# Houston Toros

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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Houston Toros
| image    = houstontoros.jpg
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| fullname = Houston Toros
| nickname = The Toros
| founded  = 2002
| ground   = 785 Country Place Drive, Houston, TX 77079
| capacity = ????
| chairman = Juan Giraldo
| manager  = Jonathan Giraldo
| league   = [USL Premier Development League](/source/USL_Premier_Development_League)
| season   = [2003](/source/2003_PDL_Season)
| position = 6th, Mid-South Division
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'''Houston Toros''' were an American [soccer](/source/soccer) team, founded in 2002, who were members of the [United Soccer Leagues](/source/United_Soccer_Leagues) [Premier Development League](/source/Premier_Development_League) (PDL), the fourth tier of the [American Soccer Pyramid](/source/American_Soccer_Pyramid), until 2003, after which the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.<ref>{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Conway |newspaper=[Houston Chronicle](/source/Houston_Chronicle) |title=Can 1836 be a hit where other soccer teams have missed? |url=http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2006/01/can-1836-be-a-hit-where-other-soccer-teams-have-missed/ |date=January 30, 2006 |accessdate=September 20, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714080811/http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2006/01/can-1836-be-a-hit-where-other-soccer-teams-have-missed/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Houston Toros returned as a brand in 2010 and is partnered with [Link International Design](/source/Link_International_Design)

They played their home games primarily in the stadium at [North Shore Senior High School](/source/North_Shore_Senior_High_School_(Texas)) in the city of [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas).

==Year-by-year==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Division
!League
!Reg. season
!Playoffs
!Open Cup
|-
|2002
|4
|USL PDL
|6th, Mid-South
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not qualify''
|-
|2003
|4
|USL PDL
|6th, Mid-South
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not qualify''
|}

==Competition History==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

==Coaches==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

==Stadia==
* Stadium at [North Shore Senior High School](/source/North_Shore_Senior_High_School_(Texas)), [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas) 2003
* [Freedom World Ranch](/source/Freedom_World_Ranch), [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas) 2003 (1 game)
* [Mustang Soccer Complex](/source/Mustang_Soccer_Complex), [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas)  2003 (1 game)

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{USSoccer}}

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Category:Defunct Premier Development League teams
Category:2002 establishments in Texas
Category:2003 disestablishments in Texas

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