Albuquerque Asylum
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Albuquerque Asylum is an American soccer team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Founded in 2004, the team is member of the National Premier Soccer League
National Premier Soccer League
The National Premier Soccer League is a United States soccer league recognized by the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA as a Division IV league...

 (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid
American Soccer Pyramid
The United States soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation , oversees the system but does not operate any of its component leagues—with one temporary...

. The team is currently on hiatus from the NPSL due to a lack of teams in the Southwest Division.

The team plays its home games at the stadium on the campus of Menaul School
Menaul School
Menaul School is a private secondary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Though originally founded by Rev. Sheldon Jackson as "The Pueblo Training Center" in 1881, it was Rev. James A. Menaul, for whom the school is named, who in 1896 campaigned for mission funding from the Presbyterian Church to...

. The team's colors are gold and navy blue and white.

The team has a sister organization, Albuquerque Lady Asylum
Albuquerque Lady Asylum
Albuquerque Lady Asylum was an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2006. The team was a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the third tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the North Division of the Big Sky Conference...

, which plays in the Women's Premier Soccer League
Women's Premier Soccer League
The Women's Premier Soccer League is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the W-League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

.

2008 Roster

Year-by-year

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup
2004 4 NPSL 2nd Semi finals Did not qualify
2005 4 NPSL 5th, Western Did not qualify Did not qualify
2006 4 NPSL 1st, Southwest Conference Final Did not qualify
2007 4 NPSL 3rd, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2008 4 NPSL 3rd, Southwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2009 / / on hiatus / /

Stadia

  • Lovelace Soccer Complex; Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
    Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
    Santa Ana Pueblo is a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 479. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area...

     (2004–2005)
  • Stadium at Menaul School
    Menaul School
    Menaul School is a private secondary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Though originally founded by Rev. Sheldon Jackson as "The Pueblo Training Center" in 1881, it was Rev. James A. Menaul, for whom the school is named, who in 1896 campaigned for mission funding from the Presbyterian Church to...

    ; Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

     (2006–present)

Indoor Team

The Albuquerque Asylum indoor team is a member of the Premier Arena Soccer League
Premier Arena Soccer League
The Premier Arena Soccer League is an Indoor Soccer league with amateur and semi-professional teams. PASL-Premier currently has 38 teams in 6 divisions across the USA and Mexico. PASL-Premier is the official developmental league of the Professional Arena Soccer League .Teams play in regional...

 (PASL), the development league for the Professional Arena Soccer League
Professional Arena Soccer League
The Professional Arena Soccer League is an North American indoor soccer league recognized by FIFRA ....

 (PASL-Pro), and plays in the Rocky Mountain Conference against teams from Rio Rancho, Colorado Springs
Southern Colorado Stars
Southern Colorado Stars are an American soccer team, founded in 2007. The indoor team is a member of the Premier Arena Soccer League , the development league for the Professional Arena Soccer League , and plays in the Rocky Mountain Conference against teams from Albuquerque NM, Rio Rancho NM,...

, Windsor
Northern Colorado Cutthroats
Northern Colorado Cutthroats are an American soccer team, founded in 2007 by Adam Bauer who is also a Fort Collins Arsenal and Rocky Mountain High School soccer coach...

, Golden, and Fort Collins. They play their home matches at the Blades Multi Plex in the city of Rio Rancho, New Mexico
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
There were 18,995 households out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had...

, and also play in blue and white.

PASL Roster

Year-by-year

Year League Conference Reg. Season Playoffs
2007 - Winter PASL Rocky Mountains 2nd Place International Finalist
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