The San Diego Legion is an American professional

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team based in

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. The team was founded in 2017 and competes in

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Home field

The team plays at

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, which is located on the campus of the

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and has a seating capacity of 35,000. The stadium is also the home of

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and San Diego Wave FC. Due to the restrictions amidst the

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, the team temporarily relocated to

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, for the 2021 season. However, they would return to San Diego on April 12, 2021.

Broadcasts

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are televised locally on FOX 5 San Diego and also streamed live on ESPN+ and archived on Legion's YouTube channel. YurView Channel 4 San Diego was the local broadcast partner for Legion games during its inaugural 2018 season, which concluded in June. Matt McCarthy and Marc Sterchbina are the commentators.

Sponsorship

Players and personnel

Current squad

The San Diego Legion team for the

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is: * Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold. * * denotes players qualified to play for the on dual nationality or residency grounds. * MLR teams are allowed to field up to ten overseas players per match.

Head coaches

* Rob Hoadley (2018–2020) * Zack Test (2020) * Scott Murray (2020–2021) * Danny Lee (2022–)

Captains

* Nate Augspurger (2018)

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(2019)

* Nate Augspurger (2020–present)

Records

Season standings

Honors

**Runner-up:

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**Playoff appearances:

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2018 season

° = Exhibition game
°° = Playoff semifinals at

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2019 season

Exhibition

Regular season

Post season

2020 season

On March 12, 2020, MLR announced the season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to fears surrounding the 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic. It was cancelled the following week

Regular season

2021 season

Regular season

2022 season

Regular season

Post season

References

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