San Diego Loyal Soccer Club (SD Loyal) announced Wednesday the signing of Defender Salvatore “Sal” Zizzo Jr., pending league and federation approval. Zizzo is the first player to be signed by the club in franchise history. He will join the club for its inaugural USL Championship season in 2020.

"From the moment we started the process of building a team, we wanted to sign players who would be loyal to our soil and bleed San Diego through and through," said SD Loyal EVP of Soccer Operations and First Team Manager, Landon Donovan. "Nobody embodies those values more than Sal. We couldn't be more excited for our first signing to be a San Diegan who cares about this community deeply."