Aaron Susi celebrates his 500th career point. Photo Credit: Stephen Prendergast for SoccerNation

Indoor Soccer News: SD Sockers Update for January 25, 2012

The San Diego Sockers completed another successful weekend, defeating Turlock Express at the Del Mar Arena on Saturday and Arizona Storm in Phoenix on Sunday. The weekend also marked team and individual milestones.

Susi Reaches Milestone in Sockers Win

Sockers captain Aaron Susi put a milestone mark on a magnificent career Saturday, scoring his 500th career point in San Diego’s 10-8 win over the Turlock Express. Susi had a goal and two assists in the game to reach point No. 500, which came on an assist to Eric Wunderle with 1:27 remaining in the third quarter. The two-time All-American at SDSU has been playing professional indoor soccer for 15 seasons and has been a part of each of the three championship teams so far in PASL history.

Sockers Reach Open Cup Finals

Saturday’s win over Turlock advanced San Diego into their third straight U.S. Open Cup Championship, which will be played at an Eastern Division venue on Presidents Day Weekend. The Eastern host will be decided between Detroit (9-1) and Cincinnati (4-8) in a match on Saturday.

Sockers Handle Storm on Sunday

Playing back-to-back games for the third weekend in a row, the Sockers still managed to maintain their perfect record for the season, defeating the Arizona Storm 9-3 on Sunday in Phoenix. Kraig Chiles had two goals and two assists while Diego Rovira and Ze Roberto each contributed two goals and an assist. Chad Hagerty added his first Sockers goal as San Diego won their league record 12th straight road game.

San Diego Streak Updates

The Sockers have now won 25 consecutive matches overall, including U.S. Open Cup and playoff action. They have been victorious in 19 straight PASL regular season contests, own a 12-game winning streak on the road, and have a 30-0 all-time record at the Del Mar Arena.

Next Milestone: Chiles 100

With 35 goals and 51 points, PASL MVP Kraig Chiles is closing in on the league records for goals (40) and points (68) in the regular season. In addition, Chiles has 96 career PASL regular season goals in 2+ seasons, four shy of 100.

PASL 2011-2012 Western Division Standings

Team                          W-L    Goals    GA     WPCT

San Diego Sockers      11-0     112       62     1.000

Revolución Tijuana       6-4      121       91       .600

Turlock Express           7-5       102      101      .583

Anaheim Bolts             3-6         72       97       .333

Tacoma Stars              3-7         71       85       .300

Arizona Storm             1-9         38       80       .100

Western Division Results

San Diego Sockers 10, Turlock Express 8 (US Open Cup Semi)

San Diego Sockers 9, Arizona Storm 3

Tijuana 15, Turlock 9

Week 12 Western Division Schedule

San Diego Sockers at Anaheim Bolts, 1/27, 8pm (ESPN 1700)

San Diego Sockers vs. Revolucion TJ, 1/28 7:05pm (ESPN 1700)

Arizona at Tijuana, 1/27, at Anaheim 1/28

San Diego Sockers 2011-2012 Offensive Stats

Name                          GP      G         A         Pts.

Kraig Chiles                11        35        16        51

Brian Farber                11        19        9          28

Aaron Susi                   9          6         14        20

Eric Wunderle             11        11        5          16

Chiky Luna                 10        9          6          15

Majell Aterado            10        7          5          12

Eduardo Velez            10        7          5          12

Ze Roberto                 11        5          4          9

Anthony Medina         11        5          3          8

Diego Rovira                7         4          3          7

Riley Swift                   9          0          4          4

Dan Antoniuk              7          3          0          3

Scotty Martin             11         0          2          2

John Krause                4          0          2          2

Brian O'Connor           4          0          1          1

Chris Toth                   4          0          1          1

Nate Hetherington      5          0          0          0

Mike Mercuriali            4          0          0          0

Mikel Palmerin            2          0          0          0

TOTALS:                    11        112      80        192

GP=Games Played G=Goals A=Assists Pts=Points

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