Mikey Varas wants his in-shape San Diego FC players to feel just as inspired as he prepares when they prepare for Sporting Kansas City.
San Diego defeated Colorado Rapids 2-0 in midweek to make it three victories in a row while they took the second place in the classification of the Western Conference.
Varas was especially satisfied with the way his side continued in the victory over Colorado and now wants more of the same.
“It was a huge victory. I hope everyone is inspired as I am,” he said reporters.
“It is easy to deteriorate when leading 1-0, but instead they did the opposite and went ahead, went and pressed with courage.
“It was a complete version. That version was an example of what we can be, so we have to enjoy that.
“Now it is a quick change and it's only about the next game, but we have a taste of what can be.”
Saturday.
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– San Diego FC (@Sandiegofc) 15 May 2025
San Diego, who participates in their inaugural MLS campaign, are 12 points better than the following opponents with 13 games played.
Sporting only won one of their last four games, but Kerry Zavagnin was proud of the way his side recovered from two down to pull 2-2 with St. Louis City previous time-out.
“You can talk about how you can't control the results,” said care boss Zavagnin. “And then you lose every game and then everyone says:” Yes, but … “.
“Our approach is that we cannot do anything yesterday and we can do nothing about tomorrow. The only thing we can handle is the moment.
“That was the message during the rest, that we have to place half behind us and show that we at least have the character to compete and pushing forward. We did and we have a result.”
Players to watch
San Diego – Other Dreyer
Dreyer scored once and assisted another for San Diego in the victory over Colorado, making it six goals and six assists in 12 ml outings this term.
Those 12 direct goal statements are the joint in the division, next to the Antony of Portland Timbers.
Sporting – Dejan Joveljic
Joveljic led the equalizer to St. Louis who earned their first point on the road when she ran with several goals in more than a decade.
The Serbia International is running for the road between sporting players with six goals this season, and is one of the five MLS players with six or more goals in each of the last four campaigns.
Team of the matchday unlocked @joveljicdejan #sportingkc | @Audi pic.twitter.com/uqgtdv1rlr
– Sporting Kansas City (@sportingkc) 15 May 2025
Match forecast: San Diego Win
Sporting Kansas City has only lost three of their last 15 games against expansion providers (W8 D4) in a run from June 2017.
The comeback drawing previous Time -Out marked only the second time that Sporting has avoided the defeat in their last 15 from races.
However, San Diego is in hot form thanks to three consecutive victories, making them the third expansion side in MLS history to win seven of their first 13 games (St. Louis City – 8 in 2023, Chicago – 7 in 1998).
Opta wins probability
San Diego – 55.2%
Sporting KC – 21.7%
Drawing – 23.1%