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San Diego Sockers

Full name	San Diego Sockers
Nickname(s)	Sockers
Founded	1974
Dissolved	1996
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium(1978-84)(outdoors) San Diego Sports Arena(1980-96)(indoors) (Capacity: 60,000 (Qualcomm) 13,000 (Arena))
Owner	defunct
Coach	Ron Newman
League	NASL (1978-84) MISL (1982-83, 1984-92) CISL(1993-96)
Home colors Away colors

The San Diego Sockers were one of the most successful indoor soccer teams in the sport's short history. The team won ten championships in both the original Major Indoor Soccer League and the North American Soccer League.

The team began as the Baltimore Comets in 1974 but moved to San Diego as the San Diego Jaws in 1976. After a one-year stay in Las Vegas as the Las Vegas Quicksilvers, the team returned as the San Diego Sockers in 1978. They were owned by Bob Bell.

Initially, victories came slowly for the San Diego Sockers but mounted quickly. With a building fan base and budding talent pool, the San Diego Sockers won the North American Soccer League (NASL) Championships of 1982 and again in 1984. 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.

There have been two attempts to revive the Sockers. The first attempt was a franchise in the WISL that later joined the second MISL. A second attempt will take place in the PASL-PRO in 2010.

Contents 1 Leagues 2 Staff 3 Former Players (Outdoor) 4 Former Players (Indoor) 5 Head coaches 6 References 7 Outdoor year-by-year 8 Indoor year-by-year 9 Honors

[edit] Leagues

• NASL outdoor 1974-1984
• NASL indoor 1980-1982, 1983-1984
• MISL 1982-1983, 1984-1992
• CISL 1993-1996

[edit] Staff

• Owner - Bob Bell (1978-87)
• Owner - Ron Fowler (1987-91)
• Owner - Oscar Ancira, Sr. (1991-94)
• Owner - San Diego Sports Arena Management (1994-96)

[edit] Former Players (Outdoor)

• Brian Joy (1976/1978) [1]
• Derek Trevis (1976) [2]
• Peter Anderson (1978)
• Ade Coker (1978-1979) (1982-1987)
• Julie Veee (1978-1982) (1981-1984) (1985-1988)
• Jean Willrich (1978-1984) (1980-1988)
• Leonardo Cuéllar (1979-1981)
• Walker McCall (1979-80) [3]
• Hugo Sánchez (1979/80)
• Miguel Julio Garcia (1980-1981)
• Guy Newman (1980-1986)
• Kazimierz Deyna (1981-87)
• Momčilo Stojanović (1981-1982)
• George Telfer (1981) [4]
• Willman Morcillo (1982-1984)
• Nigel Walker (1982)
• Kevin Crow (1983-1996)
• Gary Heale (1983)
• Brian McNeill (1983)
• Laurie Abrahams (1984)
• Steve Daley (1984)
• Zoltan Toth (1984-1990)

[edit] Former Players (Indoor)

• Charles Adair
• Hector Aguilar
• David Banks (1990-96)
• Tim Barto
• David Beall
• Ralph Black (1989-90)
• Sean Bowers (1991)
• Glenn Carbonara
• Mirko Castillo (1991-92)
• Christopher Chueden (1988-89)
• Mark Chung (1995) 28 Apps 29 Goals
• Fernando Clavijo (1984-88) 187 Apps 49 Goals
• Braeden Cloutier (1996) 28 Apps 27 Goals
• Donald Cogsville (1988-90)
• Ade Coker (1984-87)
• Gary Collier
• Ben Collins
• Michael Collins (1991-92)
• Antonio Cortes (1994-96)
• Tom Crane
• Kevin Crow (1984-96)
• Steve Daley (1984-85)
• Mike Demko
• Kazimierz Deyna (1981-87) 256 Apps 152 Goals
• Paul Dougherty (1987-89, 1990-92) 204 Apps 104 Goals
• Gary Etherington (1988-89)
• Carlos Farias (1996)
• George Fernandez
• Vida Fernandez
• Bryan Finnerty (1993)
• Jim Gabarra (1989-91)
• Poli Garcia (1988-89)
• Moises Garduno
• Paul Gelvezon
• Ted Gillen (1991-92)
• Alex Golovnia
• Jim Gorsek (1984-88) 108 Apps 0 Goals
• Volkmar Gross
• Bob Harman
• Jason Heth
• Eddie Henderson
• Waad Hirmez
• Greg Ion
• Zoran Karic (1987-90)
• George Kataklidis
• Dan Kelly
• John Kerr (1991-92)
• Kevin Koetters (1993)
• Jacques LaDouceur (1985-92)
• Thor Lee (1996)
• Kevin Legg
• Jimmy McGeough, Jr. (1991-92)
• Alan Mayer (1982-83) 43 Apps 0 Goals
• Carlos Melian
• Gus Mokalis
• Willman Morcillo 1982-1984
• Paulo Moura
• Cha Cha Namdar
• Brian Negrete
• Guy Newman (1980-1986)
• Victor Nogueira (1988-92) 144 Apps 0 Goals
• John Olu Molomo (1994-95)
• Rene Ortiz (1987-90) (1993-95)
• Agustin Paschal
• Hugo Perez (1984-90)
• Brian Quinn
• Eddie Radwanski
• Tommy Reasoner (1994)
• Dev Reeves
• Raffaele Ruotolo
• Shahin Safarain
• Brian Schmetzer (1984-88)
• Branko Segota (1985-90) 250 Apps 272 Goals
• Garrett Smith (1991-92)
• Ray Tailia
• Toby Taitano
• Diego Terry
• Ryan Tinsley
• Zoltan Toth (1984-1990)
• Thompson Usiyan (1991-93) 62 Apps 58 Goals
• Juli Veee (1981-84) 83 Apps 153 Goals (1985-88) 115 Apps 101 Goals
• Wes Wade (1989-92) 133 Apps 44 Goals
• Jean Willrich (1980-88)
• Tim Wittman
• Terry Woodberry
• Paul Wright (1990-92) 101 Apps 100 Goals
• Zico Doe
• Steve Zungul (1984-86) 94 Apps 123 Goals (1988-90)

