West Texas FC is an American association football, 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. 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, The team's ownership group included Miles Prentice and Bob Richmond, who also owned the Midland RockHounds. 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. Originally known as the West Texas Sockers, they were renamed the Odessa/Midland Sockers on February 20, 2013. The club was again renamed, this time to Midland-Odessa FC, upon their entry into National Premier Soccer League, NPSL on December 13, 2016. 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. In January 2023, Victor Domingues was named as the rebranded club's first head coach.

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.'' * Ben Everson * Alonso Jiménez * James Stevens (soccer), James Stevens * Andrew Fox (footballer), Andrew Fox * Walker Hume * Tucker Hume

Year-by-year

Head coaches

* Jesus Enriquez (2009–2010) * Warren Cottle (2010–2013) * Matt Barnes (2014–2017) * Luis Rincon (2018) * Johnny Clifford (2019) * Dave Jacobs (2020–?) * Victor Domingues (2023–present)

Stadium

* Grande Communications Stadium; Midland, Texas (2009–present)

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.html. * 2009: 2,782 (2nd in PDL) * 2010: 2,501 (2nd in PDL)

References

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

External links

* Defunct Premier Development League teams Soccer clubs in Texas Association football clubs established in 2008 2008 establishments in Texas National Premier Soccer League teams Sports in Midland, Texas {{Texas-footyclub-stub