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The Oceanside City Council agreed this week to sell two vacant parcels of commercial land within the city’s El Corazon Park to Sudberry Development, Inc., as the sites for a 268-unit apartment complex and a 7,500-seat indoor sports arena.
The San Diego Sockers, a professional soccer team that now plays its home games at San Diego’s Pechanga Arena, plans to make the Oceanside arena its new home.
The team announced Thursday it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony May 20 at the site on Conner Way, just off El Corazon Drive and Rancho Del Oro Drive. Called Arena Califino, the venue also will host concerts, conventions and other large events.
For many during the coronavirus pandemic, a rare bright spot has been the end of the daily commute. But for one Baltimorean, thanks to the coronavirus, his commute became a weekly cross-country flight, all in search for soccer glory. || COVID-19 updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info || The pandemic canceled the Baltimore Blast season, but William Vanzela, in search of yet another title, was not yet done. So, he donned his jersey, one for the San Diego Sockers, headed west, and indeed found himself another championship. It was sad. You sit on your couch, and all you want to do is continue to compete and play, Vanzela said.Four rings in seven seasons as goalie for the Blast, Vanzela has an insatiable desire to win. To help fulfill his desire in 202o, the San Diego Sockers came calling.But the logistics of the journey to a fifth ring: Vanzela would fly to San Diego on Monday, train during the week there, but the Sockers were not allowed any home games be
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The Holtzman Alumni Center is pictured at Virginia Tech. A former women s soccer player for the university is suing the team s head coach after he reportedly retaliated against her for refusing the kneel before games. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
BLACKSBURG, VA A former Virginia Tech women s soccer player has filed a federal lawsuit against the team s coach, claiming he abused and retaliated against her after she refused to join the rest of the time in kneeling before games.
The federal lawsuit, filed by former player Kiersten Hening, named coach Charles Chugger Adair as the defendant, according to a report by The Roanoke Times. The lawsuit claims Adair s abuse grew so bad she was forced to resign from the team.