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Sockers Remain Perfect At Home, Prep For Playoffs

by Craig on March 1, 2010

Ze Roberto scored twice for the Sockers vs. Edmonton (Mark Nord Photo)

Ze Roberto scored twice for the Sockers vs. Edmonton (Mark Nord Photo)

DEL MAR–So far, so good.

The San Diego Sockers’ quest to bring an 11th indoor championship to America’s Finest City is setting up about as well as could be imagined.  Saturday night at the Del Mar Arena, the Sockers dispatched the Edmonton Drillers 8-3, closing out a 13-3 regular season in the PASL-Pro and a perfect 8-0 home record.

“Now, it’s time for the second season,” said Paul Wright, the 40-year-old midfielder who did not score on Saturday, “this is why I came back, to win a championship, nothing else.”

With those goals in mind, Sockers’ coach Phil Salvagio rested forward Kraig Chiles on Saturday, protecting his leading scorer’s sore hamstring.  Braeden Cloutier started up front for San Diego and had his best game of the season, with two goals and an assist.

“It’s been a struggle for me getting healthy,” said Cloutier, “now that I’ve played three or four games in a row, I finally feel like my legs are underneath me.”

Watch a postgame video interview with Cloutier after the jump:

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Chargers In An Old Familiar Hole

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by Craig on October 21, 2009

They swore it wouldn’t happen this year.  They told us throughout the summer, again in training camp, and even more in the preseason: this was the year the Chargers would get out of the gates fast.  The focus would be there, the talent would come together…no more stumbling starts.

Fast forward to the start of Week 7 in the NFL.  The Chargers are 2-3, 3 1/2 games out in the AFC West, and trailing a 6-0 Broncos team that just beat them on their home field.  Even if the San Diego Chargers have made an art form of coming from behind, how are they going to do it this year?

Quarterback Philip Rivers said it plainly enough: maybe they won’t this time.

 

The day after a loss which again ended with fans calling for his head from the stands, Chargers head coach Norv Turner was asked if he has the horses to compete with the Broncos:

 

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J.T. Rogan: Deja Vu

October 7, 2009
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ShareThis is the fourth installment in a series of weekly updates about USD Toreros football as related by myself, a six year veteran of the team, J.T. Rogan.  This week J.T. looks back at last Saturday’s heartbreaking 25-24 loss at Butler:
This game played out like two games in our past. Last season, we went to [...]

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Identity

March 14, 2009

Share For so long, the identity of the SDSU athletic program has been one of close calls and pratfalls, near-misses and implosions.  Today, three Aztec teams have a big chance to forge their identity:

The senior class on the men’s team has very little to look back on and call their own.  NIT appearances?  Second-half fades?  No [...]

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