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Encyclopedia > Monterrey Fury

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. 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. Fury logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. ... The Major Indoor Soccer League is the only current professional indoor soccer league in the USA. The league is a member of both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA. // History In the summer of 2001, the National Professional Soccer League disbanded. ...


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. Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, also known as Tigres UANL or simply Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club, who play in the Primera División de México. ...


An earlier franchise, the Monterrey La Raza, had operated in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and the World Indoor Soccer League. Monterrey La Raza were a professional indoor soccer team based in Monterrey, Mexico. ... The Contintel Indoor Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that existed from 1993 to 1997. ... The World Indoor Soccer League was an indoor soccer league that existed from 1998 to 2001 and consisted of nine teams. ...

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Honors

Championships

  • none

Division Titles

  • none

Year-by-year

Year League Reg. Season Playoffs
2003-04 MISL 10-26 3rd Western Division Failed to Qualify
2005-06 MISL 1-5 9th MISL Monterrey folded

Head Coaches

  • Andres Carranza 2003-2004
  • Erich Geyer 2004

Arenas


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WISL Weekly Wrap-up (1416 words)
Fury Sports is an American owned company with several key businesses dedicated to growing soccer in the USA.
Fury Soccer Academies provide quality soccer coaching to children of all ages and abilities in pre-schools, schools, clubs and communities by developing a soccer academy, which promotes a standard of excellence.
Fury's future plans call for the construction of several academies similar to the "Centers of Excellence" built by top European clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal.
soccerFLA (670 words)
The Fury went down 1-0 early in the first half when the Valley Blast picked up an errant pass, knocked it into a wide player that struck an early service that was finished from close range.
The final group game against Monterrey, Mexico was important for each team in terms of points to qualify for the quarter-finals as well as goal differential.
The Fury went down 1-0 midway through the first half although each team had their share of the game.
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