North Texas SC

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North Texas SC
File:NTSC-Primary-CMYK.svg
Full name North Texas Soccer Club
Founded November 2, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-11-02)
Stadium Choctaw Stadium
Stadium
capacity
48,114
Owners FC Dallas
(Clark and Dan Hunt)
General manager Matt Denny
Head coach Pa-Modou Kah
League MLS Next Pro
2021 USL League One, 6th of 12
Playoffs: Quarter-finals
Website Club home page
Current season

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. It plays at Choctaw Stadium, the former home of the Texas Rangers baseball club. The team was announced as a founder member of League One on November 2, 2018.[1]

History

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.[1] The club then officially announced the name of the reserve side, North Texas SC, and crest on December 6, 2018.[2] 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.[3] 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.[3]

MLS Next Pro

The club announced on December 6, 2021, that it was joining the inaugural 21-team MLS Next Pro season starting in 2022.[4]

Players and staff

Current roster

As of August 15, 2022[5]
No. Pos. Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Felipe Carneiro      Brazil
4 Defender Paul Bello Amedume (on loan from Pacific FC)     Canada
5 Defender Chase Niece      United States
6 Midfielder Tomás Lacerda (on loan from Alverca)     Portugal
8 Midfielder Blaine Ferri      United States
9 Forward José Mulato (on loan from Deportivo Cali)     Colombia
10 Midfielder Hope Avayevu      Ghana
11 Midfielder Andre Costa      Brazil
12 Midfielder Blake Pope      United States
16 Midfielder Carl Fred Sainté (on loan from New Mexico United)     Haiti
17 Forward Luis Miguel Cardoso (on loan from Alverca)     Brazil
20 Defender Alejandro Araneda      United States
22 Forward Pablo Torre      United States
30 Goalkeeper Seth Wilson ([B])     United States
42 Defender Nolan Norris ([B])     United States
43 Forward Tarik Scott ([B])     United States
45 Defender Will Baker ([B])     United States
47 Midfielder Jared Aguilar ([B])     United States
55 Midfielder Alejandro Urzua ([B])     United States
68 Midfielder Santiago Ferreira      Colombia
  1. ^ Signed to first team contract with FC Dallas.
  2. ^ FC Dallas Academy player.

Staff

Position Name
General manager England Matt Denny
Head coach Norway Pa-Modou Kah
Assistant coach Brazil Michel
Assistant coach Canada Vikram Virk

Statistics and records

Season-by-season

As of September 25, 2022
Season League Position Playoffs US Open Cup Top Scorer
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 * Haiti Ronaldo Damus 16
2020 3 USL1 16 7 3 6 27 19 +8 27 1.68 -- 3rd Did not qualify Did not enter * Haiti Ronaldo Damus 5
2021 3 USL1 28 10 8 10 40 32 +8 40 1.42 -- 6th Quarter-finals Did not enter * United States 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 * Tanzania Bernard Kamungo 16
*As a fully owned and operated MLS reserve team, North Texas SC is ineligible to enter the U.S. Open Cup.

Head coaches record

As of September 25, 2022
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
Eric Quill  United States September 11, 2018 December 22, 2021[6] 75 36 21 18 124 84 48.00
Pa-Modou Kah  Norway January 21, 2022 Present 25 13 5 7 50 33 52.00

Average attendance

Year Reg. Season Playoffs
2019 1,367 3,656
2020 N/A -
2021 856 -
2022 N/A N/A

Honors

Player honors

Year Player Country Position Honor
2019 Ronaldo Damus Haiti Haiti Forward Golden Boot Winner
All-League First Team
2019 Arturo Rodríguez Mexico Mexico Midfielder Assists Champion
All-League First Team
2019 Ricardo Pepi United States United States Forward All-League Second Team
2019 Alfusainey Jatta The Gambia Gambia Midfielder All-League Second Team
2022 Bernard Kamungo Tanzania Tanzania Forward MLS Next Pro Best XI

See also

References

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