San Diego Sockers (2009)
Full name | San Diego Sockers | ||
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Founded | 2009 | ||
Stadium | Frontwave Arena | ||
Capacity | 12,920 | ||
Owner | David Pike, Carl Savoia | ||
General Manager | Sean Bowers | ||
Head Coach | Phil Salvagio | ||
League | MASL | ||
2022–23 | 1st, Western Division Playoffs: MASL semifinals | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The San Diego Sockers are an American professional indoor soccer franchise based in San Diego, California, playing in the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). The Sockers began play in the 2009–2010 season. The team plays their home games at Frontwave Arena.
History
1978–1996
The original
Initially, victories came slowly for the club but mounted quickly and they experienced moderate success over their outdoor history winning several division titles. However, the San Diego Sockers won the North American Soccer League (NASL) Indoor Championships of 1981–82 and 1983–84. Success was far from over for the San Diego Sockers. When the NASL folded, the San Diego Sockers moved to the Major Indoor Soccer League and won eight championships: 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992. The Sockers carried their success from one league to the next. They switched to the Continental Indoor Soccer League for three more years from 1993 to 1995. However, after several ownership changes, Sockers folded after the 1996 season.
2001–2004
The second version of the San Diego Sockers were a team in the new Major Indoor Soccer League. The team began play in the World Indoor Soccer League in 2001, and joined the MISL when it merged with the WISL for the 2002–2003 season. Just before the beginning of the 2004–2005 season, the Sockers were sold to Raj Kalra, owner of the Vancouver Ravens of the National Lacrosse League. However, barely two months after the purchase, it was revealed that Kalra had not paid the Sockers' players, staff, or rent since taking over, and the league voted to discontinue the franchise on December 30, 2004.
2009–present
The current Sockers franchise were founded in 2009 by David Pike, Carl Savoia and Phil Salvagio. This was the second attempt to revive the Sockers name. The current Sockers team have enjoyed a significant amount of success since they began play having won both the PASL-Pro championship and US Open Cup of Arena Soccer in their first four seasons.
In January 2019, former
Colors and badge
At their inception the Sockers featured a color scheme primarily consisting of the royal blue, white, and yellow colors often used by the previous Sockers teams and utilized a modified version of their immediate predecessor's logo. For the 2011 season the team modified their uniforms dropping the yellow in favor of a smaller amount of gold. Their logo also changed to a new shield logo that corresponded to their new uniforms that utilized the 1978 founding date of the original Sockers franchise which the team claims ties to as well as stars representing the 14 titles won by the combined Sockers franchises.[citation needed]
Arena
The Sockers have represented the
- Chevrolet Del Mar Arena (2009–2012)
- Pechanga Arena (2012–2024)
- Frontwave Arena (2024-present)
Personnel
As of January 21, 2022.[18]
Active players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Inactive players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
As of January 21, 2022.[19][18]
- Head coach: Phil Salvagio (2009–present)
- Assistant coach: Rene Ortiz
- Assistant coach: Chiky Luna
- Goalkeeper coach: Victor Melendez
- Athletic Trainer: Paul Savage
- General Manager: Sean Bowers (2016–present)
- Owners: David Pike and Carl Savoia (2009–present)
Honors
- 2009–10, 2010–11 PASL-PRO Western Division champions
- 2011–12 PASL Western Division champions
- 2012–13 PASL Pacific Division champions
- 2014–15 MASL Pacific Division regular-season champions
- 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 MASL Pacific Division champions
- 2021–22 MASL West Division champions
- 2009–10, 2010–11 PASL-PRO Champions
- 2011–12, 2012–13 PASL Champions
- 2021, 2022 MASL Ron Newman Cup Champions
- 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 U.S. Open Cup of Arena Soccer Champions
- 2012 FIFRA Club Champions
Year-by-year
League champions | Runners-up | Division champions | Playoff berth |
Season | League | Won | Lost | GF | GA | Finish | Playoff | Avg. attendance | U.S. Open Cup | Other |
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2009–10 | PASL-Pro | 13 | 3 | 146 | 91 | 1st, Western | Champions | 1,705 | 2009–10 Champions | |
2010–11 | PASL-Pro | 14 | 2 | 136 | 79 | 1st, Western | Champions | 2,608 | 2010–11 Champions | |
2011–12 | PASL | 16 | 0 | 165 | 78 | 1st, Western | Champions | 2,197 | 2011–12 Champions | FIFRA Club Champions |
2012–13 | PASL | 15 | 1 | 188 | 71 | 1st, Pacific | Champions | 3,744 | 2012–13 Runners-up | |
2013–14 | PASL | 13 | 3 | 141 | 83 | 2nd, Pacific | Divisional Final | 3,625 | Round of 16 | |
2014–15 | MASL | 16 | 4 | 179 | 99 | 1st, Pacific | Divisional Final | 2,881 | ||
2015–16 | MASL | 13 | 7 | 138 | 111 | 2nd, Pacific | Divisional Final | 3,051 | ||
2016–17 | MASL | 14 | 6 | 149 | 90 | 1st, Pacific | Conference Final | 3,844 | ||
2017–18 | MASL | 19 | 3 | 166 | 84 | 1st, Pacific | Conference Final | 3,284 | ||
2018–19 | MASL | 23 | 1 | 185 | 92 | 1st, Pacific | Conference Final | 4,181 | ||
2019–20 | MASL | 15 | 6 | 124 | 104 | 2nd, Western | No playoffs | 2,746 | ||
2021 | MASL | 4 | 6 | 41 | 43 | 5th, MASL | Champions | NHG* | ||
2021–22 | MASL | 23 | 1 | 182 | 98 | 1st, West | Champions | 1,352 | ||
Total | 13 Seasons | 198 | 43 | 1940 | 1123 |
* The Sockers had no home games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Playoff record
Year | Win | Loss | GF | GA | Avg. attendance |
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2009–10 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 13 | |
2010–11 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | |
2011–12 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 2,390 |
2012–13 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 26 | 3,557 |
2013–14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 4,116 |
2014–15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4,279 |
2015–16 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 36 | 2,497 |
2016–17 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 5,048 |
2017–18 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 3,421 |
2018–19 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3,607 |
2021 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 27 | NHG* |
2021–22 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 1,535 |
Total | 32 | 12 | 290 | 226 | 3,186 |
* The Sockers had no home games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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