Texas Outlaws (MASL)

The Texas Outlaws are an American professional indoor soccer franchise based in Mesquite, Texas. Founded in 2019, the team made its debut in the Major Arena Soccer League with the 2019–20 season. Their first season was ended early due to Coronavirus disease of 2019.^[1] The Outlaws are owned by Mehrdad Moayadi, a real-estate developer in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.^[2] The team is located just 32 miles from crosstown rival the Dallas Sidekicks.^[3] They are coached by Tatu who spent much of his career playing for the Sidekicks.^[4] Many of the players on the team were added from local tryouts that were held in Addison, Texas.^[5]

Texas Outlaws

Founded	2019
Ground	Mesquite Arena Mesquite, Texas
Capacity	5,500
Owner/President	Mehrdad Moayadi
Head Coach	Tatu
League	Major Arena Soccer League
2022–23	5th, Western Division Playoffs: Conf. Semifinals
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors colors

Year-by-year

League champions

Runners-up

Division champions*

Playoff berth

Year	League	Record	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs	Avg. attendance
2019-2020	MASL	7-14	109	123	Season suspended due to COVID-19, 7th, Western Conference	No playoffs (COVID-19)	2,742
2020-21 & 2021-22	MASL	On Hiatus
2022-23	MASL	12-12	124	147	5th, Western Conference	Lost conference semifinals	1,170
2023-24	MASL	11-13	159	161	4th, Western Conference	Lost Conference Semifinal	1,149

Playoffs

Roster

• As of 22 May 2019^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK  USA Estevan Vasquez 0 GK  USA Eduardo Cortes 1 GK  BRA Edilson Xavier 2 DF  USA Rio Ramirez 4 DF  USA Clark Binning 5 DF  BRA Leandro Alves Duarte 6 DF  MEX Mitchell Cardenas 8 FW  USA Bradlee Baladez 9 MF  USA Brenden Lee 10 FW  HON Ramón Núñez 11 FW  USA Anthony Powell 12 MF  USA Jorge Deleon 13 FW  USA Bobby Edet

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF   Luis Saúl Ramírez 15 MF  MEX Omar Tapia 17 FW  USA Angel Rodriguez 18 MF  USA Oscr Romero 19 MF  USA Richard Orozco 20 FW  USA VcMor Eligwe 23 DF  USA Mike Jones 24 FW  USA Shaun David 32 MF  ENG Jamie Lovegrove 33 DF  USA Cody Ellis 77 DF  NGA Josemaria Oteze 94 FW  USA Macain Spragling

References

1. Bell, Thad (2020-03-20). "Soccer status Master List: How COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is affecting Leagues and Competions [sic]". The Blue Testament. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
2. "Mesquite Outlaws launch at Mesquite Arena, join MASL". Dallas News. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
3. "New soccer team Mesquite Outlaws will give Dallas Sidekicks some heat". CultureMap Dallas. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
4. "Icon Tatu Selected as Mesquite Outlaws Head Coach - Major Arena Soccer League". www.maslsoccer.com. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
5. Staff report (6 August 2019). "Mesquite Outlaws holds team tryouts on Aug. 27". Star Local. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
6. "Stats - Major Arena Soccer League".

External links

• Official website