Corpus Christi Fuel
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Corpus Christi Fuel is an American amateur soccer team based in Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. The MSA population in 2008 was 416,376. The population was 305,215 at the 2010 census making it the...

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

. Founded in 2010, the team began play in the Southern Premier Soccer League
Southern Premier Soccer League
The Southern Premier Soccer League is an amateur soccer league featuring teams from Texas and Oklahoma and recognized by the United States Soccer Federation and United States Adult Soccer Association...

 (SPSL), a league sanctioned by US Club Soccer
US Club Soccer
United States Club Soccer is a national organization and sanctioning body for amateur soccer in the United States. It represents one part of the fifth and lowest tier in the American Soccer Pyramid, alongside the United States Adult Soccer Association .US Club Soccer was founded in early 2000 as...

 (USCS) and affiliated with the US Soccer Federation in the winter of 2010.

The team's colors will be red, gray, and black. They will play their home matches at 5,300-seat Fairgrounds Field
Fairgrounds Field
Fairgrounds Field is a ballpark located in Robstown, TX. It is the home stadium of the Coastal Bend Thunder of the United League Baseball and the Corpus Christi Fuel of the Southern Premier Soccer League and the former home of the Corpus Christi Beach Dawgs of the Continental Baseball League and...

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History

On June 24, 2010, the National Premier Soccer League introduced Club Corpus Christi Fuel as the thirty-sixth team to join the league and the third team from Texas (Regals FC
Regals FC
Regals FC is an American soccer team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Founded in 2010, the team is a founding member of the Southern Premier Soccer League , a league sanctioned by the United States Adult Soccer Association and affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation.The team...

 being the first, Galveston Pirate SC
Galveston Pirate SC
Galveston Pirate SC is a semi professional American soccer team based in Galveston, Texas, United States. Founded in 2010, the team currently play in the Houston Football Association , a Houston area Men's amateur soccer league affiliated with the Texas State Soccer Association-South and the...

 being the second). Pirate SC, Regals FC, Corpus Christi, and FC Tulsa would have made up the Texas Division of the National Premier Soccer League.

The Fuel began the franchise history in dismal fashion, losing 8 straight games to begin the 2010-11
2010-11 SPSL Winter Season
The 2010-11 Southern Premier Soccer League Winter Season is the inaugural season of the Soccer League. The season began on October 2, 2010 and will conclude in early April.-Teams:A total of six teams will contest the season.-Current Teams:...

 season with a negative 30 goal differential.

Change of league

The team originally intended to play in the inaugural 2010–2011 NPSL Winter season that would have begun in October 2010 and continued into March 31, 2011. When that league was postponed, the team instead became one of the founder members of the Southern Premier Soccer League
Southern Premier Soccer League
The Southern Premier Soccer League is an amateur soccer league featuring teams from Texas and Oklahoma and recognized by the United States Soccer Federation and United States Adult Soccer Association...

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Year-by-year

Season League Division Team Stats Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is a knockout tournament in American soccer. The tournament is the oldest ongoing American soccer competition and is presently open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League...

Top goalscorer Other Notes
P W L D F A Pts Pos Name Goals
2010-11
2010-11 SPSL Winter Season
The 2010-11 Southern Premier Soccer League Winter Season is the inaugural season of the Soccer League. The season began on October 2, 2010 and will conclude in early April.-Teams:A total of six teams will contest the season.-Current Teams:...

SPSL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Key

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position

  • RU = Runner-up
  • Group = Group stage
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • QR1 = First Qualifying Round
  • QR2 = Second Qualifying Round

  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • SF = Semi-finals


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