- El Paso Patriots
Football club infobox
clubname = El Paso Patriots
fullname = El Paso Patriots
nickname = The Patriots
founded = 1989
ground =Patriot Stadium
capacity = 3,000
chairman = flagicon|MexicoEnrique Cervantes
manager = flagicon|MexicoJavier McDonald
league =USL Premier Development League
season = 2008
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El Paso Patriots are an American
soccer team, founded in1989 . The team is a member of theUnited Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of theAmerican Soccer Pyramid , and play in the Mid-South Division of the Southern Conference, against teams from Austin, Baton Rouge, Dallas, Houston, Jackson, Laredo and New Orleans.The Patriots play their home games at
Patriot Stadium , a soccer-specific facility in the city ofEl Paso, Texas . Prior to their stadium being completed in 2005, the Patriots played at theSun Bowl Stadium on the campus of theUniversity of Texas at El Paso , and atDudley Field , the former home of theEl Paso Diablos baseball team. They are one of the more long-serving franchises in American soccer, having played in the first divisionA-League until 2003. The team's colors are blue and white.There has been some talk that El Paso County will build a 14,000 soccer specific stadium in Ascarate Park, and the county may lure an MLS franchise for the brand new stadium there for promoting the Patriots to the MLS.
2008 Roster
Year-by-year
Honors
* USL PDL Southern Conference Champions 2005
* USL PDL Mid South Division Champions 2005
* USL PDL Mid South Division Champions 2004
* USISL Pro League South Central Division Champions 1995
* USISL Southwest Division Champions 1992Competition History
Notable former players
*
Carlos Farias
*Freddy Juarez
*Steve Sengleman Coaches
*
Jesus Enriquez 2004-06
*Salvador Mercado 2007
*Miguel Murillo 2008
*Javier McDonald 2008-datetadia
*
Sun Bowl Stadium ,El Paso, Texas 2003
* Dudley Field,El Paso, Texas 2004
*Patriot Stadium ,El Paso, Texas 2005-dateAverage Attendance
*2008: 1,269
*2007: 789 (8th highest in PDL)
*2006: 867 (7th highest in PDL)
*2005: 1,546 (2nd highest in PDL)External links
* [http://www.elpaso-patriots.com El Paso Patriots]
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