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Rio Grande Valley Grandes was an American soccer team based in Edinburg, Texas, United States. Founded in 2010, 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 team played its home games at Edinburg Field in nearby Edinburg, Texas. The team's colors were white, blue and gold. The team folded after its first season in 2011.

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Rio Grande Valley Grandes

Full name	Rio Grande Valley Grandes Futbol Club
Nickname(s)	Grandes
Founded	2010
Ground	Edinburg Field Edinburg, Texas
Capacity	4000
Owner	Jose Ignacio Larraga
Head Coach	Vacant
League	USL Premier Development League
2011	6th, Mid South Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors Third colors
Current season

History

The Grandes were awarded a PDL franchise on January 18, 2011 following the demise of their predecessor, the Rio Grande Valley Bravos, which had their franchise terminated by the USL Premier Development League in October 2010 when the club’s interim owner was unable to complete his financial obligations to the league.[1] The team was officially announced as a USL Premier Development League expansion franchise on February 18, 2011.[2]

The team played its first competitive game on May 6, 2011, a 5-1 loss to Laredo Heat.[3] The first goal in franchise history was scored by Alfonso Cavazos.

Players

Roster

As of June 4, 2011.[4]

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  USA Juan Gamboa[5] 2 MF  MEX Eduardo Alvarez 3 DF  MEX Omar Apodaca[6] 4 DF  ENG Brian Hardie[7] 5 DF  MEX Kristoffer Medina 6 MF  USA Olaff Mina 7 MF  MEX Alexandro Gonzalez 8 DF  MEX David Oteo 9 FW  MEX Alfonso Cavazos 10 FW  USA Juan Nava[8] 11 MF  USA Esteban Ariel Barraza 12 MF  USA Jesus Mireles 13 DF  USA Jairo Castillo

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  MEX Oscar Valencia 15 MF  USA Jorge Cantu 16 MF  MEX Mario Perez 17 DF  USA Jesus Pena 18 DF  USA Vivian Garza[9] 19 MF  SWE Fredrik Ekvall[10] 22 DF  MEX Mario Zamora 23 MF  MEX Noe de los Santos 24 MF  MEX Misael Lopez 00 GK  USA Irving Martinez — MF  USA Robert Alexe — MF  MEX Guillermo Flamarique — MF  USA James Stansberry

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2011	4	USL PDL	6th, Mid South	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Head coaches

• Gary Hamilton (2011)

Stadia

• Edinburg Field; Edinburg, Texas (2011–present)

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/20131208011525/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.

• 2011: to be announced

References

External links

• Official site
• Official PDL site

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