Sockers Overtime

With the Grand Final just four days away, Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez gather at the Third Avenue tasting room of 3 Punk Ales in Chula Vista for a special episode. The guys recap the Sockers' road trip to Florida, and a gutty 6-3 win in Game One of the Ron Newman Cup Finals. Top assistant coach Rene Ortiz joins the guys in-person to discuss Game One, the season to date, and keys to finish the se...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez look back at the drama of a Ron Newman Cup Semifinal Sunday that saw the Sockers need to beat Chihuahua twice in the same night. Guests Christian Gutierrez and Felipe Gonzalez are big parts of the reasons why it worked out. The guys look ahead to the Finals, reveal watch party info and a new tickets deal for the Grand Final.

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez regroup and review a thrilling but ultimately disappointing overtime loss to Chihuahua in Game One of the Ron Newman Cup Semifinals, putting the Sockers on the brink of elimination. Can San Diego rally to win two at home on Sunday? Team captain Kraig Chiles joins the podcast from Mexico, then general manager Sean Bowers joins the show live to discuss what the Sockers...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez start the show by talking about the MASL SUPPORTERS Shield ceremony, and how the MASL Shield became a Supporters Shield. Then, a look at a dominant quarterfinal sweep of Milwaukee. Veteran defender Guerrero Pino joins the show to discuss the Sockers' defensive prowess and looking ahead to Chihuahua. The guys explain how the MASL did a back-flip on their rules interpr...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez recap the final weekend of the 2021-22 MASL regular season, where the Sockers won the MASL Shield and concluded the campaign with a 20-match winning streak. Midfielder Leonardo de Oliveira joins us for a bilingual conversation in which he discusses his joy of playing the midfield and playing with Tavoy Morgan. Craig reveals a key MASL rules clarification that could c...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez look back at another East Coast back-to-back, and two more wins for the Sockers, completing a perfect 12-0 road record. Special guest Eduardo "El Vaquero" Velez recounts his battle to return from injury this season, and how he came through at exactly the right time with a hat trick against Baltimore. The guys discuss the announcement of the MASL Shield for the league...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez recap a painful 8-6 win over Tacoma, in which the San Diego Sockers extended their winning streak but lost two more players to injury. Craig offers an update on the biggest injury, Christian Gutierrez's ankle. Special guest Juan Gonzalez joins the show to discuss his second tour of duty with the Sockers. The guys break down the latest flurry of MASL announcements, in...

The Sockers have won fifteen straight matches in the MASL and just wrapped up a two-win weekend fraught with difficulty on the East Coast. Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez got together live on Twitch (Tuesdays at 5pm) to discuss wins over Baltimore and Utica, the difficulty of the travel presented by the schedule, and then welcome in MASL Primetime host Alex Bastyovanszky to discuss his origins in c...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez are back together for their LIVE weekly broadcast, Tuesdays at 5pm PT on Twitch. This week, a look back at a crucial 6-2 win over the Chihuahua Savage, sweeping the season series, and how the officials got it right at the end of the match. Special guest Sean Callahan talks about transitioning from M2 into the MASL via the Sockers2 program. The guys reveal a new speci...

Craig Elsten works without Jerry Jimenez this week, who is out on vacation, and instead welcomes in guest co-host Brian Farber to discuss the Sockers' big wins over Kansas City and Milwaukee last weekend. Assistant Coach (and Sockers2 Head Coach) Rene Ortiz is the special guest for the final 35 minutes of the program, talking about the Sockers' "Feets of Magic" and looking ahead to a huge showdown...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez broadcast Sockers Overtime live Tuesdays at 5pm PT on the Sockers' Twitch channel, twitch.tv/sandiegosockers. On this week's show, the guys looked at a big weekend of MASL games and a controversial suspension, welcomed in Kansas City Comets analyst Erik Burgrud to preview this weekend's showdown against KC and Milwaukee, and revealed which Sockers retired number LEGE...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez record Sockers Overtime LIVE on Twitch every Tuesday at 5pm PT during the MASL season. This week, the guys recapped a wildly successful road trip, with three wins in five days culminating in an 8-2 take-down of Ontario. Special Guest Kraig Chiles talks about the club's chemistry and unselfishness, and gives the behind-the-scenes origin story of his new mustache. Then...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez look back at the Sockers' workmanlike 4-3 overtime win against Tacoma, deciphering how much of the match was an effective Stars strategy, and how much was a lack of Sockers sharpness. Special guest Chiky Luna talks about the coaching staff's reaction to the match, transitioning from player to coach, and the latest at CaliFino Tequila. The guys go through the MASL's l...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez come to you live every Tuesday at 5pm PT on the Sockers' Twitch channel (twitch.tv/sandiegosockers). On this week's show, the guys go through a three-win week, in which the Sockers battled back on the road, and swept two weekend home matches. Special guest Xavier Snaer-Williams reveals his path to pro soccer, and goes through his MASL Player of the Week-winning pro d...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez come to you live on the San Diego Sockers' Twitch channel Tuesdays at 5pm PT. This week, the guys broke down two CRAZY overtime wins in Chihuahua, Mexico, welcomed in veteran midfielder Felipe Gonzalez, and prepared for the Sockers' week of three matches in five days.

