El Paso Patriots

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El Paso Patriots
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Full nameEl Paso Patriots Soccer Club.
Nickname(s)The Patriots
Founded1989
Dissolved2013
Stadium SISD Student Activities Complex
El Paso, Texas
Capacity11,000
Owner Enrique Cervantes
Head Coach Javier McDonald
League Premier Development League
2013 6th, Mid South
Playoffs: DNQ
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season
Original Chivas El Paso Patriots logo Chivaselpaso.jpg
Original Chivas El Paso Patriots logo

El Paso Patriots was an American soccer team based in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1989, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of the Southern Conference.

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The team played its home games at the soccer-specific Patriot Stadium, where they played since 2005 until 2012, when they played their last season (2013) home schedule at the SAC. The team's colors were red, navy blue and white.

Prior to their stadium being completed in 2005, the Patriots played at the Sun Bowl Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso, and at Dudley Field, the former home of the El Paso Diablos baseball team. They were one of the more long-serving franchises in American soccer, having previously played in the first division A-League until 2003.

History

Founded in 1989 as the El Paso Sixshooters and owned and coached by Dan Guard, the team competed in the Southwest Indoor Soccer League. [1] In January 1990, the team ceased operations. [2] The team resumed operations in the fall of 1990 as the El Paso Spurs. Before the 1991 season, the Spurs were sold to a group which included primary investor Enrique Cervantes as well as Jaime Monardes. The new ownership group renamed the team the Patriots to capitalize on the Patriot missile's recent success in the Gulf War and hired Brazilian Marinho Chagas as head coach. [3] [4] In 2003, the team played in the Sun Bowl.

Prior to the 2010 PDL season the Patriots signed a formal agreement with Mexican Premier Division team Guadalajara, and were officially rebranded as the Chivas El Paso Patriots. In addition to cross-promotion, sponsorship and player development, the agreement will also see the U-20, Division 1A and Division II Chivas teams playing regular games in El Paso. [5] In 2012, the club rebranded to their original name El Paso Patriots.

Players

Notable former players

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.

Year-by-year

YearDivisionLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsOpen Cup
1989/90N/ASISL Indoor4th, Cactusdid not qualifyN/A
1990/91N/ASISL Indoor8th, Southwestdid not qualifyN/A
1991N/ASISL2nd, SouthwestSemifinalsdid not enter
1992N/AUSISL1st, Southwestdid not qualifydid not enter
1993N/AUSISL6th, AtlanticSizzling Sixdid not enter
19943USISL2nd, SouthwestDivisional Semifinalsdid not enter
19953USISL Pro League1st, South CentralDivisional FinalsFinal
19963USISL Select League3rd, Pacific1st Round2nd Round
19972USISL A-League6th, Pacificdid not qualifydid not qualify
19982USISL A-League6th, Centraldid not qualify3rd Round
19992USL A-League5th, PacificConference Quarterfinalsdid not qualify
20002USL A-League4th, PacificConference Quarterfinalsdid not qualify
20012USL A-League7th, Westerndid not qualify3rd Round
20022USL A-League2nd, Pacific1st Rounddid not qualify
20032USL A-League3rd, Centraldid not qualify3rd Round
20044USL PDL1st, Mid SouthConference Semifinalsdid not qualify
20054USL PDL1st, Mid SouthNational Final2nd Round
20064USL PDL3rd, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify
20074USL PDL2nd, Mid SouthConference Semifinals2nd Round
20084USL PDL3rd, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify
20094USL PDL4th, Mid Southdid not qualify2nd Round
20104USL PDL5th, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify
20114USL PDL2nd, Mid SouthConference Semifinals1st Round
20124USL PDL3rd, Mid Southdid not qualify2nd Round
20134USL PDL6th, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify

Honors

Head coaches

Stadium

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

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References

  1. ↑ Sockadillos silence Sixshooters by scoring amazing 27 goals Austin American-Statesman – Sunday, December 3, 1989
  2. ↑ Renegades, Albuquerque Vie – El Paso Team Folds Tulsa World – Saturday, January 20, 1990
  3. ↑ El Paso soccer team fights to make name Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Wednesday, June 12, 1991
  4. ↑ Renegades' Sunbelt Outdoor Slate Set Tulsa World – Sunday, April 7, 1991
  5. ↑ Chivas de Guadalajara and El Paso Patriots Sign Agreement Archived 2011-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Former Patriot "Maleno" Frias now a Juárez Indio - el Paso Times". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
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