Sports in San Diego
Sports in
Professional sports
Of the major professional leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLS), San Diego currently has a team in one, the San Diego Padres of MLB, with another, San Diego FC of MLS, debuting in 2025.[1] 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 (field lacrosse), Major League Rugby (MLR)'s San Diego Legion, Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)'s San Diego Sockers, Indoor Football League (IFL)'s San Diego Strike Force, Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF)'s San Diego Mojo (women's), National Volleyball Association (NVA)'s San Diego Wild (men's), Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA)'s San Diego Growlers (men's), and the Western Ultimate League (WUL)'s San Diego Super Bloom (women's).
San Diego hosted the NFL's
San Diego is the largest American city not to have won a
Professional teams
The following teams compete at their sport's highest level of domestic competition.
- Bold indicates major professional league team.
- Italic indicates club or semi-pro team competing in its sport's highest level league, where the sport has no fully-professional domestic competition.
- ^ First season in San Diego
- ^ Average home game attendance
- ^ Original founding as a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) team: San Diego Padres (PCL)
- ^ 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
- ^ 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)
- 1984)
- ^ Team was temporarily dormant for 2021 season due to effects of COVID-19 pandemic
- ^ 2001, 2006
- ^ Non-annual competition, no fixed schedule- matches held years apart on dates agreed upon between the defender and the challenger
- ^ 1987, 1988, 1992
Minor league teams
The following teams compete below their sport's highest level of domestic competition.
Club | League | Tier[a] | Sport | Since[b] | Home venue | Attendance[c] |
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San Diego Gulls | AHL | 2 (NHL) | Ice hockey | 1966;[d] 2015[e] | Pechanga Arena | 6,953 (2022-23)[7] |
San Diego Clippers
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G League | 2 (NBA) | Basketball | 2024[f][8] | Frontwave Arena | |
San Diego Surf Riders | MiLC | 2 (MLC) | Cricket | 2021 | Canyonside Park | |
Albion San Diego | NISA | 3 (MLS & USLC) | Soccer | 1981;[g] 2019;[h] 2022[i] | Canyon Crest Academy |
- ^ Competition tier (parentheses indicate higher-level league(s)
- ^ First season in San Diego
- ^ Average home game attendance
- ^ 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)
- ^ Current AHL franchise was founded in 2000 as the Norfolk Admirals, later relocating to San Diego and assuming the Gulls name in 2015
- ^ The Ontario Clippers will relocate to Frontwave Arena in Oceanside and rebrand as the San Diego Clippers ahead of the 2024–25 season, upon the arena's opening.
- ^ Original founding as Albion SC youth academy
- ^ San Diego 1904 FC competed in the NISA from 2019 to 2021 before being absorbed into Albion San Diego in December 2021
- ^ First season as Albion San Diego following merger absorbing San Diego 1904 FC
College athletics
Club | University | Enrollment | League | Primary conference |
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San Diego State Aztecs | San Diego State University | 35,723[9] (2022) | NCAA Division I (FBS) | Mountain West Conference |
San Diego Toreros | University of San Diego | 8,815[10] (2022) | NCAA Division I (FCS) | West Coast Conference |
UC San Diego Tritons | University of California, San Diego | 42,968[11] (2022) | NCAA Division I | Big West Conference |
Cal State San Marcos Cougars | California State University, San Marcos | 14,311[12] (2022) | NCAA Division II | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
Point Loma Sea Lions | Point Loma Nazarene University | 3,179[13] (2021) | NCAA Division II | Pacific West Conference |
San Diego Christian Hawks | San Diego Christian College | 512 (2020) | NAIA | Golden State Athletic Conference |
Saint Katherine Firebirds | University of Saint Katherine | 264 (2021) | NAIA | California Pacific Conference |
Teams sponsored by sport
NCAA Division I
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- ^ San Diego Toreros women's track & field competes in outdoor competition only
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NAIA
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Venues
The following venues host professional and/or NCAA Division I teams.
Historic venues
Balboa Stadium was the city's first stadium. Constructed in 1914, it hosted the San Diego Chargers from 1961 through 1966. The stadium briefly hosted the Harbor Bowl from 1947 to 1949, until its cancellation. Due to seismic safety concerns, the stadium was demolished in the 1970s and a smaller venue with a 3,000-seat capacity was built, opening in 1978. Most of the stadium's distinguishing architectural features were removed. The remaining seating is made up of simple concrete bleachers, which also form the walls of the canyon the field is built in. Currently, it is used primarily by San Diego High School athletic teams and hosts various local football, soccer, and track and field events.
