DFW Tornados

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{{Infobox football club | clubname = DFW Tornados | image = dfwtornados.jpg | fullname = Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados | nickname = The Tornados | founded = 1986 | dissolved = 2010 | ground = Pizza Hut Park<br />Frisco, Texas | capacity = 21,193 | chrtitle = Owner | chairman = {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Mertz | mgrtitle = Head Coach | manager = {{flagicon|USA}} Paul Robinson | league = USL Premier Development League | season = 2010 | position = 3rd, Mid South<br />Playoffs: DNQ | American = true

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'''DFW 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.

==History== {{Expand section|date=December 2009}} 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. In 1989, owner Ken Mulhall sold the team. At the time, he also coached the Arrows. The new owner fired Mulhall as coach and named Billy Pettigrew as head coach. The team continued its 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'''. In November 1990, they merged with the Waco Kickers and became the '''Fort Worth Kickers'''.<ref>''Sockadillos have new look as indoor season kicks off'' Austin American-Statesman – Saturday, November 10, 1990</ref> 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:'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20100429060910/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/934453.html#ROSTER]

{{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no=1 | nat=SVK | pos=GK | name=Maros Valko<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.furmanpaladins.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/valko_maros00.html |title=Furman |access-date=2010-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604174711/http://www.furmanpaladins.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/valko_maros00.html |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=2 | nat=USA | pos=DF | name=Adriel Adibi<ref>[http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/adibi_adriel00.html Tulsa Official Athletic Site – Men's Soccer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722061210/http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/adibi_adriel00.html |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=3 | nat=ENG | pos=MF | name=Matthew Dinsmore}} {{Fs player | no=4 | nat=USA | pos=DF | name=Taylor Nelson-Cook}} {{Fs player | no=5 | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=Kevin White<ref>[http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/white_kevin00.html Tulsa Official Athletic Site – Men's Soccer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722061227/http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/white_kevin00.html |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=6 | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=Chris Ross<ref>[http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2424&path=msoc Colgate Athletics – 2009 Men's Soccer Roster]</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=7 | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=Bryce Taylor<ref>[http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=76408 Bryce Taylor – GoDucks.com – The University of Oregon Official Athletics Web Site]</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=8 | nat=ENG | pos=FW | name=Gifton Noel-Williams}} {{Fs player | no=9 | nat=BRA | pos=FW | name=Paulo da Silva<ref>[http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/dasilva_paulo01.html Player Bio: Paulo da Silva – SMUMUSTANGS.COM – The Official Athletic Site of SMU Mustangs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708212844/http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/dasilva_paulo01.html |date=2011-07-08 }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=10 | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=Derek Knutson}} {{Fs player | no=11 | nat=SCO | pos=MF | name=Stephen Shirley<ref>[http://vcurams.vcu.edu/ms/05bios/shirley.htm VCU]</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=12 | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=Aaron DeLoach}} {{Fs player | no=13 | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=Gabriel Arredondo<ref>[http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/arredondo_gabriel00.html Player Bio: Gabriel Arredondo – SMUMUSTANGS.COM – The Official Athletic Site of SMU Mustangs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012052045/http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/arredondo_gabriel00.html |date=2007-10-12 }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=14 | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=Stephen Ambrose<ref>[http://cometsports.utdallas.edu/roster.aspx?rp_id=336&path=msoc THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS – INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS – Men's Soccer – 2009 UT Dallas Men's Soccer Roster]</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=15 | nat=USA | pos=DF | name=Cory Miller<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.simpson.edu/storm/men/soccer/profiles.html |title=Athlete Profiles |access-date=2010-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430161234/http://simpson.edu/storm/men/soccer/profiles.html#Miller |archive-date=2010-04-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=16 | nat=USA | pos=DF | name=Lucas Joyner}} {{Fs player | no=17 | nat=ENG | pos=FW | name=Luke Haidarovic<ref>[http://www.bakeru.edu/athletics2/men/soccer/roster Athletics Homepage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804210550/http://www.bakeru.edu/athletics2/men/soccer/roster |date=2010-08-04 }}</ref>}} {{fs mid}} {{Fs player | no=18 | nat=USA | pos=DF | name=Mackenzie Ward<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/ward_mackenzie00.html |title=Player Bio: Mackenzie Ward – CLEMSON UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE |access-date=2010-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114172248/http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/ward_mackenzie00.html |archive-date=2009-11-14 }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=19 | nat=USA | pos=DF | name=Jared Lee}} {{Fs player | no=20 | nat=ENG | pos=MF | name=Pierce Kiembi}} {{Fs player | no=21 | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=David Kamali<ref>[http://www.richlandcollege.edu/menssoccer/roster.php Roster – Men's Soccer – Athletics – Richland College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527122302/http://www.richlandcollege.edu/menssoccer/roster.php |date=2010-05-27 }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=22 | nat=SCO | pos=FW | name=Jordan Murch}} {{Fs player | no=23 | nat=USA | pos=DF | name=Sean Gordon}} {{Fs player | no=24 | nat=BRA | pos=FW | name=Alex Ivo<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/ivo_ale00.html |title=Ale Ivo Profile – St. John'S University Official Athletic Site |access-date=2010-05-25 |archive-date=2011-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715171306/http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/ivo_ale00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=25 | nat=USA | pos=DF | name=Jonathan Boggus}} {{Fs player | no=26 | nat=USA | pos=FW | name=Tuan Doan<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id=101861&sport=msoccer |title=Men's Soccer – WVU Athletics |access-date=2010-06-21 |archive-date=2010-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102164211/http://msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id=101861&sport=msoccer |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=27 | nat=ENG | pos=FW | name=Sam Kennedy<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lmcbobcats.com/profile.asp?playerID=260 |title=M. Soccer: Sam Kennedy ¤ LMCBobcats.com |access-date=2010-06-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916022331/http://www.lmcbobcats.com/profile.asp?playerID=260 |archive-date=2011-09-16 }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no=31 | nat=ENG | pos=GK | name=Michael Wood<ref>[http://msumustangs.com/profile.asp?playerID=537 404 Error] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714133008/http://msumustangs.com/profile.asp?playerID=537 |date=2011-07-14 }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=Andres Cuero<ref>[http://www.charlotte49ers.com/fls/23200/old_site/sports/m-soccer/mtt/cuero_andres00.html?DB_OEM_ID=23200 Player Bio: Andres Cuero – CHARLOTTE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE]</ref>}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=BRA | pos=FW | name=Arthur Ivo<ref>[http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/ivo_arthur00.html Arthur Ivo Profile – SMUMUSTANGS.COM – The Official Athletic Site of SMU Mustangs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924012424/http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/ivo_arthur00.html |date=2010-09-24 }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=ENG | pos=DF | name=Dale Parker<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lmcbobcats.com/profile.asp?playerID=106 |access-date=2010-06-21 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=2011-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820053157/http://lmcbobcats.com/profile.asp?playerID=106 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=USA | pos=MF | name=Taylor Rice}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=USA | pos=DF | name=Daniel Woolard}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=AUS | pos=MF | name=Keegan Ziada<ref>[http://www.golimestonesaints.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=577 Limestone Athletics – 2009 Men's Soccer Roster]</ref>}} {{Fs end}}

