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The win clinched the Round One best-of-3 series, 2-1 and propels top-seeded San Diego into the Western Conference Semifinals against Minnesota.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2364064 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2364064\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/san-diego-fc-advances-mls-semifinals-after-4-0-win\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Full Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ccc832 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no\" data-id=\"4ccc832\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1624b6f\" data-id=\"1624b6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5daa840 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5daa840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/san-diego-fc-300x333-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2407\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/san-diego-fc-300x333-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/san-diego-fc-300x333-1-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-59a3d42\" data-id=\"59a3d42\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8974f91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8974f91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/san-diego-fc-face-portland-mls-playoff-game-sunday\">San Diego FC to face Portland in MLS playoff game Sunday\n<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-049c2fa elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"049c2fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nov. 3, 2025 (San Diego) &#8212; San Diego FC and the Portland Timbers will be playing for the opportunity to advance in the Major League Soccer playoffs this Sunday after Portland beat SDFC 3-2 in a penalty shooutout Saturday night in Portland.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a23058 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4a23058\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/san-diego-fc-face-portland-mls-playoff-game-sunday\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Full Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-691ec84 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no\" data-id=\"691ec84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cbd84b\" data-id=\"7cbd84b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c4a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77c4a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BW-Blood-24-300x225-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2408\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff4b3de\" data-id=\"ff4b3de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ad4550 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ad4550\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/save-life-honor-legend-bill-walton-memorial-blood-drive-nov-5\">Save a life, honor a Legend at Bill Walton Memorial Blood Drive on Nov. 5\n<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9b3409 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9b3409\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Last year&#8217;s inaugural Bill Walton Memorial Blood Drive hosted by the San Diego Blood Bank was in Mission Valley. This year&#8217;s Nov. 5 drive will be at Grossmont Center, in Walton&#8217;s hometown. Photo by Karen Pearlman<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea177eb elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ea177eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/save-life-honor-legend-bill-walton-memorial-blood-drive-nov-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Full Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a77e89 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no 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href=\"https:\/\/www.snapdragonstadium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\">Snapdragon Stadium<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0when the team faces the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\">Portland Timbers<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\">(link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0in Game 1 of the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs Round One Best-of-Three series.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34dd6d7 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"34dd6d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" 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Photo courtesy Official Wrigley Field Instagram<\/em><\/p><p data-end=\"159\" data-start=\"87\">East County News Service<\/p><p data-end=\"330\" data-start=\"161\">Oct. 3, 2025 (Chicago) &#8212; The San Diego Padres\u2019 2025 season, a 90-win campaign filled with promise and frustration, came to an abrupt halt on Thursday at Wrigley Field<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e53ee74 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e53ee74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastcountymagazine.org\/padres%E2%80%99-world-series-dream-ends-chicago\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read Full 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on X Subscribe to our RSS feed San Diego FC advances to MLS semifinals after 4-0 win San Diego FC, in its debut MLS season, stamped its authority on the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs, beating the Portland Timbers 4-0 Sunday night at Snapdragon Stadium. The win clinched the Round One best-of-3 series, 2-1 and propels top-seeded San Diego into the Western Conference Semifinals against Minnesota. Read Full Article San Diego FC to face Portland in MLS playoff game Sunday Nov. 3, 2025 (San Diego) &#8212; San Diego FC and the Portland Timbers will be playing for the opportunity to advance in the Major League Soccer playoffs this Sunday after Portland beat SDFC 3-2 in a penalty shooutout Saturday night in Portland. Read Full Article Save a life, honor a Legend at Bill Walton Memorial Blood Drive on Nov. 5 Last year&#8217;s inaugural Bill Walton Memorial Blood Drive hosted by the San Diego Blood Bank was in Mission Valley. This year&#8217;s Nov. 5 drive will be at Grossmont Center, in Walton&#8217;s hometown. Photo by Karen Pearlman Read Full Article San Diego FC playoff-bound this weekend at Snapdragon Stadium San Diego FC will host its first playoff match Sunday, Oct. 26, at\u00a0Snapdragon Stadium(link is external)\u00a0when the team faces the\u00a0Portland Timbers(link is external)\u00a0in Game 1 of the Audi 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs Round One Best-of-Three series. Read Full Article Padres\u2019 World Series dream ends in Chicago The Chicago Cubs celebrate after beating the Padres 3-1 to clinch a spot in the NLDS. Photo courtesy Official Wrigley Field Instagram East County News Service Oct. 3, 2025 (Chicago) &#8212; The San Diego Padres\u2019 2025 season, a 90-win campaign filled with promise and frustration, came to an abrupt halt on Thursday at Wrigley Field Read Full Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2401","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2401"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3500,"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2401\/revisions\/3500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/720designpythons.com\/ecm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}