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| Nickname | Sockers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008; 17 years ago (2008) | ||
| Stadium | Astound Broadband Stadium Midland, Texas | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 | ||
| Owners | Jason and Melina Cannon | ||
| Head coach | Scotty Murray | ||
| League | National Premier Soccer League | ||
| 2021 | 3rd, Lone Star Playoffs: Conference Semifinals | ||
| Website | https://www.westtexasfc.com/ | ||
West Texas FC is an Americansoccer team based inMidland, Texas, United States. Founded in 2008, the team plays in theNational Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of theAmerican Soccer Pyramid, in the Lone Star Conference of the South Region.
The team has played its home games at theAstound Broadband 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.
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]
Originally known as theWest Texas Sockers, they were renamed theOdessa/Midland Sockers on February 20, 2013.[4] The club was again renamed, this time toMidland-Odessa FC, upon their entry intoNPSL on December 13, 2016.[5] 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.[6] In January 2023, Victor Domingues was named as the rebranded club's first head coach.[7]
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 | Division | League | Regular season | Playoffs | Open Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid South | Divisional Finals | did not qualify |
| 2010 | 4 | USL PDL | 4th, Mid South | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011 | 4 | USL PDL | 5th, Mid South | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2012 | 4 | USL PDL | 6th, Mid South | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2013 | 4 | USL PDL | 4th, Mid South | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2014 | 4 | USL PDL | 3rd, Mid South | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2015 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid South | Conference Semifinals | Second Round |
| 2016 | 4 | USL PDL | 2nd, Mid South | National Semifinals | did not qualify |
| 2017 | 4 | NPSL | 3rd, Lone Star | National Runner-Up | did not qualify |
| 2018 | 4 | NPSL | 2nd, Lone Star | Conference Semifinals | Second Round |
| 2019 | 4 | NPSL | 1st, Lone Star | Conference Finals | First Round |
| 2021 | 4 | NPSL | 3rd, Lone Star | Conference Semifinals | did not qualify |
| 2022 | On hiatus | ||||
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)Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive athttps://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html.
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