West Texas FC

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.

West Texas FC

Nickname(s)	Sockers
Founded	2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Stadium	Astound Broadband Stadium Midland, Texas
Capacity	18,000
Owners	Jason and Melina Cannon
Head coach	David Ormiston
League	National Premier Soccer League
2021	3rd, Lone Star Playoffs: Conference Semifinals
Website	https://www.westtexasfc.com/
Home colors Away colors

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.

• Ben Everson
• Alonso Jiménez
• James Stevens
• Andrew Fox
• Walker Hume
• Tucker Hume

Year-by-year

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

Head Coaches

• 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-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

1. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
2. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
3. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
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. "Midland-Odessa FC Joins the NPSL". www.npsl.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016.
6. Hadorn, Christopher (December 13, 2022). "Sockers rebrand as West Texas FC, to return in '23 with new owners". Midland Reporter-Telegram.
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

External links

• Texas portal

• Official website