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Laredo Heat are an American soccer team, founded in 2004. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and play in the Mid-South Division of the Southern Conference, against teams from Austin, Baton Rouge, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Jackson and New Orleans.
Laredo Heat plays its home games in the soccer complex on the campus of Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. The team's colors are red, black and white.
Laredo are the current USL Premier Development League champions, having defeated 2006 champions Michigan Bucks in a penalty shootout, following a 0-0 draw in the 2007 championship game.
[edit] 2008 Roster
as at June 6, 2008
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 0 |
 |
GK |
Jorge Muniz |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Ryan Cooper |
| 2 |
|
FW |
Robin Humphrey |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Juan Leone Cruz |
| 5 |
|
MF |
Silas Blackwell |
| 6 |
|
DF |
Raul Quinones |
| 7 |
|
DF |
Carlos Ordaz |
| 8 |
|
MF |
Steve Su |
| 9 |
|
FW |
Felix Garcia |
| 10 |
|
MF |
Juan Ibarra |
| 11 |
 |
MF |
Gregory Mulamba |
| 13 |
|
MF |
Adan Villavincenio |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 15 |
|
MF |
Averil Ringheim |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Alex Hergert |
| 17 |
|
MF |
Francisco Lara |
| 18 |
|
FW |
Arnoldo Presas-Delgado |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Isaac Morales Dominguez |
| 20 |
|
MF |
Theo Browne |
| 21 |
|
DF |
Dionisio Infante |
| 22 |
 |
FW |
Daniel Galvan |
| 23 |
 |
MF |
Stiven Ospina |
| 25 |
|
DF |
Christian Salazar |
| 27 |
|
DF |
Oliver Mulamba |
|
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year |
Division |
League |
Regular Season |
Playoffs |
Open Cup |
| 2004 |
4 |
USL PDL |
8th, Mid South |
Did not qualify |
Did not qualify |
| 2005 |
4 |
USL PDL |
2nd, Mid South |
Conference Finals |
Did not qualify |
| 2006 |
4 |
USL PDL |
1st, Mid South |
Runner-up |
1st Round |
| 2007 |
4 |
USL PDL |
1st, Mid South |
Champions |
Did not qualify |
| 2008 |
4 |
USL PDL |
in progress |
|
Did not qualify |
[edit] Notable former players
[edit] Average Attendance
[edit] External links
Shashi Vaswani
