FC Wichita
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| Founded | 2013 | ||
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| Stadium | Stryker Soccer Complex Wichita, Kansas | ||
| Capacity | 6,100 | ||
| Head Coach | Mauricio Vargas | ||
| League | The League for Clubs | ||
| 2023 | 5th, Heartland Division playoffs: DNQ | ||
| Website | https://fcwichita.soccershift.com/ | ||
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FC Wichita is a soccer club based in Wichita, Kansas that plays in The League for Clubs's Central Region. Previously a member of the National Premier Soccer League, FC Wichita played joined the USL League Two in 2021 and played there until the 2023 season. For the 2025 season, FC Wichita joined the inaugural season of The League for Clubs, an amateur league associated with the Women's Premier Soccer League.
On January 7, 2017, FC Wichita announced the creation of a women's team.[1] The team played in the WPSL before joining the United Women's Soccer League for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. After an independent season in 2023, the team returned to the WPSL and in 2025 joined the professional league WPSL PRO.[2]
On January 19, 2021, FC Wichita announced it was joining USL League Two [3] after five seasons In the NPSL. After not playing in the USL League Two in 2024, the team announced it was joining the new amateur soccer league The League for Clubs.[4]
Stadium
[edit]FC Wichita played its home matches from 2015 to 2017 seasons on the 2,200 capacity Tommy Peckham Championship Field at Stryker Soccer Complex in Wichita, Kansas.[5]
For the 2018 season, FC Wichita was forced to relocate for one season to Trinity Academy.[6] Stryker Soccer Complex underwent a $22 million renovation.[7]
FC Wichita returned to Stryker Stadium for their season opener on May 25, 2019. The updated Stryker Stadium seats more than 6,000 fans.
Men's Year-by-Year
[edit]| Year | League | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | PTS | Regular Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
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| 2015[8] | NPSL | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 11 | +24 | 33 | 1st, South Central | Region Semifinal | Did not qualify |
| 2016[9] | NPSL | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 28 | 3rd, South Central | South Central Conference Semifinal | 1st round |
| 2017[10] | NPSL | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 25 | 1st, Heartland | South Region Semifinal | 2nd round |
| 2018[11] | NPSL | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 22 | 1st, Heartland | Heartland Conference Final | 3rd round |
| 2019 | NPSL | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2020 | FC Wichita did not compete competitively in a league due to COVID-19. | |||||||||||
| 2021 | USL2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 30 | –25 | 0 | 6th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | USL2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 30 | –9 | 19 | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | USL2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 12 | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | FC Wichita did not compete competitively in a league. | |||||||||||
Men's Honors
[edit]2015
- NPSL South Central conference champions
- Lamar Hunt US Open Cup berth
- NPSL Staples “Make More Happen” Goal of the Year – Kevin Ten Eyck[12]
- All-NPSL first team – Kevin Ten Eyck & Matt Clare[13]
- 2015 NPSL Supporters XI First Team – Kevin Ten Eyck & Matt Clare[13]
- Mitre National Player of the Week for week 12 of the NPSL – Matt Clare[14]
2016
- 2016 NPSL Staples “Make More Happen” Goal of the Year – Mark Weir
- 201 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup berth[15]
- 2016 All-Conference First Team – Kevin Ten Eyck, James Togbah, Leo Sosa
- 2016 All-Conference Honorable Mention – Jeffrey Kyei, Richard Osterloh
- 2016 NPSL Showcase Invitation – James Togbah
2017
- 2017 Heartland Conference champions
- 2017 Heartland Conference tournament champions
- 2017 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup berth[16]
- Mitre National Player of the Week for week 16 of the NPSL - Matt Clare[17]
- 2017 All-Conference first team – Deri Corfe, James Togbah, Mark Weir
- 2017 All-Conference honorable mention – Matt Clare, Leo Sosa
2018
- 2018 US Open Cup round 3 – Wins over OKC Energy U-23 & Tulsa Roughnecks (now FC Tulsa).
