The 2011–12 San Diego Sockers season was the third season of the
San Diego Sockers indoor soccer
Indoor soccer or arena soccer (known internationally as indoor football, fast football, or showball) is five-a-side version of minifootball, derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arena. Indoor socc ...
club as a franchise in the
Professional Arena Soccer League
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. The Sockers, a Pacific Division team, played their home games in the
Chevrolet Del Mar Arena in
Del Mar, California.
The team was perfect, winning every game played that season (28–0), including games in the Ron Newman Cup playoffs, & in the U.S. Open Cup & FIFRA Club Championship tournaments. The team was led to a 16–0 regular season (with 165 goals-for and just 78 goals-against) and a third consecutive league championship by head coach Phil Salvagio.
PASL schedule
Regular season
2012
Ron Newman
Ronald Vernon Newman (19 January 1934 – 27 August 2018) was an English professional association football player and coach. He was a member of the American National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Life
Born in Fareham, Newman, after non-league footbal ...
Cup
Non-PASL schedule
2012 FIFRA Club Championship
The 2012 FIFRA Club Championship is an indoor soccer tournament that included teams from four countries and four professional leagues. Teams from United States, Canada, Mexico and Ecuador compete for FIFRA Club Championship.
Standings
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2011–12 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer
The 2011-12 US Open Cup for Arena Soccer is the fourth edition of an open knockout style tournament for Arena/Indoor Soccer. Currently teams from the Professional Arena Soccer League, Premier Arena Soccer League, and other independent indoor socce ...
Awards
Team
* 2012 Ron Newman Cup - PASL Champions
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2012 FIFRA Club Championship
The 2012 FIFRA Club Championship is an indoor soccer tournament that included teams from four countries and four professional leagues. Teams from United States, Canada, Mexico and Ecuador compete for FIFRA Club Championship.
Standings
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* 2011-12 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer Champions
* 2011-12 Best Record - PASL
* PASL Western Division Champions
Individual
* PASL
MVP:
Kraig Chiles
Kraig Chiles (born May 14, 1984) is an American soccer player currently playing for the San Diego Sockers in the Major Arena Soccer League.
Career
Youth and college
Chiles played high school soccer for Poway High School in Poway, California, ...
- Forward
* PASL Coach of the Year: Phil Salvagio
* Ron Newman Cup MVP: Riley Swift - Goalkeeper
* All-League First Team: Brian Farber - Midfielder;
Kraig Chiles
Kraig Chiles (born May 14, 1984) is an American soccer player currently playing for the San Diego Sockers in the Major Arena Soccer League.
Career
Youth and college
Chiles played high school soccer for Poway High School in Poway, California, ...
- Forward
* All-League Second Team:
Zé Roberto
José Roberto da Silva Júnior (born 6 July 1974), commonly known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left wing-back or as a midfielder. Currently, he is a technical advisor to Palmeiras, acting directl ...
- Defender; Riley Swift - Goalkeeper
References
External links
San Diego Sockers official website
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