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| Full name | Austin Aztex Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Aztex | ||
| Founded | 2011 | ||
| Dissolved | 2017 | ||
| Owner | Rene van de Zande David Markley | ||
| League | Premier Development League | ||
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The Austin Aztex were a soccer team based in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 2011 as a member of the Premier Development League, the team played the 2015 season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States soccer pyramid. This was the second team to carry the name Austin Aztex; the first were founded in 2008 and relocated to Orlando in 2010, with that ownership group eventually being awarded an MLS franchise of the same name in that city.
The 'new' Aztex played their home games at the 6,500-seat House Park just west of the downtown Austin core, until that stadium was severely damaged by the 2015 Memorial Day floods; for the remainder of that season, they played at Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex.
On October 2, 2015, the Aztex announced that because neither House Park nor Kelly Reeves met league stadium standards, and due to difficulty in procuring a stadium that met those standards, the team would be on hiatus during the 2016 USL season. The Aztex planned to resume competition in 2018 after the stadium issue was resolved but in the event, did not return to the USL.[1]
USL Championship soccer returned to Austin with the newly formed Austin Bold FC beginning play in 2019 at their own stadium at the Circuit of the Americas. A Major League Soccer franchise was awarded to Precourt Sports Ventures, former owners of Columbus Crew SC, to begin play in 2021 as Austin FC.[2]
- ^ "USL's Austin Aztex set to go dark in 2016, return in 2017 following stadium issues". MLS Soccer. October 2, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ^ "Austin Bold FC Hosts Official Launch". 3 August 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.