The Austin Lone Stars were a

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club that competed in the

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and

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from 1987 to 2000. The club originally started in 1987/88 as the Austin Sockadillos in the original indoor

league. They became the Austin Lone Stars in 1994.

History

In 1987,

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established the Austin Sockadillos. Coached by Tony Simoes and assisted by

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, the team played in the

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(SISL). During the 1988-1989 season, they played their home games at Tatu's All Star Indoor Soccer Place. The league ran two outdoor seasons, but in 1989, introduced a summer outdoor season as well. During the 1989 outdoor season, the league was known as the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League and the team was known as the Capital Sockadillos. It played its home games at a variety of venues including Burger Center, Nelson Field, and

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. During the 1989 indoor season, the Sockadillos finished runner up to the Lubbock Lazers, but garnered multiple post-season honors, including MPV and league leading scorer (71 goals) Brian Monaghan, assist leader Uwe Balzis and Coach of the Year Tony Simoes. This year,

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also became team owner and Suhnholz replaced Simoes as head coach. Kadkhodaian had played for the team in its first few seasons. He had also held several positions in the team management. In 1990 Kadkhodaian leased the club to the Austin Capital Soccer Club. In March 1994, the team was renamed the Lone Stars and Suhnholz returned as head coach. By this time, the team was co-owned by Kadkhodaian and

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. In February 1997, the Lone Stars became a fully professional team.

Year-by-year

Head coach

* Tony Simoes *

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1997-1998 *

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1999-2000

Honors

MVP * Brian Monaghan (1989) *

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(1995) Leading scorer * Brian Monaghan (1989) *

(1995) Rookie of the Year * Steve Bailey (1987-1988) Coach of the Year * Tony Simoes

References

{{Reflist Sports in Austin, Texas Defunct soccer clubs in Texas USL Second Division teams Association football clubs established in 1987 Association football clubs disestablished in 2000 1987 establishments in Texas 2000 disestablishments in Texas Lone Stars