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{{for|the Eastern Indoor Soccer League soccer team which played from 1997 to 1999|Lafayette SwampCats}}
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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Lafayette Swamp Cats
| image    = Lafayetteswampcats.png
| fullname = Lafayette Swamp Cats
| nickname = The Swamp Cats
| founded  = 2000
| dissolved= 2004
| ground   = Clark Field
| capacity =
| chairman =
| manager  = [[Sean Connor]]
| league   = [[USL Premier Development League]]
| season   = [[2004 PDL Season|2004]]
| position = 6th, Mid South Division
}}
'''Lafayette Swamp Cats''' were an American [[soccer]] team, founded in 2000. The team was a member of the [[United Soccer Leagues]] [[Premier Development League]] (PDL), the fourth tier of the [[American Soccer Pyramid]], until 2004, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.
They were given "provisional status" in 2000, and played 12 exhibition games against other [[USL Premier Development League|PDL]] sides, before joining the league full-time in 2001 as the '''Louisiana Outlaws''', a name they kept until 2003, when they changed their name to the Swamp Cats.<ref name=RSSSFUSL>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/usisl.html |title=USA&nbsp;– United Soccer Leagues |first=David A. |last=Litterer |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=June 16, 2011 |accessdate=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
The Swamp Cats played their home games at Clark Field in the city of [[Lafayette, Louisiana]]. The team's colors were red and yellow.
==Year-by-year==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Division
!League
!Regular season<ref name=RSSSFUSL/>
!Playoffs
!Open Cup
|-
|2001
|4
|USL PDL
|3rd, Mid-South
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not qualify''
|-
|2002
|4
|USL PDL
|5th, Mid-South
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not qualify''
|-
|2003
|4
|USL PDL
|7th, Mid-South
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not qualify''
|-
|2004
|4
|USL PDL
|6th, Mid-South
|''Did not qualify''
|''Did not qualify''
|}
==Competition history==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}
==Coaches==
* {{Flagicon|NIR}} [[Sean Connor]]
==Stadia==
* [[Clark Field (Louisiana)|Clark Field]], [[Lafayette, Louisiana]] 2003–04
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{USSoccer}}
[[Category:Defunct soccer clubs in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Defunct Premier Development League teams]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Louisiana]]
[[Category:2004 disestablishments in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Lafayette, Louisiana|S]]