{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1975)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Luis Labastida | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|4|11}} | birth_place = Mexico | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | position = Forward / Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1997–1998 | clubs1 = Albuquerque Geckos | caps1 = 36 | goals1 = 31 | years2 = 1998 | clubs2 = Montreal Impact | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1999–2000 | clubs3 = Minnesota Thunder | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 10 | years4 = 2001 | clubs4 = Cincinnati Riverhawks | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2002 | clubs5 = California Gold | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 2 | manageryears1 = 2003–2005 | managerclubs1 = Houston Stars }} '''Luis Labastida''' is a retired Mexican-born football player who played professionally in the USL A-League and coached in the Women’s Premier Soccer League.
==Player== In 1985 at aged ten, Labastida and his family moved to the United States from Mexico. He played youth soccer in both Oklahoma and Florida. He may have played in Europe and Mexico. In 1997, Labastida signed with the Albuquerque Geckos of the USISL D-3 Pro League. He scored twenty goals in eleven games, placing him second on the league’s scoring table.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1997.html#D3Pro |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1997 |access-date=2013-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218145254/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1997.html#D3Pro |archive-date=2010-12-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998, the Geckos moved up to the second division USISL A-League. Labastida continued his scoring exploits, with eleven goals in twenty-five games.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1998.html#aleague |title=The Year in American Soccer – 1998 |access-date=2013-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105073631/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1998.html#aleague |archive-date=2015-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the end of the season, Labastida also played two games with the Montreal Impact. In 1999, Labastida moved to the Minnesota Thunder where he played for two seasons. In January 2001, Labastida signed with the Cincinnati Riverhawks.<ref>[http://www.uslfans.com/news/2001/news,2001,0012.shtml Luis Labastida Signs With The Riverhawks]</ref> He finished his career with the California Gold in 2002.
==Coach== Labastida was a co-founder and head coach of the Houston Stars of the Women's Premier Soccer League from 2003 to 2005.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Labastida, Luis}} Category:Living people Category:1975 births Category:Sacramento Geckos players Category:California Gold players Category:Cincinnati Riverhawks players Category:Mexican expatriate men's footballers Category:Mexican men's footballers Category:Minnesota Thunder players Category:Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Category:USL Second Division players Category:A-League (1995–2004) players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Men's association football midfielders