===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.'' {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Altman * {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Brown * {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Agoos * {{flagicon|USA}} John Hedlund * {{flagicon|USA}} Caesar Cervin * {{flagicon|USA}} Andres Cuero * {{flagicon|USA}} Chad Deering * {{flagicon|USA}} Hunter Freeman * {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Guarda * {{flagicon|USA}} Stephen McCarthy * {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Mirsky * {{flagicon|SCO}} Jordan Murch * {{flagicon|USA}} Jay Needham * {{flagicon|ENG}} Gifton Noel-Williams * {{flagicon|USA}} Dane Saintus * {{flagicon|USA}} Shea Salinas * {{flagicon|USA}} Chad Smith * {{flagicon|USA}} T. J. Tomasso * {{flagicon|USA}} Jamie Watson * {{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Woolard {{div col end}}

==Year-by-year==

{| class="wikitable" !Year !Team Name !Division !League !Regular season !Playoffs !Open Cup |- |1986–87 |'''Garland Genesis''' |3 |SISL Indoor |bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st |bgcolor="FFEBAD"|Champion |- |1987–88 |'''Arlington Arrows''' |3 |SISL Indoor |4th |Semifinal |- |1988–89 |'''Addison Arrows''' |3 |SISL Indoor |bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, North |Semifinals |- |1989 | |6 |SOSL |3rd |Final |''Did not enter'' |- |1989–90 | |7 |SISL Indoor |bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Tex-Ark-Oma |bgcolor="FFEBAD"|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 |bgcolor="B3B7FF"|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 |bgcolor="B3B7FF"|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 |bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Southern |Conference Quarterfinals |2nd Round |- |2001 |'''Texas Spurs''' |4 |USL PDL |bgcolor="B3B7FF"|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 (2004–2012)== DFW Tornados played in the Premier Arena Soccer League in the South Central Division. The team played its home games at Arena Athletics in Euless, TX.

{| class="wikitable" !Year !Division !League !Reg. season !Playoffs |- |Winter 04/05 |''N/A'' |PASL Premier |''N/A'' |Lost Final |- |Winter 05/06 |''South Central'' |PASL Premier |2nd |''N/A'' |- |Winter 06/07 |''South Central'' |PASL Premier |bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st |''N/A'' |- |Winter 07/08 |''South Central'' |PASL Premier |3rd |''N/A'' |- |Winter 08/09 |''South Central'' |PASL Premier |3rd |''N/A'' |- |Winter 09/10 |''South Central'' |PASL Premier |3rd |''N/A'' |- |Winter 10/11 |''South Central'' |PASL Premier |2nd |''N/A'' |- |Summer 2012 |''South Central'' |PASL Premier |4th |''N/A'' |- |}

==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== * {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Muhall (1986–1989) * {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Billy Pettigrew (1989–1990) * {{flagicon|USA}} Caesar Cervin (1991) * {{flagicon|USA}} Ed Puskarich (1998, 2001–2003) * {{flagicon|USA}} Bernard Brodigan (2004) * {{flagicon|USA}} 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20051228192430/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html]

* 2005: 207 * 2006: 349 * 2007: 389 * 2008: 320 * 2009: 188 * 2010: 179

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal|Texas}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184621/http://www.dfwtornados.org/ Official Site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100429060910/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/934453.html#MAIN Official PDL site]

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