Rio Grande Valley FC Toros

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Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
File:Rio Grande Valley FC logo.png
Full name Rio Grande Valley
Football Club Toros
Nickname(s) Toros
Founded 2015
Stadium UTRGV Soccer and Track Complex
Stadium
capacity
1,250
Owner Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera
League USL
2016 Inaugural Season
Website Club home page

The Rio Grande Valley FC Toros are an American professional soccer team based in Edinburg, Texas operated by Lone Star, LLC. They will join the United Soccer League in the 2016 season. Lone Star has the same ownership team as the Rio Grande Valley Vipers[1] of the NBA Development League with Alonzo Cantu as majority owner.

The team will serve as a hybrid affiliate of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.[1] Chris Canetti, Houston Dynamo president, called the relationship "an important and necessary step." The hybrid affiliation, a first for the USL, means that the Dynamo will be responsible for the tactical part of the club - selecting players and coaching staff. The ownership group, Lone Star, will be responsible for operations and day-to-day management of the club.[1][2]

History

In September 2014, Dynamo officials met with USL officials about creating a USL team and announced their intention to have a USL team in place for the 2016 season.[3][4]

In March 2015, Bert Garcia announced that the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-league had been awarded a franchise pending concrete plans for a stadium and a name[5] and confirmed a report[6] on MLSSoccer.com that the Houston Dynamo would likely be the MLS affiliate for the USL team in the Rio Grande Valley.

In December 2015, the Houston Dynamo signed Dynamo Academy product Juan "Charly" Flores as the first player of the Toros.

Stadium

The club has a 9,400-seat soccer-specific stadium under construction in Edinburg, Texas for the team. It was announced in August 2015, that the stadium would be completed and open in March of 2016 "just in time for the next season." [7]

Players and staff

Current roster

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of February 27, 2016.

No. Position Player Nation
0 Goalkeeper Arturo Sanchez      Mexico
1 Goalkeeper Devin Perales      United States
2 Defender Kevin Garcia      United States
3 Defender Taylor Hunter      United States
4 Midfielder George Malki      United States
5 Defender Ivan Magalhães      Brazil
6 Midfielder Jorginho James (on loan from Harbour View)     Jamaica
7 Midfielder Memo Rodriguez      United States
8 Midfielder Charlie Ward      England
9 Forward Dzenan Catic      Bosnia and Herzegovina
10 Midfielder Eric Bird      United States
11 Forward José Escalante (on loan from Olimpia)     Honduras
13 Midfielder Emilio García (on loan from Pachuca)     Mexico
14 Midfielder Todd Wharton      United States
15 Defender Kai Greene      United States
16 Midfielder Christian Lucatero (on loan from Houston Dynamo)     United States
17 Forward T. J. Casner      United States
18 Forward Kyle Murphy      United States
19 Forward Charly Flores      United States
20 Defender Leo Ayala      United States
24 Defender Bradley Bourgeois (on loan from Houston Dynamo)     United States
30 Goalkeeper Callum Irving      Canada

Staff

United States Bert Garcia - Acting President
Colombia Wilmer Cabrera - Head Coach
United States Michael Dellorusso - Assistant Coach

References

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External links

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