Everything San Diego

3 weeks ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

The San Diego Legion’s 8-8 season was not enough to qualify them for the Western Conference playoffs after the Seattle Seawolves passed them for the fourth and final playoff spot with a 42-17 win over the Miami Sharks on Sunday. San Diego is the lone team in the Western Conference to not qualify for the playoffs. They were the only team in the West without a winning record.

3 weeks ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

With their backs against the wall, the San Diego Legion controlled the match from the start with three tries in the first half and four more in the second half of their 50-5 win over Old Glory DC to keep their playoff hopes alive going into the final day of the season. They put pressure on the Seattle Seawolves, who they now lead by four points, for the final playoff spot in Major League Rugby’s Western Conference.

3 weeks ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

Seattle Reign FC (5-4-2, 17 points, T-5th NWSL) scored twice from outside the box in the second half to end San Diego Wave FC’s (6-3-2, 20 points, 2nd NWSL) club-record six-match unbeaten streak on a rainy Friday night at Snapdragon Stadium. The match was scoreless until Reign midfielder Sally Menti scored the match’s first goal in the 67th minute with a stellar strike from beyond the arc and forward Emeri Adames put the go-ahead score in the top right corner of the goal in the 87th minute.

1 month ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

Christian Poidevin, Shilo Klein and Hugh Roach each scored two tries as the San Diego Legion (7-5, 38 points, 2nd West) earned a 45-36 victory over the Eastern Conference’s NOLA Gold (4-7, 28 points, 4th East). The Legion finished a stretch of 3 matches in 9 days, earning 12 of the possible 15 points with their two wins and getting each four-try bonus point. Their 7-point loss to the Utah Warriors on Wednesday accounts for the other point they earned.

2 months ago | esdsports.com | Jonny Richardson

Padres batters hit San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb for five runs over five innings, including three in the first, as the Padres won 7-4 in the series opener with the Giants who started the night in a first-place tie with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. The Nos. 5-9 hitters each recorded at least one hit as the Friars combined for 11 hits – their most since April 18, eight games – and their seven runs was the most since April 14, 11 games.