the National League Division Series to lose in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Payroll reductions in the offseason forced the team to improve on the margins, bringing in veterans Jason Heyward, Connor Joe, and Nick Pivetta to fill key spots, but uncertainty hovers over the team as the Seidler family battles in court over control of the franchise. Still, the roster teems with talent and the fan base remains invested. Season tickets sold out in January. As it has been the past several years, Petco Park will be buzzing on Opening Day next month.SD Wave, which start their season on March 16, are also in a transitional phase. Gone are Alex Morgan, who retired last summer, and Naomi Girma, the world’s best defender sold to Chelsea for a record transfer fee. Jill Ellis, the team’s first president, left for a job at FIFA. However, the new ownership group hiring head coach Jonas Eidevall, who led Arsenal women in a successful three-year stint, indicates a willingness to invest and return to the top of the NWSL table.Then there’s SDFC. They will struggle at times, the losses could pile up in the first season, but their head coach won’t forget about a broader vision, both for his team and for San Diego. “We won’t freak out. Whether we’re on a 10-game win streak or 10-game loss streak, we’ll never change. We’ll keep going,” Varas said. “I want my impact to impact the sustainability of the club 100 years from now.”The post Will San Diego FC’s Style of Play Work in Major League Soccer? appeared first on San Diego Magazine.
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Judge sides with city, Padres development team on one claim against Tailgate Park deal
San Diego secured a partial victory in the courtroom battle contesting the city’s pending sale of an East Village parking lot known as Tailgate Park to a development team led by the San Diego Padres.Last week, San Diego Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal ruled against nonprofit Project for Open Government on a single cause of action in the group’s lawsuit seeking to kill the deal.Tailgate Park is a city-owned site, just east of Petco Park, leased to the Padres through the end of 2043 for use as a parking lot and special event space. In April 2022, San Diego council members approved the sale of the 5.25-acre site for $35.1 million to Tailgate Development LLC.In her order on Feb. 13, Bacal tossed out the claim that San Diego violated the California Environmental Quality Act when it approved the real estate transaction. Project for Open Government should have administratively raised concerns about unstudied impacts associated with increased density in 2020, when the city originally rezoned half of the property, the judge said.“An action under CEQA cannot be brought unless a person presents to the public agency either orally or in writing the ‘alleged grounds for noncompliance’ during the public comment period or before the public hearing closes,” Bacal wrote. “The time for petitioner to raise challenges concerning the rezoning for increased development density would have needed to be made within 30 days of the filing of the notice of determination, or 180 days if the notice of determination was not filed, from the date of the city’s 2020 legislative actions.”The latest order is a curveball in a case that appeared to be going against the city and the Padres, although the judge has yet to weigh in on whether the real estate transaction broke other city and state laws. The suit alleges, for instance, that the city is selling the land for less than fair market value, which is illegal under the city charter.“The fight to unwind Todd Gloria’s giveaway of public property to billionaires at the expense of San Diegans in need of affordable housing is far from over,” said Cory Briggs, the attorney representing Project for Open Government.The remaining claims around the deal’s legality are scheduled to be taken up at a hearing scheduled for March 14.Related ArticlesBusiness | A ‘campus town center,’ a greenway and 3 times as many people: What San Diego plans for the College Area Business | Campus at Horton in foreclosure Business | Costa Verde Center near UTC sold for $124M Business | Legal challenges to housing development aren’t new to San Diego. But the group behind this one is. Business | Shea Homes buys office park and 23 acres of undeveloped land in Scripps Ranch “Judge Bacal did rule in the city’s favor on the CEQA cause of action finding that the petitioner failed to exhaust the administrative remedies by not specifically raising the CEQA issues before filing the lawsuit. The court had previously bifurcated the other causes of action that alleged violations of the Surplus Land Act and the city charter,” said Chris Olsen, who is the chief of staff for San Diego City Attorney Heather Ferbert. “We are unable to provide further comment on the pending litigation.”Tailgate Park is the four-block parking lot bounded by 12th and Imperial avenues, and K and 14th streets. The Tailgate Development redevelopment plan, called East Village Quarter, calls for a total of 1,800 residential units in a collection of mid- and high-rise residential buildings, 50,000 square feet of retail and office space, a public park and 1,200 public parking spaces, as memorialized in the disposition and development agreement tied to the approved transaction.Tailgate Development is composed of real estate developer Tishman Speyer and Padres Next Fifty LLC. Padres Next Fifty is a partnership between the San Diego Padres and real estate investment firm Ascendant Capital Partners. The Padres have a 25 percent ownership stake in the Tailgate Development entity.In May 2022, Project for Open Government sued the city and the development team, alleging that the transaction violates city and state laws.The suit contends that, under CEQA, the city should have prepared an environmental impact report specifically for the Tailgate Park project, as opposed to relying on an addendum to the Downtown Community Plan EIR. The addendum was prepared in 2020, prior to approval of the Tailgate Park transaction, when the city rezoned the east half of the Tailgate Park site from mixed commercial to ballpark mixed use district.In October, Bacal signaled that she would rule against the city on the CEQA claim. The judge was later swayed by the city’s arguments during a Dec. 6 hearing.