Oklahoma City FC (NASL)
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| Founded | 2013 |
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| Dissolved | 2015 |
| Stadium | Miller Stadium |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Owner | Sold Out Strategies |
| League | North American Soccer League |
| Website | Club website |
Oklahoma City FC was a proposed American professional Men's soccer team to be based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They were scheduled to join the North American Soccer League (NASL) – Division II in the American soccer pyramid – beginning with the 2015 season. The organization also fielded an amateur team in the National Premier Soccer League and currently fields a women's team in the Women's Premier Soccer League.
In March 2014, OKC FC co-owner Tim McLaughlin purchased fifty percent stock in the USL-PRO team Oklahoma City Energy FC.
On November 10, 2015, the NASL announced that a new club called Rayo OKC would begin play in the 2016 season. The new team is majority-owned by Raúl Martín Presa, the owner of Rayo Vallecano then of La Liga, with a minority stake owned by Oklahoma native Sean Jones. Rayo OKC is managed by the former owners of Oklahoma City FC franchise, Sold Out Strategies.
On Valentine's Day of 2013, an ownership group of OKC Pro Soccer LLC (established by Oklahoma City businessman Tim McLaughlin) and Sold Out Strategies (managed by Oklahoma City native Brad Lund) founded Oklahoma City FC in the amateur USL Premier Development League. Oklahoma City FC finished third in the PDL’s Mid-South Division and missed out on a playoff spot by three points.
Oklahoma City FC initially intended to pursue a franchise in the United Soccer Leagues' Professional Division (USL Pro) that year. The USL, however, also received an expansion franchise bid from a competing group, managed by another Oklahoma City-based sports group, Prodigal, LLC. With Prodigal, LLC's impending bid before the Division III USL Pro, Oklahoma City FC instead concentrated on obtaining an expansion franchise in the Division II NASL in April 2013. Oklahoma City FC's organizational plans met with some initial success on June 17, 2013 by obtaining the rights to lease Oklahoma City's Taft Stadium (a venue for which the Prodigal group also bid).
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