(All photos courtesy Aaron Jaffe)

PHOENIX, AZ--Kraig Chiles continued a torrid scoring weekend with four goals and two assists as the San Diego Sockers won their 21st straight match overall, defeating the Phoenix Monsoon 10-3 at the Phoenix Sports Centre. Chiles, the former Poway High and SDSU star and defending PASL MVP, increased his league scoring lead with six more points, giving Kraig 23 goals and 12 assists (35 points) in seven games. On the weekend Chiles had nine goals and three assists (12 points) in wins over Anaheim and Phoenix. Brian Farber added two goals and an assist and Chiky Luna had a goal and two helpers as the Sockers moved to 7-0 in the PASL regular season.

Sunday’s game was a “double”, also counting as the second round of the U.S. Open Cup, and the win advanced the Sockers to the third round against Tacoma. One of San Diego’s upcoming two matches this weekend against the Stars will also count as a “double match”.

The Phoenix Monsoon (1-8) hadn’t played a league game in a month but stayed with the Sockers in the first quarter while the visitors regained their legs. After taking a 2-0 lead on goals by Chiles and Eduardo Velez, San Diego conceded consecutive goals to tie the action at two, before Brian Farber’s goal on a pass from Chiles with just five seconds remaining in the quarter put the Sockers ahead 3-2.

The Sockers scored the game's final seven goals unanswered, with Chiles netting three and Eric Wunderle adding a goal and an assist. 

San Diego continues a three-game road swing as they travel to Tacoma this weekend for back-to-back games against the Stars. Saturday night's 7:00pm game and Sunday afternoon's 3:00pm game will both be webcast live on 619Sports.Net.

Note: For a more complete recap of this game visit 619Sports.Net's game story.