DFW Tornados

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DFW Tornados

Full name	Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Tornados
Nickname(s)	The Tornados
Founded	1986
Stadium	Pennington Field (Capacity: 12,500)
Chairman	Jim Mertz
Manager	Paul Robinson
League	USL Premier Development League
2009	6th, Mid South did not qualify for playoffs
Home colors Away colors

DFW Tornados (also known as Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados) is an American soccer team based in Bedford, Texas, United States. Founded in 1986, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of the Southern Conference.

The team plays its home games at Pennington Field, where they have played since 2004. The team's colors are black, blue and white.

Contents 1 History 2 Players 2.1 Current roster 2.2 Notable former players 3 Year-by-year 4 New Outdoor Team 5 Honors 6 Head coaches 7 Stadia 8 Average attendance 9 References 10 External links

[edit] History

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In 1986, the club, known as Garland Genesis, based in Garland, Texas, became a founding member of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League. The team topped the standings during the 1986-1987 season before defeating the Lubbock Lazers in the championship game. The team moved to Addison, Texas in 1987 and changed their name to the Addison Arrows. They remained in Addison for two years. In 1989, the league added a summer outdoor season and Addison promptly went to the championship game, this time losing to the Colorado Comets. They continued their excellent play during the 1989-1990 indoor season, defeating the Phoenix Hearts to take their second indoor championship. Following the completion of the indoor season, the team moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth are and was renamed North Texas United after their move to Dallas/Fort Worth. In November 1990, they merged with the Waco Kickers and became the Fort Worth Kickers.^[1] After team owner Pat Parker was unable to gain financial backing for the team, it moved to Dallas and became the Dallas Kickers for the 1991/92 indoor season. The team was renamed the Dallas Americans before the 1992 outdoor season. They were renamed the Dallas/Fort Worth Toros in 1993, and remained as such until 1996, when they were renamed the Dallas Toros for the 1997 outdoor season. They became the Texas Toros in 1998, and the Texas Rattlers for the 2000 season. Upon their move to the Premier Development League for 2001 they changed their name, and were bought by the Texas Spurs, which they maintained until 2003, when the Spurs club sold the team to the owner of Arena Athletics in Euless, Texas. They finally took their current name, the DFW Tornados, beginning in 2004.

[edit] Players

[edit] Current roster

as at June 18, 2009

No. Position Player 1 GK Janrai Gravely 2 FW Craig Black 3 DF Eduardo Conde 4 MF Stephen McCarthy 5 MF Derek Knutson 6 MF Christopher Ross 7 FW Paulo Da Silva 8 MF Adriel Adibi 9 MF Riccardo Scala 10 MF Alex Fichera 11 FW Arthur Ivo 12 MF Dane Saintus 13 FW Mariano Sapien 14 MF Marvin Tabi 15 DF Ryan Spence 16 MF Grant Beck 17 DF Bryce Taylor 18 DF Tyler Brady

No. Position Player 19 FW Dustin Lemley 20 DF Jared Lee 21 DF Owen Botting 22 DF Ashley Walker 23 FW Justin Odette 24 DF Brandon Pfluger 25 MF Brian Sajjadi 26 DF Diego De Almeida 27 MF Jose Antonio Guillen 28 GK Maros Valko FW Stephen Ambrose DF Dominic Casciato MF Justin Hay GK Joshua Jones MF Jess Mitchell FW Richard Oliva MF Daniel Summers MF Kevin White MF Brad Namdar

[edit] Notable former players

Kyle Altman Cody Bragg (Texas Spurs) Kyle Brown (Texas Spurs) Chad Deering Caesar Cervin Hunter Freeman (Texas Spurs) Bruno Guarda

Ryan Mirsky Jay Needham Shea Salinas Chad Smith (Texas Spurs) T.J. Tomasso (Texas Spurs) Jamie Watson Daniel Woolard

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Team Name	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1986-87	Garland Genesis	SISL Indoor	1st	Champion
1987-88	Arlington Arrows	SISL Indoor	4th	Semifinal
1988-89	Addison Arrows	SISL Indoor	1st, North	Semifinals
1989		SOSL	3rd	Final	Did not enter
1989-90		SISL Indoor	1st, Tex-Ark-Oma	Champion
1990	North Texas United	SISL Outdoor	5th, Eastern	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1990-91	Forth Worth Kickers	SISL Indoor	3rd, Southeast	Semifinals
1991		SISL	2nd, Tex-Oma	Semifinals	Did not enter
1991-92	Dallas Kickers	USISL Indoor	1st, Tex-Oma	Sizzling Four
1992	Dallas Americans	USISL	3rd, South Central	Sizzling Six	Did not enter
1992-93		USISL Indoor	2nd, South Central	Sizzling Four
1993	Dallas/Fort Worth Toros	USISL	3rd, South Central	Did not qualify	Did not enter
1994		USISL	2nd, South Central	Sizzling Nine	Did not enter
1995		USISL Pro League	2nd, South Central	Divisional Semifinals	Did not qualify
1995-96		USISL Indoor	5th, Central	Did not qualify
1996		USISL Pro League	1st, Central	Sizzling Six	Did not qualify
1997	Dallas Toros	USISL D-3 Pro League	6th, South Central	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1998	Texas Toros	USISL D-3 Pro League	2nd, South Central	Division Semifinals	Did not qualify
1999		USL D-3 Pro League	2nd, Western	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
2000	Texas Rattlers	USL D-3 Pro League	1st, Southern	Conference Quarterfinals	2nd Round
2001	Texas Spurs	USL PDL	1st, Mid South	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2002		USL PDL	2nd, Mid South	Conference Semifinals	1st Round
2003		USL PDL	4th, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2004	DFW Tornados	USL PDL	2nd, Mid South	Conference Semifinals	2nd Round
2005		USL PDL	4th, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2006		USL PDL	2nd, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2007		USL PDL	3rd, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008		USL PDL	6th, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009		USL PDL	6th, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

[edit] New Outdoor Team

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2005-06	N/A	PASL Indoor	2nd, South Central
2006-07	N/A	PASL Indoor	1st South Central
2007-08	N/A	PASL Indoor	3rd, South Central

[edit] Honors

• USL PDL Mid South Division Champions 2001
• USL D-3 Pro League Southern Division Champions 2000
• USISL Pro League Central Division Champions 1996

[edit] Head coaches

• Ken Muhall (1989)
• Caesar Cervin (1991)
• Ed Puskarich (1998, 2001-2003)
• Paul Robinson (2005-present)

[edit] Stadia

• Pennington Field; Bedford, Texas (2004-present)

[edit] Average attendance

Year	Attendance	Notes
2005	207
2006	349
2007	389
2008	320
All Time	316

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• DFW Tornados

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