The 2020 San Diego Loyal SC season was the club's first season of existence and their first season in the USL Championship (USLC). This article covers the period from the founding of the club to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.[1]
Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Joseph Salinas
Note: Match abandoned at start of second half due to Loyal walking off the pitch in protest of an alleged homophobic slur.[8] According to the FIFA disciplinary code, the match was forfeited and Phoenix was awarded a 3–0 victory.[9]
Source: USL Championship Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) points; 3) total wins; 4) total goal differential; 5) total goals scored; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.
As a USL Championship club, San Diego was set to enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.[10] The second round draw had the Loyal slated to play an away match versus Los Angeles Force scheduled for April 7.[11] Before the match could occur, however, U.S. Soccer suspended the competition on March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[12] before cancelling the competition altogether on August 17.[13]