Midland-Odessa_Sockers_FC

West Texas FC

West Texas FC

Soccer club

West Texas FC is an American soccer team based in Midland, Texas, United States. Founded in 2008, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Lone Star Conference of the South Region.

Quick Facts Nickname(s), Founded ...

The team has played its home games at the Grande Communications Stadium since 2009. The team's colors are white and navy blue.

Since 2022, the team has been owned by real estate investors Jason and Melina Cannon. They have won three titles.

History

The team joined the USL as an expansion team in 2009,[1][2] The team's ownership group included Miles Prentice and Bob Richmond, who also owned the Midland RockHounds.[citation needed] The team opened its inaugural season on April 10, 2009 with a 1–0 win over the Arizona Sahuaros in an exhibition match at Grande Stadium. The Sockers played their first official game on May 2, 2009, a 2–0 loss to the El Paso Patriots.[3]

Historical team logos
2016–2017
2018–2021

Originally known as the West Texas Sockers, they were renamed the Odessa/Midland Sockers on February 20, 2013.[4] The club was again renamed, this time to Midland-Odessa FC, upon their entry into NPSL on December 13, 2016.[5] The team adopted Midland-Odessa Sockers FC as its branding for the 2018 NPSL season.

The team went on hiatus for the 2022 NPSL season. In December 2022, it was announced that the team had been purchased from the Midland RockHounds by local real estate investors Jason and Melina Cannon. The team returned in 2023 as West Texas FC.[6] In January 2023, Victor Domingues was named as the rebranded club's first head coach.[7]

Players

Notable former players

This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.

Year-by-year

More information Year, Division ...

Head coaches

  • Mexico Jesus Enriquez (2009–2010)
  • United States Warren Cottle (2010–2013)
  • United States Matt Barnes (2014–2017)
  • Colombia Luis Rincon (2018)
  • Scotland Johnny Clifford (2019)
  • United States Dave Jacobs (2020–?)
  • Brazil Victor Domingues (2023–present)

Stadium

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.doc.

  • 2009: 2,782 (2nd in PDL)
  • 2010: 2,501 (2nd in PDL)

References

  1. [1]
    "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
  3. [3]
    "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  4. [4]
    "A New Era of Socker Dawns in West Texas – West Texas Sockers". West Texas Sockers. July 30, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Midland-Odessa FC Joins the NPSL". www.npsl.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016.
  6. [6]
    Hadorn, Christopher (December 13, 2022). "Sockers rebrand as West Texas FC, to return in '23 with new owners". Midland Reporter-Telegram.
  7. [7]
    "West Texas FC Announces First Head Coach in Club History!". West Texas FC. January 17, 2023.

http://www.goeasternathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10666&path=msoc

Texas

This article about a soccer club from Texas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Midland-Odessa_Sockers_FC, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.