After an historic inaugural season, the San Diego Football Club is headed to the playoffs as the top team in the Western Conference.

They’ll face the Portland Timbers in a best-of-three, first round series that starts Sunday at Snapdragon Stadium, a week after defeating them 4-0 in the regular-season finale. The teams also played to a scoreless draw in August, with San Diego FC generating better opportunities throughout.

SDFC’s victory last weekend forced the Timbers to play a first-round playoff game Wednesday night, in which they defeated Real Salt Lake 3-1.

SDFC now enters Sunday’s matchup with a rest advantage – and head coach Mikey Varas said Thursday that star forward Hirving Lozano would be available after he missed the team’s final game.

The team has already made its mark on th

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