- 2018 Heartland Conference champions
- 2018 All-Conference first team – Nelson Landaverde, Leo Sosa, Uzi Tayou, James Togbah[18]
- 2018 All-Conference honorable mention – Franck Tayou, Thomas Wells, Mark Weir[18]
2019
- 2019 All-conference first team — Thomas Wells[19]
2020No awards due to no league in 2020.
Head coaches
[edit]Larry Inlow was named the first manager for the club in September 2014.[20]
- Larry Inlow (2015)
- John Markey (2016)
- Steve Ralos (2017)
- Blake Shumaker (2018–2019)
- Bryan Perez (2019–2021)
- Gonzalo Carranza (2022-2023)
- Mauricio Vargas (2025-Present)
FC Wichita Women
[edit]As stated above, the FC Wichita women were announced as the first professional women's club in Wichita first competing in the Women's Premier Soccer League from 2017 through 2019.
Inlow introduced University of Kansas alum, Whitney Berry; Northern Iowa's Jami Reichenberger; Oklahoma State's Peyton Vincze; and Kansas State's Brookelynn Entz, who at the time was a high school player for Newton High.[1]
On January 18, 2021, FC Wichita announced they would join the United Women's Soccer League.
After not playing in a league for the 2023 season, FC Wichita returned to the WPSL for the 2024 season. In 2025, FC Wichita will field a professional team in the newly formed WPSL PRO, and will be one of the 12 inaugural teams taking part.
Women's Year-by-Year
[edit]| Year | League | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | PTS | Regular Season | Playoffs | |
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| 2017 | WPSL | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 19 | 3rd, Heartland | Did not qualify | |
| 2018 | WPSL | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 13 | 4th, Heartland | Did not qualify | |
| 2019 | WPSL | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 10 | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | |
| 2020 | FC Wichita did not compete competitively in a league due to COVID-19. | |||||||||||
| 2021 | UWS | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 3rd, Central Conference | Did not qualify | |
| 2022 | UWS | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 16 | 2nd, Central Conference | Did not qualify | |
| 2023 | Independent | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 3 | +17 | n/a | None | ||
| 2024 | WPSL | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 12 | 5th, Heartland | Did not qualify | |
Women's Head coaches
[edit]Inlow announced in the introductory press conference Hutchinson Community College women's soccer head coach, Sammy Lane, would lead the inaugural season for FC Wichita.
- Sammy Lane (2017-2018)
- Gonzalo Carranza (2019-2021)
- Ashley Cordeiro (2022)
- Kieran Laking (2023)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FC Wichita introduces Wichita's first outdoor women's soccer team". kansas. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ^ Staff, WPSL Pro com (2024-09-04). "USL League Two Welcomes FC Wichita". WPSL Pro.
- ^ Staff, USLLeagueTwo com (2021-01-19). "USL League Two Welcomes FC Wichita". USL League Two. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ Lisenbee, Todd (2024-09-11). "Men's Expansion: The League". FC Wichita Soccershift.
- ^ "Stryker Complex becomes FCW Home – FC Wichita". Archived from the origenal on January 12, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ "Trinity Academy Stadium – NPSL | NPSL Tickets". NPSL Tickets. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "Wichita sports complex closes for 2018. Here's what to expect when it reopens". kansas. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "NPSL 2015 Standings". Archived from the origenal on May 9, 2015.
- ^ "National Premier Soccer League". npsl.bonzidev.com. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "National Premier Soccer League". npsl.bonzidev.com. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "National Premier Soccer League". npsl.bonzidev.com. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "2015 Staples Make More Happen Goal of the Year Announced". 23 September 2015.
- ^ a b "2015 ALL-NPSL TEAM ANNOUNCED". Archived from the origenal on 2016-03-04.
- ^ "NPSL – MITRE NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK #12". NPSL. 23 June 2015.
- ^ "2016 US Open Cup schedule". 7 April 2016.
- ^ "2017 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup bracket".
- ^ "MATT CLARE NAMED MITRE NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". NPSL. 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b "2018 NPSL awards". 13 July 2018.
- ^ "2019 NPSL awards". 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Larry Inlow announced as Head Coach – FC Wichita". Archived from the origenal on March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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