Events
Annual events
Event | Sport | Since | Organization | Current venue |
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Farmers Insurance Open | Golf | 1952 | PGA Tour | Torrey Pines Golf Course |
Holiday Bowl | College football | 1978 | NCAA Division I (FBS) | Petco Park |
Rady Children's Invitational | College basketball | 2023 | NCAA Division I | LionTree Arena
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San Diego Open | Tennis | 1984 | WTA Tour | Barnes Tennis Center |
San Diego Bayfair Cup | Hydroplane racing | 1964 | H1 Unlimited | Mission Bay |
Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon | Marathon | 1998 | Rock 'n' Roll Running Series | Balboa Park |
Historic events
Sports
Baseball
The San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB) play at Petco Park, the team's home since it opened in 2004 in downtown San Diego's East Village. Prior to the opening of Petco Park in 2004, the Padres played their home games at San Diego Stadium in Mission Valley.
The Padres joined MLB in 1969 as an
San Diego has hosted the
Petco Park has hosted the World Baseball Classic three times: 2006, the inaugural tournament (for which San Diego hosted the championship), 2009, and 2017.
Additionally popular are the local college baseball teams, particularly NCAA Division I's San Diego State Aztecs, San Diego Toreros, and UC San Diego Tritons. The Aztecs, Toreros, and Tritons play home games at their own on-campus venues, Tony Gwynn Stadium, Fowler Park, and Triton Ballpark, respectively.
MLB All-Star Games
Date | All-Star Game | Winner | Runs | Loser | Runs | Attendance | Venue | Host |
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July 11, 1978 | 1978 (49th) | National League (NL) | 7 | American League (AL) | 3 | 51,549 | San Diego Stadium | San Diego Padres |
July 14, 1992 | 1992 (63rd) | American League (AL) | 13 | National League (NL) | 6 | 59,372 | Jack Murphy Stadium
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San Diego Padres |
July 12, 2016 | 2016 (87th)
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American League (AL) | 4 | National League (NL) | 2 | 42,386 | Petco Park | San Diego Padres |
Football
The most popular
San Diego is also home to the
The city does not currently host a
San Diego hosted the
On May 29, 2018, the Alliance of American Football (AAF) announced they would start a franchise in San Diego, the San Diego Fleet. The team played their home games at SDCCU Stadium, while San Diego native and former St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz was the head coach. The league suspended operations before it could complete its inaugural season.
Super Bowls (NFL)
Date | Super Bowl | NFC Champion | Points | AFC Champion | Points | Attendance | Venue | Host |
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January 31, 1988 | XXII | Washington Redskins | 42 | Denver Broncos | 10 | 73,302 | Jack Murphy Stadium
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San Diego Chargers |
January 25, 1998 | XXXII | Green Bay Packers | 24 | Denver Broncos | 31 | 68,912 | Qualcomm Stadium
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San Diego Chargers |
January 26, 2003 | XXXVII | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 48 | Oakland Raiders | 21 | 67,603 | Qualcomm Stadium
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San Diego Chargers |
Basketball
The most popular basketball team in San Diego currently is the San Diego State Aztecs of NCAA Division I, who play at their on-campus Viejas Arena. The San Diego Toreros and UC San Diego Tritons, also play within NCAA Division I. The Toreros and Tritons teams play home games at their own on-campus arenas, the Jenny Craig Pavilion and RIMAC Arena, respectively.
San Diego has no current professional basketball representation, but the city has a significant history hosting professional basketball, nearly all encompassed within an 18-year period from 1967 to 1984.
The
The 1971 NBA All-Star Game was held at the San Diego Sports Arena, hosted by the Rockets just months prior to the team's sale and relocation.
During the 1971–72 NBA season, San Diego was the part-time home of the Golden State Warriors for six home games (one each month of the season). The Warriors notably changed their name from "San Francisco" to "Golden State" prior to the season as the team was searching for a new home arena and looked to make a play for the San Diego market (as well as Oakland) following the departure of the Rockets to Houston. The team ultimately stayed in the San Francisco Bay Area, settling full time in Oakland at Oakland Arena the following season.
