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{{Infobox football club
| clubname      = Houston Hotshots
| image         = Houston hotshots logo.png
| caption       = Team logo (1994–2001, 2015)
| fullname      = Houston Hotshots
| nickname      = 
| shortname     = 
| founded       = 1994 <br> 2015 (new team)
| formernames   =
| dissolved     = 2001 (past team) 
| ground        = Northwest Indoor Soccer [[Houston, Texas]]
| capacity      = 1000
| owntitle      = Owner
| owner         = William Alsobrook
| mgrtitle      = Head Coach/General Manager
| manager       = [[Rafael Lopez (footballer)|Rafael Lopez]] (2015–17).<ref name="new-coach"/>
| league        = [[Premier Arena Soccer League|PASL]]<ref name="PASL Houston Hotshots Section"/>
| season        = 
| position      = 
| website       =  http://www.houstonhotshots.net/
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The '''Houston Hotshots''' are a professional <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.org/amateurism|title = Amateurism}}</ref>  [[indoor soccer]] team in [[Houston, Texas]]. They play in the [[Premier Arena Soccer League]] (PASL) <ref name="Winter 2015/16 Teams">{{cite web|title=PASL Men Winter 2015/16 Teams|url=http://arenaleague.com/premierMen/201516/index_E.html|website=Premier Arena Soccer League|publisher=Premier Arena Soccer League|accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref>   From 1994 to 1997 and 2000–2001, the '''Houston Hotshots''' were a full professional [[indoor soccer]] team in [[Houston, Texas]]. They played in the [[Continental Indoor Soccer League]] (CISL) from 1994 to 1997,<ref name="tel971224"/> and moved to the [[World Indoor Soccer League]] in 1999 after the CISL folded.<ref>{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Conway |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |title=Can 1836 be a hit where other soccer teams have missed? |url=http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2006/01/can-1836-be-a-hit-where-other-soccer-teams-have-missed/ |date=January 30, 2006 |accessdate=September 20, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714080811/http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2006/01/can-1836-be-a-hit-where-other-soccer-teams-have-missed/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Hotshots folded in early 2001 after failing to attract new investors.<ref name="sac010818">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |location=[[Sacramento, CA]] |publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]] |title=Revamped Knights start new season, seek redemption |page=C7 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EDFFFBD796F33F5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=August 18, 2001 |accessdate=April 4, 2013}}</ref>  On June 28, 2015, [[William Alsobrook]] filed the necessary paperwork to revive the club and announced his intention to field a team in the upcoming [[Premier Arena Soccer League]] season.<ref>{{citation|title=Harris County DBA Filings |url=http://www.cclerk.hctx.net/applications/websearch/AN.aspx/|accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref>

==History==
They were coached by [[Hernan "Chico" Borja|Chico Borja]] (1994) and [[Trevor Dawkins]] (1995–97 and 1999–2000), and played at the [[Compaq Center (Houston)|Compaq Center]] and [[Reliant Arena]]. The Hotshots averaged attendance of 5,607 fans per game in six seasons of play.  In June 1994, Matt and Shannon Presley became the first husband and wife to play together in a professional soccer game.<ref>[https://apnews.com/750bc4a1c84d13d1a4cf49d851d784eb Names In The Game]</ref>

In the first official game in the PASL Creighton Brooks scored a [[hat-trick]] vs [[Brownsville Barracudas]] on December 20, 2015.

==Year-by-year==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!League
!Reg. Season
!Playoffs
!Avg. attendance
|-
|1994
|CISL
|6th Eastern 7-21<ref name="usa960906"/>
|Opted out of Playoffs
|6,492
|-
|-
|1995
|CISL
|4th Southern 8-20<ref name="usa960906"/>
|Opted out of Playoffs
|5,942
|-
|1996
|CISL
|2nd Eastern 18-10
|Lost Championship<ref name="usa961018"/>
|7,118
|-
|-
|1997
|CISL
|3rd Eastern 18-10
|Lost Championship<ref name="usa971015"/>
|6,930
|-
|-
|1999
|WISL
|7th WISL, 6-16
|Opted out of Playoffs
|3,599
|-
|-
|2000
|WISL
|4th WISL, 10-14
|Lost Quarterfinal
|2,887
|-
|2015/16 Winter
|PASL
|5th PASL South Central, 1-7
|Opted out of Playoffs
|100
|-
||2016/17 Winter
|PASL
|4th PASL South Central, 4-4
|Opted out of Playoffs
|TBD
|}

