San Diego FC came into its final regular-season home match on Saturday with a chance to become the winningest expansion franchise in MLS history.

Tthe San Jose Earthquakes, however, had other ideas, and left at Snapdragon Stadium with a 1-0 victory.

A SDFC victory would have broken the MLS expansion points record (currently 57, by Los Angeles FC in 2018, and tied by San Diego this year) and set a new record for most wins by an expansion club with 18.

But San Diego wasn’t able to find the back of the net. The first and only goal of the match was scored by San Jose striker Josef Martinez via a left-footed shot from the center of the box during the match’s 14th minute.

SDFC had come into the match looking to earn a clean sweep against California teams, having already defeated the LA Galax

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