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 | ||
2024 | 1st, Western Conference Playoffs: Champions | ||
Website | https://www.fcdallas.com/northtexassc/ | ||
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 Toyota Stadium located in Frisco, Texas, and even though they played at the stadium in the 2019 USL League One season, North Texas SC as of 2024 plays their games at Choctaw Stadium, located in Arlington, Texas. 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 MLR. [4]
On December 11, 2024, North Texas SC announced that it will play all its home games in a new 7,000 seater soccer-specific stadium in Mansfield, Texas. The new stadium is set to open in 2026. [5]
The club announced on December 6, 2021, that it was joining the inaugural 21-team MLS Next Pro season starting in 2022. [6]
No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
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2 | DF | Malachi Molina | Jamaica |
4 | DF | Turner Humphrey | United States |
5 | DF | Nico Gordon | Montserrat |
7 | MF | Abdoul Zanne | Ivory Coast |
8 | MF | Nick Mendonca | United States |
9 | FW | Lautaro Taboada | Argentina |
12 | DF | Tyshawn Rose | United States |
14 | FW | Daniel Baran | Poland |
16 | FW | Diego Pepi | United States |
20 | FW | Leonard Londe | Congo |
21 | MF | Dylan Lacy | United States |
22 | GK | Victor Darub | United States |
25 | DF | Kaka Scabin | United States |
28 | DF | Mads Westergren | Denmark |
30 | GK | Michael Collodi | United States |
46 | DF | Isaiah Kaakoush | United States |
50 | MF | Diego García | United States |
51 | MF | Anthony Ramirez | United States |
79 | MF | Leonardo Orejarena | United States |
Position | Name |
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General manager | Matt Denny |
Head coach | Michel |
Assistant coach | Alex Aldaz |
Goalkeeper coach | Kyle Zobeck |
Performance Analyst | Johan Errami |
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 * | Ronaldo Damus | 16 | |
2020 | 3 | USL1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 27 | 1.68 | -- | 3rd | Did not qualify | Did not enter * | Ronaldo Damus | 5 | |
2021 | 3 | USL1 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 40 | 1.42 | -- | 6th | Quarter-finals | Did not enter * | Gibran Rayo | 7 | |
2022 | 3 | MLSNP | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 46 | 1.92 | 4th, Western | 5th | Conference Semi-finals | Did not enter * | Bernard Kamungo | 16 | |
2023 | 3 | MLSNP | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 45 | –2 | 36 | 1.29 | 9th, Western | 18th | Did not qualify | Did not enter* | José Mulato | 11 | |
2024 | 3 | MLSNP | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 30 | +15 | 59 | 2.19 | 1st, Western | 1st | Champions | Did not enter | Pedro Fonseca Tarik Scott | 9 | |
Total | 151 | 71 | 38 | 42 | 259 | 189 | +70 | 264 | 1.75 | – | – | – | - | Bernard Kamungo | 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 | United States | September 11, 2018 | December 22, 2021 [8] | 75 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 124 | 84 | 48.00 |
Pa-Modou Kah | Norway | January 21, 2022 | January 6, 2023 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 52.00 |
Javier Cano | Spain | January 12, 2023 | July 17, 2023 [9] | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 26.32 |
John Gall | Wales | July 17, 2023 [9] [10] | June 11, 2024 [11] | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 20 | 52.38 |
Michel Garbini | Brazil | June 11, 2024 [12] | December 5, 2024 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 53.33 |
John Gall | Wales | December 5, 2024 [12] | December 5, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 | Haiti | Forward | Golden Boot Winner All-League First Team |
2019 | Arturo Rodríguez | Mexico | Midfielder | Assists Champion All-League First Team |
2019 | Ricardo Pepi | United States | Forward | All-League Second Team |
2019 | Alfusainey Jatta | Gambia | Midfielder | All-League Second Team |
2022 | Bernard Kamungo | Tanzania | Forward | MLS Next Pro Best XI |
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