==Former players==
*{{Flagicon|IRN}} [[Arash Noamouz]] (1995)
*{{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Dougherty (footballer)|Paul Dougherty]] (1996–97)
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Danny Buttitta]] (1993-96)

==Awards and honors==
'''Championships'''
*[[Continental Indoor Soccer League|CISL]] (''Runner-up'') (2): 1996, 1997 
 
'''MVP Of the Year'''
*[[Continental Indoor Soccer League|CISL]] (1997): [[Paul Dougherty (footballer)|Paul Dougherty]]

'''Rookie Of the Year'''
*[[Continental Indoor Soccer League|CISL]] (1997): [[Goran Vasic]]
*[[World Indoor Soccer League|WISL]] (2000): [[Clint Regier]]

'''Coach Of the Year'''
*[[Continental Indoor Soccer League|CISL]] (1996): [[Trevor Dawkins]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="usa960906">{{cite news |first=Jerry |last=Langdon |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |publisher=[[Gannett Company]] |title=Dougherty, Pedroso give CISL Hotshots big lift |page=11C |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16358401.html?dids=16358401:16358401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+06%2C+1996&author=Jerry+Langdon&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Dougherty%2C+Pedroso+give+CISL+Hotshots+big+lift&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411160352/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16358401.html?dids=16358401:16358401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+06,+1996&author=Jerry+Langdon&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Dougherty,+Pedroso+give+CISL+Hotshots+big+lift&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |date=September 6, 1996 |accessdate=April 4, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="usa961018">{{cite news |first=Jerry |last=Langdon |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |publisher=[[Gannett Company]] |title=Houston, Monterrey reach final |page=9C |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16306277.html?dids=16306277:16306277&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+18%2C+1996&author=Jerry+Langdon&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Houston%2C+Monterrey+reach+final&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411163336/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/16306277.html?dids=16306277:16306277&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+18,+1996&author=Jerry+Langdon&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Houston,+Monterrey+reach+final&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |date=October 18, 1996 |accessdate=April 4, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="usa971015">{{cite news |first=Jerry |last=Langdon |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |publisher=[[Gannett Company]] |title=Hotshots dramatically move into CISL final |page=11C |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/18625483.html?dids=18625483:18625483&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+15%2C+1997&author=Jerry+Langdon&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Hotshots+dramatically+move+into+CISL+final&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411174005/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/18625483.html?dids=18625483:18625483&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+15,+1997&author=Jerry+Langdon&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Hotshots+dramatically+move+into+CISL+final&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |date=October 15, 1997 |accessdate=April 4, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="tel971224">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Telegraph Herald|The Telegraph-Herald]] |location=[[Dubuque, IA]] |publisher=Woodward Communications, Inc. |title=Indoor soccer league folds |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MB5FAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NbsMAAAAIBAJ&dq=houston-hotshots%20indoor%20soccer&pg=2956%2C5559681 |date=December 24, 1997 |accessdate=April 4, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="new-coach">{{cite web|title=Houston Hotshots sign new Head Coach|url=http://www.houstonhotshots.net/#!Hotshots-Sign-Agreement-with-New-Head-Coach/c12hj/565ce38d0cf2c000e928cc1b|website=houstonhotshots.net|publisher=Houston Hotshots|accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="PASL Houston Hotshots Section">{{cite web|title=Houston Hotshots Section on PASL Official Site|url=http://www.arenaleague.com/teams/81454639/81647765-81454725/TEAM.html|website=Premier Arena Soccer League|publisher=PASL|accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.houstonhotshots.net/ Official website]

{{Premier Arena Soccer League teams|state=expanded}}
{{Continental Indoor Soccer League}}
{{USSoccer}}

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[[Category:Soccer clubs in Houston]]
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