Sockers San Diego

BEST SPORTS DEAL IN SAN DIEGO — TAKE NOTE!
$ 10 GA seats that are ALMOST as good as the more expensive seats — the stadium is so small, every seat is a good, clear view.
The Sockers are an amazing team that never disappoint, and most of the nights have some sort of awesome freebie — t-​shirts, programs, etc. The games are action-​packed and very community-​oriented.
Parking is free!!!

I still love going to Sockers games and I am a bigger fan now than I
Was when I wrote my first review. Some changes have been made. Most importantly the games are now at the Sports Arena so there is no need to dress like you are going to the snow. The players still stick around to sign autographs and they are excellent with kids. The games are even more exciting now that they actually have tough competitors. I highly recommend you checking out a game if you haven’t done so already. Parking is free.

The San Diego Sockers are my sports heroes. Their amazing talent, dedication to be the best, and their graciousness with the fans make them top class people. I love going to Sockers games, their is honestly nothing more exciting to watch and no better entertainment value. The Sockers organization is equally top class From the general manager to the play by play announcer. Every player (former/​current), all those who work for the sockers organization are amazing people. San Diego, if you havent checked out how truly incredible your Sockers are, or if you have, and you’re still not a season ticket holder, their is nothing more affordable/​worth the money then a SOCKERS SEASON TICKET :). GO SOCKERS.
Sincerely,
Martin Barken (Sockers fan since I was a kid in the late 80’s)

watching the sockers score on saturday’s finale to the thumping and stomping of the wild crowd was pretty electrifying. the opposing team put up a good fight in the 2^nd half and almost sent them into ot.
on a chilly evening, pack some blankets. those metal benches are brutal on the buns even with winter coats on. believe me, a blanket will make the world of difference.
all the usual park nibblies were here: kettle corn, corn dogs, gyros, and pizza. watch out for the stray soccer balls that fly over the barriers. no one is safe — not even by the gyro stand.
it was fun to watch some charity fund raising games like kicking the soccer ball through a tiny hole or seeing hundreds of yellow frisbees try to land inside a tire for «x» amount of dollars.
the one downside was the excessive and sometimes unsportsman-​like heckling. i won’t name the box seats, you know who you are… anyhoo…
and frankly, running onto the astro turf and high fiving the players while being showered with bits of confetti was just — awesome!

This is what good, rowdy, local fun is all about. As a red-​blooded North American, «soccer» to me is that game with the guys in shiny shorts where they run back and forth for hours on end, and the game often ends in a tie of zero to zero. No crashes? No broken tibias? No 400-​pound Samoans? Where’s the fun in that?
I’ll tell you where the fun is. The Del Mar Fairgrounds, watching the San Diego Sockers. Yes, they’re back for I think the third iteration in its lifetime? As an SD Native, I remember Julie Veeeeeeee and the championship teams of the 80’s. Then they went away, then they came back, then they went away… and they’re back again, and so deserving of local support.
Tickets are inexpensive, and you can sit right against the glass, cheering for players, many of whom have day jobs, or heckling the other team with glee. There’s plenty of beer and food for sale, and even though it’s «indoor» soccer, it’s in the covered-​yet-​open part of the Fairgrounds where they have the rodeo. A very cool venue, and right at the front of the Fair parking lot, so it’s no long shlep to get there.
The players and coaches hang around and talk to the fans after the game, and the atmosphere is fun, friendly, and all about raw sport and emotion. The field is smaller, so the game is very fast, and often high-​scoring, so if your attention span is short like mine – SQUIRREL! – you will have no problem getting into the games.
Go. Just go. Plus, the team is really good, so you won’t feel like your heart is being ripped out and stomped on like other SD sports teams who get your hopes up and then just forget to show up and play, as if they didn’t realize that you made up a special batch of guacamole just to watch them play because you just KNEW it was their year… Sigh…