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San Diego FC lets a 3-0 lead slip in Austin, settles for a 3-3 draw
Three goals in 14 minutes put SDFC in control at Q2 Stadium, but Austin answered with three of its own. San Diego sits 12th in the West with seven games left.
For about 20 minutes on Sept. 26, San Diego FC looked like it had shaken off its September slide. Aníbal Godoy scored in the 50th minute at Austin’s Q2 Stadium, an Austin own goal doubled the lead a few minutes later, and Marcus Ingvartsen made it 3-0 in the 64th, set up by Anders Dreyer and Cédric Bakambu.
Then it came apart. Brandon Vázquez pulled one back for Austin in the 73rd minute, and Christian Ramírez scored in the 82nd and 86th to finish a 3-3 draw. Austin said it was the first time the club had come back from three goals down to earn a result. SDFC coach Mikey Varas put it on his team for losing focus over the final stretch.
The draw followed a 2-2 result at Inter Miami on Sept. 20, when Dreyer scored twice to match goals from Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez. San Diego went winless in September and stands at 8-11-8 with 32 points, 12th in the Western Conference with seven games to play. Its next match is at the New York Red Bulls.
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