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| Full name | Laredo Heat Soccer Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | The Heat, The Red Flames | ||
| Founded | 2004 | ||
| Stadium | PEG Energy Stadium Laredo, Texas | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Owners | Shashi Vaswani | ||
| General Manager | Juan Jose Vela | ||
| Head Coach | John Powell | ||
| League | USL League Two | ||
| 2023 | 5th, Lone Star | ||
| Website | www | ||
 Current season | |||
Laredo Heat Soccer Club is an Americansoccer team based inLaredo, Texas. The team competes inUSL League Two, the fourth tier of theAmerican Soccer Pyramid, as a member of the Lone Star Division.
The team plays its home games at thePEG Energy Stadium, where they have played since 2024. The team's colors are red, black and white.
Founded in 2004, the team was a member of the USLPremier Development League from 2004 to 2015. The club took a hiatus for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
Laredo Heat initially joined the USL Premier Development League in 2004 as an expansion franchise, playing a limited 'exploratory' schedule of eight exhibition games against selected opponents, but only managed two wins, both over theLafayette Swamp Cats, 4–0 and 5–0, the latter of which featured a hat trick from striker Nelson Mata-Meza. FormerTampa Bay Mutiny,D.C. United andUS national team strikerRoy Lassiter played for Laredo in their 2–1 loss toDFW Tornados, but did not get on the score sheet.[1] He also played in a 1–1 draw against UNAM.
The Heat decided to opt out of the PDL's 2016 season, citing the slow growth of the Mid-South Division as the reason.[2]
The Heat announced they will be part of an expansion team of the National Premier Soccer League in 2018.[3][4]
The Heat announced would return to USL League Two for the 2025 season, marking the club's return to the league after a 10-year hiatus. The Heat, who had previously competed in League Two from 2004 to 2015 and won the league title in 2007, will play their home matches at the new PEG Energy Stadium in Laredo, Texas, as part of the Lone Star Division.
Updated June 2024[5]
| Position | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | John Powell |
| Assistant coach | Braeden Anderson |
| Assistant coach | Johnny Ibarra |
Armando Begines, played forChivas USA andQuerétaro F.C.
Roy Lassiter, played forL.D. Alajuelense,D.C. United,Miami Fusion andKansas City Wizards
Lexton Moy, played for thePhilippines national football team
Yaikel Perez, plays for theCuba national football team
Javier Santana, plays forFC Tuggen andDominican Republic national football team| Year | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
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| 2004 | USL PDL | 8th, Mid South | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2005 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid South | Conference Finals | did not qualify |
| 2006 | USL PDL | 1st, Mid South | National Final | 1st Round |
| 2007 | USL PDL | 1st, Mid South | Champions | did not qualify |
| 2008 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid South | National Final | did not qualify |
| 2009 | USL PDL | 1st, Mid South | Conference Finals | did not qualify |
| 2010 | USL PDL | 1st, Mid South | Conference Semifinal | did not qualify |
| 2011 | USL PDL | 1st, Mid South | National Final | did not qualify |
| 2012 | USL PDL | 1st, Mid South | Conference Semifinal | 2nd Round |
| 2013 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid South | Conference Finals | 2nd Round |
| 2014 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid South | Conference Semifinal | 4th Round |
| 2015 | USL PDL | 3rd, Mid South | did not qualify | 2nd Round |
| 2016 | On Hiatus | |||
| 2017 | ||||
| 2018 | NPSL | 1st, Lone Star | Regional semifinals | did not qualify |
| 2019 | NPSL | 5th, Lone Star | did not qualify | 2nd Round |
| 2020 | NPSL | Cancelled due to COVID | ||
| 2021 | NPSL | 2nd, Lone Star | Conference Final | did not qualify |
| 2022 | NPSL | 1st, Lone Star | Regional semifinals | did not qualify |
| 2023 | NPSL | 5th, Lone Star | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 | NPSL | 4th, Lone Star | In Progress | did not qualify |
Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match.[8]
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