SDFC, with Dreyer out, Lozano limited, falls to 0-2 in Leagues Cup play

San Diego FC was undermanned and outgunned in its second Leagues Cup match Friday falling to Mexican club Tigres UANL by a outcome of - San Diego now - in Leagues Cup play came into the match at Snapdragon Stadium at a clear disadvantage First leading scorer Anders Dreyer was suspended for the encounter due to a red card received during the previous match against C F Pachuca on Tuesday In addition second-leading scorer Hirving Chucky Lozano was not in the starting XI as a precautionary measure due to lingering hamstring injuries Lozano who played about injury-free minutes in SDFC s - loss to Pachuca wound up on the pitch for about minutes in the second half Friday coming in during the nd minute Tigres - in the Leagues Cup after a dominant - win over the Houston Dynamo went up - during the st minute when Argentine forward ngel Correa scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the goal to the middle-right portion of the net San Diego leveled the number during the th minute when forward Tom s ngel scored with a left-footed shot from the center of the goal to the top left corner of the net Correa collected a brace during the th minute when he hit a right-footed shot from the center of the goal to the bottom right corner of the net a goal that sealed the Tigres - win In addition to Dreyer being out and Lozano being limited another of the club s best players goalkeeper C J dos Santos missed his sixth straight match after suffering a nose injury July versus the Houston Dynamo Dos Santos later underwent surgery Backup keeper Pablo Sisniega has started all the matches dos Santos has missed and San Diego has a - - record since including Leagues Cup play Since SDFC s back-to-back losses were in Leagues Cup play they don t count in the MLS standings San Diego still sits atop the Western Conference table at - - With Friday night s loss SDFC s chances of moving out of Phase One of the Leagues Cup and winning the tournament are nil Under the format for the tournament clubs all Liga MX teams and MLS teams play three games against teams in the opposing league The four from each league with the highest point totals advance to the semifinals Up next SDFC faces Mazatl n F C at Snapdragon at p m Tuesday in its third and final Leagues Cup match Mazatl n defeated the Houston Dynamo - earlier Friday to remain undefeated - in Leagues Cup action After wrapping up its international tournament duties San Diego returns to MLS regular season play with a road match against Sporting Kansas City on Aug before facing the SanJose Quakes in Northern California on Aug Notes SDFC reported Wednesday that it traded backup goalkeeper Jacob Jackson an Escondido native to FC Dallas for a draft pick In addition San Diego is re-acquiringgoalkeeper Duran Ferree from FC Nordsj lland in Denmark Ferree an -year-old San Diego native was loaned out to Nordsj lland in December In December he became the first player signed in SDFC history Note Inset SDFC limited Chucky Lozano s play in their second of three Leagues Cup matches Friday He started the first match here vs C F Pachuca Photo courtesy of SDFC