- San Diego Sockers
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San Diego Sockers (2001-2004) "infobox Football club
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fullname = San Diego Sockers
nickname = Sockers
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founded = 1978
dissolved = 1996
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capacity = 60,000 (Qualcomm)
13,000 (Arena)
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owner = defunct
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manager =Ron Newman
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MISL (1982-83, 1984-91)CISL (1993-96)
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American =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 theNorth American Soccer League . The team began as theBaltimore Comets in 1974 but moved to San Diego as theSan Diego Jaws in 1976. After a one year stay in Las Vegas, the team returned as the San Diego Sockers in 1978.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 theContinental Indoor Soccer League . After several ownership changes, the Sockers folded after the 1996 season.The only indoor coach of the original Sockers was Ron Newman who would go onto coach in
Major League Soccer for Kansas City. He was inducted into theNational Soccer Hall of Fame .Hugo Sánchez , former coach of theMexico national football team , played for the San Diego Sockers during the summers of 1979 and 1980 during the Mexican Premier Division off-season.Juli Veee was one of their greatest players.Leagues
* NASL outdoor 1974-1984
* NASL indoor 1980-1982, 1983-1984
* MISL 1982-1983, 1984-1992
* CISL 1993-1996Former Players (Outdoor)
*flagicon|USA
Kevin Crow (1983-1996)
*flagicon|GERJean Willrich (1978-1984) (1980-1988)
*flagicon|HungaryJulie Veee (1978-1982) (1981-1984) (1985-1988)
*flagicon|NigeriaAde Coker (1978-1979) (1982-1987)
*flagicon|ENGLaurie Abrahams (1984)
*flagicon|ENG Peter Anderson (1978)
*flagicon|ENGSteve Daley (1984)
*flagicon|PolandKazimierz Deyna (1981-87)
*flagicon|ENGRon Fearon (1983)
*flagicon|ENGGary Heale (1983)
*flagicon|ENGBrian Joy (1976/1978) [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/brianjoy.htm]
*flagicon|SCOWalker McCall (1979-80) [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/walkermccall.htm]
*flagicon|ENG Brian McNeill (1983)
*flagicon|ENGDerek Trevis (1976) [http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#T]
*flagicon|ENG Nigel Walker (1982)
*flagicon|Hungary Zoltan Toth (1984-1990)
*flagicon|MexicoHugo Sanchez (1979/80)Former Players (Indoor)
*flagicon|ENG
Paul Dougherty (1987-92)
*flagicon|Hungary Zoltan Toth (1984-1990)Head Coaches
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Hubert Vogelsinger 1978-1980
* Ron Newman 1980-1993Outdoor year-by-year
Indoor year-by-year
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, 1996NASL Indoor Championships
* 1982, 1984MISL Championships
* 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992MISL MVP
* 1983Alan Mayer
* 1985Steve Zungul
* 1986Steve Zungul
* 1991Victor Nogueira
* 1992Victor Nogueira MISL Championship MVP
* 1983Juli Veee
* 1985Steve Zungul
* 1986 Brian Quinn
* 1988Hugo Perez
* 1989Victor Nogueira
* 1990 Brian Quinn
* 1991Ben Collins
* 1992Thompson Usiyan NASL Indoor Scoring Champion
* 1982Juli Veee MISL Scoring Champion
* 1985Steve Zungul
* 1986Steve Zungul MISL Pass Master (Assists leader)
* 1985Steve Zungul
* 1986Steve Zungul MISL Defender of the Year
* 1985Kevin Crow
* 1988Kevin Crow
* 1989Kevin Crow
* 1991Kevin Crow
* 1992Kevin Crow NASL Indoor Goalkeeper of the Year
* 1984Jim Gorsek MISL Goalkeeper of the Year
* 1988 Zolton Toth
* 1989Victor Nogueira
* 1991Victor Nogueira
* 1992Victor Nogueira CISL Goalkeeper of the Year
* 1994Antonio Cortes MISL Coach of the Year
* 1988 Ron NewmanMISL Rookie of the Year
* 1991 David BanksCISL Rookie of the Year
* 1994John Olu Molomo
* 1995Mark Chung
* 1996Carlos Farias NASL First Team All Star
* 1984Kevin Crow MISL First Team All Star
* 1983Alan Mayer ,Kazimierz Deyna
* 1985Branko Segota ,Kevin Crow ,Steve Zungul
* 1986Fernando Clavijo ,Branko Segota
* 1987Kevin Crow
* 1988 Zolton Toth,Fernando Clavijo ,Kevin Crow ,Branko Segota
* 1990Victor Nogueira ,Kevin Crow
* 1991Victor Nogueira ,Kevin Crow CISL First Team All Star
* 1993 David Banks
* 1995Mark Chung
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