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2018-192018-19 MEDIAMEDIA GUIDEGUIDE 14-TIME CHAMPIONS 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 A LEGACY OF CHAMPIONS SINCE 1978! THE SOCKERS WIN THEIR FIRST TITLE Juli Veee Hoists The 1982 NASL Indoor Championship Trophy! 3250 Grey Hawk Court I Carlsbad, California 92010 I 866-799-GOAL (4625) I [email protected] 2018-19 MEDIA GUIDE Table of Contents / Schedule Table of Contents 2018-19 MASL Schedule MEDIA & BROADCAST INFO............3-4 Date Team Date Home/Away December 16 Rio Grande Sunday 5:05 H RON NEWMAN.....................................5 December 20 Ontario Thursday 7:00 A December 22 Tacoma Saturday 7:05 H COACHING STAFF...............................6 December 26 Dallas Wednesday 4:35 A TEAM...............................................7-15 December 28 Monterrey Friday 5:35 A January 4 Turlock Friday 7:05 A MASL TEAMS.....................................16 January 5 Ontario Saturday 7:05 H January 11 Ontario Friday 7:35 H OPPONENTS......................................17 January 13 El Paso Sunday 5:05 H 2017-18 SEASON REVIEW...........18-19 January 18 Tacoma Friday 7:05 A January 20 Turlock Sunday 5:05 H HISTORY.......................................20-25 February 7 Ontario Thursday 7:00 A February 8 Turlock Friday 7:05 A RECORDS......................................26-28 February 15 Tacoma Friday 7:35 H Tacoma SOCKERS 2..........................................29 February 17 Sunday 5:05 A March 1 Turlock Friday 7:35 H MASL INFO AND CONTACTS............30 March 10 Ontario Sunday 5:05 H March 15 Turlock Friday 7:35 H PECHANGA ARENA SAN DIEGO.......31 March 22 Turlock Friday 7:35 A March 24 Dallas Sunday 1:00 A March 31 Tacoma Sunday 5:05 A April 4 Ontario Thursday 7:00 A Sockers Directory April 7 Rio Grande Sunday 5:05 H April 13 Monterrey Saturday 7:05 H General Manager: Sean Bowers Director, Player Personnel: Chiky Luna Director, Game Day Operations & Admin: Melissa Mahan Director, Creative Services: Shellie Cluett Director, Ticketing, Merchandise & Club Partnerships: Marybeth Hughes Chief Marketing Operator, Craig Elsten Manager, Corporate Partnerships: Shane Brown Manager, Marketing, Communications & Community Relations: Jonathan Greene Team Manager: Alex Monnar Equipment Manager: Jerry Mosier Head Athletic Trainer: Paul Savage Play-By-Play Announcer: Craig Elsten Analyst: Nate Abaurrea Media Guide Researcher: Matt Freund Media Guide Editor: Brynn Davidoff Sockers Broadcast Production: TVX Video Sockers 2 Broadcast Production: Gareth Maden Sockers Inside The Boards Designer: Dean Mitchell Design 2 A LEGACY OF CHAMPIONS SINCE 1978! 2018-19 MEDIA GUIDE Media Information Parking: FREE parking is available for all Sockers patrons throughout the season at the Pechanga Arena San Diego. The press is encouraged to park in the lot closest to the North tunnel, where Sockers staff and players will park. However, you can park where you like, as it is free. Access to the Valley View Casino Center on gamedays will NOT be available via the tunnel, however, the press is asked to enter through the North Entrance. Pechanga Arena San Diego Access: Media credentials will grant the user access to the arena, the media seating area behind Box 1, and to the press area outside the Sockers locker room post- game. There is no field access granted with your media credential. Postgame player and coach interviews will be conducted at a press area set up outside the Sockers’ locker room, coordinated through the Sockers’ Communications Department. The Sockers’ locker room is closed to the media. For reporters on deadline, we will arrange to have players meet you outside the locker room prior to showering. Seating: Seating for the press at the Pechanga Arena San Diego will be located in Section 1 of the upper deck behind the Box 1 broadcast position. There will be tables with power and internet access set up at the back of the section, but media members can sit anywhere in the section they choose. Road broadcasters should contact Jon Greene via email to reserve table space. Photographers: Working press photographers will be given access to the camera well at field level in between the penalty boxes (restricted to 1-2 shooters by space), as well as behind the goals and from the corners on the North end of the Pechanga Arena San Diego. The Sockers ask that photographers please not shoot from the stands, around the edges of the field where they could obstruct fan views, or from the upper deck. Videographers: Camera positions are available in the upper deck of the Pechanga Arena San Diego as well as the photographer positions, please contact [email protected] when you plan on attending. Game Highlights: The Sockers will provide game highlights to local television stations night-of- game on request. Please contact Ted Bendrick, TVX Video at [email protected] to coordinate server uploads and other details. We look forward to seeing you at the game! If you have any questions or issues on the day of the game, please call Jon Greene at (619) 871-3186. CONTACT: Jonathan Greene Email: [email protected] Office: 760-799-0924 Cell: 619-871-3186 3 A LEGACY OF CHAMPIONS SINCE 1978! 