West Texas FC


West Texas FC is a men's soccer club based in Midland, Texas. Owned by Jason and Melina Cannon, the club competes in the Ranger Division of USL League Two, an amateur league in the United States league system. It plays its home games at Astound Broadband Stadium. West Texas FC was founded in 2009 as the West Texas Sockers, and underwent various rebrandings as they competed in the Premier Development League and the National Premier Soccer League, and expanded their market to nearby Odessa, Texas. It adopted its current name after a hiatus and buyout in 2022.

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. The team's average attendance was 2,782 in the 2009 season, and 2,501 in 2010.
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 NPSL on December 13, 2016. The team adopted Midland-Odessa Sockers FC as its branding for the NPSL season">National Premier Soccer League">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.

Team

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.

Honors