2012–13 Rio Grande Valley Flash season

The team also fared well at the box office, drawing the fourth-highest average attendance for home games this season.

[1] The Flash qualified for the postseason and earned the right to play for the Ron Newman Cup in the PASL National Championship.

They defeated Central Division regular season champion Dallas Sidekicks in consecutive games and advanced to the PASL Semi-finals in San Diego where they fell to the Detroit Waza in overtime.

The team was originally organized in 2011 as the Monterrey Flash in the Liga Mexicana de Futbol Rápido Profesional (LMFR).

[8] On January 9, 2013, the team announced that it had signed a number of "soccer stars from Mexico" to play for the Flash during home games.

The original logo, echoing the Monterrey Flash logo, used until January 9, 2013
The Flash at the Dallas Sidekicks , November 30, 2012.
The Flash warming up before a February 28, 2013, match against the Dallas Sidekicks in Allen, Texas .