Three time Savage

The Chihuahua Savage are officially a dynasty.

Three consecutive titles in just four years of existence says it loud.

The Mexican team struggled, but rallied and twice defeated one of the most prestigious teams in American indoor soccer, the San Diego Sockers, to bring their third Ron Newman Cup to the Corner Sport Arena.

The mission wasn't easy; in fact, it was the most complicated of the three they have faced, and they managed to win with style.

The Sockers, who have won 16 times in their history, won Game 1 in California, which forced the Mexican team to first defeat them in Game 2, which took place on Sunday in Chihuahua. 

If they succeeded, a Knockout Game would be played at the end of the game to determine the champion of the 2024-2025 MASL season, just as it happened.

In the first of that magical night for the Savage, they managed to recover from a 3-0 and then 4-1 deficit that had given San Diego a second-quarter lead, but the "Savage" came back and by halftime it was 4-4; if San Diego won that game, they would be crowned champions.

Chihuahua scored six more goals in the closing stages of the match, with only two goals by the Sockers, to secure the vital victory that extended the series to the maximum possible extent.

In the Knockout Game, the Savage showed their full power and won 6-0 to secure a three-peat.

San Diego was a formidable opponent. The Savage and the Sockers have won the last five MASL champions, and they are now perhaps the league's newest rivalry.

Hugo Puentes, who scored four goals on the night, was named Finals MVP for the second consecutive season, and Chris Hernández, who played the final two quarters and the tiebreaker in goal for the Savage, earned the  Goalkeeper of the Final award.

Chihuahua became the first Mexican team to win a three-time championship in the United States' professional indoor soccer leagues, surpassing Monterrey La Raza, that had won two titles in the 1995 and 1996 Continental Indoor Soccer League seasons.

Furthermore, their three victories have come under three different coaches: Everardo Sánchez, Genoni Martínez, and now Édgar Martínez.

The Chihuahua organization compleated a dream season, as all of its teams won championships in all three divisions in which they participate: the MASL2, or second division, and the MASLW, the league's women's division.