Corpus Christi Fuel

Corpus Christi Fuel

Full name	Club Corpus Christi Fuel
Nickname(s)	Fuel
Founded	2010
Stadium	Fairgrounds Field Corpus Christi, Texas (Capacity: 5,300)
Owner	Michelle Abrego Esqueda
Head Coach	John Esqueda
League	Southern Premier Soccer League
2010-11	Inaugural season
Home colors Away colors

Corpus Christi Fuel is an American amateur soccer team based in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Founded in 2010, the team began play in the Southern Premier Soccer League (SPSL), a league sanctioned by US Club Soccer (USCS) and affiliated with the US Soccer Federation in the winter of 2010.

The team's colors will be red, gray, and black. They will play their home matches at 5,300-seat Fairgrounds Field.

History

On June 24, 2010, the National Premier Soccer League introduced^[1] Club Corpus Christi Fuel as the thirty-sixth team to join the league and the third team from Texas (Regals FC being the first, Galveston Pirate SC being the second). Pirate SC, Regals FC, Corpus Christi, and FC Tulsa would have made up the Texas Division^[2] of the National Premier Soccer League.

The Fuel began the franchise history in dismal fashion, losing 8 straight games to begin the 2010-11 season with a negative 30 goal differential.

Change of league

The team originally intended to play in the inaugural 2010–2011 NPSL Winter season that would have begun in October 2010 and continued into March 31, 2011. When that league was postponed^[3], the team instead became one of the founder members of the Southern Premier Soccer League.^[4]

Players

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

No. Position Player

Head coaches

• to be announced

Year-by-year

Season	League	Division	Team Stats								Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Top goalscorer[5]		Other Notes
			P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	Pos			Name	Goals
2010-11	SPSL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

RU = Runner-up Group = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round

R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 SF = Semi-finals

Average attendance

regular season/playoffs

• 2010-11: TBA/TBA

References

1. ^ "Corpus Christi Fuel join the NPSL for 2010–2011 Season". Ryan Knapp. June 24, 2010. http://www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com/home/442679.html. Retrieved 2010-09-11. 
2. ^ "NPSL Expands to include Winter Season". Ryan Knapp. August 16, 2010. http://www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com/home/455726.html. Retrieved 2010-09-11. 
3. ^ NPSL postpones 2010 Winter Season
4. ^ "SPSL Launched with Six teams". Southern Premier Soccer League. September 27, 2010. http://www.thespsl.com/2010/09/spsl-launched-with-six-teams.html. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
5. ^ Only goals in SPSL competitions are counted.

External links

• Corpus Christi Fuel Official Site
• SPSL Official Site