Monterrey Fury
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The Monterrey
Fury were a Mexican team playing in a United States based soccer league. The team was awarded a Major Indoor Soccer League
expansion franchise for the 2003-2004 season. The most notable thing that happened to the team during its first season was that it was forced to forfeit several games after using an illegal player.
Shortly before the start of the 2004-2005 season, the MISL terminated the Fury franchise because of "a long series of non-compliance and disregard for the obligations and responsibilities of an MISL member club." UANL Tigres
, a Mexican 1st Division team, was awarded a new MISL franchise. However, because of a dispute over who owned the rights to an MISL franchise in Monterrey, the Tigres elected not to complete its purchase of the team, and the MISL voted to discontinue operations in Mexico on December 30, 2004.
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...
Fury were a Mexican team playing in a United States based soccer league. The team was awarded a Major Indoor Soccer League
Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)
The Major Indoor Soccer League was the top professional indoor soccer league in the USA. The league was a member of both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA. The MISL had replaced the NPSL which folded in 2001. According to MISL.net, the league has ceased operations as of May 31, 2008...
expansion franchise for the 2003-2004 season. The most notable thing that happened to the team during its first season was that it was forced to forfeit several games after using an illegal player.
Shortly before the start of the 2004-2005 season, the MISL terminated the Fury franchise because of "a long series of non-compliance and disregard for the obligations and responsibilities of an MISL member club." UANL Tigres
UANL Tigres
Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, often known only as Tigres or UANL, a Mexican football club that plays in the Primera División. It is one of the two professional football teams of the state of Nuevo León. The team plays home games at the Estadio Universitario, located in San...
, a Mexican 1st Division team, was awarded a new MISL franchise. However, because of a dispute over who owned the rights to an MISL franchise in Monterrey, the Tigres elected not to complete its purchase of the team, and the MISL voted to discontinue operations in Mexico on December 30, 2004.
Year-by-Year
Year | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
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2003-04 | MISL | 3rd West, 10-26 | Failed to Qualify |
2004-05 | MISL | 9th MISL, 1-5 | Monterrey Tigres folded |