From 1972 to 1975, San Diego was home to the San Diego Conquistadors of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the league's first (and ultimately only) expansion team. Known as the Conquistadors (a.k.a. "The Q's") for its first three seasons, the team name was changed to the San Diego Sails following a change in ownership for the 1975–76 season. The franchise was folded 11 games into that season after ownership learned that the team was to be shut out of the upcoming ABA–NBA merger, reportedly at the insistence of then-Los Angeles Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke. Cooke was upset that the San Diego franchise had signed former Lakers star Wilt Chamberlain away from his franchise two years prior (Lakers ownership successfully sued Chamberlain over the contract, ultimately preventing Chamberlain from playing with the Conquistadors, relegating him to coaching duties) and also expressed unwillingness of allowing another team in Southern California.[16] The Conquistadors/Sails played at Peterson Gymnasium for the 1972–73 season and Golden Hall for the 1973–74 season before ownership was permitted to base the team at the San Diego Sports Arena, where it played the remainder of its games.
Professional basketball returned from 1978 to 1984, in the form of the NBA's San Diego Clippers, the relocated successor to the Buffalo Braves franchise. The team was based at the San Diego Sports Arena. In 1981, the Clippers were bought by Los Angeles-area real estate developer Donald Sterling. Sterling attempted to move the team the following year in 1982 to his home of Los Angeles, but his request was denied by the NBA, which investigated Sterling's alleged widespread mismanagement of the franchise the same year. The investigation report recommended the termination of Sterling's ownership of the Clippers on the basis that he had failed to pay creditors and players on time. Days before a scheduled vote to terminate his ownership, he announced he would sell the team, prompting the league to cancel the scheduled vote. Sterling ultimately remained owner, satisfying league officials by instead relinquishing operational duties of the franchise. In 1984, Sterling again applied to relocate the team to Los Angeles, and despite again being denied permission to do so from the NBA, moved the team to Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. Lawsuits followed, but Sterling ultimately prevailed and was able to keep the team in Los Angeles, also in part due to his close personal friendship with then-Lakers owner Jerry Buss, who welcomed sharing the Los Angeles market with Sterling's franchise.[17] The franchise is now known as the Los Angeles Clippers. San Diego has not hosted major professional basketball since.
On March 11, 2024, it was announced that the
NBA All-Star Game
Date | All-Star Game | Winner | Points | Loser | Points | Attendance | Venue | Host |
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January 12, 1971 | 1971 (21st) | Western Conference | 108 | Eastern Conference | 107 | 14,378 | San Diego Sports Arena
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San Diego Rockets
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Ice hockey
San Diego has never hosted a
San Diego's history of
The Gulls ceased operations in 1974 to give way for the relocated
Another Mariners team was one of the charter teams of the short-lived
San Diego was involved when the NHL expanded in the early 1990s from 22 teams to 26. Following the December 1989 announcement by the NHL of its intent to expand the league, 11 bids from 10 cities (two from San Diego) were submitted for an NHL expansion franchise.
At the college level, there are currently ice hockey teams at the club level of each of the major universities and in the area, though NCAA ice hockey has no presence west of Colorado (excluding Alaska) with Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey, which began play in 2015 and competes as an NCAA Division I independent, being the only exception.
San Diego has previously hosted an
On September 29, 2023, San Diego hosted an exhibition matchup at Pechanga Arena between the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings, the first NHL hockey game played in San Diego since a previous exhibition game in 1994. The Kings won the game 4–3 in front of 11,044 fans.[24]
Soccer
In 2022, the city became the home to the San Diego Wave FC, a new expansion team of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), slated to play its home games at Torero Stadium before moving to its permanent home of Snapdragon Stadium upon the venue's completion in September 2022.[25] Wave FC's first home game at Snapdragon Stadium, against regional rival and fellow 2022 NWSL entry Angel City FC, drew a league-record sellout crowd of 32,000.
On May 18, 2023, MLS announced that it would expand to San Diego, adding the city as the league's 30th team.[1] The team, named San Diego FC, is set to begin play in 2025 at Snapdragon Stadium with an ownership group headlined by Egyptian businessman Mohamed Mansour and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.
The city also hosts the
The original
At the collegiate level, the city boasts both men's and women's varsity teams at each of the three
With the expansion of the minor professional league
On June 25, 2017, it was announced that
On June 19, 2019, it was announced that Landon Donovan would be bringing a new USL Championship team to San Diego. The club, San Diego Loyal SC, began play during the 2020 USL Championship season.[29] However, the team folded in October 2023.
