Laredo Heat

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Laredo Heat SC
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Full nameLaredo Heat Soccer Club
Nickname(s)The Heat, The Red Flames
Founded2004
StadiumPEG Energy Stadium
Laredo, Texas
Capacity4,000
OwnersShashi Vaswani
General ManagerJuan Jose Vela
Head CoachJohn Powell
League USL League Two
2023 5th, Lone Star
Website http://www.laredoheatsc.com
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Original Laredo Heat logo 2004-07 Laredoheat.jpg
Original Laredo Heat logo 2004–07

Laredo Heat Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in Laredo, Texas. The team competes in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, as a member of the Lone Star Division.

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The team plays its home games at the PEG Energy Stadium, where they have played since 2024. The team's colors are red, black and white.

Founded in 2004, the team was a member of the USL Premier Development League from 2004 to 2015. The club took a hiatus for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

History

2004

Laredo Heat initially joined the USL Premier Development League in 2004 as an expansion franchise, playing a limited 'exploratory' schedule of eight exhibition games against selected opponents, but only managed two wins, both over the Lafayette Swamp Cats, 4–0 and 5–0, the latter of which featured a hat trick from striker Nelson Mata-Meza. Former Tampa Bay Mutiny, D.C. United and US national team striker Roy Lassiter played for Laredo in their 2–1 loss to DFW Tornados, but did not get on the score sheet. [1] He also played in a 1–1 draw against UNAM.

2016

The Heat decided to opt out of the PDL's 2016 season, citing the slow growth of the Mid-South Division as the reason. [2]

2017

The Heat announced they will be part of an expansion team of the National Premier Soccer League in 2018. [3] [4]

2025

The Heat announced would return to USL League Two for the 2025 season, marking the club's return to the league after a 10-year hiatus. The Heat, who had previously competed in League Two from 2004 to 2015 and won the league title in 2007, will play their home matches at the new PEG Energy Stadium in Laredo, Texas, as part of the Lone Star Division.

Team

Technical staff

Updated June 2024 [5]

Position
Head coachJohn Powell
Assistant coachBraeden Anderson
Assistant coachJohnny Ibarra

Notable former players

Year-by-year

YearLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsOpen Cup
2004 USL PDL8th, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify
2005 USL PDL2nd, Mid SouthConference Finalsdid not qualify
2006 USL PDL1st, Mid SouthNational Final1st Round
2007 USL PDL1st, Mid SouthChampionsdid not qualify
2008 USL PDL2nd, Mid SouthNational Finaldid not qualify
2009 USL PDL1st, Mid SouthConference Finalsdid not qualify
2010 USL PDL1st, Mid SouthConference Semifinaldid not qualify
2011 USL PDL1st, Mid SouthNational Finaldid not qualify
2012 USL PDL1st, Mid SouthConference Semifinal2nd Round
2013 USL PDL2nd, Mid SouthConference Finals2nd Round
2014 USL PDL2nd, Mid SouthConference Semifinal4th Round
2015 USL PDL3rd, Mid Southdid not qualify2nd Round
2016On Hiatus
2017
2018 NPSL1st, Lone StarRegional semifinalsdid not qualify
2019 NPSL5th, Lone Stardid not qualify2nd Round
2020 NPSLCancelled due to COVID
2021 NPSL2nd, Lone StarConference Finaldid not qualify
2022 NPSL1st, Lone StarRegional semifinalsdid not qualify
2023 NPSL5th, Lone Stardid not qualifydid not qualify
2024NPSL4th, Lone StarIn Progressdid not qualify

Events hosted by the Laredo Heat

Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez playing against the Laredo Heat Soccer Club on May 24, 2006 Chicharito Laredo Heat SC 2006.jpg
Javier "Chicharito" Hernández playing against the Laredo Heat Soccer Club on May 24, 2006

Honors

Stadia

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ United Soccer Leagues (USL) Archived 2009-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Scavuzzo, Diane (December 1, 2015). "SABBATICAL FOR PDL'S LAREDO HEAT". goalnation.com. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ "LAREDO HEAT SOCCER CLUB JOINS THE NPSL". npsl.com. November 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ Davis, Zach (November 28, 2017). "Heat SC returning to Laredo in 2018". lmtonline.com. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ Coaching Staff
  6. ↑ Heat to play Tigres, Chivas reserves in exhibitions Archived 2014-06-05 at archive.today
  7. ↑ U.S. Prepares for Mexico U-20 match by studying Mexican match vs Laredo Heat
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html
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