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| Full name | Tulsa Athletic | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The A's | |||
| Founded | 2013 | |||
| Stadium | Athletic Community Field at Hicks Park | |||
| Owners | Sonny Dalesandro Thomas J. Kern | |||
| Head coach | Jason Rogers | |||
| League | National Premier Soccer League The League for Clubs (from 2025) | |||
| 2023 | NPSL National Champions | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Tulsa Athletic is an American soccer team and are based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The 2023 NPSL National Champion, 2013 was their inaugural season in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), which is a national league at the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. They compete in the NPSL's Heartland Conference. The team maintains amateur status under NPSL rules, allowing college players to participate without losing their collegiate eligibility. The club currently plays at Athletic Community Field at Hicks Park since the 2022 season, having previously played at Veterans Park (2018–21), LaFortune Stadium (2017) and Drillers Stadium (2013–16), the former home of the Tulsa Drillers baseball team.[1][2][3]
On May 20, 2024, Tulsa Athletic were suspended from the NPSL, meaning that they wouldn't defend their title.[4] On July 31st they announced that they would leave the NPSL in order to start their own amateur league entitled "The League for Clubs", with Athletic being founding members alongside Atlantic City FC, FC Davis, Kingston Stockade FC and Napa Valley 1839 FC.
- ^ Ferguson, John D. (April 5, 2013). "Tulsa's new pro soccer team to play at Drillers Stadium". Tulsa World.
- ^ Bewley, Dan (April 4, 2013). "National Premiere League Soccer Coming To Tulsa's Old Drillers Stadium". KOTV-DT.
- ^ "Soccer: Tulsa Athletic release schedule". Tulsa World. Tulsa, OK: World Publishing Company. February 12, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ^ Tulsa Athletic (2024-05-20). "NPSL SUSPENDS TULSA ATHLETIC FOR 2024 SEASON". Tulsa Athletic.