Central Coast Roadrunners were an American soccer team, founded in 1996. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues

United Soccer Leagues

The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...

 Premier Development League (PDL), 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...

, until 2002, after which the team left the league and the franchise rights were transferred to the newly formed Fresno Fuego

Fresno Fuego

Fresno Fuego is an American soccer team based in Fresno, California, United States. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home games at Chukchansi...

. The Roadrunners were one of the most successful PDL franchises in California, winning the national championship in 1996 and 1997.

Their chairman, Larry Smyth, was inducted into the USL Hall of Fame in 2004, and was the first person to be inducted into the USL Hall of Fame via vote in the Builder category, which has an automatic induction for owners and executives who have served 10 years in the USL.

They played their home games in Mustang Stadium

Mustang Stadium

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 on the grounds of California Polytechnic State University

California Polytechnic State University

California Polytechnic State University, or Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. The university is one of two polytechnic campuses in the 23-member California State University system....

 just outside of San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo, California

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. The team's colors were blue and white.

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
1996	"4"	USISL Prem	1st, Western South	Champions	Did not qualify
1997	"4"	USL PDSL	2nd, Southwest	Champions	Round 3
1998	"4"	USL PDSL	4th, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
1999	"4"	USL PDL	2nd, Southwest	Conference Semi-Finals	Did not qualify
2000	"4"	USL PDL	2nd, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2001	"4"	USL PDL	3rd, Southwest	Did not qualify	Round 2
2002	"4"	USL PDL	5th, Southwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify