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| Full name | Austin Aztex U23 Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | Aztex | ||
| Founded | 2007 | ||
| Dissolved | 2009 | ||
| Ground | Dragon Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 8,800 | ||
| Owner, Head Coach |  Phil Rawlins | ||
| Manager |  Wolfgang Suhnholz | ||
| League | USL Premier Development League | ||
| 2009 | 3rd, Mid South Playoff Divisional Semifinals | ||
Austin Aztex U23 was an Americansoccer team based inRound Rock, Texas,United States. Founded in 2007, the team played in theUSL Premier Development League (PDL),[1][2] the fourth tier of theAmerican Soccer Pyramid, until 2009, after which the franchise folded and the team left the league.[3]
The team played its home games inDragon Stadium on the campus ofRound Rock High School. The team's colors were red and white.
The team was part of the official development system of theAustin AztexUSL First Division franchise, which also has an affiliation with EnglishPremier League clubStoke City.[4]
The Aztex originally joined the PDL as a 2008 expansion franchise, and were initially namedAustin Stampede, but were re-branded after their controlling shares were bought by Austin Football Holdings LLC, (AFH).[4] The team made its professional debut on 3 May 2008 in a 0–0 tie away toEl Paso Patriots, and picked up its first victory in the next game, 2–0 at home toHouston Leones off goals byA. J. Godbolt andRobin Martinez. The Aztex enjoyed an auspicious beginning to their debut season, winning six of their next seven games, including a 4–0 thrashing ofDFW Tornados that features a hat-trick from strikerAndres Cuero. The team's positive early season form also saw them qualify for theLamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at the first time of asking, where they managed to holdUSL1 sideAtlanta Silverbacks to a 2–2 tie before ultimately 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out;Jamie Watson andWilly Guadarrama scored Austin's goals. Austin's impressive form continued through June and early July with three more home victories, but in the final games of the regular the team stuttered, losing three on the bounce, including a 1–3 turnaround toEl Paso Patriots, their worst defeat of the season. Nevertheless, the team's early and mid-season consistency kept them at the top of the Mid South Division, finishing the season as champions, three points ahead of second placeLaredo Heat, and into the Southern Conference playoffs. A 2–1 victory over Southeast Division runners-upBradenton Academics put the Aztex into the Conference final,[5] where they were overrun by a resurgentLaredo Heat who, despite having been beaten twice by the Aztex during the regular season, put them away with a 3–1 scoreline.[6] Also in 2008, the Aztex played an exhibition match at home against the popular Mexican teamTigrés, coming away on the wrong end of a respectable 2–1 scoreline.Jamie Watson andAndres Cuero were the Aztex's top scorers, with 7 and 5 goals respectively, and Watson topped the assists sheet too, with three to his name.Miguel Gallardo enjoyed the best goalkeeping statistics in the PDL, with a goals-against average of 0.615 per game, and keeping 9 clean sheets in his 13 games.
| Year | Division | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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| 2008 | 4 | USL PDL[4] | 1st, Mid South | Conference Finals | 1st Round |
| 2009 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Mid South | Divisional Semifinals | Did not qualify |
Wolfgang Suhnholz (2008–2009)Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical matchhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html
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