Midland-Odessa Sockers FC

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Midland-Odessa Sockers FC
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Full nameMidland-Odessa Football Club
Nickname(s)Sockers
Founded2008;15 years ago (2008)
Stadium Grande Communications Stadium
Midland, Texas
Capacity18,000
Owners Miles Prentice
Bob Richmond
Monty Hoppel
Jeff VonHolle
Jimmy Young
Raul Ruiz
Bob Collier
Jimmy Roark
Lee Roark
Javier Almodova
Head coachJohnny Clifford
League National Premier Soccer League
2019 1st, Lone Star
Playoffs: Conference Final
Website Club website

Midland-Odessa Sockers 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.

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The team has played its home games at the Grande Communications Stadium since 2009. The team's colors are white and navy blue.

Two of the team's co-owners, Miles Prentice and Bob Richmond, are also the owners of the Midland RockHounds Double-A Minor League Baseball team. They have won three titles.

History

The team joined the USL as an expansion team in 2009, [1] [2] and opened its inaugural season Friday, 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.

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.

Year-by-year

YearDivisionLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsOpen Cup
20094 USL PDL 2nd, Mid SouthDivisional Finalsdid not qualify
20104 USL PDL 4th, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify
20114 USL PDL 5th, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify
20124 USL PDL 6th, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify
20134 USL PDL 4th, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify
20144 USL PDL 3rd, Mid Southdid not qualifydid not qualify
20154 USL PDL 2nd, Mid SouthConference Semifinals Second Round
20164 USL PDL 2nd, Mid SouthNational Semifinalsdid not qualify
20174 NPSL 3rd, Lone StarNational Runner-Updid not qualify
20184 NPSL 2nd, Lone StarConference Semifinals Second Round
20194 NPSL 1st, Lone StarConference Finals First Round
20214 NPSL 3rd, Lone StarConference Semifinalsdid not qualify

Head coaches

Stadium

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.

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