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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.

Midland-Odessa Sockers FC

Full name	Midland-Odessa Football Club
Nickname(s)	Sockers
Founded	2008; 14 years ago (2008)
Stadium	Grande Communications Stadium Midland, Texas
Capacity	18,000
Owners	Miles Prentice Bob Richmond Monty Hoppel Jeff VonHolle Jimmy Young Raul Ruiz Bob Collier Jimmy Roark Lee Roark Javier Almodova
Head coach	Johnny Clifford
League	National Premier Soccer League
2019	1st, Lone Star Playoffs: Conference Final
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors

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.

• Ben Everson
• Alonso Jiménez
• James Stevens
• Andrew Fox
• Walker Hume
• Tucker Hume

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
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

Head coaches

• Jesus Enriquez (2009–2010)
• Warren Cottle (2010–2013)
• Matt Barnes (2014–2017)
• Luis Rincon (2018)
• Johnny Clifford (2019)
• Dave Jacobs (2020–present)

Stadium

• Grande Communications Stadium; Midland, Texas (2009–present)

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.

• 2009: 2,782 (2nd in PDL)
• 2010: 2,501 (2nd in PDL)

References

http://www.goeasternathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10666&path=msoc

External links

• Official website
• Official PDL site

На других языках

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- [en] Midland-Odessa Sockers FC

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[es] Midland/Odessa Sockers

El Midland/Odessa Sockers es un equipo de fútbol de los Estados Unidos que juega en la National Premier Soccer League

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