US EditionStar 'Chucky' Lozano out after one season with SDFC
- San Diego FC announced Friday that it was working on the exit of Mexico star Hirving 'Chucky' Lozano after just one season and believes a sale is best for all parties.
- After a reported altercation, the club dropped Lozano from the gameday roster for two matches following discussions among owners, club leadership, and head coach Mikey Varas.
- As SDFC's first Designated Player, Hirving 'Chucky' Lozano signed from PSV Eindhoven and contributed across 27 appearances last year, complicating a potential transfer due to his top-earner status.
- San Diego sporting director Tyler Heaps told reporters `We have communicated with Hirving and his representatives that he will not be part of the sporting plans moving forward` and said, `At the moment, we're open to anything`.
- As a current rotational starter for Mexico, Lozano faces club-level uncertainty that could disrupt his preparations for the 2026 World Cup, with Mexico opening against South Africa in Mexico City in five months.
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La Jornada Baja CaliforniaMexico not only works with a short time, it also has to deal with the problems that its players have in the clubs where they militan. Less than six months before the debut at the FIFA World Cup 2026, the international Hirving Lozano, a world leader and author of the 1-0 with which the team defeated Germany for the first time in 2018, was set aside from San Diego FC’s plans at the Major League Soccer in the United States. “We had conversations wi…
By GREG BEACHAM Hirving “Chucky” Lozano will not return to San Diego FC for a second season. The club’s sporting director, Tyler Heaps, told reporters on Friday that he is working on the departure of Lozano, the 30-year-old forward who was once a mainstay for the Mexican national team and who joined the MLS expansion team for its inaugural 2025 season as its first Designated Player. Lozano scored nine goals in 27 appearances during the regular s…
Lozano, selected from Mexico in the 2018 World Cups of Russia and Qatar 2022, hopes to represent his selection this year, although by the end of last season he had already lost ownership in San Diego
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