San Diego Sockers (1978)
San Diego Sockers | |||
Basic data | |||
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Surname | San Diego Sockers | ||
Seat | San Diego | ||
founding | 1978 | ||
Colours | yellow blue | ||
First soccer team | |||
Head coach | Ron Newman | ||
Venue |
San Diego Stadium / Jack Murphy Stadium (1978–1984) Valley View Casino Center (1980–1996) |
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Places | 48.460, 12.920 |
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league |
NASL (1978-1984) MISL (1982-1983, 1984-1992) CISL (1993-1996) |
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1996 | 1st place | ||
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San Diego Sockers was an American soccer franchise based in San Diego . Originally founded as a "normal" football club, the club later took part in indoor tournaments more and more often and from 1984 played only indoor football , where it was also able to celebrate the most successes. In the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL for short), the national indoor soccer league , the team won ten championships, making it the most successful team in the competition.
history
In 1974 the franchise was founded as Baltimore Comets and was also based in Baltimore . In 1976 it moved to San Diego and renamed itself San Diego Jaws . From 1977 it played in Las Vegas under the name Las Vegas Quicksilvers , but returned to San Diego in 1978 and was henceforth called San Diego Sockers . The first owner of the team was from 1978 to 1987 Bob Bell. In 1979 the team won the Western Division of the North American Soccer League (NASL) and was eliminated in the 2nd round of the playoffs.
The San Diego Sockers played their indoor soccer games at the San Diego Sports Arena . The successes in indoor soccer were a long time coming for the franchise, but then came faster and more often until the team finally had more successes in indoor soccer than in grass soccer. In the 1981/82 season and in the 1983/84 season, the Sockers won the indoor soccer championships of the North American Soccer League.
After the NASL was dissolved in 1984, the franchise moved to the indoor soccer league Major Soccer League and won eight championships there. From 1987 to 1991, Sockers Management Inc. was owned by Ron Fowler. In 1991 Oscar Ancira sr. and Oscar Ancira jr. the franchise. After the Major Soccer League was dissolved in 1992, the Continental Indoor Soccer League was played from 1993 to 1995 . In 1994 the franchise was sold by the Anciras to the Arena Group 2000. It was disbanded after the 1996 season.
Subsequently, there have already been two attempts to revive the old Sockers . On the one hand, a franchise under the same name appeared in the World Indoor Soccer League in 2001 ; see San Diego Sockers (2001) . After the dissolution of the WISL, this completed three seasons in the MISL II and was then dissolved. After that, another indoor soccer franchise with the same name appeared in 2009; see San Diego Sockers (2009) . These initially played in the PASL-Pro or later only PASL , the forerunner of the MASL , in which the franchise is still in use today.
League affiliation
- NASL : 1978-1984
- NASL indoor soccer: 1980–1982, 1983–1984
- MISL : 1982-1983, 1984-1992
- CISL : 1993-1996
owner
- Bob Bell (1978-1987)
- Ron Fowler (1987-1991)
- Oscar Ancira, Sr. (1991-1994)
- San Diego Sports Arena Management (1994–1996)
Trainer
Table placements
Outdoors
year | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Remarks | Audience numbers |
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1974 | 2nd place (east), 10–8–2 | Quarter finalist | as Baltimore Comets | 4.139 |
1975 | 5th place (east), 9-13 | not qualified | as Baltimore Comets | 2,641 |
1976 | 5th place (south), 9-15 | not qualified | as San Diego Jaws | 6.152 |
1977 | 5th place (south), 11-15 | not qualified | as Las Vegas Quicksilvers | 7,079 |
1978 | 1st place (American Conference West), 18-12 | Semi-finalist | first season as San Diego Sockers | 5,146 |
1979 | 2nd place (American Conference West), 15–15 | finalist | 11,271 | |
1980 | 3rd place (American Conference West), 16-16 | finalist | 12,753 | |
1981 | 1st place (west), 21–11 | finalist | 14,802 | |
1982 | 2nd place (west), 19-13 | Semi-finalist | 8,532 | |
1983 | 4th place (west), 11-19 | not qualified | 4,685 | |
1984 | 1st place (west), 14-10 | Semi-finalist | last season outdoors | 5,702 |
In the hall
year | Reg. Season | Playoffs | Remarks | Audience numbers |
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1980/81 | NASL | 4th place (south), 6-12 | not qualified | 4,912 |
1981/82 | NASL | 1st place (west), 10–8 | master | 7,047 |
1982/83 | MISL | 1st place (west), 32-16 | master | 8,081 |
1983/84 | NASL | 1st place (NASL), 21–11 | master | 11,415 |
1984/85 | MISL | 1st place (west), 37–11 | master | 9,595 |
1985/86 | MISL | 1st place (west), 36-12 | master | 9,581 |
1986/87 | MISL | 3rd place (west), 27-25 | Semi-finalist | 9,748 |
1987/88 | MISL | 1st place (west), 42-14 | master | 8,996 |
1988/89 | MISL | 2nd place (MISL), 27-21 | master | 8,383 |
1989/90 | MISL | 2nd place (west), 25-27 | master | 8,131 |
1990/91 | MSL | 1st place (west), 34-18 | master | 7,231 |
1991/92 | MSL | 1st place (MSL), 26-14 | master | 9,348 |
1993 | CISL | 2nd place (CISL), 20-8 | 2nd place | 5,583 |
1994 | CISL | 2nd place (west), 18-10 | Quarter finalist | 5,032 |
1995 | CISL | 3rd place (south), 17–11 | Quarter finalist | 5,366 |
1996 | CISL | 1st place (west), 17–11 | Semi-finalist | 4,830 |
successes
Championships: 10
- NASL indoor soccer: 1981/82, 1983/84
- MISL : 1982/83, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92
Regular season / division titles: 12
- NASL : 1978, 1981, 1984
- NASL indoor soccer: 1981/82, 1983/84
- MISL : 1982/83, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1990/91, 1991/92
- CISL : 1996
Conference title: 1
- NASL Indoor Soccer: 1981/82 (Pacific)
Known players
Web links
- San Diego Sockers at FunWhileItLasted.net
- San Diego Sockers at sover.net
- San Diego Sockers at kicksfan.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Gap Stays Wide in NASL Cities , washingtonpost.com, July 29, 1979
- ↑ a b Bell Resigns; Fowler Group Controls Sockers , LA Times, October 15, 1987
- ↑ Ron Fowler , mlb.com
- ↑ Mexico-backed owners take over Sockers , upi.com, July 1, 1991
- ^ 1978-1996 San Diego Sockers , funwhileitlasted.net, February 10, 2013
- ^ Jo-Ryan Salazar: The San Diego Sockers: A Legacy Renewed , https://bleacherreport.com/ , July 26, 2010