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| Founded | 2008 (18 years ago) (2008) | ||
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| Owner(s) | Jason and Melina Cannon | ||
| Coach | Scotty Murray | ||
| League | USL League Two | ||
| 2025 |
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| Website | westtexasfc | ||
West Texas FC is a men'ssoccer club based inMidland, Texas. Owned by Jason and Melina Cannon, the club competes in the Ranger Division ofUSL League Two, an amateur league in theUnited States league system. It plays its home games atAstound Broadband Stadium. West Texas FC was founded in 2009 as theWest Texas Sockers, and underwent various rebrandings as they competed in the Premier Development League (now USL League Two) and theNational Premier Soccer League, and expanded their market to nearbyOdessa, Texas. It adopted its current name after a hiatus and buyout in 2022.
The team joined the USL as an expansion team in 2009,[1][2] The team's ownership group includedMiles Prentice and Bob Richmond, who also owned theMidland RockHounds.[citation needed] The team opened its inaugural season on April 10, 2009 with a 1–0 win over theArizona Sahuaros in an exhibition match at Grande Stadium. The Sockers played their first official game on May 2, 2009, a 2–0 loss to theEl Paso Patriots.[3] The team's average attendance was 2,782 in the 2009 season, and 2,501 in 2010.[a]
Originally known as theWest Texas Sockers, they were renamed theOdessa/Midland Sockers on February 20, 2013.[5] The club was again renamed, this time toMidland-Odessa FC, upon their entry intoNPSL on December 13, 2016.[6] The team adoptedMidland-Odessa Sockers FC as its branding for the2018 NPSL season. The team went on hiatus for the2022 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 asWest Texas FC.[7] In January 2023, Victor Domingues was named as the rebranded club's first head coach.[8]
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.
Jesus Enriquez (2009–2010)
Warren Cottle (2010–2013) Matt Barnes (2014–2017)
Luis Rincon (2018)
Johnny Clifford (2019) Dave Jacobs (2020–2021)
Victor Domingues (2023)
David Ormiston (2024)
Scotty Murray (2025)| Season | League | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pos | Playoffs | USOC | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | PDL | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 2nd of 7 | Divisional finals | DNQ | |
| 2010 | PDL | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | –4 | 4th of 6 | DNQ | DNQ | |
| 2011 | PDL | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 35 | –15 | 5th of 6 | DNQ | DNQ | |
| 2012 | PDL | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 30 | –12 | 6th of 6 | DNQ | DNQ | |
| 2013 | PDL | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 41 | –14 | 4th of 6 | DNQ | DNQ | |
| 2014 | PDL | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 3rd of 5 | DNQ | DNQ | |
| 2015 | PDL | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 2nd of 4 | Conference semi-finals | 2R | |
| 2016 | PDL | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 2nd of 5 | National semi-finals | DNQ | |
| 2017 | NPSL | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 3rd of 6 | Runners-up | DNQ | |
| 2018 | NPSL | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 8 | +22 | 2nd of 9 | Conference semi-finals | 2R | |
| 2019 | NPSL | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 1st of 7 | Conference final | 1R | |
| 2020 | NPSL | Season suspended | W/D | [9][10] | ||||||||
| 2021 | NPSL | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 3rd of 8 | Conference semi-finals | DNQ | |
| 2022 | NPSL | Did not play | ||||||||||
| 2023 | NPSL | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 3rd of 11 | Conference semi-finals | DNQ | |
| 2024 | NPSL | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 1st of 8 | Regional final | DNQ | |
| 2025 | NPSL | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 1st of 7 | Conference final | DNQ | |
| 2026 | USL2 | Future season | DNQ | |||||||||
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