Denton Diablos FC

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Denton Diablos FC
Full nameDenton Diablos Football Club
Founded2018;6 years ago (2018)
Stadium Texas Woman's University
Denton, Texas
Capacity1,200
OwnerMichael Hitchcock
Damon Gochneaur
Technical StaffGeneral Manager & Technical Director: Brad Namdar
Head Coach: Ben Clarvis
League National Premier Soccer League
Website Club website

Denton Diablos FC is an American amateur soccer club based in Denton, Texas, which began play in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in 2019. The club made it to their conference's playoffs in their 1st season of competition. Due to Covid in 2020 the entire season was cancelled. In their 2nd season they also made it out of the Conference Playoffs for the 1st time in 2021 and made it all the way to the NPSL National Championship.

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History

The Diablos were announced in September 2018 as an NPSL expansion side to play in the South Region's Lone Star Conference. [1] [2]

The club was founded through a partnership between Damon Gochneaur, owner of the Denton-based Aspiro Agency, and Michael Hitchcock, owner of Playbook Management International and fellow NPSL side Fort Worth Vaqueros FC. [3] On October 2, the team announced Edward S. Marcus High School men's soccer coach Chad Rakestraw as the team's first head coach. [4] [5]

In the team's first season, the club finished second in the Lone Star before falling in the conference semifinals to the Vaqueros. [6]

In January 2020, Denton was announced as one of 14 NPSL clubs that would take part in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup., [7] due to Covid the tournament was canceled in both 2020 and 2021. The NPSL started its season in 2020 but quickly cancelled it until further notice.

On October 23, 2020, Denton announced Ramón Raya as their new head coach. [8]

After the onslaught of Covid the League returned to action in 2021 and this would prove to be The Diablos most successful season to date. They finished 1st on the Lone Star Conference Table 2 points ahead of Laredo Heat finishing the regular season 8-1-1. They went on to win their Conference by beating Laredo in the final. This led to a massively successful playoff run against FC Golden State Force, Cleveland SC, that ultimately led to a Championship matchup against Tulsa Athletic where the Diablos won 5-2 in front of their home crowd in Denton. 2022 turned out to be quite the Championship Hangover year where the team failed to make the playoffs by 1 point finishing the season 7-4-1. Due to previous cancelation of the U.S. Open Cup Denton made their first ever appearance in 2022 where they lost to a local qualifier D'Feeters Kicks Soccer Club in the 1st round. Due to their League title in 2021 the Diablos were chosen to be the NPSL representative in the 2022 Hank Steinbrecher Cup where they lost to USL League Two Flint City Bucks 2-1 in the Cup Final.

Year-by-year results

YearLeagueRegular SeasonPlayoffsU.S. Open Cup
2019 NPSL 2nd, Lone Star Conference Conference Semifinal Ineligible
2020 NPSL Season Cancelled, Competed in Local Roja LeagueNot HeldNot Held
2021 NPSL 1st, Lone Star Conference League Champions Not Held
2022 NPSL 5th, Lone Star Conference Ineligible1st Round

Players & staff

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General Manager & Technical Director

Head coaches

Honors

Domestic

League

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References

  1. ↑ "Denton Diablos FC Joins the NPSL". National Premier Soccer League. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Carrick, Buzz (14 September 2018). "Denton Diablos FC joins NPSL as 2019 expansion team". Dallas News. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Brown, Jordan (17 September 2018). "New Soccer Club for Denton: The Diablos". THE DENTONITE. Retrieved 18 January 2020. Denton Diablos FC is owned by a partnership between the Denton-based Aspiro Agency (a marketing agency owned by Damon Gochneaur) and Playbook Management International (a sports management company owned by Michael Hitchcock out of Frisco, TX).
  4. 1 2 "Head Coach Chad Rakestraw". Denton Diablos. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020. On Tuesday October 2nd the Denton Diablos named Chad Rakestraw their first head coach in the clubs history.
  5. ↑ "Rakestraw Thrown into the Fire with Denton Diablos". National Premier Soccer League. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Lenard, John (12 July 2019). "8-round shootout sees Fort Worth Vaqueros advance to conference final over Denton Diablos". Dallas News. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  8. ↑ Denton Diablos FC⭐️ [@DentonDiablos] (October 23, 2020). "We are thrilled to announce the Diablos new head coach, @RAMONRAYA23 Ramon has led Mexico🇲🇽 National teams, played professionally throughout Mexico, & is now ready to lead the Diablos to new heights in @LeagueRoja action this winter & @opencup action next Spring! #SomosDiablos https://t.co/7zTowi4Caa" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2022– via Twitter.
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