DEL MAR–The San Diego Sockers didn’t start well last night, on or off the field. A missing piece of scoreboard equipment led to a near 45-minute delay to the start of Friday night’s game against the defending PASL champion California Cougars. Then, stymied by Cougars’ goalie Jesus Molina, the Sockers found themselves trailing 4-1 heading into the fourth quarter.
Suddenly, the Sockers stepped up their intensity and mounted a furious comeback. Goals by Anthony Medina and Aaron Susi cut the lead to one with 13:26 to play. Then, it was time for Kraig Chiles to go from zero to hero. The former SDSU striker netted the equalizer with 2:37 to go in the fourth, then finished off a rebound from Paul Wright with 7:26 to play in overtime, giving the Sockers (4-0, 3-0 PASL) a hard-earned 5-4 win over California (0-1, 0-1) in front of approximately 1,500 fans at the Del Mar Arena.
Chiles talked to 619 Sports about the game-winning goal:
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