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Full name | North Texas Soccer Club | ||
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Founded | November 2, 2018 | ||
Stadium | Choctaw Stadium [1] | ||
Capacity | 25,000 | ||
Owners | FC Dallas (Clark and Dan Hunt) | ||
General manager | Matt Denny | ||
Head coach | John Gall | ||
League | MLS Next Pro | ||
2023 | 9th, Western Conference Playoffs: Did not qualify | ||
Website | Club website | ||
North Texas Soccer Club is a professional soccer club playing in the MLS Next Pro, a third division league of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of the Major League Soccer club FC Dallas. While the senior club is based, and plays, in Frisco, Texas, North Texas SC as of 2020 is based in Arlington, Texas, 38 miles / 70km south of Toyota Stadium Frisco, at Choctaw Stadium. The team was announced as a founder member of League One on November 2, 2018. [2]
On November 2, 2018, it was announced by FC Dallas that Dallas would be granted a side to play in the newly created United Soccer League third division for 2019. [2] The club then officially announced the name of the reserve side, North Texas SC, and crest on December 6, 2018. [3] In the team's first season, and despite playing mostly youth players from FC Dallas, North Texas SC won the USL League One championship, having already won the inaugural regular season title. [4] Moreover, the team announced in October that they would be moving from Toyota Stadium, where FC Dallas plays their games, to Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the 2020 USL League One Season, where they will share the newly modified stadium with XFL team the Dallas Renegades and Dallas Jackals of the MLR. [4]
The club announced on December 6, 2021, that it was joining the inaugural 21-team MLS Next Pro season starting in 2022. [5]
No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
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2 | DF | Malachi Molina | ![]() |
4 | DF | Turner Humphrey | ![]() |
5 | DF | Nico Gordon | ![]() |
7 | MF | Abdoul Zanne | ![]() |
8 | MF | Nick Mendonca | ![]() |
9 | FW | Lautaro Taboada | ![]() |
10 | MF | Pedrinho | ![]() |
12 | DF | Tyshawn Rose | ![]() |
14 | FW | Daniel Baran( [B] ) | ![]() |
15 | DF | Isaiah Parker ( [A] ) | ![]() |
16 | FW | Diego Pepi | ![]() |
18 | MF | Carl Sainté ( [A] ) | ![]() |
20 | FW | Leonard Londe | ![]() |
21 | MF | Dylan Lacy | ![]() |
22 | GK | Victor Darub | ![]() |
23 | FW | Logan Farrington ( [A] ) | ![]() |
24 | DF | Amet Korça ( [A] ) | ![]() |
27 | FW | Herbert Endeley ( [A] ) | ![]() |
28 | DF | Mads Westergren | ![]() |
30 | GK | Michael Collodi | ![]() |
32 | MF | Nolan Norris( [B] ) | ![]() |
34 | MF | Alejandro Urzua( [B] ) | ![]() |
35 | MF | Tomas Pondeca( [B] ) | ![]() |
36 | MF | Malik Henry-Scott( [B] ) | ![]() |
40 | DF | Adrian Anguiano( [B] ) | ![]() |
41 | MF | Tarik Scott( [B] ) | ![]() |
50 | MF | Diego García | ![]() |
51 | MF | Anthony Ramirez | ![]() |
55 | DF | Luke Shreiner( [B] ) | ![]() |
57 | GK | Nicolas Arango( [B] ) | ![]() |
79 | MF | Leonardo Orejarena | ![]() |
99 | FW | Enes Sali ( [A] ) | ![]() |
— | DF | Isaiah Kaakoush | ![]() |
Position | Name |
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Goalkeeper coach | ![]() |
Performance Analyst | ![]() |
Season | League | Position | Playoffs | US Open Cup | Top Scorer | |||||||||||||
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Div | League | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Conf. | Overall | Name | Goals | ||||
2019 | 3 | USL1 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 56 | 2.00 | -- | 1st | Champions | Did not enter * | ![]() | 16 | |
2020 | 3 | USL1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 27 | 1.68 | -- | 3rd | Did not qualify | Did not enter * | ![]() | 5 | |
2021 | 3 | USL1 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 40 | 1.42 | -- | 6th | Quarter-finals | Did not enter * | ![]() | 7 | |
2022 | 3 | MLSNP | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 46 | 1.92 | 4th, Western | 5th | Conference Semi-finals | Did not enter * | ![]() | 16 | |
2023 | 3 | MLSNP | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 45 | –2 | 36 | 1.29 | 9th, Western | 18th | Did not qualify | Did not enter* | ![]() | 11 | |
2024 | 3 | MLSNP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 13 | 2.17 | 6th, Western | 11th | TBD | Did not enter | ![]() | 3 | |
Total | 130 | 58 | 34 | 38 | 219 | 163 | +56 | 219 | 1.68 | – | – | – | - | ![]() | 22 | |||
*Prior to 2024 MLS reserve team, North Texas SC was ineligible to enter the U.S. Open Cup. |
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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Eric Quill | ![]() | September 11, 2018 | December 22, 2021 [7] | 75 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 124 | 84 | 48.00 |
Pa-Modou Kah | ![]() | January 21, 2022 | January 6, 2023 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 52.00 |
Javier Cano | ![]() | January 12, 2023 | July 17, 2023 [8] | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 26.32 |
John Gall | ![]() | July 17, 2023 [8] [9] | Present | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 45.45 |
Year | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
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2019 | 1,367 | 3,656 |
2020 | N/A | - |
2021 | 856 | - |
2022 | N/A | N/A |
2023 | N/A | N/A |
Year | Player | Country | Position | Honor |
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2019 | Ronaldo Damus | ![]() | Forward | Golden Boot Winner All-League First Team |
2019 | Arturo Rodríguez | ![]() | Midfielder | Assists Champion All-League First Team |
2019 | Ricardo Pepi | ![]() | Forward | All-League Second Team |
2019 | Alfusainey Jatta | ![]() | Midfielder | All-League Second Team |
2022 | Bernard Kamungo | ![]() | Forward | MLS Next Pro Best XI |
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