San Diego Loyal SC President Ricardo Campos leaves his position to join the San Diego MLS expansion team as executive vice president of club operations. Campos will remain as a consultant to the Loyal as the team finishes its final United Soccer League Championship season. Travis Lamprecht, vice president of marketing and communications, has been named head of business operations for SD Loyal. Campos was the first employee hired by Warren Smith after the San Diego market was awarded a USL Championship franchise in June 2019. He was named interim president in August 2021 ahead of the Loyal’s first USL Championship playoff appearance. Following the 2021 season, Campos was officially announced as club president in January 2022. The Loyal will join a long list of now-defunct San Diego soccer teams, including the Flash, Pumitas, Gauchos, Top Guns, Nomads, an indoor and outdoor iteration of the Sockers and Jaws and the Toros.