Soccer club
Laredo Heat SC Full name Laredo Heat Soccer Club Nickname(s) The Heat, The Red Flames Founded 2004 Stadium PEG Energy StadiumLaredo, Texas Capacity 4,000 Owners Shashi Vaswani General Manager Juan Jose Vela Head Coach John Powell League NPSL 2023 5th, Lone Star Website Club website
Current season
Original Laredo Heat logo 2004–07
Laredo Heat Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in Laredo, Texas . The team competes in National Premier Soccer League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid , as a member of the Lone Star Conference.
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]
Team
Technical staff
Updated June 2024 [ 5]
Position
Head coach
John Powell
Assistant coach
Braeden Anderson
Assistant coach
Johnny Ibarra
Year-by-year
Year
League
Regular Season
Playoffs
Open Cup
2004
USL PDL
8th, Mid South
did not qualify
did not qualify
2005
USL PDL
2nd, Mid South
Conference Finals
did not qualify
2006
USL PDL
1st, Mid South
National Final
1st Round
2007
USL PDL
1st, Mid South
Champions
did not qualify
2008
USL PDL
2nd, Mid South
National Final
did not qualify
2009
USL PDL
1st, Mid South
Conference Finals
did not qualify
2010
USL PDL
1st, Mid South
Conference Semifinal
did not qualify
2011
USL PDL
1st, Mid South
National Final
did not qualify
2012
USL PDL
1st, Mid South
Conference Semifinal
2nd Round
2013
USL PDL
2nd, Mid South
Conference Finals
2nd Round
2014
USL PDL
2nd, Mid South
Conference Semifinal
4th Round
2015
USL PDL
3rd, Mid South
did not qualify
2nd Round
2016
On Hiatus
2017
2018
NPSL
1st, Lone Star
Regional semifinals
did not qualify
2019
NPSL
5th, Lone Star
did not qualify
2nd Round
2020
NPSL
Cancelled due to COVID
2021
NPSL
2nd, Lone Star
Conference Final
did not qualify
2022
NPSL
1st, Lone Star
Regional semifinals
did not qualify
2023
NPSL
5th, Lone Star
did not qualify
did not qualify
2024
NPSL
4th, Lone Star
In Progress
did not qualify
Events hosted by the Laredo Heat
Javier "Chicharito" Hernández playing against the Laredo Heat Soccer Club on May 24, 2006
Honors
NPSL Lone Star Conference Champions 2018
USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2011
USL PDL Mid South Division Champions 2011
USL PDL Mid South Division Champions 2010
USL PDL Mid South Division Champions 2009
USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2008
USL PDL Champions 2007
USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2007
USL PDL Mid South Division Champions 2007
USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2006
USL PDL Mid South Division Champions 2006
Stadia
Average attendance
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match.[ 8]
2004: 1,300
2005: 542
2006: 705 (9th in PDL)
2007: 737 (10th in PDL)
2008: 974
2009: 1,228 (7th in PDL)
2010: 989 (10th in PDL)
References
^ United Soccer Leagues (USL) Archived 2009-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ Scavuzzo, Diane (December 1, 2015). "SABBATICAL FOR PDL'S LAREDO HEAT" . goalnation.com . Retrieved March 18, 2018 .
^ "LAREDO HEAT SOCCER CLUB JOINS THE NPSL" . npsl.com . November 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018 .
^ Davis, Zach (November 28, 2017). "Heat SC returning to Laredo in 2018" . lmtonline.com . Retrieved March 17, 2018 .
^ Coaching Staff
^ Heat to play Tigres, Chivas reserves in exhibitions Archived 2014-06-05 at archive.today
^ U.S. Prepares for Mexico U-20 match by studying Mexican match vs Laredo Heat
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html
External links
East Region
Keystone East Keystone West Mid-Atlantic North Atlantic
South Region
Gulf Coast Sunshine Lone Star Southeast
Midwest Region
Gateway Great Lakes Heartland North
West Region
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