Despite finishing third in the division, they gained a wild card berth in the playoffs where they lost to the Houston Express in the first round.
[7] In 1994, the Pumas owner, Randall Schulze, brought in Hisham Alisaleh as head coach and moved the team up to the USISL D-3 Pro League.
[9] The team entered the 1995 season little changed from 1994 and improved to 13–7 only to fall in the first round of the playoffs yet again, this time to the El Paso Patriots.
[10] However, the team did experience some controversy when the owner released three starters at mid-season after the three players confronted Schulze regarding pay and work issues.
[13] Masterson brought in George Price as head coach and the team played their home games at the University of the Incarnate Word Stadium.
[15] Unfortunately, Nicholson repeated the financial problems of the previous seasons as he missed pay days for the players and coaches.
[19] As the team continued to search for a suitable stadium, the coach ordered the players to leave the field in the second half of a July 28, 1996 game against the Austin Lone Stars.
[21] In the first game of the playoffs, which the Pumas won 4–3 over the Texas Toros, Francisco Javier Cruz, now head coach, was arrested after charging onto the field to confront a referee.