The original Monterrey La Raza ( es, La Raza de Monterrey) was a professional indoor soccer team based in Monterrey, Nuevo León,

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. The team was founded on December 29, 1992 as a member of the Continental Indoor Soccer League. After the CISL folded, the La Raza took one season off and attempted to join the National Professional Soccer League before joining the

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in 1999. The team folded after it was expelled from the WISL before the 2001 season due to the lack of progress on building Arena Monterrey.

Honors

Championships *1995 CISL: Monterrey defeated the

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12–6, 4–5 (OT), 10–7 to win series 2–1. *1996 CISL: Monterrey defeated the

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10–6, 6–5 to win series 2–1 in the minigames. *2000 WISL: Monterrey defeated the Dallas Sidekicks 6–5 in shootouts. Division Titles *1995 Eastern Division *1996 Eastern Division *1997 Eastern Division *2000 WISL Regular Season

Year-by-year

Home Arena

The Monterrey Tech Gym was the home turf for La Raza. It had a playing surface of 162 x 82.

Coach

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1993–1997,1999–2000

References

Association football clubs established in 1992 Football clubs in Monterrey Association football clubs disestablished in 2001 Continental Indoor Soccer League teams World Indoor Soccer League teams Mexican indoor football teams Defunct football clubs in Mexico Monterrey La Raza 1992 establishments in Mexico 2001 disestablishments in Mexico {{Mexico-footyclub-stub