Houston Hurricanes
{{Short description|Defunct American soccer club}}
{{For|other similarly named teams|Houston Hurricanes (disambiguation)}}
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The Houston Hurricanes were a soccer club that competed in the United Soccer Leagues from 1996 to 2000.{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Conway |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |title=Can 1836 be a hit where other soccer teams have missed? |url=http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2006/01/can-1836-be-a-hit-where-other-soccer-teams-have-missed/ |date=January 30, 2006 |accessdate=September 20, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714080811/http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2006/01/can-1836-be-a-hit-where-other-soccer-teams-have-missed/ |url-status=dead }}
Description and history
The Hurricanes were a Division III (D-3) franchise, and their Major League Soccer affiliation was with the Kansas City Wizards owned by Joseph "Joey" Marc Serralta Ives and family making him the first Puerto Rican to own a professional sports franchise in the United States. Attendance averaged about 1,000 or less per game for the club's five seasons, and the franchise ceased playing in the USISL after the 2000 season and participated in the Lone Star Alliance before folding in 2001. The team's most successful season was 1997, when they reached .500 in the regular season and won the 1997 Divisional Championship before losing its Regional Championship game to the San Francisco Bay Seals. The team was coached by Mario Deglinocenti in 1996, Richard Pardo 1997, Marty Espinoza 1998, Vieira 1999, Jaime Rodriguez 2000 and Luis Morales in 2001. The team played its home games at [http://www.texasbob.com/stadium/stadium.php?id=610 Butler Stadium] in Houston.
Year-by-year
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Division !League !Reg. Season !Playoffs !Open Cup !Stadium |
| 1996
|3 |USISL Pro League |5-11, 5th, Central |Lost in first round |did not qualify |Butler Stadium/Delmar Stadium |
| 1997
|3 |USISL D-3 Pro League |9-9, 3rd, South Central |South Central Div Champions, Lost Regional Championship game |did not qualify |Robertson Stadium |
| 1998
|3 |USISL D-3 Pro League |7-11, 5th, South Central |Lost in first round |did not qualify |Butler Stadium |
| 1999
|3 |USL D-3 Pro League |5-13, 8th, Western |did not qualify |did not qualify |Butler Stadium |
| 2000
|3 |USL D-3 Pro League |8-9-1, 5th, Southern |did not qualify |did not qualify |Butler Stadium |
| 2001
|3 |Lone Star Alliance |7-7 |'Semi-Finals' |did not qualify |Butler Stadium/Delmar Stadium |
2012
Houston Hurricanes join NPSL
Owner - Brendan Keyes.
Head Coach - Brendan Keyes
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://soccertimes.com/directory/usisl/d3/hurricanes.htm Soccertimes.com page on the Houston Hurricanes]
- Standings and club information for [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121054603/http://www.sover.net/%7Espectrum/usl2.html 1996], [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/usl3.html 1997-99] and [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/usl3.html 2000] for current Houston Hurricanes FC(http://www.HoustonHurricanesfc.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311094812/http://www.houstonhurricanesfc.com/ |date=2013-03-11 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070202224144/http://www.kenn.com/sports/soccer/usl/usl2.html 1997-2000 attendance figures for the Houston Hurricanes]
Category:Defunct soccer clubs in Texas
Category:USL Second Division teams
Category:2001 disestablishments in Texas
Category:1996 establishments in Texas
Category:Soccer clubs in Texas
Category:Association football clubs established in 1996
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2001
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