CLUB

About

Championships

History

About

The Club

FC Denton is Denton,TX's first grass-roots, organic, non GMO, minor league soccer club; currently competing in the first division of the Metroplex Premier League.

The first FC Denton team was formed in 2006 by Roberto Ramirez and was re-established in 2012 by former player, Carlos Olate, with the goal to build Denton's first minor league soccer team and serve as a springboard for local players. In 2018, the club finally achieved this goal by joining the United Premier Soccer League, bringing the first minor league soccer team to the Denton,TX area. Since then, the club has seen several players move on to collegiate, semi-professional, and professional teams; with one founding their own UPSL team (NTX Legends).

After two seasons in the UPSL, missing playoff spots in both seasons, the club decided it had to reevaluate its options to stay operational and in 2020 joined the newly formed Metroplex Premier League for its inaugural season. The move ensures FC Denton can continue to compete at a high level and be that club to help local players find their way to bigger and better games.

The League

Metroplex Premier League is a Regional Dallas – Fort Worth Area soccer
league with ambition to create a pathway from Recreational / Academy
Leagues to Pro Amateur League with a affordable league entry. Metroplex
Premier League (MPL) is targeting members of local soccer recreational
leagues that want to compete at higher level not just within a recreational
atmosphere.

MPL Mission: To educate and support local soccer clubs that want to grow
their clubs in a Pro Amateur environment.

MPL Vision: Connect Our League through Pro / Rel with a National League
for clubs to earn their way up the pyramid of US Soccer while providing
players with exposure to pro clubs or college scouts.

MPL teams are all eligible to participate in the U.S. Open Cup Qualifying Rounds and the National Champions League through the league's affiliation with the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA).

More information about the Metroplex Premier League can be found at or by emailing mpl@metroplexpremierleague.com.

Championships

2006

2014

2016

2017

2018

La Liga Azteca de Denton Div. 2 Champions

Fall

Game On Athletics, Denton 7v7 Div. 1 Champions

Winter

Spring

Summer

La Liga de Denton

Div. 1 Champions

Spring

Fall

North Texas Premier League

Div. 3 Champions

Spring

North Texas Premier League

Div. 1B Champions

Spring

La Liga de Denton (formerly La Liga Azteca)

Div. 1 Champions

Fall

History

2006

2007 - 2011

The first FC Denton team is formed by Roberto Ramirez and entered into div. 2 of La Liga Azteca de Denton.

Spring 2006 - 3rd place

Fall 2006 - CHAMPIONS of div. 2

2012

FC Denton gets promoted to the first division of La Liga Azteca de Denton for the Spring 2007 season with some new faces, but were unable to repeat the success of the previous season.

Roberto Ramirez becomes vice president of La Liga Azteca de Denton, having to step down as FC Denton manager due to conflict of interest.

Previous players take over to manage and keep FC Denton competing in La Liga off and on, before going into hibernation.

Member of the original team, Carlos Olate, re-establishes FC Denton, but this time with a goal to grow the club into Denton's premier adult team; to help local talent find opportunities to advance in the game.

Enters FCDTN into div. 2 of La Liga Azteca for the spring 2012 season

Lack of attendance leads to a last place finish.

2013

New club manager, Carlos Olate, decides to take a step back and restarts the project in a 7v7 outdoor league at Game On Athletics, Denton.

John Lipsey joins FC Denton and brings in players that really get FCDTN off the ground and flying.

The club begins holding open training sessions in an effort to increase awareness and attract more local players.

Winter 2013 season - 3nd place

Spring 2013 season- 2nd place

Summer 2013 season- 2nd place

Fall 2013 season - 2nd place

2014

Michael Ramos joins the club, having been introduced at one of the open training sessions, and recruits the next generation of FC Denton; growing the player pool and improving the quality of the team.

Winter 2014 season - Champions

Spring 2014 season - Champions

Summer 2014 season - Champions

FC Denton re-enters La Liga de Denton (formerly La Liga Azteca Denton) in the first division.

Fall 2014 - Div. 1 Champions

2015

2016

La Liga de Denton 1st Division

Fall 2015 season - runner's up

La Liga de Denton 1st Division

Spring 2016 - Champions

Fall 2016 - Champions

After winning 3 championships in La Liga de Denton, the club joins the top amateur league in North Texas, the North Texas Premier League and must begin in the 3rd divsion.

2017

2018

North Texas Premier League 3rd Division

Spring 2017 season - Champions

North Texas Premier League 2nd Division

Fall 2017 season - 1st place in regular season (9W-1L, +40GD), losing the semifinal 2-1.

Despite losing in the semifinal, the previous season, FCDTN earns promotion to Div. 1B.

North Texas Premier League Division 1B

Spring 2018 season - Champions.

FC Denton enters the newly formed Texas Conference of the United Premier Soccer League and becomes the first team to represent Denton at the semiprofessional level of the soccer pyramid.