Houston Hurricanes

The Houston Hurricanes were a soccer club that competed in the United Soccer Leagues from 1996 to 2000.^[1]

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 Butler Stadium in Houston.

Year-by-year

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

^ Conway, Joe (January 30, 2006). "Can 1836 be a hit where other soccer teams have missed?". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2014.

External links

Soccertimes.com page on the Houston Hurricanes
Standings and club information for 1996, 1997-99 and 2000 for current Houston Hurricanes FC(http://www.HoustonHurricanesfc.com Archived 2013-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
1997-2000 attendance figures for the Houston Hurricanes

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[1] Conway, Joe (January 30, 2006). "Can 1836 be a hit where other soccer teams have missed?". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2014.

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