Central Coast Roadrunners were an American

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team, founded in 1996. The team was a member of the

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(PDL), the fourth tier of the

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, until 2002, after which the team left the league and the franchise rights were transferred to the newly formed Fresno Fuego. The Roadrunners were one of the most successful PDL franchises in California, winning the national championship in 1996 and 1997. Their chairman,

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, 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 on the grounds of

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just outside

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. The team's colors were blue and white.

Year-by-year

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite book , last = Lodes , first = K.J. , title = The American Soccer Guide , publisher = Infosential Press , year = 2008 , isbn = 978-1-930852-09-9 , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IEtLjtqaCTgC&pg=PA724 , access-date = July 12, 2018 , page = 724 Soccer clubs in California Defunct Premier Development League teams Association football clubs established in 1996 Association football clubs disestablished in 2002 1996 establishments in California 2002 disestablishments in California San Luis Obispo, California