The Texas Wild was a

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team that played at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas in

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, USA. The team was known as the Kansas City Explorers from 1993 until the 2012 season, before moving to Texas. With WTT's contraction of the

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in 2014, the Wild became the oldest franchise currently operating in the league. Following the 2014 season, rumors circulated that the Wild may relocate due to poor attendance. In an interview with the

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in January 2015, Wild owner Jeff Launius would not confirm that the team would play the 2015 season in Irving. He said, "I’m working on several options for 2015, none of which I am ready to reveal at this time." On February 23, 2015, WTT announced that a new ownership group had taken control of the Wild and moved the team to

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, renaming it the California Dream.

Final squad

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On-court personnel

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– Head Coach * Alex Bogomolov, Jr. *

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* Aisam Qureshi *

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Front office

* Jeff Launius – Owner and General Manager * Mel Launius – Owner

References

External links

Official Team Website
Sports in Irving, Texas Sports clubs and teams established in 2012 2012 establishments in Texas Tennis in Texas World TeamTennis teams Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in Texas {{tennis-stub