[edit] Head coaches

• Hubert Vogelsinger 1978-1980
• Hank Liotart 1980
• Ron Newman 1980-1993
• Brian Quinn (1994-96)

[edit] References

• [5]
• [6]

[edit] Outdoor year-by-year

Year	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Notes	Attendance
1974	2nd East, 10-8-2	Lost Quarterfinal	operated as the Baltimore Comets	4,139
1975	5th East, 9-13	Failed to qualify	operated as the Baltimore Comets	2,641
1976	5th South, 9-15	Failed to qualify	operated as the San Diego Jaws	6,152
1977	5th South. 11-15	Failed to qualify	operated as the Las Vegas Quicksilvers	7,079
1978	1st American Conference West, 18-12	Lost Conference Semifinal	first season as the San Diego Sockers	5,146
1979	1st American Conference West, 15-15	Lost Conference Final		11,271
1980	3rd American Conference West, 16-16	Lost Conference final		12,753
1981	1st West, 21-11	Lost Conference final		14,802
1982	2nd West, 19-13	Lost League Semifinal		8,532
1983	4th West, 11-19	Failed to qualify		4,685
1984	1st West, 14-10	Lost Semifinal	last outdoor season	5,702

[edit] Indoor year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. Attendance
1980-81	NASL	4th South, 6-12	Failed to qualify	4,912
1981-82	NASL	1st West, 10-8	Won Championship	7,047
1982-83	MISL	1st West, 32-16	Won Championship	8,081
1983-84	NASL	1st NASL, 21-11	Won Championship	11,415
1984-85	MISL	1st West, 37-11	Won Championship	9,595
1985-86	MISL	1st West, 36-12	Won Championship	9,581
1986-87	MISL	3rd West, 27-25	Lost Semifinal	9,748
1987-88	MISL	1st West, 42-14	Won Championship	8,996
1988-89	MISL	2nd MISL, 27-21	Won Championship	8,383
1989-90	MISL	2nd West, 25-27	Won Championship	8,131
1990-91	MSL	1st West, 34-18	Won Championship	7,231
1991-92	MSL	1st MSL, 26-14	Won Championship	9,348
1993	CISL	2nd CISL, 20-8	Lost Championship	5,583
1994	CISL	2nd West, 18-10	Lost Quarterfinal	5,032
1995	CISL	3rd South, 17-11	Lost Quarterfinal	5,366
1996	CISL	1st West, 17-11	Lost Semifinal	4,830

[edit] Honors

NASL, MISL and CISL Reg. Season/ Division Titles

• 1978, 1979, 1981, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1996

NASL Indoor Championships

• 1982, 1984

MISL Championships

• 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992

MISL MVP

• 1983 Alan Mayer
• 1985 Steve Zungul
• 1986 Steve Zungul
• 1991 Victor Nogueira
• 1992 Victor Nogueira

MISL Championship MVP

• 1983 Juli Veee
• 1985 Steve Zungul
• 1986 Brian Quinn
• 1988 Hugo Perez
• 1989 Victor Nogueira
• 1990 Brian Quinn
• 1991 Ben Collins
• 1992 Thompson Usiyan

NASL Indoor Scoring Champion

• 1982 Juli Veee

MISL Scoring Champion

• 1985 Steve Zungul
• 1986 Steve Zungul

MISL Pass Master (Assists leader)

• 1985 Steve Zungul
• 1986 Steve Zungul

MISL Defender of the Year

• 1985 Kevin Crow
• 1988 Kevin Crow
• 1989 Kevin Crow
• 1991 Kevin Crow
• 1992 Kevin Crow

NASL Indoor Goalkeeper of the Year

• 1984 Jim Gorsek

MISL Goalkeeper of the Year

• 1988 Zolton Toth
• 1989 Victor Nogueira
• 1991 Victor Nogueira
• 1992 Victor Nogueira

CISL Goalkeeper of the Year

• 1994 Antonio Cortes

MISL Coach of the Year

• 1988 Ron Newman

MISL Rookie of the Year

• 1991 David Banks

CISL Rookie of the Year

• 1994 John Olu Molomo
• 1995 Mark Chung
• 1996 Carlos Farias

NASL First Team All Star

• 1984 Kevin Crow

MISL First Team All Star

• 1983 Alan Mayer, Kazimierz Deyna
• 1985 Branko Segota, Kevin Crow, Steve Zungul
• 1986 Fernando Clavijo, Branko Segota
• 1987 Kevin Crow
• 1988 Zolton Toth, Fernando Clavijo, Kevin Crow, Branko Segota
• 1990 Victor Nogueira, Kevin Crow
• 1991 Victor Nogueira, Kevin Crow

CISL First Team All Star

• 1993 David Banks
• 1995 Mark Chung