The inaugural season of New Mexico United in the United Soccer League Championship was a magical one full of ups and downs, and with a successful men’s soccer team cut from the University of New Mexico’s list of sponsored sports this past season, it was just what the city needed.
The Lobo Soccer team, who played less than a half a mile away from the United’s current home at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, was consistently successful and made 12 NCAA tournament appearances, all of which came in the last two decades and all but two coming under long-time head coach Jeremy Fishbein, who completed his 14th season in charge of the program at the time it folded.