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.

DFW Tornados

Full name	Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados
Nickname(s)	The Tornados
Founded	1986
Dissolved	2010
Ground	Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas
Capacity	21,193
Owner	Jim Mertz
Head Coach	Paul Robinson
League	USL Premier Development League
2010	3rd, Mid South Playoffs: DNQ
Home colors Away colors

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

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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.[1] 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:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVK Maros Valko[2] 2 DF  USA Adriel Adibi[3] 3 MF  ENG Matthew Dinsmore 4 DF  USA Taylor Nelson-Cook 5 MF  USA Kevin White[4] 6 MF  USA Chris Ross[5] 7 MF  USA Bryce Taylor[6] 8 FW  ENG Gifton Noel-Williams 9 FW  BRA Paulo da Silva[7] 10 MF  USA Derek Knutson 11 MF  SCO Stephen Shirley[8] 12 MF  USA Aaron DeLoach 13 MF  USA Gabriel Arredondo[9] 14 MF  USA Stephen Ambrose[10] 15 DF  USA Cory Miller[11] 16 DF  USA Lucas Joyner 17 FW  ENG Luke Haidarovic[12]

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  USA Mackenzie Ward[13] 19 DF  USA Jared Lee 20 MF  ENG Pierce Kiembi 21 MF  USA David Kamali[14] 22 FW  SCO Jordan Murch 23 DF  USA Sean Gordon 24 FW  BRA Alex Ivo[15] 25 DF  USA Jonathan Boggus 26 FW  USA Tuan Doan[16] 27 FW  ENG Sam Kennedy[17] 31 GK  ENG Michael Wood[18] — MF  USA Andres Cuero[19] — FW  BRA Arthur Ivo[20] — DF  ENG Dale Parker[21] — MF  USA Taylor Rice — DF  USA Daniel Woolard — MF  AUS Keegan Ziada[22]

Notable former players

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.

Year-by-year

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.

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

• Ken Muhall (1986-1989)
• Ken Billy Pettigrew (1989-1990)
• Caesar Cervin (1991)
• Ed Puskarich (1998, 2001–2003)
• Bernard Brodigan (2004)
• 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

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

References

External links

• Official Site
• Official PDL site