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The '''New Mexico Chiles''' were an American [[soccer]] club established in 1990 which competed in the [[American Professional Soccer League]].  In 1991, the team merged with the '''New Mexico Roadrunners''' and moved to the [[USISL]] until its disestablishment in 1996.

==History==
In 1986, the semi-professional '''Albuquerque Outlaws''' entered the newly established [[Southwest Indoor Soccer League]].  In 1987, the team became the '''Albuquerque Gunners'''. In 1989, the SISL and Gunners began playing both a summer outdoor as well as a winter indoor season.  The team was renamed the '''New Mexico Roadrunners''' for the 1990/91 indoor season.

In 1990, the '''New Mexico Chiles''' were established as an expansion franchise in the [[American Professional Soccer League]].  Following the season, the ownership dissolved. Players and organizers then merged with the New Mexico Roadrunners.  The new team took on the Chiles name and logo and competed in the USISL until it folded in 1996.

The legacy of semi-pro/pro soccer in Albuquerque and New Mexico would be revived with the birth of the [[Albuquerque Geckos]], who would play in the [[USL D-3 Pro League]] in 1997, winning the championship, and jumping up to the [[USL A-League]] from 1998–1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/aboutusl/uslhalloffame/54002.html |title=Albuquerque Geckos History |access-date=2010-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030728145038/http://www.uslsoccer.com/aboutusl/uslhalloffame/54002.html |archive-date=2003-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==SISL/USISL==

===Year-by-year===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Division
!League
!Reg. Season
!Playoffs
!Open Cup
|-
|1986/87
|''N/A''
|SISL Indoor
|4th
|''Did not qualify''
|''N/A''
|-
|1987/88
|''N/A''
|SISL Indoor
|2nd
|Semifinals
|''N/A''
|-
|1988/89
|''N/A''
|SISL Indoor
|2nd, West
|1st Round
|''N/A''
|-
|1989
|''N/A''
|SISL
|5th
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not enter''
|-
|1989/90
|''N/A''
|SISL Indoor
|3rd, Cactus
|''Did not qualify''
|''N/A''
|-
|1990
|''N/A''
|APSL
|5th, Western
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not enter''
|-
|1990/91
|''N/A''
|SISL Indoor
|7th, Southwest
|Quarterfinals
|''N/A''
|-
|1991
|''N/A''
|SISL
|bgcolor="B3B7FF"|1st, Southwest
|Final
|''Semifinals''
|-
|1992
|''N/A''
|USISL
|2nd, Southwest
|Round 1
|''2nd round''
|-
|1993
|''N/A''
|USISL
|4th, Southwest
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not enter''
|-
|1994
|3
|USISL
|7th, Southwest
|Divisional Finals
|''Did not enter''
|-
|1995
|3
|USISL Pro League
|3rd, South Central
|Sizzling Nine
|''Did not qualify''
|-
|1996
|3
|USISL Select League
|4th, Pacific
|colspan=2|''Did not qualify''
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Western Soccer Alliance seasons}}
{{American Professional Soccer League seasons}}

[[Category:Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States]]
[[Category:Defunct soccer clubs in New Mexico]]
[[Category:USISL teams]]
[[Category:American Professional Soccer League teams]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in New Mexico]]
[[Category:1996 disestablishments in New Mexico]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1990]]
[[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1996]]
[[Category:Sports in Albuquerque, New Mexico]]


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