San Diego

==Sports==
{{main|Sports in San Diego}}
[[File:Petco Park Padres Game.jpg|right|thumb|[[Petco Park]] in downtown San Diego, home of the [[San Diego Padres]]]]

Sports in San Diego includes one [[Professional sports leagues in the United States|major professional sports]] team, other [[Professional sports leagues in the United States#Other highest-level professional leagues|highest-level professional]] teams, [[minor league]] teams, and [[college athletics]]. The most prominent team in San Diego is the [[San Diego Padres]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). [[San Diego FC]] will begin play in [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) in 2025.<ref name="MLS Announcement">{{cite press release |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Major League Soccer awards expansion team to San Diego |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/major-league-soccer-awards-expansion-team-to-san-diego-x9222 |website=Major League Soccer |access-date=May 18, 2023}}</ref> [[San Diego State Aztecs]] teams play in [[NCAA Division I]] ([[FBS Division I|FBS]]). The [[Farmers Insurance Open]] is a professional [[golf]] tournament on the [[PGA Tour]], played annually at [[Torrey Pines Golf Course]].

San Diego is home to the [[National Women's Soccer League]] (NWSL)'s [[San Diego Wave FC]], [[National Lacrosse League]] (NLL)'s [[San Diego Seals]] (box lacrosse), [[Premier Lacrosse League]] (PLL)'s [[California Redwoods (lacrosse)|California Redwoods]] (field lacrosse), [[Major League Rugby]] (MLR)'s [[San Diego Legion]], [[Major Arena Soccer League]] (MASL)'s [[San Diego Sockers (2009)|San Diego Sockers]], [[Indoor Football League]] (IFL)'s [[San Diego Strike Force]], [[Pro Volleyball Federation]] (PVF)'s [[San Diego Mojo]] (women's volleyball), and the [[National Volleyball Association]] (NVA)'s [[San Diego Wild]] (men's volleyball) among teams in highest-level professional leagues.

=== Professional teams ===
The following teams compete at their sport's highest level of domestic competition.

'''Bold''' indicates [[Professional sports leagues in the United States|major professional league]] team.

