{{Short description|Soccer club in Allen, Texas, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Solar SC | image = Solar SC logo.png | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and age|1976}} | ground = [[Allen, Texas]], United States | American = yes | chrtitle = Executive director | chairman = Adrian Solca | league = | website = {{URL|https://solarsoccerclub.net/}} }} '''Solar Soccer Club''' is an American youth [[association football|soccer]] club based in the [[Dallas]] suburb of [[Allen, Texas]]. It is a member of the [[Elite Clubs National League]] (ECNL).
==History== Solar was founded in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerwire.com/news/texas-youth-soccer-clubs-solar-sc-mutiny-fc-announce-merger/|title=Texas youth soccer clubs Solar SC, Mutiny FC announce merger|date=2018-02-01|author=Solar SC|website=SoccerWire|access-date=2024-12-16}}</ref> In 2010, its chairman since 1996 resigned after being accused of stealing more than {{USD|800,000}} from the club.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2011/06/08/former-head-of-dallas-solar-soccer-club-indicted-on-charges-he-stole-800000/|title=Former head of Dallas' Solar Soccer club indicted on charges he stole $800,000|date=2011-06-08|newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|access-date=2024-12-16}}</ref>
Solar has become one of the most-recruited-from clubs for colleges in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thedailytexan.com/2022/09/23/the-texas-soccer-pipeline-how-derek-missimos-youth-soccer-club-fed-wealth-of-talent-connections-to-the-forty-acres/|title=The Texas soccer pipeline: How Derek Missimo's youth soccer club fed wealth of talent, connections to the Forty Acres|date=2022-09-22|last=Veith|first=Evan|newspaper=[[The Daily Texan]]|access-date=2024-12-16}}</ref> Its head women's coach from 2007 to 2020 was [[Derek Missimo]], who led players including his daughter, [[Lexi Missimo|Lexi]], to national championship games every year after 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/dad-coach-leads-solars-decade-of-dominance_aid47917|title=Dad coach leads Solar's decade of dominance|date=2020-04-13|website=[[TopDrawerSoccer]]|access-date=2024-12-16}}</ref> Solar won the ECNL Girls Overall Club Championship in 2021–22.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.soccerwire.com/news/ecnl-girls-top-25-clubs-revealed-as-solar-sc-wins-2021-22-overall-club-championship/|title=ECNL Girls Top 25 Clubs revealed as Solar SC wins 2021-22 Overall Club Championship|date=2022-08-30|website=SoccerWire|access-date=2024-12-16}}</ref>
==Notable people== ===Players=== *[[Emeri Adames]] *[[Corben Bone]] *[[Haley Berg]] *[[Messiah Bright]] *[[Trinity Byars]] *[[Reggie Cannon]] *[[Kenny Cooper]] *[[Blaine Ferri]] *[[Kennedy Fuller]] *[[Johan Gomez]] *[[Jonathan Gómez (soccer, born 2003)|Jonathan Gómez]] *[[Amet Korça]] *[[Camryn Lancaster]] *[[Ainsley McCammon]] *[[Weston McKennie]] *[[Lexi Missimo]] *[[Samantha Meza]] *[[Drew Moor]] *[[Riley Parker (soccer)|Riley Parker]] *[[Jaedyn Shaw]] *[[Collin Smith]] *[[Taylor Smith (soccer, born 1993)|Taylor Smith]] *[[Allie Thornton]] *[[Jonathan Tomkinson]] *[[Taryn Torres]] *[[Alan Winn]] *[https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/363230/isabella-pasion Isabella Pasion] *[https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/clubs/players/250210250--hannah-waesch/ Hannah Waesch]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://solarsoccerclub.net/}}
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