{"id":145763,"date":"2025-11-09T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=145763"},"modified":"2025-11-09T11:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T11:00:35","slug":"san-diego-fcs-anders-dreyer-named-mls-newcomer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=145763","title":{"rendered":"San Diego FC&#8217;s Anders Dreyer Named MLS Newcomer of the Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SSX8XB6HucE?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Anders Dreyer has been named the 2025 MLS Newcomer of the Year, following his outstanding season with expansion side San Diego FC.<\/p>\n<p>Signed as San Diego&#8217;s second-ever Designated Player, Dreyer recorded a club-best 38 goal contributions (19g\/19a) during his debut season. His 38 goal contributions were tied for the third-most in an MLS season and equalled the most by a first-year MLS player (Sebastian Giovinco in 2015).<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Danish international contributed to 59.4% of San Diego&#8217;s 64 goals, leading the newcomers to first place in the Western Conference and qualification to the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa Watch every match with MLS Season Pass on Apple TV: http:\/\/apple.co\/MLS<\/p>\n<p>The \ud83d\udc10 plays here. Join The Messi Insider for insider news, early access to Messi promotions and more: https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/messi\/<\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Subscribe Now: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/mls<\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Follow us on:<br \/>\n&#8211; TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mls?lang=en<br \/>\n&#8211; Instagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/mls<br \/>\n&#8211; Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS<br \/>\n&#8211; Like us on Facebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MLS<\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Para Espa\u00f1ol:<br \/>\n&#8211; Instagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/mlses<br \/>\n&#8211; Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLSes<br \/>\n&#8211; Facebook: facebook.com\/espanol.mls<\/p>\n<p>For more information about MLS, go to the league&#8217;s official website: http:\/\/www.MLSsoccer.com<\/p>\n<p>#mls #highlights #mlsseasonpass<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SSX8XB6HucE\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anders Dreyer has been named the 2025 MLS Newcomer of the Year, following his outstanding season with expansion side San Diego FC. Signed as San Diego&#8217;s second-ever Designated Player, Dreyer&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":145764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/145764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}