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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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Guest Column: Wrong Perceptions, Right Move

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by admin on October 5, 2009

John Conniff from MadFriars.com has a different take on the Kevin Towers firing.  He will join us later to discuss the story:

The firing of popular Padres General Manager Kevin Towers produced an outcry from the local and national media with the consensus that new owner Jeff Moorad erred in firing the long time general manager in favor of installing his  “own guy”.

However, after the knee-jerk responses fade, Moorad, who made a fortune running a sports agency, may have more valid reasons for the change than ego.

In the process of taking control of the team from John Moores, he is not a Daddy Warbucks style owner in the same vein of Detroit’s Mike Illitch, but the leader of a consortium with a finite budget that is expected provide a return on investment.

Towers was not evaluated as a general manager, but rather as the head of baseball operations, Sandy Alderson’s old job, which these days is considerably more than the running a team, but involves, which has been the popular buzzword the past few days, a “strategic vision.”

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Chargers Preview — Inside Linebackers

August 26, 2009

ShareWith Chargers training camp underway, and the season just right around the corner, Chris Ello takes an inside look at how the Bolts stack up position-by-position heading into  2009.

Today: Inside Linebackers (tomorrow: Outside Linebackers)

Starters
Stephen Cooper, 7th yr., Maine: With everybody’s attention on the season-ending injury suffered by Shawne Merriman, many forgot that the Chargers had to [...]

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