North Texas Celtic FC - is a select soccer club established by a highly respected North Texas-based coaching staff. As a Celtic Soccer Academy International Partner with over 650 boys and girls playing on over 65+ teams from U-5 to U-19, Celtic is committed to the development of the youth soccer player. Celtic has teams playing in ECRL-RL-NTX, National Premier League, Girls Classic League, Boys Classic League, Plano Premier League, and local Academy Leagues.
In 2015, NTX Celtic FC signed its first contract with Celtic FC in Glasgow, Scotland, and has built a strong international relationship over the past decade. In 2025, Celtic FC and NTX Celtic FC will celebrate 10 years of partnership.
Team locations are in Arlington, Grand Prairie, Mansfield, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Corinth, Denton, Crowley
About The Celtic Football Club in Glasgow, Scotland
The Celtic FC Founder
In 1887, Brother Walfrid founded The Celtic Football Club. He did this as a means of raising funds for the poor, in Glasgow, Scotland. He continued organizing soccer matches and showing great kindness to the children in the districts of Bethnal Green and Bow. The charity established by Walfrid was named The Poor Children's Dinner Table.
"The rise of the Celtic is the most wonderful of all the club formations that have been disclosed."
- Willie Maley, Celtic FC Manager: 1897 - 1940
North Texas Celtic FC Philosophy
North Texas Celtic FC believes that corporate and familial priorities form both quality of life and continued enthusiastic support for the organization.
We believe our primary purpose is to produce upstanding, productive and law abiding young adults.
We believe that our children's participation in competitive soccer and the goal of winning at any cost should take a distant position to that of family and education.
We believe that coaching aspirations should not be pursued at the expense of family time.
We believe that individual integrity, a sense of team responsibility, the building of a work ethic, determination and integrity should come before winning.
We believe that academic endeavor should take priority but coincide with learning to play the game of soccer in a competitive environment.
We believe by prioritizing family, education, honesty and integrity, combined with hard work and leadership, winning will naturally occur.
"Celtic is a special, special club. Everybody knows the green and white around the world. It is like a marque. Barcelona and Real Madrid are big clubs around the world and Celtic is like that."
- Andreas Hinkel, Celtic's Germany International Full-back
Our Celtic Soccer Club Story
It's about the Hoops then and it's about the Hoops now....
Celtic Soccer Club has its origins back in 2005 when two recreational teams were created; Cascade and The Mustangs. The girls were four and five years old. With the help of parents, coaches and several years of experience, they began to play an aggressive and competitive level of soccer.​
Eventually each team found themselves at the top of their respective divisions and facing each other in the championship games.​
The girls stayed with their teams until it became clear that it was time to look for a more competitive environment. A local soccer club recruited many of our girls and for the first time in 10 years they were divided.
Cascade and Mustang parents got together and decided that the most important thing was to try to keep the girls together playing the sport they loved. Celtic SC was formed based on the love for these girls and with the hopes they could do the same for others in the future.
North Texas Celtic FC offers an innovative and unique environment that separates us from other clubs. Much like a college athlete, our players (and their family members) are provided with full access to our indoor/outdoor training facilities and a professional sports performance staff to support both team and individual development. Every select coach will tell you they want their players putting in the extra time on skills training and sports performance training. We have made things just a little easier for our athletes by providing all of those training opportunities in one facility.
We are focused on the development of every player in our club because we believe that if you want to be better and you are willing to put in the hard work, you deserve to have all of the tools to reach your goals.
While we look to be competitive and win games, from early on we are equally focused on quality progression and long-term benefits of focused development of each individual athlete. Our system provides a foundation in quality training comprised of psychological, technical, tactical skills and sports performance training. Being a competitive soccer player is challenging and we will motivate our players to be their best and provide them with all opportunities to reach their goals.