Golf
The PGA Tour's annual Farmers Insurance Open (originally the San Diego Open and later the Buick Invitational) golf tournament occurs at Torrey Pines Golf Course, which has hosted the tournament since 1968. The event was founded in 1952 at San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista.[30] The tournament was founded in 1952 and was played at a variety of venues in the San Diego area in its early years, beginning with San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista for its first two years. The tournament was also played in Rancho Santa Fe and El Cajon, as well as locally in Mission Valley and Rancho Bernardo during these years. The course was the site of the 2008 and 2021 U.S. Open.
The
At the college level, the city is home to the NCAA Division I San Diego State Aztecs men's and women's golf teams, San Diego Toreros men's golf team, and the UC San Diego Tritons men's and women's teams.
The San Diego region is home to 72 golf courses in total.[31]
Lacrosse
On August 30, 2017, the National Lacrosse League (NLL), the world's top box lacrosse league, awarded an expansion franchise to the city of San Diego and owner Joseph Tsai. On October 24, the NLL and San Diego owners unveiled the San Diego Seals identity. Also revealed were the colors, purple, gold, gray, and black, and the team logo. The team began play in December 2018 at Pechanga Arena and earned the second overall playoff seed in the West Division after a successful 10–8 regular season. Home game attendance during the inaugural season averaged 7,769 fans per contest.
In 2024, the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL), the highest level professional field lacrosse league, transitioned to having teams based in home markets after playing its first five seasons with all nomadic teams in a touring-only model. The California Redwoods, a charter member of the league which played its first five seasons known as Redwoods Lacrosse Club, were announced to be making San Diego their home in 2024.
San Diego hosted the 2023 World Lacrosse Championship.[32] The newly constructed Snapdragon Stadium was the event's primary venue, with Torero Stadium and other fields at both San Diego State University and the University of San Diego also used for tournament play.
The city is also currently home to the NCAA Division I San Diego State Aztecs women's lacrosse team.
Rugby
The San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR), the highest level of rugby in the United States, are based in the city at Snapdragon Stadium. The team moved for the 2023 season after previously playing at both Torero Stadium and the SDSU Sports Deck.[33] The Legion began play in 2018 as one of the league's seven founding franchises.
In women's rugby, the San Diego Surfers have competed in the 10-team Women's Premier League (WPL), the highest level of domestic women's rugby union, since 2011. Initially founded in 1975 as an amateur team, the club has won the WPL national title twice, in 2016 and 2018, in addition to four national championships in USA Rugby Club 7s.
An array of clubs, ranging from
The
Volleyball
The Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF), the highest level of women's professional volleyball, announced a San Diego team in 2023 (ultimately named the San Diego Mojo) as one of the league's charter members, began play within the league's first season in 2024. USA Volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings was announced as the new team's lead owner.[38] In June 2023, former olympian Tayyiba Haneef-Park was named the team's first head coach.[39]
In 2022, San Diego received an expansion team in the
Tennis
The
The
San Diego has had two previous WTT franchises. The San Diego Friars were a WTT expansion franchise that began play in 1975. They used the San Diego Sports Arena (now Pechanga Arena) as their primary home venue but played some home matches at the Anaheim Convention Center between 1975 and 1977, before Anaheim got its own team in 1978. After missing the playoffs their first two seasons, the Friars qualified in 1977 and 1978, and were the 1978 Western Division champions, but lost in the quarterfinals. The team folded after the 1978 season. International Tennis Hall of Famers Rod Laver and Dennis Ralston played for the Friars.
In 1981, the Friars returned as an expansion franchise as WTT resumed operations rebranded as TeamTennis after a hiatus. After three seasons as the Friars, the team was renamed the
At the collegiate level, San Diego State University, University of San Diego, and UC San Diego each support both men's and women's NCAA Division I tennis teams.
Ultimate
San Diego is represented at the highest professional level of men's ultimate in the Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA) by the San Diego Growlers. The team began play in 2015. The UFA (formerly the AUDL) officially announced the Growlers as an expansion team in October 2014.
A women's highest-level team in the Western Ultimate League (WUL), the San Diego Super Bloom, was launched in 2020 as one of the league's founding franchises, formerly known as the San Diego Wolfpack. The team competes as a member of the Southwest Division of the league.
