The stadium location is terrible. The lan might be to attract a deep pocketed investor and put a new stadium in a better location.
I think that's why they're talking about Richmond. NuRock probably has their eye on some urban regeneration opportunity there.
BREAKING: @NorthCarolinaFC folds ahead of next USL season.The owner voluntarily shut down the team to focus on another business venture, leaving players with only 2 months’ pay under the CBA.9 clubs have folded in the last decade. Players deserve better.#StandUpForStandards pic.twitter.com/D4vpJ5hvCO— USLPA (@USLPlayers) November 4, 2025
So...the ownership group of Texoma is keeping them in USL2 while creating a new USL1 team in Celina. https://3rddegree.net/new-usl-1-side-rodeo-soccer-club-launches-in-celina The Rodeo Soccer Club starts in 2027 and Celina is a much better spot for a team than Sherman/Texoma right now. Celina is expected to triple in size over the next few years. It has already grown from about 16k at the 2020 census to 51k estimated in 2024. "Downtown" Celina is 2 miles north of Prosper and about 10 miles north of Frisco.
Celina is 40 miles outside of Dallas and Fort Worth. Not sure how moving to a small market to the outskirts of urban sprawl would help...
Frisco is 30 miles outside of DFW and it's the home of the new PGA headquarters. That region is the fastest growing in Texas and one of the wealthiest in the US. Tons of rich families and the same arguments that were wrong about moving to Frisco are wrong about Celina.
One is in MLS and one isn't. Doesn't USL have Atletico Dallas, Dallas Trinity and a Forth Worth project too? Hard to see this being successful.
The Atletico Dallas team and Dallas Trinity are both playing in Arlington, 50+ miles away from Celina. The Ft. Worth project died years ago.
Weren't the Austin Aztex the club Phil Rawlins moved to Orlando that eventually became MLS' Orlando City?
I think so. The most recent Austin USL team was Austin Bold who moved once MLS allowed the jackoff who tried to move the Crew to create a team in Austin. The Bold went on hiatus, supposedly moving to Ft. Worth in a stadium deal with one of the local school districts, but that never happened.
The Bold's ownership group is Donnie Nelson, Neil Leibman and Bobby Epstein. I'm guessing they still own a USL franchise. I wonder how many zombie franchises there are.
Yes. But they were not even the original Austin Aztex. Also, we have officially hit the bottom of the ********ing barrel. Rodeo SC. Spare me that bullshit.
Are the USL's grandiose plans for Pro/Rel in the U.S. Soccer-sphere doomed before they take flight? Fourteen USL clubs saw attendance decline in 2025. And perception matters: empty seats tell fans, investors, and broadcasters that the product is second-rate, regardless of the quality on the pitch.
MLS and NWSL attendances fell as well. I think some of it may be to do with being overwhelmed with soccer in the summer.
There was also a 2.9% drop for minor league baseball along with an essentially static year for MLB. Could simply be a combination of event fatigue along with some belt tightening on budgets due to economic uncertainty.
MLS reasoned for decline was FC DALLAS stadium renovation with limited capacity, NWSL was San Diego Wave competition from SAN DIEGO FC.