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez celebrate the 100th episode of Sockers Overtime with a special live Twitch broadcast from 3 Punk Ales' tasting room in Chula Vista. After a shout-out from former co-host Nate Abaurrea, Craig and Jerry break down a dominant 7-2 win over Ontario, and talk about the key injury that came out of the match. Then, goalkeeper Boris Pardo joins the guys live to talk about the...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez broadcast "Sockers Overtime" live Tuesdays at 5pm PT on Twitch.tv/sandiegosockers. On this week's show, the guys break down a disappointing second half, as the Sockers blew a 5-1 lead and lost to Ontario 8-7 in OT. Special guest Brian Farber talks about his return from a painful foot injury, and how the new MASL ball was designed. The guys go through some Sockers new...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez look back at the January 2 comeback against the Ontario Fury, the physical nature of the game, and the tremendous stand-in performance in goal by Eduardo "Pollo" Cortes. Special guest Tavoy Morgan joins the show at the 30-minute mark, talking about his goal celebrations, integrating his game into the Sockers attack, and more! The boys go through the latest MASL news,...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez reconvene on the Sockers' Twitch channel to go through the latest news in the MASL, including Jamie Lovegrove asking for his release to go back to the Dallas Sidekicks, and another match postponed due to COVID. Defender Mitchell Cardenas comes by the show live and tells the guys what it's like marking the best forwards in the league. Craig and Jerry lean into some un...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez broadcast live on Twitch (twitch.tv/sandiegosockers) every Tuesday evening at 5pm PT. This week, the guys looked back at the Sockers' home opener, ring ceremony and banner drop, reviewed the 4-1 win over Chihuahua, and welcomed midfielder Jamie Lovegrove to the program live.

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez are back with you live on twitch.tv/sandiegosockers every Tuesday at 5pm PT with a new episode of Sockers Overtime! This week, the guys look back at an encouraging 10-7 win at Tacoma in the 2021-22 season opener. Then, special guest Charlie Gonzalez joins the show to discuss his four-point Sockers debut. The guys go through the new mask mandate in California and how...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez come live to you from the San Diego Sockers' Twitch channel (twitch.tvv/sandiegosockers) with their Tuesday 5pm broadcast, breaking down all the latest headlines from the MASL and your 15-time champions! The Sockers have new players on the way, and star players sidelined for the opener. General Manager Sean Bowers joins the show to preview the season, and FanSaves co...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez are back to go through the latest news and views from around the MASL. The league season has started, while for the Sockers, training camp has entered its second week. We hear from veteran midfielder/defender Felipe Gonzalez, then go through exciting news for Sockers season ticket members, our supporters group, and some former Sockers heading up the I-15 to play for...

Craig Elsten and Jerry Jimenez begin the weekly portion of the season for Sockers Overtime...we go weekly from here until the season ends, hopefully with another championship! On this week's episode, the guys discuss the first week of training camp. Who's looking good, and how might the roster be different from previous years? Then, a tour of the Sockers' promotional schedule, game-by-game, and th...

Sockers CMO/announcer Craig Elsten is joined via Zoom by David Banks, the 1990-91 MSL Rookie of the Year, a member of two Sockers championship squads, and one of the links from the MSL to the CISL in the early '90s. The two reflect upon Banks' career, walk down memory lane about the 1990-91 and 1991-92 championships, and the evolution of the sport.