“Respondents brought into focus their argument that petitioner did not exhaust administrative remedies because the petitioner’s claim is based on concerns with the mixed-use commercial zoning, which predated the city’s action in 2020 that subjected the site to ballpark mixed use zoning,” Bacal said in the Feb. 13 order.In April 2022, Project for Open Government sent a letter to the city, opposing the transaction and identifying violations of city and state laws. However, the letter did not exhaust the group’s administrative remedies, because the transaction documents and the project’s approval did not include a rezoning, the judge said.As a result, the court could not consider arguments related to the substance of the advocacy group’s CEQA claim, Bacal said in her Feb. 13 order.The court will consider Project for Open Government’s remaining claims next month.The government watchdog group is also contesting the legality of the sale price. The group claims that the city undervalued the property by more than $40 million, constituting an illegal gift of public funds.In November 2021, the Tailgate Park property was appraised at $76 million, yet the land’s fair market value was set at $34 million. The reduced value reflects the cost to pay for replacement parking for 1,060 spaces, as the city is required to do per the terms of its lease agreement with the Padres. The appraiser estimated a replacement cost of $40,000 per space. The land’s fair reuse value — or the highest price the site could fetch in a competitive open market — was set at $35.1 million, as determined in a separate analysis.The lawsuit alleges that the Padres are not only being compensated in the form of title to the property, but that the organization would also be relieved of making rent payments to the city.“Through the (development deal), which transfers title to Tailgate Park to the Padres and expressly extinguishes the lease, the city is losing both title to Tailgate Park and any rights to future rent payments from the Padres for any parking, whether at Tailgate Park or at a substitute facility,” the watchdog group’s July brief states. “The $40 million discount … does not account for the city’s loss of future annual rents.”As such, Project for Open Government argues that the city is selling the land for less than fair market value, which is illegal under the city charter.The suit also takes issue with the city’s disposition process and the number of residential units deed-restricted for low-income households.The approved development agreement requires 10 percent of total units, or 180 units, to be deed restricted for households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. Another 90 units are to be reserved for middle-income households earning up to 150 percent of the area median income.However, the contractual obligations fall short of what’s required by the Surplus Land Act. Under the state law, which was amended in 2019, the city is required to first offer land available for lease or sale to parties that agree to set aside at least 25 percent of proposed housing units for low-income families, defined as families making 80 percent or less of the area median income.The Tailgate Park project qualified for a grandfathering exemption from the stricter state disposition process because the city and the development team were under contract before Dec. 31, 2020. But the parties allowed the term of their exclusive negotiating agreement to expire before later extending the agreement. The lawsuit contends the lapse triggered an automatic termination of the contract, requiring the city to restart its disposition process under the Surplus Land Act.As the court battle continues, Tailgate Park transaction proceeds remain out of reach of the city and other public agencies.Tailgate Park is governed by a complex set of state regulations because the parcels were owned by San Diego’s since-dissolved redevelopment agency before being transferred to the city in 2016. Redevelopment dissolution laws require transaction funds to be shared proportionally, based on property tax revenues, with local taxing agencies. The city’s share of sale proceeds is $6 million. San Diego Unified School District’s share of the transaction is 44 percent, or $15.3 million.
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Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage slips to 8-week low after fifth-straight weekly decline
By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterThe average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fifth week in a row to its lowest level since late December, a welcome boost for prospective homebuyers in what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for home sales.Related ArticlesReal Estate | Judge sides with city, Padres development team on one claim against Tailgate Park deal Real Estate | Where in Southern California did it get easier to buy a home? Real Estate | New San Diego apartment complex charges more than $4K for a two-bedroom Real Estate | House hunters say ‘No!” as buying pace hits 41-year low Real Estate | Campus at Horton in foreclosure The average rate fell to 6.85% from 6.87% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, it averaged 6.9%.Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their home loan to a lower rate, also eased this week. The average rate fell to 6.04% from 6.09% last week. A year ago, it averaged 6.29%, Freddie Mac said.Rising home prices and elevated mortgage rates, which can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, have kept many prospective home shoppers on the sidelines, especially first-time buyers who don’t have equity from an existing home to put toward a new home purchase.Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell last year to their lowest level in nearly 30 years, extending a national home sales slump that began in 2022 as mortgage rates began to climb from their pandemic-era lows.The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is now at its lowest level since Dec. 26, when it was also 6.85%. It briefly fell to a 2-year low last September, but has been mostly hovering around 7% this year.“This stability continues to bode well for potential buyers and sellers as we approach the spring homebuying season,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.The inventory of U.S. homes on the market climbed last month to its highest level since June 2020, according to data from Redfin. But mortgage rates and prices remain an unaffordable combination for many would-be homebuyers.Despite the recent easing in mortgage rates, home loan applications fell 5.5% last week from the previous week to the lowest level since the start of the year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.“Purchase activity was higher than year-ago levels, but many prospective homebuyers are waiting for supply and affordability conditions to improve meaningfully before jumping into the market,” said Bob Broeksmit, the MBA’s CEO.Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including how the bond market reacts to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions.The latest pullback in rates echoes a decline in the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide for pricing home loans.The yield was at 4.79% just a few weeks ago, reflecting fears that inflation may remain stubbornly higher amid a solid U.S. economy and the potential impact of tariffs and other policies proposed by the Trump administration.The 10-year yield was at 4.5% in midday trading Thursday, following a report showing that more U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week than economists expected.
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