Sockers Overtime

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez are back to talk about the big news in San Diego, the trade bringing forward Tavoy Morgan back to the Sockers full-time. What will this mean for the team, and the forward position? We say goodbye to some former teammates leaving for new clubs, and look at news around the MASL. Then, a look at the new playoff format, points system, and a goalkeeper rule that changes a LOT.

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez are back for another season of Sockers Overtime! Season Four of the podcast begins live from the site of our proud podcast sponsor, 3PunkAles in Chula Vista. After celebrating the continuation of the Sockers/3Punk partnership, Craig and Jerry go game-by-game through the Sockers' 2021-22 MASL schedule. Beer was consumed!

Craig Elsten is joined by the newest San Diego Socker, free-agent midfielder Juan Carlos "Charlie" Gonzalez, who signed a three-year deal to leave Ontario and come to San Diego. What can Charlie bring to the team, and what happened to lead the Fury to cut him in-between games of the Ron Newman Cup Finals? Then, a bonus interview excerpt with long-time San Diego U-T writer Tom Krasovic, who talks about his time covering the Sockers in the early '90s, and how the coverage of local sports has changed over the years.

Craig Elsten is joined by the iconic voice of soccer in the United States, JP Dellacamera, who has signed on with Keith Tozer and Shep Messing to create the new leadership trio in the MASL front office. JP shares his thoughts on where the MASL is now and where it could be headed, as well as remembering his times as a young man announcing the MISL in its heyday, and some thoughts on the 1999 Women's World Cup, and the growth of soccer in the USA over the decades.

Craig Elsten is joined by new MASL chairman Shep Messing, a man who led one of the most interesting careers in American professional sports. He played with Pelé, became one of the first true stars of indoor soccer, and has been a long-time analyst for the Red Bulls MLS franchise on TV. Now, he's teamed up with Keith Tozer and JP Dellacamera to form the new leadership triad for indoor soccer. Warning: this conversation goes deep and may get you extremely excited for a brighter future!

In the return of the Sockers' Summer Overtime series, Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez are joined by the new commissioner of the MASL, Keith Tozer. The gentlemen revisit Tozer's past as both a player and head coach in the sport of indoor, before turning to today's issues and the direction Tozer would like to lead the MASL.

On this special edition of Sockers Overtime, Craig Elsten takes you through the particulars revealed during the May 20 groundbreaking ceremony for "Califino Arena", a new arena project in Oceanside powered by the Sockers and their business partners. You'll hear from Sockers owner and arena leader Phil Salvagio, as well as President and CEO of Sudberry Properties, Colton Sudberry, and the president of Watkins Landmark Construction, Jody Watkins.

This week, we catch up with the only coach in the sport of indoor soccer to have held up the last two major cups: Rene Ortiz, who was the head coach of the WMF World Cup champion Team Mexico, and assistant coach for the Ron Newman Cup champion San Diego Sockers. Hear a coach's perspective on the challenges of a COVID season, and which leaders stepped up to unify the locker room!

Our championship bonus series continues with a veteran whose late addition to the team proved to be a key to unlock the chemistry of the San Diego Sockers: Nelson "Nelly" Santana. Find out how the 42-year-old defender helped to reshape the club's chemistry heading into the MASL playoffs in this week's "exit interview"!

Our bonus "Exit Interview" series continues with midfielder Brian Farber, who won the fifth indoor championship of his career, and his fourth with the Sockers (but first in eight years). How did the composition of the team change over the season, and what was the series that truly turned things around for San Diego's fortunes?