Historic! With victory, SDFC claims most wins, points for expansion club in league history

San Diego FC overcame a late push by the Houston Dynamo on Saturday to win - and become the best regular season expansion squad in MLS history Anders Dreyer scored two goals and Amahl Pellegrino added a goal and an assist as SDFC - - points the leader in the Western Conference took a three-point lead over second-place Vancouver The club also extended its unbeaten streak on the road to nine games Felipe Andrade scored on a sliding first-touch finish off a low volley played into the area by Ond ej Lingr to give Houston a - lead in the th minute SDFC had to scramble late but their win put them ahead in the Western Conference and the record books Photo courtesy of San Diego FC Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the rd minute to tie it up Luca de la Torre came on in the th minute and scored in the th to give San Diego a - lead but it was short-lived Sergio Santos who was acquired by Houston off waivers from Cincinnati and was making his second appearance off the bench for the Dynamo responded in the th to make it - But Dreyer soon rolled a short pass to Pellegrino who tapped it back to Dreyer for a first-touch finish from just outside the -yard box That gave San Diego the lead for good in the th minute Pellegrino capped the scoring in the th minute of stoppage time with a left-footed shot following an assist from Jeppe Tverskov It was Pellegrino s first SDFC goal You know the first half I thought we were okay also like they weren t creating big chances we were just off a little bit but I think from the get-go in the second half it was clear that the group knew that we were going to turn this one around noted head coach Mikey Varas El Paletero puts us into the history books you know pic twitter com QVc tyqqYz San Diego FC sandiegofc October Houston - - was eliminated from playoff contention with the loss But the achievement gave SDFC a special place in the MLS record books San Diego set new MLS expansion squad records for both the greater part wins and the majority points in a single season Los Angeles FC had held the points mark with in while St Louis City posted wins in You have to celebrate that man You have to celebrate that points Varas stated Nobody can take that away from us that s written down right now until somebody else breaks it SDFC will watch Sunday as second-place Vancouver plays San Jose San Diego then travels to Providence Park Oct to face the Portland Timbers and close out its inaugural regular season