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DFW Tornados 
Full name Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados Nickname(s) The Tornados Founded 1986 Dissolved 2010 Stadium Pizza Hut Park
Frisco, Texas
(Capacity: 21,193)Owner 
Jim MertzHead Coach Paul RobinsonLeague USL Premier Development League 2010 3rd, Mid South
Playoffs: DNQ
Home colorsAway colorsDFW Tornados (also known as Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados) was an American soccer team based in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1986, the team played 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 franchise folded at the end of the 2010 season and left the league thereafter.
The team played its home games at Pizza Hut Park (the home of Major League Soccer's FC Dallas) in nearby Frisco, Texas. The team's colors were black, blue and white.
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History
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.
Players
Final roster
This list is a historical record of the final group of players on the last Tornados roster for their final game in August 2010. Source: [1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Maros Valko[2] 2 DF Adriel Adibi[3] 3 
MF Matthew Dinsmore 4 DF Taylor Nelson-Cook 5 MF Kevin White[4] 6 MF Chris Ross[5] 7 MF Bryce Taylor[6] 8 FW Gifton Noel-Williams 9 
FW Paulo da Silva[7] 10 MF Derek Knutson 11 
MF Stephen Shirley[8] 12 MF Aaron DeLoach 13 MF Gabriel Arredondo[9] 14 MF Stephen Ambrose[10] 15 DF Cory Miller[11] 16 DF Lucas Joyner 17 FW Luke Haidarovic[12] No. Position Player 18 DF Mackenzie Ward[13] 19 DF Jared Lee 20 MF Pierce Kiembi 21 MF David Kamali[14] 22 FW Jordan Murch 23 DF Sean Gordon 24 FW Alex Ivo[15] 25 
MF Jose Antonio Guillen 26 FW Tuan Doan[16] 27 FW Sam Kennedy[17] 31 GK Michael Wood[18] MF Andres Cuero[19] FW Arthur Ivo[20] DF Dale Parker[21] MF Taylor Rice DF Daniel Woolard 
MF Keegan Ziada[22] Notable former players
- See also: All-time DFW Tornados roster
This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.
- Kyle Altman
- Cody Bragg
- Kyle Brown
- Caesar Cervin
- Andres Cuero
- Chad Deering
- Aaron DeLoach
- Hunter Freeman
- Bruno Guarda
- Stephen McCarthy
Year-by-year
Year Team Name Division League Regular season Playoffs Open Cup 1986-87 Garland Genesis 3 SISL Indoor 1st Champion 1987-88 Arlington Arrows 3 SISL Indoor 4th Semifinal 1988-89 Addison Arrows 3 SISL Indoor 1st, North Semifinals 1989 6 SOSL 3rd Final Did not enter 1989-90 7 SISL Indoor 1st, Tex-Ark-Oma Champion 1990 North Texas United 6 SISL Outdoor 5th, Eastern Did not qualify Did not enter 1990-91 Fort Worth Kickers 7 SISL Indoor 3rd, Southeast Semifinals 1991 7 SISL 2nd, Tex-Oma Semifinals Did not enter 1991-92 Dallas Kickers 3 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 3 USISL D-3 Pro League 6th, South Central Did not qualify Did not qualify 1998 Texas Toros 3 USISL D-3 Pro League 2nd, South Central Division Semifinals Did not qualify 1999 3 USL D-3 Pro League 2nd, Western Conference Finals Did not qualify 2000 Texas Rattlers 3 USL D-3 Pro League 1st, Southern Conference Quarterfinals 2nd Round 2001 Texas Spurs 4 USL PDL 1st, Mid South Conference Semifinals Did not qualify 2002 Texas Spurs 4 USL PDL 2nd, Mid South Conference Semifinals 1st Round 2003 Texas Spurs 4 USL PDL 4th, Mid South Did not qualify Did not qualify 2004 DFW Tornados 4 USL PDL 2nd, Mid South Conference Semifinals 2nd Round 2005 DFW Tornados 4 USL PDL 4th, Mid South Did not qualify Did not qualify 2006 4 USL PDL 2nd, Mid South Did not qualify Did not qualify 2007 4 USL PDL 3rd, Mid South Did not qualify Did not qualify 2008 4 USL PDL 6th, Mid South Did not qualify Did not qualify 2009 4 USL PDL 6th, Mid South Did not qualify Did not qualify 2010 4 USL PDL 3rd, Mid South Did not qualify 1st Round New Indoor Team
Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs 2004-05 N/A PASL Indoor N/A Lost Final 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 Honors
- USL PDL Mid South Division Champions 2001
- USL D-3 Pro League Southern Division Champions 2000
- USISL Pro League Central Division Champions 1996
Head coaches
- Ken Muhall (1989)
- Caesar Cervin (1991)
- Ed Puskarich (1998, 2001–2003)
- Bernard Brodigan (2004)
- Paul Robinson (2005–2010)
Stadia
- Pennington Field; Bedford, Texas (2004–2010)
- Pizza Hut Park; Frisco, Texas (2010)
Average attendance
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.
- 2005: 207
- 2006: 349
- 2007: 389
- 2008: 320
- 2009: 188
- 2010: 179
References
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