2018-19 MEDIA GUIDE Broadcast Information Catch all of the 2018-19 San Diego Sockers Major Arena Soccer League games streaming live on MASL.TV at MASLSoccer.com. Watch live Sockers and MASL soccer action all season long on MASL.TV. Home games are called by Craig Elsten and Nate Abaurrea, and are produced by TVX Video. The Sockers and YurView announced a partnership to bring the team’s home games back to cable television in a weekly package, named Sockers Primetime Thursdays, presented by Califino Tequila. The 16-week package will be televised on YurView (Cox Channel 4/1004 HD in San Diego). Beginning Thursday, January 3 at 7:30 p.m. and airing weekly thereafter, 12 home games will be aired on a tape-delayed basis and four of the best games will be replayed to fill out the four-month schedule. The MASL announced a partnership with Eleven Sports US to televise select MASL games on their digital and linear platforms this season. Games Broadcast on Eleven Sports and Eleven Sports NEXT will be archived following the game on MASL.TV and on Eleven Sports NEXT. Eleven Sports MASL broadcast match-ups were chosen based on schedule availability. Sockers Broadcast Team Craig Elsten enters his eighth season as the “Voice of the Sockers”, and will provide play-by-play for the Sockers’ 12 home games. Previously, Elsten was the broadcast voice for all of the Sockers’ games from their restart in 2009 through the 2014-15 season, also serving in that time as the team’s media relations director. Nate Abaurrea is returning for his third season as part of the Sockers broadcast team. Since arriving in San Diego in 2016, Abaurrea has called Liga MX matches in English for the Xolos of Club Tijuana and has been behind the microphone for matches in the USL, PDL, and NPSL here in Southern California. 4 A LEGACY OF CHAMPIONS SINCE 1978! 2018-19 MEDIA GUIDE Remembering Ron Newman The Sockers family was deeply saddened by the loss of Ron Newman, a legendary figure both on and off the soccer field, and remembered specifically as the most successful and innovative head coach in indoor soccer history. "We have lost someone who had a major impact on the sport of soccer, both indoors and outdoors, in the United States," said Sean Bowers, Sockers General Manager. "I had the honor to play for him in San Diego and Kansas City (MLS). He was a tremendous leader and knew how to get the best from his players. The roots and growth of indoor soccer in San Diego and throughout the country are embedded with his name, and so is our franchise." Current Sockers Head Coach Phil Salvagio stated, "He meant so much to me, professionally, personally, and to the organization. He made the indoor game everything, the sport is what it is today because of him. If it wasn’t for him I would not have played in San Diego. There will never be another coach like him. He will forever be part of our storied history." RON NEWMAN CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Born: January 19, 1934 - Died: August 27, 2018 - Played professionally in England and in the U.S. with the Atlanta Chiefs and Dallas Tornado - Won 10 indoor championships with the Sockers - Won an NASL title with Dallas in 1971, an ASL title with Los Angeles in 1976 - Coached the MLS Kansas City Wiz (aka, Wizards & Sporting KC) - Inducted into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in 1992 - Last visited the Sockers and Valley View Casino Center on November 5, 2017 - Retired in 1999 5 A LEGACY OF CHAMPIONS SINCE 1978! 2018-19 MEDIA GUIDE Coaching Staff Phil SALVAGIO: Head Coach Born in New York, but raised in Florida, Phil attended Nova University in Fort Lauderdale where he earned his degree in Accounting. Before settling down in the insurance industry, Phil was drafted to play professional soccer in California in 1993. After two years as the San Diego Sockers’ goalie, Phil turned in his jersey for a suit and started his career in the insurance industry in 1997. When colleagues and friends David Pike and Carl Savoia purchased the Sockers in August of 2008, Salvagio was named Sockers head coach. In five seasons Phil guided the Sockers to a 72-10 PASL regular season record and four consecutive championships from 2009-13, earning Coach of the Year honors in 2010-11 and 2011-12. When he’s not coaching the Sockers or running his many businesses, Phil enjoys boating and camping with his wife and three daughters.