Central Coast Roadrunners

Central Coast Roadrunners
Full name	Central Coast Roadrunners
Nickname(s)	The Roadrunners
Founded	1996
Ground	Mustang Stadium
Capacity	8,500
Chairman	Larry Smyth
Manager	Bob Wilson
League	Premier Development League
2002	5th, did not make playoffs
Home colours	Away colours

Last updated March 18, 2019

Central Coast Roadrunners were an American soccer team, founded in 1996.^[1] The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2002, after which the team left the league and the franchise rights were transferred to the newly formed Fresno Fuego. The Roadrunners were one of the most successful PDL franchises in California, winning the national championship in 1996 and 1997.

Their chairman, Larry Smyth, was inducted into the USL Hall of Fame in 2004, and was the first person to be inducted into the USL Hall of Fame via vote in the Builder category, which has an automatic induction for owners and executives who have served 10 years in the USL.

They played their home games in Mustang Stadium on the grounds of California Polytechnic State University just outside San Luis Obispo, California. The team's colors were blue and white.

California Polytechnic State University is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California. It is one of two polytechnics in the California State University system.

San Luis Obispo, or SLO for short, is a city in the U.S. state of California, located roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on the Central Coast of Southern California. The population was 45,119 at the 2010 census. The population of San Luis Obispo County was 269,637 in 2010.

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1996	"4"	USISL Prem	1st, Western South	Champions	Did not qualify
1997	"4"	USL PDSL	2nd, Southwest	Champions	Round 3
1998	"4"	USL PDSL	4th, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1999	"4"	USL PDL	2nd, Southwest	Conference Semi-finals	Did not qualify
2000	"4"	USL PDL	2nd, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2001	"4"	USL PDL	3rd, Southwest	Did not qualify	Round 2
2002	"4"	USL PDL	5th, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

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References

↑ Lodes, K.J. (2008). The American Soccer Guide. Infosential Press. p. 724. ISBN 978-1-930852-09-9 . Retrieved July 12, 2018.

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[Lodes_2008_p._724-1] Lodes, K.J. (2008). The American Soccer Guide. Infosential Press. p. 724. ISBN 978-1-930852-09-9 . Retrieved July 12, 2018.