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 (now USL League Two) 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 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.
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.
Ben Everson Alonso Jiménez James Stevens Andrew Fox Walker Hume Tucker Hume
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) Scotty Murray (2025)
Seasons
List of West Texas FC seasons Season League Playoffs USOC 2009 PDL 16 8 3 5 25 19 +6 2nd of 7 Divisional finals 2010 PDL 16 6 3 7 20 24 –4 4th of 6 2011 PDL 16 5 0 11 20 35 –15 5th of 6 2012 PDL 16 3 6 7 18 30 –12 6th of 6 2013 PDL 14 3 3 8 27 41 –14 4th of 6 2014 PDL 14 7 3 4 26 19 +7 3rd of 5 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 2017 NPSL 10 7 0 3 24 12 +12 3rd of 6 Runners-up 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 2021 NPSL 10 5 3 2 17 11 +6 3rd of 8 Conference semi-finals 2022 NPSL 2023 NPSL 11 7 1 3 22 14 +8 3rd of 11 Conference semi-finals 2024 NPSL 10 7 1 2 33 16 +17 1st of 8 Regional final 2025 NPSL 10 7 1 2 29 15 14 1st of 7 Conference final 2026 USL2 10 5 3 4 26 19 18 4th of 7 did not qualify
Honors
National Premier Soccer League Runners-up (1): 2017
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) 2011: 1,355 (6th in PDL) 2012: 1,275 (6th in PDL) 2013: 966 (12th in PDL) 2014: 1,120 (10th in PDL) 2015: 799 (7th in PDL)
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