''Italic'' indicates [[Sports club|club]] or [[Semi-professional sports|semi-pro]] team competing in its sport's highest level league, where the sport has no fully-professional domestic competition.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Club
!League
!Sport
!Since{{efn|First season in San Diego}}
!Home venue
!Attendance{{efn|Average home game attendance}}
!Titles
|-
| align="left" |'''[[San Diego Padres]]'''
|'''[[Major League Baseball|MLB]]'''
|'''[[Baseball]]'''
|1936'''{{efn|Original founding as a [[Minor League Baseball]] (MiLB) team: [[San Diego Padres (PCL)]]}}'''; '''1969'''{{efn|First season in San Diego in Major League Baseball}}
|'''[[Petco Park]]'''
|'''40,915 <small>([[2023 Major League Baseball season|2023]])</small>'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lin |first=Dennis |title=The disappointing Padres drew record attendance in 2023. Will next year be the same? |url=https://theathletic.com/4896261/2023/09/24/padres-attendance-record-2023/ |access-date= |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
| align="left" |'''[[San Diego FC]]'''
|'''[[Major League Soccer|MLS]]'''
|'''[[Association football|Soccer <small>(men's)</small>]]'''
|'''2025'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maurer |first=Pablo |title=MLS in San Diego: The history, context and next steps |url=https://theathletic.com/4531733/2023/05/18/mls-san-diego-expansion-explained/ |access-date= |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref>
|'''[[Snapdragon Stadium]]'''
|
|
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Wave FC]]
|[[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]]
|[[Women's association football|Soccer <small>(women's)</small>]]
|2022
|[[Snapdragon Stadium]]
|20,718 (<small>[[2023 National Women's Soccer League season|2023]]</small>)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 NWSL Attendance |url=https://soccerstadiumdigest.com/2023-nwsl-attendance/ |access-date= |website=Soccer Stadium Digest |language=en-US}}</ref>
|
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Seals]]
|[[National Lacrosse League|NLL]]
|[[Box lacrosse]]
|2018
|[[Pechanga Arena]]
|5,115 <small>([[2023 NLL season|2023]])</small>
|
|-
| align="left" |[[California Redwoods (lacrosse)|California Redwoods]]
|[[Premier Lacrosse League|PLL]]
|[[Field lacrosse]]
|2024{{efn|Team began play in 2019 as Redwoods Lacrosse Club, a charter member of the PLL, which was a touring-only league of nomadic teams for its first five seasons. The league assigned teams to home markets beginning in 2024, with San Diego's Torero Stadium becoming the home of the Redwoods}}
|[[Torero Stadium]]
|
|
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Legion]]
|[[Major League Rugby|MLR]]
|[[Rugby union|Rugby]]
|2018
|[[Snapdragon Stadium]]
|3,043 <small>([[2019 Major League Rugby season|2019]])</small>
|
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Sockers (2009–)|San Diego Sockers]]
|[[Major Arena Soccer League|MASL]]
|[[Indoor soccer]]
|1978''';{{efn|Original founding. Current team is the 3rd San Diego Sockers iteration of highest-level professional indoor soccer, revived in 2009. Previous teams: [[San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)]] and [[San Diego Sockers (2001–2004)]]}} '''2009
|[[Pechanga Arena]]{{efn|The Sockers plan to move to [[Frontwave Arena]] (capacity 6,367), a newly constructed arena in the suburb of [[Oceanside, California|Oceanside]] in 2023<ref>{{Cite web|title=CaliFino Arena|url=https://www.califinoarena.com/|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=CaliFino Arena|language=en-US|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122064819/https://www.califinoarena.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|2,746 <small>([[2019–20 Major Arena Soccer League season|2019–20]])</small>
|16{{efn|Sockers franchise includes titles won by its original iteration, [[San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)]], in preceding top professional indoor soccer leagues. The franchise's titles by league are as follows:<br />[[Major Arena Soccer League|MASL]]: 6 ([[2009–10 Professional Arena Soccer League season|2010]], [[2010–11 Professional Arena Soccer League season|2011]], [[2011–12 Professional Arena Soccer League season|2012]], [[2012–13 Professional Arena Soccer League season|2013]], [[2020–21 Major Arena Soccer League season|2021]], [[2021–22 Major Arena Soccer League season|2022]])<br />[[Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992)|MISL]]: 8 ([[1982–83 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1983]], [[1984–85 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1985]], [[1985–86 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1986]], [[1987–88 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1988]], [[1988–89 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1989]], [[1989–90 Major Indoor Soccer League season|1990]], [[1990–91 Major Soccer League season|1991]], [[1991–92 Major Soccer League season|1992]])<br />[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL Indoor]]: 2 ([[1981–82 NASL Indoor season|1982]], [[1983–84 NASL Indoor season|1984]])}}
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Strike Force]]
|[[Indoor Football League|IFL]]
|[[Indoor American football|Indoor football]]
|2019{{efn|Team was temporarily dormant for 2021 season due to effects of [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}}
|[[Pechanga Arena]]
|1,930 <small>([[2023 Indoor Football League season|2023]])</small><ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Football Schedule |url=https://sdstrikeforce.com/sports/football/schedule/2023 |access-date=July 18, 2023 |website=San Diego Strike Force |language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Mojo]]
|[[Pro Volleyball Federation|PVF]]
|[[Volleyball|Volleyball <small>(women's)</small>]]
|2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2023 |title=San Diego is home to a new women's professional volleyball team |url=https://www.10news.com/sports/sports-news/san-diego-is-home-to-a-new-womens-professional-volleyball-team |access-date= |website=ABC 10 News San Diego KGTV |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Viejas Arena]]
|
|
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Wild]]
|[[National Volleyball Association|NVA]]
|[[Volleyball|Volleyball <small>(men's)</small>]]
|2023
|varies
|
|
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Growlers]]
|[[Ultimate Frisbee Association|UFA]]
|[[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate <small>(men's)</small>]]
|2015
|varies
|
|
|-
| align="left" |San Diego Super Bloom
|[[Western Ultimate League|WUL]]
|[[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate <small>(women's)</small>]]
|2022
|varies
|
|
|-
| align="left" |''[[San Diego Lions]]''
|[[United States Australian Football League|''USAFL'']]
|[[Australian rules football|''Australian football'']]
|''1997''
|''varies''
|
|''2{{efn|2001, 2006}}''
|-
| align="left" |''[[San Diego Yacht Club]]''
|''[[America's Cup]]{{efn|Non-annual competition, no fixed schedule- matches held years apart on dates agreed upon between the defender and the challenger}}''
|[[Sailing (sport)|''Sailing'']]
|''1886''
|''[[San Diego Bay]]''
|
|''3{{efn|[[1987 America's Cup|1987]], [[1988 America's Cup|1988]], [[1992 America's Cup|1992]]}}''
|}
{{notelist}}

