San Diego FC expects the largest crowd in Snapdragon Stadium history for the team's inaugural home opener Saturday.

San Diego FC intends to take steps to discourage its fans from engaging in the homophobic chant that marred the Major League Soccer expansion club's inaugural home match last weekend.

Nearly 90 minutes before the start of Saturday night’s match between San Diego FC and SC, fans lumbered down the supporters’ section

"What took place during our first-ever home match does not reflect who we are as a club or the values we stand for," SDFC officials said in a statement Monday.

SDFC uniformly decried the notorious one-word Spanish chant both during and after San Diego finished a scoreless draw with St. Louis City on Saturday night at Snapdragon Stadium, which was packed with 34,

The chants, which have been common in Mexican soccer and are widely considered homophobic, largely occurred in the game's final moments.

San Diego FC winger Hirving 'Chucky' Lozano suffered an injury in the first half of the his club's home opener against St. Louis City on Saturday night.

The name Chucky, in this case, is pronounced CHOO-kee. For San Diego’s soccer fans, spooky was what transpired in the 28th minute Saturday night in an otherwise celebratory first half of San Diego FC’s inaugural home opener.