San Diego Sports

Professional San Diego Sports Teams

San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres is San Diego’s beloved Major League Baseball team, presently hailing from the still-new PETCO Park in Downtown San Diego. The team joined the MLB in 1969, and has enjoyed decades of success.
Owner: John Moores
Manager: Bud Black and Kevin Towers
San Diego Padres Official Website
Fun Fact: The Padres are the only major league team to win two league championships and never win a World Series. Ouch!

San Diego Chargers

The much-revered San Diego Chargers have called San Diego and San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium home since moving from Los Angeles in the early Sixties. The National Football League team, lovingly called the “Bolts” by fans, continues to maintain a huge fan base, despite never winning a Super Bowl.
Owner: Alex Spanos
Manager: A.J. Smith
San Diego Chargers Website
Fun Fact: As of 2007, the Chargers have seen five players and one coach honored in the Professional Football Hall of Fame.

San Diego OMBAC Rugby Football Club

San Diego's Old Mission Beach Athletic Club (OMBAC) Rugby Football Club was formed in 1966, 12 years (1954) after the founding of OMBAC by Mike Curren and his co athletes. By 1968 it joined the first division categorized Southern California Rugby Football Union (SCRFU), and since then the club has established itself in top ranking men's rugby club competitions in the USA.
Chairman: Bob Watkins
Manager: Glenn Irvine
San Diego OMBAC Rugby Football Club Website
Fun Fact: San Diego OMBAC Rugby Football Club has became USA Rugby Division I Champions in the years 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1996. It also became champions in the USA Rugby National Club Sevens in the years1985, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2006.

San Diego Pumitas

The Pumitas is an American soccer team that represents San Diego in the National Premier Soccer League, in the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The San Diego soccer team plays against El Paso, Carlsbad, Boulder, and Denver in the Southwest Conference, and plays its home matches in Balboa Stadium.
Owner: Ulises Ramirez Aguirre
Manager: Elizeo Santos
San Diego Pumitas Website
Fun Fact: Balboa Stadium is home of the San Diego Pumitas, and former home of the San Diego Chargers.

San Diego WFC Sealions

The Women’s Football Club Sealions call Cathedral Catholic High School home. The San Diego football team is a member of the Women’s Premier Soccer League and play teams from Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Riverside, and San Francisco. In 2000, the Sealions were named WPSL champions.
Head Coach: Sean Bowers
San Diego WFC Sealions Website
Fun fact: The Women’s Football Club was formed in 1988 to provide post-college players a place to play competitive soccer.

San Diego Sunwaves

The San Diego Sunwaves, a Western Conference Champion team, brings high-intensity women’s soccer to San Diego. The Sunwaves are a member of the USL’s W-League, featuring 40 of the top teams from around the nation. Catch the Sunwaves in action at Torero Stadium located on the University of San Diego campus.
Head Coach: Elio Bello
San Diego Sunwaves Website
Fun Fact: Professional soccer superstar Brandi Chastain once played in the W-League.

San Diego Shockwaves

The San Diego Shockwaves are the new San Diego indoor football team in town and had a great inaugural season. The team has decided to lay dormant for a season until a stronger west coast division can be created. The Shockwaves plan to return to indoor football action in the 2009 season. The San Diego team is also looking into building their own sports complex compatible for indoor football in San Diego.
Manager: Jeff Sprowls
Owner: Robert Sprowls
San Diego Shockwaves Website
Fun Fact: The Shockwaves are cheered on by the Lady Killers dance squad.

San Diego Wildcats

The San Diego Wildcats are a member of the American Basketball Association and play at the Joan Croc Center. The San Diego basketball team was founded in 2006 and experienced an exciting inaugural season. All basketball players on the San Diego Wildcats have professional or college experience in the game of basketball.
Manager: Zach Jones
Owner: Anthony Lacey
San Diego Wildcats Website
Fun Fact: As of 2007, the basketball team is currently ranked #12 out the 50+ teams in the ABA.

San Diego College Sports Teams

San Diego State Aztecs

Montezuma Mesa is home to the NCAA Division I Aztecs and its primary conference is the Mountain West Conference.
San Diego College Sports Teams Website

University of California San Diego Tritons

While UCSD lacks a collegiate football team, it excels in other sports. The UCSD surfing team has won the national title six times. UCSD participates in the NCAA’s Division II.
University of California San Diego Tritons Website

University of San Diego Toreros

USD competes in the NCAA’s Division 1 level and participates in the West Coast Conference. The football team competes in the Pioneer Football League. Torero is Spanish for “bullfighter,” but the USD athletic teams were formerly called the Pioneers.
University of San Diego Toreros Website

San Diego Sports Resources

San Diego Vavi

Is the largest sport and social club in San Diego that incorporates social networking and exercise in a laid-back and fun atmosphere. Sign up to play basketball, boozeskeeball, dodgeball, flag football, kickball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, inner tube water polo, salsa and hip hop dancing, kayaking, beach bar bootcamp, and much more.
San Diego Vavi Website

San Diego American Flag Football League

Is California’s premier flag football league and the largest league of its kind in the western U.S. Visit the website for team registration, league rules, and external football links and contacts.
San Diego American Flag Football League Website

San Diego County Soccer League

Organizes the largest co-ed soccer programs in San Diego, and the website features schedules, meetings, new player resources, photos, rules and procedures, and more.
San Diego County Soccer League Website

San Diego Indoor Soccer – or Let’s Play Soccer

Is the top indoor soccer league in San Diego with year-round male, female and co-ed leagues of all levels from the early morning until the late night.
San Diego Indoor Soccer – or Let’s Play Soccer Website

SanDiegoSportsLeagues.com

Connects San Diego male and female basketball, softball and volleyball enthusiasts.
San Diego Sports Leagues Website

San Diego Basketball

Is a one-stop site for amateur and emerging male and female basketball players of all ages. Visit their website for open gym times, league information, and San Diego basketball official contacts.
San Diego Basketball Website

San Diego International Sports Council