Sailing
Former teams
Former major league teams
Club | Sport | Duration | League | Venue(s) | Titles | Fate | |
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Start | End | ||||||
San Diego Chargers
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Football | 1961 | 2016 | National Football League (NFL): 1970–2016
American Football League (AFL): 1961–1969 |
San Diego Stadium, Balboa Stadium | AFL: 1 (1963) | Owner Dean Spanos relocated franchise to the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood to be a tenant in the newly constructed SoFi Stadium.[40] |
San Diego Clippers | Basketball | October 13, 1978 | April 14, 1984 | National Basketball Association (NBA) | San Diego Sports Arena
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Owner Donald Sterling relocated franchise to Los Angeles, successfully utilizing lawsuits to do so, after twice being denied official permission from the NBA (in both 1982 & 1984) to move.[41] | |
San Diego Mariners | Ice hockey | 1974 | 1977 | World Hockey Association (WHA) | San Diego Sports Arena
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Franchise folded upon failed 1977 NHL-WHA merger (2 years prior to 1979 NHL-WHA merger )
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San Diego Conquistadors / Sails | Basketball | October 13, 1972 | November 12, 1975 | American Basketball Association (ABA) | San Diego Sports Arena; Golden Hall; Peterson Gymnasium
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Franchise folded after ownership learned it was to be excluded from the upcoming ABA–NBA merger (occurred 6 months later), reportedly at the insistence of Los Angeles Lakers then-ownership.[42][43] | |
San Diego Rockets
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Basketball | October 14, 1967 | March 21, 1971 | National Basketball Association (NBA) | San Diego Sports Arena
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Owner encountered financial turmoil, franchise sale and relocation to Houston, Texas resulted.[44] |
Former professional teams
Club | Sport | Duration | League | Venue(s) | Titles | Fate | |
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Start | End | ||||||
San Diego Loyal SC | Soccer | 2019 | 2023 | USL Championship (USLC) | Torero Stadium | Folded | |
San Diego Sockers 2 | Indoor soccer | 2017 | 2023 | Major Arena Soccer League 2[f] | Pechanga Arena | 2 (2019, 2022) | Dormant as of 2023–24 season |
San Diego Aviators | Team tennis | 2014[g] | 2021 | World TeamTennis (WTT)[h] | Omni La Costa Court | 1[i] | League folded |
San Diego Fleet | Football | 2019 | 2019 | Alliance of American Football (AAF) | San Diego Stadium | League folded | |
San Diego Surge | Football (women's) | 2010 | 2019 | Women's Football Alliance (WFA) | Santana High School | 1 (2012) | Folded |
San Diego Breakers | Rugby | 2016 | 2017 | PRO Rugby | Torero Stadium | League folded | |
San Diego Sting | Football (women's) | 2010 | 2016 | Women's Football Alliance (WFA) | Carlsbad High School
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San Diego Flash | Soccer | 1998 | 2016 | National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) | Mira Mesa High School Stadium | Folded | |
So Cal Scorpions | Football (women's) | 2003 | 2011 | Women's Football Alliance (WFA) | Balboa Stadium | Folded | |
San Diego Shockwave | Indoor football
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2007 | 2008 | National Indoor Football League (NIFL) | Cox Arena
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1 (2007) | League folded |
San Diego Pumitas | Soccer | 1999 | 2007 | National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) | Balboa Stadium | ||
San Diego Gauchos | Soccer | 2002 | 2007 | Premier Development League (PDL)
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Torero Stadium | Folded | |
San Diego Sunwaves | Soccer (women's) | 2005 | 2007 | USL W-League | Torero Stadium | Folded | |
San Diego Gulls | Ice hockey | 1995[j] | 2006[k] | West Coast Hockey League (WCHL) | San Diego Sports Arena
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Folded. Revived 2015 | |
San Diego Siege | Basketball (women's) | 2006 | 2006 | National Women's Basketball League (NWBL) | Harry West Gymnasium | League folded | |
San Diego Riptide | Indoor football | 2002 | 2005 | AF2 | San Diego Sports Arena | Folded | |
San Diego Sockers
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Indoor soccer | 2001[l] | 2004 | Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
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San Diego Sports Arena
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Folded. Revived 2009 | |
