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Encyclopedia > San Diego Sockers

The San Diego Sockers is a name that has been used by two different soccer teams San Diego County in the Southwest corner of California. ...

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Original Team

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 Jaws in 1976. After a one year stay in Las Vegas, the team returned as the San Diego Sockers in 1978. Sockers MISL logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... San Diego County in the Southwest corner of California. ... This article is primarily regarding indoor soccer as played in North America. ... The acroynm MSL may mean: Malaysian Sign Language Mean Sea Level Major Soccer League Mars Science Laboratory This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... NASL logo In 1967, two pro soccer leagues started in the United States: the FIFA-sanctioned United Soccer Association and the unsanctioned National Professional Soccer League. ...


The Sockers played their first indoor season in 1980 and won their first indoor title in 1982. The team stopped playing outdoor soccer with the folding of the NASL in 1984. In 1992, the MISL folded, but the Sockers along with the Dallas Sidekicks were two of the founding franchises in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. After several ownership changes, the Sockers folded after the 1996 season. The Dallas Sidekicks were one of the longest operating professional soccer teams in the United States, operating from 1984 until suspending operations following the 2004 season. ... The Contintel Indoor Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that existed from 1993 to 1997. ...


Leagues

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

Championships

  • NASL indoor 1982 & 1984
  • MISL 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992

Second Team

The next version of the San Diego Sockers were a team in the 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. SD Sockers File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the current Major Indoor Soccer League. ... The World Indoor Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that existed from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams. ... The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is the professional league of mens indoor lacrosse in North America. ...


Honors

Championships

  • none

Division Titles

  • 2001 WISL reagular Season title

Head Coaches

  • Brian Quinn 2001-2004
  • Ron Newman 1980-1996

Arenas

The iPayOne Center(formerly San Diego Sports Arena) is an indoor arena located on Sports Arena Blvd in Point Loma, San Diego, California off of Interstate 8. ...

External links

  • Official site

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San Diego Sockers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (391 words)
The San Diego Sockers were one of the most successful indoor soccer teams in the sport's short history.
In 1992, the MISL folded, but the Sockers along with the Dallas Sidekicks were two of the founding franchises in the Continental Indoor Soccer League.
The next version of the San Diego Sockers were a team in the new Major Indoor Soccer League.
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San Diego is the home port of the largest naval fleet in the world, including two Navy supercarriers (the USS Nimitz and the USS Ronald Reagan), five amphibious assault ships, several Los Angeles-class submarines, and many smaller ships.
According to estimates by the San Diego Association of Governments, the median household income of San Diego in 2005 was $62,085 (not adjusted for inflation).
San Diego has been the home of two NBA franchises, the first of which was called the San Diego Rockets.
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