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| Nickname(s) | Sockers | ||
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| Founded | 2008; 16 years ago (2008) | ||
| Stadium | Grande Communications Stadium Midland, Texas | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 | ||
| Owners | Jason and Melina Cannon | ||
| Head coach | Victor Domingues | ||
| League | National Premier Soccer League | ||
| 2021 | 3rd, Lone Star Playoffs: Conference Semifinals | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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.
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.
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]
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]
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 |
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| 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–?)
Victor Domingues (2023–present)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.
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