San Diego Seals

       OwnerJoseph TsaiHead coachPatrick MerrillGeneral managerPatrick MerrillPlayoff berths4 (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)Retired numbers1 (17)Websitesealslax.com

The San Diego Seals are a professional box lacrosse team based in San Diego, California, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The Seals began play in the 2018-2019 season. The team plays their home games at Pechanga Arena.

History

On August 30, 2017, the NLL awarded an expansion franchise to the city of San Diego and owner Joseph Tsai, co-founder of the Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba Group. Tsai, a La Jolla resident, "played lacrosse at Yale University and retains a passion for the sport."^[1] The franchise fee for San Diego and fellow expansion team Philadelphia Wings was a reported $5 million.^[2]

On October 24, 2017, the name of the franchise was revealed as the San Diego Seals.^[3]

Current roster

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Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 31 Chris Origlieri 30 Mike Poulin Defensemen  2 Drew Belgrave 15 Graydon Bradley 19 Cam Holding (A) 10 Kellen LeClair 91 Danny Logan  4 Kyle Rubisch 26 Patrick Shoemay		Forwards 14 Wesley Berg (C) 71 Curtis Dickson 44 Dane Dobbie 88 Jake Govett 47 Kyle Jackson 34 Payton Rezanka 83 Austin Staats Transition  9 Trevor Baptiste  7 Jesse Gamble 33 Tre Leclaire		Practice Squad 24 Matthew Abbott 41 Xander Dickson 25 Eli Gobrecht 11 Cameron Lumb 16 Adam Noakes 12 Matt Sykes		Head Coach Patrick Merrill Assistant Coaches Jordan Hall Cam Woods Bob Watson Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain [1] updated 2023-12-18 NLL Transactions

All-time record

Season	Division/Conference[a]	W–L	Finish	Home	Road	GF	GA	Coach	Playoffs
2019	Western	10–8	2nd	6–3	4–5	208	217	Patrick Merrill	Lost Division Semi-Finals
2020	Western	6–6	3rd	3–3	3–3	138	131	Patrick Merrill	Playoffs cancelled
2021	Western	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Western	10–8	1st	5–4	5–4	202	183	Patrick Merrill	Lost Conference Final
2023	Western	14–4	1st	7–2	7–2	240	193	Patrick Merrill	Lost Conference Semi-Finals
2024	Unified	13-5	2nd	8–1	5–4	210	178	Patrick Merrill	TBD
Total	5 seasons	53–31		29–13	24–18	998	902
Playoff Totals	4 Appearances	2–4		1–4	1–0	42	45	0 Championships

Playoff results

Season	Game	Visiting	Home
2019	Western Division Semi-Finals	Calgary 12	San Diego 11
2022	Western Conference Semi-finals	Philadelphia 8	San Diego 9
	Western Conference Finals Game 1	Colorado 14	San Diego 12
	Western Conference Finals Game 2	San Diego 11	Colorado 10
	Western Conference Finals Game 3	Colorado 15	San Diego 13
2023	Western Conference Semi-Finals	Colorado 13	San Diego 12
2024	Quarterfinals	Panther City	San Diego

Awards and honors

Year	Player	Award
2019	Austin Staats	Rookie of the Year

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Date	Tenure
17[4]	Brodie Merrill	December 9, 2023	2019-23

Draft history

NLL Entry Draft

First Round Selections

• 2018: Austin Staats (1st overall), Connor Fields (10th overall), Connor Kearnan (11th overall)
• 2019: None
• 2020: Tre Leclaire (4th overall), Mac O'Keefe (15th overall)
• 2021: Mike McCannell (5th overall), Patrick Shoemay (9th overall), Jacob Dunbar (13th overall)
• 2022: Jake Govett (22nd overall)
• 2023: Matthew Wright (13th overall)

Head coaching history

#	Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs
			GC	W	L	W%	GC	W	L	W%
1	Patrick Merrill	2019–	84	53	31	.631	6	2	4	.333

Notes

References

External links

• Official Website