=== Minor league teams ===
The following teams compete below their sport's highest level of domestic competition.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Club
!League
!Tier{{efn|Competition tier (parentheses indicate higher-level league(s)}}
!Sport
!Since{{efn|First season in San Diego}}
!Home venue
!Attendance{{efn|Average home game attendance}}
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Gulls]]
|[[American Hockey League|AHL]]
|2 <small>([[National Hockey League|NHL]])</small>
|[[Ice hockey]]
|1966;{{efn|Original founding. Current team is the 4th San Diego Gulls iteration of minor league professional ice hockey, revived in 2015. Previous teams: [[San Diego Gulls (1966–1974)]], [[San Diego Gulls (1990–1995)]] & [[San Diego Gulls (1995–2006)]]}} 2015{{efn|Current AHL franchise was founded in 2000 as the [[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]], later relocating to San Diego and assuming the Gulls name in 2015}}
|[[Pechanga Arena]]
|6,953 <small>([[2022–23 AHL season|2022-23]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 29, 2022 |title=2American Hockey League 2021-22 Attendance Graph |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/nhl-attendance/att_graph_season.php?lid=AHL1941&sid=2022 |website=www.hockeydb.com/}}</ref></small>
|-
| align="left" |[[Ontario Clippers|San Diego Clippers]]
|[[G-League]]
|2 <small>([[National Basketball Association|NBA]])</small>
|[[Basketball]]
|2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Clippers go back to the future by moving G League team to San Diego |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/03/11/san-diego-clippers-nba-g-league |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=www.sportsbusinessjournal.com |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Frontwave Arena]]
|
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Surf Riders]]
|[[Minor League Cricket|MiLC]]
|2 <small>([[Major League Cricket|MLC]])</small>
|[[Cricket]]
|2021
|Canyonside Park
|
|-
| align="left" |[[Albion San Diego]]
|[[National Independent Soccer Association|NISA]]
|3 <small>([[Major League Soccer|MLS]] & [[USL Championship|USLC]])</small>
|[[Association football|Soccer]]
|1981;{{efn|Original founding as Albion SC youth academy}} 2019;{{efn|San Diego 1904 FC competed in the NISA from 2019 to 2021 before being absorbed into Albion San Diego in December 2021}} 2022{{efn|First season as Albion San Diego following merger absorbing San Diego 1904 FC}}
|[[Canyon Crest Academy]]
|
|}
{{notelist}}

=== College athletics ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Club
!University
!Enrollment
!League
!Primary conference
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego State Aztecs]]
|[[San Diego State University]]
|35,723<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facts & Figures |url=https://admissions.sdsu.edu/facts-figures.aspx |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=admissions.sdsu.edu |language=en}}</ref> <small>(2022)</small>
|[[NCAA Division I]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]])
|[[Mountain West Conference]]
|-
| align="left" |[[San Diego Toreros]]
|[[University of San Diego]]
|8,815<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facts About USD - University of San Diego |url=https://www.sandiego.edu/about/fast-facts.php |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=www.sandiego.edu |language=en}}</ref> <small>(2022)</small>
|[[NCAA Division I]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Championship|FCS]])
|[[West Coast Conference]]
|-
| align="left" |[[UC San Diego Tritons]]
|[[University of California, San Diego]]
|42,968<ref>{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |date=2022-10-17 |title=Jam-packed UC San Diego sets new enrollment record |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2022-10-17/uc-san-diego-enrollment-hits-record |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> <small>(2022)</small>
|[[NCAA Division I]]
|[[Big West Conference]]
|-
| align="left" |[[Cal State San Marcos Cougars]]
|[[California State University San Marcos]]
|14,311<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fast Facts |url=https://news.csusm.edu/fast-facts/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=CSUSM Fast Facts |language=en-us}}</ref> <small>(2022)</small>
|[[NCAA Division II]]
|[[California Collegiate Athletic Association]]
|-
| align="left" |[[Point Loma Sea Lions]]
|[[Point Loma Nazarene University]]
|3,179<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Overview |url=https://www.pointloma.edu/about/university-overview |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Point Loma Nazarene University |language=en}}</ref> <small>(2021)</small>
|[[NCAA Division II]]
|[[Pacific West Conference]]
|-
| align="left" |San Diego Christian Hawks
|[[San Diego Christian College]]
|512 <small>(2020)</small>
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
|[[Golden State Athletic Conference]]
|-
|Saint Katherine Firebirds
|[[University of Saint Katherine]]
|264 <small>(2021)</small>
|[[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
|[[California Pacific Conference]]
|}

=== Annual sports events ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
!Event
!Sport
!Since
!Organization
!Current venue
|-
|[[Farmers Insurance Open]]
|[[Golf]]
|1952
|[[PGA Tour]]
|[[Torrey Pines Golf Course]]
|-
|[[Holiday Bowl]]
|[[College football]]
|1978
|[[NCAA Division I]] ([[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]])
|[[Petco Park]]
|-
|[[Rady Children's Invitational]]
|[[Basketball]]
|2023
|[[NCAA Division I]]
|[[LionTree Arena]]
|-
|[[San Diego Open (tennis)|San Diego Open]]
|[[Tennis]]
|1984
|[[Women's Tennis Association]]
|Barnes Tennis Centre
|-
|[[San Diego Bayfair Cup]]
|[[Hydroplane racing]]
|1964
|[[H1 Unlimited]]
|[[Mission Bay (San Diego)|Mission Bay]]
|-
|[[Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon]]
|[[Marathon]]
|1998
|[[Rock 'n' Roll Running Series]]
|[[Balboa Park (San Diego)|Balboa Park]]
|}