The Houston Hurricanes were a soccer club that competed in the United Soccer Leagues

United Soccer Leagues

The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...

from 1996 to 2000.

Description and history

The Hurricanes were a Division III (D-3) franchise, and their Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

 affiliation was with the Kansas City Wizards

Kansas City Wizards

Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...

 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

Jaime Rodríguez

Jaime Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez is a retired football player from El Salvador. He represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.-Playing career:...

 2000 and Luis Morales in 2001. The team played its home games at Butler Stadium in Houston

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

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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

External links

• Soccertimes.com page on the Houston Hurricanes
• Standings and club information for 1996, 1997-99 and 2000
• 1997-2000 attendance figures for the Houston Hurricanes