Dallas Trinity FC brings women’s pro soccer to Dallas

Dallas Trinity FC, a professional women's soccer team, will call Fair Park's Cotton Bowl Stadium home starting this summer.

The owners of the Dallas team, the family of investment banker Jim Neil, unveiled the team's name and crest at Klyde Warren Park on Thursday morning. The team is called Dallas Trinity FC and the crest includes a stylized pegasus at the center, long a symbol of the city of Dallas.

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Soccer is the pathway to community for many families. Dallas is the perfect backdrop for our expansion, growth, and community to grow wings.
Jim Neil, chief executive officer, of Dallas Trinity FC

"The current momentum behind women's sports is undeniable," said Neil. "And Dallas, as the greatest sports city in America, is perfectly positioned to champion and embrace our new professional women's soccer team. As we look ahead to the 2026 World Cup and beyond, the future of soccer shines brightly, particularly here in Dallas."

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The team's primary colors are sunrise maroon, prairie gold, and live oak green. Other elements of the prairie gold crest include the ties to the river that runs through North Texas, the four forks are the legs of the pegasus and the background color of sunrise maroon serves as a reminder that the sun rises every day and that it is time to get to work on the task at hand.

“North Texas has been waiting for this, and now is the right time for professional women’s soccer in Dallas - the best sports business city in the country,” said Charlie Neil, president of Dallas Trinity FC.

The team also announced Chris Petrucelli as the team’s first general manager.

Dallas Trinity FC is one of eight teams taking part in the inaugural season of the USL Super League. The league will debut with Dallas, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Lexington, Spokane, Tampa, and Washinton, D.C. teams. In 2025 and beyond, the league expects to expand with clubs in Chattanooga, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Madison, Oakland, Palm Beach, Phoenix, and Tucson.

"Built for the future of women’s soccer, the USL Super League has committed to U.S. Soccer’s Division One standards," the team said in a statement. "The League will play on the 'fall-to-summer' soccer calendar traditionally followed around the world and will sit at the top of the USL’s distinct youth-to-pro women’s pathway."

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday approved a plan to bring the team to Fair Park for at least the next two years.

A professional women's soccer team called Dallas Trinity FC will soon come to North Texas. NBC 5's Ben Russell has the details.

“I am thrilled that Dallas will bring a professional women’s soccer team to our city and am so excited to take a 10-minute DART ride to the Cotton Bowl to see them play in just a few months,” said Dallas City Councilmember Chad West. “This news means so much to so many soccer fans, but especially young girls like my 8-year-old daughter who has played soccer since she was old enough to walk. For her, it means that women’s professional sports get the spotlight it deserves, and what better place than right here in Dallas."

Following the announcements, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson proclaimed May 9, 2024, as Dallas Trinity FC Day.

"I want to thank Mayor Johnson for his leadership in championing professional sports relocations to our city, and Council Member Adam Bazaldua for his efforts to activate and capitalize on Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl," West said.

The USL Super League season will kick off on Friday, Aug.16. More on the USL Super League can be found here uslsuperleague.com.

The team is the second professional women's sports team to announce play in Dallas this month. Last week, the WNBA's Dallas Wings announced they were moving from their home in Arlington to Dallas to play at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium starting in 2026. Dallas lured the Wings from Arlington with a 15-year, $19 million agreement that makes the team the feature attraction at the venue.