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The Chicago Mustangs are an American professional indoor soccer team based at the Now Arena in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, Illinois. They play in the Eastern Conference of the Major Arena Soccer League 2 (M2).[1] They are also competing outdoors as members of the Midwest Premier League[2]

This article needs to be updated. (May 2022)

Chicago Mustangs

Full name	Chicago Mustangs
Founded	2012
Stadium	Grand Sports Arena (indoor) Hoffman Estates, Illinois MAC Athletic Complex (outdoor) Crystal Lake, Illinois
Capacity	(Now Arena)11,800 (9,400 with field) (MAC) unknown
Owner/CEO	Armando Gamboa
Coach	Armando Gamboa (2013–present)
League	Major Arena Soccer League 2(indoor) Midwest Premier League(outdoor)
2017–18	1st, Eastern Division Playoffs: M2 Champions
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors
Current season

History

The Mustangs were originally awarded an expansion franchise in the Professional Arena Soccer League on September 25, 2012.[3] The team was originally coached by Narciso "Chicho" Cuevas until he was replaced on the bench late in the 2012–13 season by team owner Armando Gamboa.

The Mustangs won the PASL Championship in the 2013–14 season. They were undefeated in the regular season, setting a PASL record of 202 goals in a season. They earned the right to host the Final Four of the Ron Newman Cup playoffs, which they also claimed. They defeated the Cleveland Freeze 10–3 in the semifinals before stopping Hidalgo La Fiera 14–5 in the Newman Cup Final. That victory also earned the United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer title.[4] They became members of the Midwest Premier League on February 1, 2021, and will compete in the league's West Division following the 2021 MASL 2 season. The MAC Athletic Complex in Crystal Lake will host the MPL matches.

Personnel

Active players

As of December 20, 2016^[update] [5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  MEX Carlos Pichardo 3 DF  USA Stefan Mijatovic 4 DF  USA Ephraim Beard 5 DF  USA Luis Ortega 7 FW  MEX Osvaldo Rojas 8 MF  MEX Miguel Vaca 9 FW  MEX Rodrigo Flores 10 MF  MEX Efrain Martinez 11 MF  MEX Luis Alonso Sandoval

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FM  CMR Souleyman N 16 DF  MKD Trajche Lostovski 17 DF  MEX Edwin Rojas 18 FW  MEX Juan De La Cruz 19 DF  USA Carlos Avina 22 MF  MEX Francisco Garcia 23 GK  MEX Jesus Flores 77 MF  USA Alexis Camarena 79 UP  ENG Ross Bristow

Inactive players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 FW   Robert Gunderson 6 MF   Mario Alvarez 27 MF   Luis Barajas

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 GK  USA Evan Claffy 48 GK   Jose Resendiz

Staff

• Armando Gamboa - Owner/CEO and Head Coach
• Dino Delevski - Assistant Coach
• Ermanno Rossi - Assistant Director of Soccer Operations/ Player Operations Manager

Front Office Staff:

• Ray Kincaid Jr. - Game Operations
• A.J. Collier II - Trainer
• David Novoa - Graphic Artist

Year-by-year

League Champions

Runners-Up

Division Champions

Playoff Berth

Year	League	Reg. Season	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Avg. Attendance
2012–13	PASL	11–5	146	104	3rd, Central	Did Not Qualify	Semifinals	339
2013–14	PASL	16–0	202	83	1st, Eastern	Won Ron Newman Cup	U.S. Open Champions	779
2014–15	MASL	11–9	137	133	3rd, Central	Lost in Conference SF	none	1,672
2015–16	MASL	13–7	152	123	2nd,Central	Lost in Central Division SF	none	2,510
2016–17	MASL	11–9	124	136	3rd,Central	Did Not Qualify	none	2,623
2017–18	MASL2	10–2	114	61	1st, Eastern	Won M2 Championship	none	unk
2018–19	MASL2	10–2	92	62	1st, Eastern	Lost in QF	None	unk
2020-21	MASL2	5–5	81	86	4th	Lost in Semifinals	None	unk
Totals:		87–39	1048	788

Playoff record

Year	Win	Loss	GF	GA	Avg. Attendance
2013–14	2	0	24	8	3,916
2014–15	1	2	9	14	1,443
2015–16	1	2	9	11	3,746
2016–18	2	0	16	2	?
Total	6	4	58	35

Honors

• 2013–14 PASL Eastern Division Champions
• 2013–14 PASL Ron Newman Cup Champions
• 2013–14 U.S. Open Champions

Mustangs Premier

The Chicago Mustangs Premier are the minor league affiliate of the Mustangs, competing in the Premier Arena Soccer League. Mustangs Premier home games are played at Grand Sports Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois or Sears Centre.

In 2013–14, Mustangs Premier went undefeated in the regular season and went on to capture the PASL National Championship.[6]

References

External links

• Official website

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