The original Monterrey La Raza was a professional indoor soccer team based in Monterrey

Monterrey

Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

, Nuevo León

Nuevo León

Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

, Mexico

Mexico

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. The team was founded on December 29, 1992 as a member of the Continental Indoor Soccer League

Continental Indoor Soccer League

The Continental Indoor Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997.-History:When the Major Soccer League folded in the summer of 1992, two of its former teams joined a group of hockey and basketball arena owners led by Ron Weinstein who wanted to create a league to...

. After the CISL folded, the La Raza took one season off and attempted to join the National Professional Soccer League before joining the World Indoor Soccer League

World Indoor Soccer League

The World Indoor Soccer League was a United States based indoor soccer league that existed from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams.-History:...

 in 1999. The team folded after it was expelled from the WISL before the 2001 season due to the lack of progress on building Arena Monterrey.

Notable players

The most famous player in the team's history was Zizinho

Gerardo dos Santos

Geraldo Francisco dos Santos is a Brazilian former professional footballer nicknamed Zizinho.-Career:Born in São Paulo, Brazil, dos Santos began his professional career in Mexico in 1980 with América...

, father of Giovani dos Santos

Giovani Dos Santos

Giovani dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play as a winger or second striker. Since joining Tottenham, he has had loan spells at Ipswich Town, Galatasaray and Racing de Santander...

.

Other notable players include: Marco Lopez Genoni Martinez Mariano Bollella Raul Salas Kevin Smith (1993–95)

Honors

Championships

• 1995 CISL: Monterrey defeated the Sacramento Knights
  Sacramento Knights
  Sacramento Knights were an indoor soccer team that played from 1993 to 2001 in ARCO Arena and were owned by the NBA's Sacramento Kings. The team played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League from 1993 to 1997. The team then moved to the World Indoor Soccer League in 1998 after the CISL folded...
  
   12-6, 4-5 (OT), 10-7 to win series 2-1.
• 1996 CISL: Monterrey defeated the Houston Hotshots
  Houston Hotshots
  The Houston Hotshots were a professional indoor soccer team in Houston, Texas. They played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League from 1994 to 1997, and moved to the World Indoor Soccer League in 1999 after the CISL folded...
  
   10-6, 6-5 to win series 2-1 in the minigames.
• 2000 WISL: Monterrey defeated the Dallas Sidekicks
  Dallas Sidekicks
  The Dallas Sidekicks were one of the longest operating professional soccer teams, either indoor or outdoor, in the United States, based in Dallas, Texas, and operating from 1984 until suspending operations following the 2004 season. The team was founded as a member of the original Major Indoor...
  
  6-5 in shootouts.

Division Titles

• 1995 Eastern Division
• 1996 Eastern Division
• 1997 Eastern Division
• 2000 WISL Regular Season

Home Arena

The Monterrey Tech Gym was the home turf for La Raza. It had a playing surface of 162 x 82.