San Diego Spirit | Soccer (women's) | 2001 | 2003 | Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) | Torero Stadium | League folded | |
San Diego Top Guns | Soccer | 1994 | 1996 | United Soccer League (USL) | Merrill Douglas Stadium, San Diego Mesa College | Folded | |
San Diego Barracudas | Inline hockey
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1993 | 1996 | Roller Hockey International (RHI) | San Diego Sports Arena
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Relocated to Ontario, California, became the Ontario Barracudas. | |
San Diego Gulls
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Ice hockey | 1990[m] | 1995[n] | International Hockey League (IHL) | San Diego Sports Arena
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Relocated to Los Angeles Ice Dogs. Revived later in 1995
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San Diego Nomads
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Soccer | 1986 | 1990 | Western Soccer Alliance (WSA) | 1 (1987) | Withdrew, became amateur team | |
San Diego Buds / Friars | Team tennis | 1981 | 1985 | World TeamTennis (WTT) | 2 (1984, 1985) | Folded | |
San Diego Sockers | Soccer | 1978 | 1984 | North American Soccer League (NASL)
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San Diego Stadium | Became indoor-only team after NASL folded March 28, 1985 | |
Indoor soccer | 1980 | 1996 | NASL, Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) | San Diego Sports Arena | 10 | Folded. Revived 2001 | |
San Diego Hawks / Mariners | Ice hockey | 1977 | 1979 | Pacific Hockey League (PHL) | San Diego Sports Arena | League folded | |
San Diego Friars | Team tennis | 1975 | 1978 | World TeamTennis (WTT) | Folded | ||
San Diego Breakers | Volleyball (co-ed) | 1975 | 1978 | International Volleyball Association (IVA) | 1 (1976) | ||
San Diego Jaws | Soccer | 1976 | 1976 | North American Soccer League (NASL) | Aztec Bowl | Relocated to Las Vegas, becoming Las Vegas Quicksilvers for 1 season before relocating back to San Diego in 1978 as San Diego Sockers. | |
Indoor soccer | San Diego Sports Arena | ||||||
San Diego Gulls
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Ice hockey | 1966 | 1974 | Western Hockey League (WHL)
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San Diego Sports Arena | Folded upon the arrival of Jersey Knights (became San Diego Mariners). Revived 1990
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San Diego Toros | Soccer | 1968 | 1968 | North American Soccer League (NASL) | Balboa Stadium | Folded | |
San Diego Skyhawks | Ice hockey | 1960[o] | 1962 | California Hockey League (CHL)
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Folded | ||
San Diego Skyhawks | Ice hockey | 1941 | 1950 | Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL) | Glacier Garden | 1 (1949) | Folded |
San Diego Bombers | Football | 1940 | 1946 | Pacific Coast Professional Football League (PCPHL) | Balboa Stadium |
Former college teams
Club | University | League | Primary conference |
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United States International Gulls | United States International University | NCAA Division I (1979–88) | Independent |
- ^ The arena's capacity is reduced to 12,920 for ice hockey, box lacrosse, and indoor soccer, and 12,000 for indoor football.
- ^ Frontwave Arena is slated to open in September 2024
- ^ The Sockers will relocate to the arena for the 2024–25 season, upon the arena's debut.
- ^ The Clippers will relocate to the arena for the 2024–25 season, upon the arena's debut.
- ^ The PLL assigned teams to home markets beginning in 2024, with San Diego's Torero Stadium becoming the home of the Redwoods
- ^ Team was dormant for 2019–20 & 2021 seasons
- ^ Franchise was founded in 1995 in New York City, relocated to San Diego in 2014
- ^ League has been on hiatus since 2022
- ^ 2016
The city's previous WTT franchise, the San Diego Buds, additionally won 2 titles (1984 & 1985)
Count does not include 2 titles (2005 & 2008) won by the franchise as the New York Sportimes before relocating from New York City to San Diego - ^ 3nd San Diego Gulls iteration, founded the same year previous team relocated (San Diego Gulls (1990–1995))
- ^ 4th and current San Diego Gulls iteration was later founded in 2015 (San Diego Gulls)
- ^ 2nd San Diego Sockers iteration. Original founded in 1978
- ^ 2nd San Diego Gulls iteration. Original team played from 1966 to 1974 (San Diego Gulls (1966–1974))
- ^ 3nd San Diego Gulls iteration was founded later in 1995 (San Diego Gulls (1995–2006))
- ^ 2nd San Diego Skyhawks iteration
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